Wilma Wallace
Chief Diversity and Social Impact Officer & Chief Legal Officer
REI Co-Op
Wilma Wallace leads REI’s Diversity and Social Impact office, which oversees the co-op’s enterprise-wide racial equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives; and she serves as REI Co-op’s Chief Legal Officer. Wallace was promoted into these new roles in September 2021, previously having served as REI’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Wallace currently serves as board chair of the REI Cooperative Action Fund, a public charity.
Prior to joining the co-op in October 2017, Wallace was interim General Counsel for Enveritas, a sustainability startup venture. She had a successful 20-year career at Gap Inc., progressing to senior executive roles during a time of innovation, growth and a shifting retail environment. While at Gap Inc., Wallace was responsible for legal, compliance, government affairs and award-winning sustainability functions. Throughout her career, Wallace has been an advocate and leader in driving cultural change to address legal and compliance risk, and to advance the role of organizations in promoting a fully inclusive and equitable society.
Wallace currently serves on the board of Premera, a provider of healthcare services, and on the boards of several non-profit organizations each with a mission to advance equity; access; and legal, environmental or economic justice. She is a graduate of Brown University and holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School.