For a recent Retail Media Breakfast Club episode, I started looking at the career trajectories of people who are in charge of the fastest-growing and most profitable business units of most retailers today: their Retail Media Network (RMN)
Below is a database of these RMNs and the people who lead them. Please share errors and omissions so I can keep it up to date!
Company
Retail Media Network
Leader
Title
Macy’s
Macy’s Media Network
Michael Krans
Vice President
Sam’s Club
Member Access Platform (MAP)
Harvey Ma
General Manager
Target
Roundel
Sarah Travis
President
Kroger
Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM)
Cara Pratt
Senior Vice President
Albertson’s
Media Collective
Vacant
(Previously Kristi Argylian)
Thrive Market
Thrive Market Ads
April Lane
Chief Merchandising Officer
Sephora
Sephora Retail Media
Marco Steinsieck
General Manager
Amazon
Amazon Ads
Paul Kotas
Senior Vice President
Walmart
Walmart Connect
Rich Lehrfeld
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Costco
Costco Retail Media Network
Mark Williamson
AVP, Retail Media
CVS
CVS Media Exchange (CMX)
Parbinder Dhariwal
Vice President and General Manager
Best Buy
Best Buy Ads
Lisa Valentino
President
Home Depot
Orange Apron Media
Melanie Babcock
Vice President, Orange Apron Media and Monetization
Ulta Beauty
UB Media
Brandi Pitts
Senior Vice President, Brand Marketing and Media
H-E-B
H-E-B Retail Media Network
Sean Ransenberg
Managing Director and General Manager
Dollar General
Dollar General Media Network
Charlene Charles
Head of Operations
Instacart
Instacart Ads
Tim Castelli
Senior Executive
Chewy
Chewy Ads
Jason Ramsey
Vice President
Lowe’s
One Roof Media Network
John Storms
General Manager, Head of Retail Media
Nordstrom
Nordstrom Media Network
Aaron Dunford
Vice President
Meijer
Meijer Media Network
Jeff Leitch
Director of Meijer Media & Category Marketing
Staples
Staples Media Network
Alanna Denton
General Manager
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Dick’s Sporting Goods Media
David Young
Vice President
Walgreens
Walgreens Advertising Group
Abishake Subramanian
Group Vice President, Customer Marketing, Loyalty, WAG
