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RILA Adds Seven Retail Execs to Board of Directors

Best Buy CEO Corie Barry continues as Board chair

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) today announced the addition of seven new leaders to its Board of Directors, elected during the group’s semi-annual meeting held yesterday. Best Buy Co., Inc. Chief Executive Officer Corie Barry will continue serving her two-year term as Board chair.

New board members include: 
  • Joel Anderson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Five Below, Inc.
  • Brittany Bagley, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Axon
  • Tracey Brown, Executive Vice President, President, Walgreens Retail and Chief Customer Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
  • Mary Dillon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Foot Locker, Inc.
  • David Morales, Senior Vice President, eCommerce Sales, FedEx Corporation
  • Joe Preston, President & Chief Executive Officer, New Balance Athletics Inc.
  • Stacey Shulman, Vice President, Intel Networking Edge Solutions, Intel Corporation
“As we look ahead to a year filled with uncertainties, RILA remains keenly focused on solving the retail industry’s biggest challenges and shaping an environment in which retailers can thrive long term. Our success in these endeavors relies on the invaluable guidance from the retail leaders that make up our Board of Directors, led by Best Buy CEO Corie Barry,” said RILA President Brian Dodge. “We’re grateful for their wisdom, time, and commitment to the industry, and we look forward to collaborating with this group in the year ahead.”

“It is an honor to continue serving as RILA’s board chair, in partnership with my peers to help push the retail industry forward for our customers and employees,” said Corie Barry, Best Buy Co., Inc. chief executive officer and RILA chair. “The role retailers play in our communities is as vital as ever. Together, with leadership and guidance from RILA, we can collaborate and influence on the public policy challenges that face consumers, our teams, and the communities we serve.”

The 2024 RILA Board of Directors: 
  • Corie Barry, Chief Executive Officer, Best Buy Co., Inc. (Chair)
  • Joel Anderson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Five Below, Inc.
  • Brittany Bagley, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Axon
  • Shelley Bransten, Corporate Vice President, Retail & Consumer Goods, Microsoft Corporation
  • Mark Breitbard, Chief Executive Officer, Global Gap Brand, Gap Inc.
  • Tracey Brown, Executive Vice President, President, Walgreens Retail and Chief Customer Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
  • Jon Carson, Senior Vice President, Sales, Blue Yonder
  • Brian Cornell, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Target Corporation 
  • Ron Coughlin, Chief Executive Officer, Petco Health and Wellness Company Inc.
  • Ted Decker, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Home Depot, Inc.
  • Mary Dillon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Foot Locker, Inc.
  • Michelle Gass, Chief Executive Officer, Levi Strauss & Co.
  • Richard Keyes, President & Chief Executive Officer, Meijer, Inc.
  • Dave Kimbell, Chief Executive Officer, Ulta Beauty, Inc. 
  • Mark LaVigne, President & Chief Executive Officer, Energizer Holdings, Inc.
  • Rodney McMullen, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Kroger Co.
  • David Morales, Senior Vice President, eCommerce Sales, FedEx Corporation
  • Erik Nordstrom, Chief Executive Officer, Nordstrom, Inc.
  • Joe Preston, President & Chief Executive Officer, New Balance Athletics Inc.
  • Bill Rhodes, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, AutoZone, Inc.
  • Stacey Shulman, Vice President, Intel Networking Edge Solutions, Intel Corporation
  • Stephen Smith, President & Chief Executive Officer, L.L. Bean, Inc.
  • Jill Standish, Senior Managing Director, Accenture
  • Pamela Stewart, Chief Customer Officer, Retail, North America, The Coca-Cola Company
  • J.K. Symancyk, President & Chief Executive Officer, PetSmart, Inc.
  • Don Unser, President, Thought Leadership, Circana 
  • Tim Baer, Partner, TRB Partners, LLC (Counsel to the Board)
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RILA is a trade association of the world’s largest, most innovative, and recognizable retail companies and brands.  RILA members include more than two hundred retailers, product manufacturers, and service suppliers, who together employ over 42 million Americans and account for $2.7 trillion in annual sales and hundreds of thousands of stores, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers domestically and abroad. 

Tags
  • Retail CEO Forum
  • Public Policy

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