Denise Morrison

Morrison was born and raised in the Elberon section of Long Branch, New Jersey. She is one of four sisters who have all had business careers. The "Sullivan Sisters" were featured in a 2007 article in The Wall Street Journal titled "Raising Women to Be Leaders." Denise is the first-born; Maggie Wilderotter was chairman and CEO of Frontier Communications; Colleen Bastkowski was a regional vice president of sales at Expedia Corporate Travel; and Andrea Doelling, a champion horse jumper, was senior vice president of sales at AT&T Wireless. Their father Dennis B. Sullivan—a Korean War veteran and AT&T executive—wanted to share everything he knew about business with his daughters. He reportedly talked with them while they were still in grade school about setting profit-margin goals. Their mother, Connie Sullivan, taught them that ambition is a part of femininity.

Morrison graduated from Long Branch High School. She earned her B.S. degree in economics and psychology from Boston College, graduating magna cum laude.

Morrison began her career in the sales organization at Procter & Gamble in Boston, Massachusetts. She later joined Pepsi-Cola in trade and business development. She then spent most of the 1980s at Nestle USA, where she held senior marketing and sales positions. In 1995, Morrison moved to Nabisco Inc. She served as senior vice president and led the Nabisco Food Company's sales organization and was general manager for the Down the Street division.

Before joining Campbell's, Morrison served as executive vice president and general manager of Kraft Foods' snacks and confections divisions, responsible for leading brands such as Planters nuts, Life Savers candies, and Altoids mints.

Morrison joined Campbell in April 2003 as president-global sales and chief customer officer, and was named president-Campbell USA in June 2005. She was named senior vice president and president-North America soup, sauces and beverages in October 2007 and handled the Campbell USA, North America Foodservice, and Campbell Canada businesses. She was appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer in October 2010, leading all of Campbell's global businesses, corporate strategy, global advertising & design and research & development.

Morrison was named president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company on August 1, 2011. Morrison retired from Campbell in May 2018.

Morrison's compensation at the beginning of fiscal year 2012 included an annual base salary of $950,000, a fiscal 2011 annual cash incentive of $602,292 and a fiscal 2012 long-term incentive grant of $4,845,000. Campbell's fiscal year runs from August 1 to July 31.

Morrison lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with her husband, Tom, and has two grown daughters.