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Joe Ruschell

Joe Ruschell

Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Office of the Corporate Secretary

Joe Ruschell serves Walmart as senior vice president and chief counsel, Office of the Corporate Secretary. In this role, Joe leads a talented team of attorneys and legal professionals that provides guidance to the company across a number of practice areas, including Corporate Governance, Securities, Finance, Treasury, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tax, Sustainability and Charitable Giving. He also oversees the Board Liaison team.

 

Prior to joining Walmart in 2025, Joe served as Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Humana. Joe also previously served as Corporate Counsel at Alltech and engaged in private practice at Stites & Harbison PLLC and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, specializing in corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters.

 

Joe holds a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School and a bachelor’s degree in Mathematical Economics from the University of Kentucky.