Walgreens chair joins JCPenney board
PLANO, Texas JCPenney announced that Jeffrey Rein, chairman and ceo of Walgreens will join the company's board of directors, effective Dec. 9.
Rein has been with Walgreens for 27 years. He joined the company as an assistant manager in 1982, was promoted to store manager in 1984, district manager in 1990, divisional vp and treasurer in 1996 and vp of marketing systems and services in 2000. Rein was appointed evp of marketing in 2001 and promoted to president and coo in 2003. In 2006, he became ceo and was named chairman in 2007.