And now, as Starbucks’ new chief financial officer, Smith can help fix that herself with her central role alongside chief executive Brian Niccol in his efforts to turn the storied but struggling company around.

Starbucks (SBUX) stock dropped 5.7% Wednesday after the coffee giant's second quarter earnings report disappointed Wall Street and cast a shadow over its CEO's plan to turn around the company. US comparable store sales — a closely watched metric that includes results from stores open for more than a year — fell for the fifth consecutive quarter,