Consumer, Retail & Hospitality
Rachel Allen
Carrie Ariniello
Whitney Bardeleben
Tamina Becker
Blair Bennett
Kaitlyn Borea
Kori B. Brown
Malak C.
Andrea Carenini
Michelle Cash
Kelsey (Knight) Cera
Nathan Craigie
Essence Dashtaray
Emily Dias
Chris Dobbins
Kiran Fraser-Neve
Corinne Friedland
Ben Gano
Becky Gavin
Shelly Grange
Martin Haywood
Ashley Hever
Lauren Holzer
William Huffaker
Joseph Ilarraza
Elizabeth Lee
David Leech
Jerrilynn Lind
Taryn Little
Deanna Lloyd
Meghan Magette
Fabio Massei
Natalie McGuinness
Stef Nikitas
Charlotte Pattison
Meghan Rhatigan
Jill Roe
Zack Rome
Ryan Saab
Heather Stanton
Justin Victoor
Mary Wanciak
Michelle Weber
Simon Wedlock
Mat Wisner
About this category
Consumer, Retail & Hospitality recognizes up to 100 honorees each year. The Class of 2026 includes 45 leaders in this category, put forward by peers or by our selection committees for the work they have done. They lead talent and recruiting work at organizations including Paramount, Reckitt, 7-Eleven, Ace Hardware Corporation, and Aritzia. Each profile covers how they got into recruiting, how their team hires today, and what they think is changing about the work.
Honorees are selected through a dual-path process: about half are nominated directly by fellow people and recruiting leaders, and the rest by selection committees of senior talent practitioners and industry advisors who seek out leaders who may be under-recognized. Nominations are free and selection is based on merit. See the Talent 100 overview for the full process, or browse every category of the class.
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