Retail

Blanca Gonzalez WSS
Blanca Gonzalez Is a Who’s Who of Retailer Giants at WSS

SVP and General Manager Blanca Gonzalez ensures that WSS stays connected to its Latino roots

Samantha Mejia PriceSmart
Samantha Mejia is a Renaissance Woman Still Finding Challenges Twenty-Six Years in at PriceSmart

Samantha Mejia talks Leonardo da Vinci, cross-border expertise, and holding on to her curiosity

Ryan Martinez Crate & Barrel
Ryan Martinez Uses Grit and Strategy to Set the Pace at Crate & Barrel

In a post-COVID world, Ryan Martinez focuses more on the customer and strategy while his teams move faster and more intentionally than the competition

Gaby Gutierrez Amway
Great Expectations for Gaby Gutierrez

Gaby Gutierrez, vice president of global supply chain planning for Amway, has always been driven by results

Catalina Serna-Valencia Goodwill Industries International Inc.
Catalina Serna-Valencia Ushers in a Fintech Revolution at Goodwill Industries

Catalina Serna-Valencia knows every dollar she frees up goes to help Goodwill’s most vulnerable clients

Jimmy Medina Ross Stores
Jimmy Medina Is Rooted in Resilience

Jimmy Medina was determined to get out of his “four-stoplight” town. Read about his two-decade IT leadership journey at Ross Stores.

Elvia Patricia Gastelo Dollar Tree Stores
Elvia Patricia Gastelo Builds a Thriving Privacy Program

Elvia Patricia Gastelo of Dollar Tree Stores has lived a dozen lives in law, all of them incredible

Laura Arredondo-Santisteban Lowe’s
Laura Arredondo-Santisteban Secured the Role She Sought Out in Law School

Laura Arredondo-Santisteban handles advertising, marketing in an in-house legal role she loves and has wanted since law school

Patty Castro El Vecino
Patty Castro’s American Dream

Patty Castro is the living embodiment of the culture, care, and customer service that has made El Vecino so profitable

Alvaro Toro Citizen Watch of America
Alvaro Toro Never Stops Innovating

Alvaro Toro fell in love with IT when he was in college. As vice president of IT applications at Citizen Watch of America, he’s as excited as ever by the field’s propensity for transformation.

Maria Alejandra Melendez Mattress Firm
Maria Alejandra Melendez Details the Four Bedpost Pillars at Mattress Firm

Maria Alejandra Melendez is new to Mattress Firm, but not to building world-class HR organizations

Juan Guerrero Big Lots
Juan Guerrero Paves a New Way Forward at Big Lots

Senior Vice President Juan Guerrero reveals his plan to build the supply chain of the future with Big Lots returning to its roots as a bargain retailer

Harold Castro
Harold Castro Measures Success in a Different Way

A first-generation college graduate who found a path in finance and accounting,
Harold Castro measures success in happiness and balance rather than in dollars and titles

Efrain-Perez-Agosto-MGM
Efraín Pérez Agosto Goes All in at MGM Resorts International

Casino and hospitality veteran Efraín Pérez Agosto moved to MGM Resorts International for a chance to lead. Now, he’s CFO of MGM National Harbor, the company’s high-profile luxury property near the nation’s capital.

Executive to Executive: Liz Caraballo and Maria Smith on the Power of Representation 🎥

When Maria Smith, vice president of payments and financial services at Walgreens, was coming of…

Cyndi Ramirez Chillhouse
Cyndi Ramirez-Fulton on the Business of Self Care

The self-made founder, restaurateur, influencer, and queen of chill created a business that gives people of all backgrounds access to beauty and self-care at Chillhouse

Jorge Celaya Liquidity Services
Questions from CFO Jorge A. Celaya

Cuban CFO and longtime public company executive Jorge A. Celaya offers his two cents on business transformation and questions leaders need to ask

Marc Juan Lopez Monat Global
Marc Juan Lopez Goes Beyond Budgets

For Marc Juan Lopez of MONAT Global, his work as CFO is not just a job, it’s a way to serve and give back to the community

Monica Arnaudo Sees Beyond Beauty

Monica Arnaudo shares her road map for the future and how Ulta Beauty, America’s leading beauty retailer, supports BIPOC businesses and makes a positive impact on the world.

Jacqueline Aguilar Is Making Her Mark

Jacqueline Aguilar has always sought out a place where she could use her background in business, tech, and the law to make a difference—and she’s found it at Procter & Gamble

Yolanda Garcia
Yolanda Garcia Is Part of the Family at Handcraft

Handcraft president Irwin Mizrahi says long-tenured employees like Yolanda Garcia are the lifeblood of the seventy-five-year-old company