Valentina "Tina" Bigalke '90, '93

Valentina “Tina” Bigalke of Winston-Salem, NC, recently retired as PepsiCo’s Global Chief Diversity and Engagement Officer, leading the development of programs that drive diversity, including PepsiCo’s commitment to racial equality and gender parity. Prior to her current role, Tina was Senior Vice President, Commercial Human Resources for PepsiCo Foods North America division, where she shaped strategy for customer sales, marketing, and transformation, and previously served PepsiCo in a range of human resource capacities in field, headquarter and corporate global. Tina holds a master's degree in industrial and labor relations and a bachelor's degree in international studies/Spanish from WVU, where she participates in the WVU Practicum series, serves as an alumni mentor, and sits on the Dean’s Advisory Board for the WVU Chambers College of Business & Economics.