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 |
