Serves as chief communications, advocacy and sustainability officer of The Kroger Co. Responsibilities include public policy, advocacy and government relations; external communications and brand public relations, financial communications, media relations, issues and crisis management, and executive communications; associate communications and engagement; corporate story and Kroger Studios – Kroger’s visual and digital storytelling team; environmental sustainability and social responsibility, including Kroger’s bold social impact plan Zero Hunger | Zero Waste; corporate philanthropy and community relations.

Leads communications and government relations & advocacy for The Kroger Co. Responsible for Kroger’s license to operate practice, which includes all public policy development, government relations & advocacy, industry association strategy and relations plus other key stakeholder relations. Also leads a newly-integrated communications team that includes associate engagement, labor and benefits communications in addition to external communications, which encompasses national media relations, Kroger’s financial communications, issues and crisis management, and executive communications.

Lead Kroger’s license to operate practice – which includes government relations & advocacy, external communications and stakeholder relations – and integrated communications team that includes associate communications and engagement, media, labor, benefits, financial and executive communications.

Established the company’s license to operate practice area, assuming responsibility for government relations & advocacy as well as corporate communications. Communications responsibilities included national media relations, executive communications, issues and crisis management, stakeholder relations, and financial communications.

In addition to serving as the company’s chief spokesperson, responsibilities included national media relations, executive communications, issues and crisis management, and financial communications.

Communications director and member of senior staff for the chief executive of the State of Ohio.

Spokesperson for the Ohio Governor's Office and the Office of Budget Management.