Robert F. Sharpe is on the board of Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

In his past career he held the position of Chairman at New Frontier Foods, Inc., President-Commercial Foods at Conagra Brands, Inc., Advisor at StarVest Management, Inc., Secretary, SVP-Public Affairs & General Counsel at PepsiCo, Inc., Partner at Brunswick Group LLC and Senior Vice President & General Counsel for RJR Nabisco, Inc.

Mr. Sharpe received an undergraduate degree from DePauw University, an undergraduate degree from Purdue University and a graduate degree from Wake Forest University.