ST. LOUIS (AP) — From male-only corporate jets to guys’ golf outings and hunting trips, Francine Katz says her time in the Anheuser-Busch executive suite was rife with exclusion and outright discrimination. But it wasn’t until the King of Beers’ 2008 sale to Belgian brewer InBev that she says she realized the boy’s club atmosphere was costing her millions.

In a 20-year career that saw her rise from a young corporate lawyer to a vice president, key strategist and the beer-maker’s top female executive, Katz became the face of her hometown employer, defending the maker of Budweiser and Bud Light from overzealous regulators and anti-alcohol crusaders.