Starbucks Corp.’s new acting top lawyer is a diversity advocate who worked her way up the Seattle-based coffee giant’s legal department ladder and helped lead the company’s response to a racial discrimination crisis several years ago. 

Zabrina Jenkins stepped up this week from her deputy general counsel role to serve as interim GC in the wake of the company’s decision to remove Rachel Gonzalez from the legal chief seat on April 4. Gonzalez is staying on as an adviser until May 20.

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