Focused on growth in enrollment and engaging current families. Contributed to eight years of consistent double-digit growth in enrollment. Participated in the strategic planning and opening of thriving part-day PreK; which fuels the overall growth of the school. Opening with 16 students and now operating with 127 students within 6 years. Partnered with local media to highlight a St. Therese school community interest story resulting in a total viewing audience of 259,026. Partner regularily with local magazines to provide unique stories for their publication. Engage and retain current families by strategically planning events that focus on community building.

Aligned and cascaded key messages regarding Target’s commitment of 5% of profit, $4 million per week, to local communities. Designed communication plans and recommendations to reach key audiences: 350,000 team members, external stakeholders and guests. Partnered across the Target enterprise to deliver tools (i.e., editorial calendars, online resources) to enhance team member engagement.

Streamlined, prioritized and simplified messages from Target headquarter partners to 1800 stores and 2500 field leaders. Lead a team of seven team members; worked strategically to deliver new communication channels needed for evolving business and technology. Partnered consistently with the Public Relations, Marketing and Internal Communication teams to deliver clear communication supporting key events. (i.e., Black Friday, Target’s 50th Anniversary, etc.)

Facilitated restructure project to cut expenses and realign store headcount resources; resulting in a reduction of $16 million in store’s payroll. Designed, tested and rolled out new Executive leader position to support Target’s insertion into the grocery and fresh food business.

Supported 150 new Target stores with communication, tools and resources through the opening process. Partnered internally with 20+ team to filter and prioritize communication for 1,500 stores leaders and over 1,000 field leaders. Allowing them to stay informed, on task and open on time.

Consulted, executed and delivered merchandising, human resources and operational communication to all Target stores. Lead the working group to reinvent the internal magazine, distributed to 10,000+ team members monthly.