Sharon Rothstein has served as Operating Partner of Stripes Group, a leading growth equity firm that has invested in high-growth consumer and SaaS companies for over a decade, since October 2018. Prior to joining Stripes Group, Rothstein held leadership roles at Starbucks from 2013 to 2018, where she served as Executive Vice President, Global Chief Marketing Officer and subsequently, Executive Vice President, Global Chief Product Officer, and was responsible for the Starbucks brand and go-to-market plan as well as the company’s portfolio of product platforms. Prior to joining Starbucks, she held senior marketing and brand management positions at Sephora, Godiva Chocolatier, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Nabisco Biscuit Company and Procter & Gamble. Rothstein currently serves on the boards of Block, InterContinental Hotels Group, Levain Cookies and Califia Farms and previously served on the boards of Afterpay Limited (until its acquisition by Block in 2022), True Food Kitchen and LOLA. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Management of the University of California, Los Angeles.