MINNEAPOLIS — Kiera Fernandez was promoted to executive vice president and chief community impact and equity officer of Target last October. Her new role gives her oversight of external stakeholder engagement as well as the retailer’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy and corporate philanthropy efforts, including the Target Foundation. Fernandez, who reports to Matt Zabel,
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — As vice president of merchandising for CVS Health, Andrea Harrison is responsible for the cosmetics, skin, fragrance, hair and personal care categories, as well as the beauty service program within the company’s retail business. Andrea has also recently assumed responsibility for the organization’s Hispanic Center of Excellence with a focus on ensuring
MINNEAPOLIS — Christina Hennington was named Target’s chief growth officer in February 2021, capping an impressive career with the retailer that began in 2003 as a buyer and that has seen her rise through a succession of merchandising leadership roles. In her current position, Hennington leads the merchant teams responsible for Target’s five key merchandising
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Over the course of a 23-plus-year career at Walgreens, Heather Hughes has demonstrated an extraordinary range of talents that have enabled her to easily move across different areas of the business. Hughes joined Walgreens in 2000 as a pharmacist and within a few months moved up to pharmacy manager. In 2007, though,
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Tracey James decided she wanted to be a pharmacist while in college, driven by a profound desire to help people. That aspiration continues to motivate James in her current role as chief operating officer of Walgreens enterprise specialty. “One of the things I love about being a pharmacist is the evolving science
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — As senior vice president of business transformation, Lindsay Knoop is driving forward the largest transformational project in Hy-Vee history. In 2023, Knoop was tapped to lead the planning and execution of Hy-Vee’s new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The system will combine hundreds of Hy-Vee’s existing business applications into one
PHILADELPHIA — As chief merchandising officer for Rite Aid, Pamela Kohn is responsible for front-end strategies in assortment, innovation, customer presentation and space optimization, pricing, promotions, and private label development. Her mission, she says, is to “transform and modernize the merchandising organization in order to elevate the Rite Aid customer experience and engagement.” Kohn’s team
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Jocelyn Konrad joined Dollar Tree Inc. in October as senior vice president of stores operating under the Family Dollar banner. Konrad, who earned a bachelor’s in pharmacy from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, has three decades of retail pharmacy experience, including 15 years at Rite Aid Corp. and roles at Eckerd
MINNEAPOLIS — Melissa Kremer began her Target career in 2005 as a recruiter. In the years since, she has held human resources leadership positions supporting the retailer’s key businesses and also led the key talent functions of recruiting, learning, leadership development, talent management and strategic workforce planning. Between 2008 and 2017, Kremer was responsible for
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — As Hy-Vee’s senior vice president of IT strategy and planning, Jennifer Lambert plays a key role in helping the business leaders connect with technology partners to advance their business objectives. “Part of my responsibility is understanding the business, and then providing insight into how technology can help achieve the goals
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Michelle LeBlanc, AVP of front store strategy and transformation, has been with CVS Health for 20 years with continuous promotion to roles of greater responsibility and leadership. LeBlanc says, “I am a life-long learner. One of the things I am most proud of in my career is the diversity of experiences I’ve
CINCINNATI — Colleen Lindholz is president of Kroger Health, the health care division of the Kroger Co. and one of the leading retail health care organizations in the United States. In that role, she oversees a team of 24,000 associates including pharmacists, nurse practitioners, dietitians and technicians staffing more than 2,200 pharmacies and over 220