1. Leslie Dach
EVP, corporate affairs and government relations, Walmart

Walmart's head of corporate affairs and government relations spent the year cozying up to Michelle Obama for a nutrition charter initiative that launched in January in collaboration with the first lady's “Let's Move!” campaign. It was an association that worked well for both partners and helped position Walmart as a thought-leader in the race to fill the food-labeling vacuum left by the FDA, which has still not issued its ...