Meet the 2020 Star Women in Convenience
Although the 23 women being honoured this year as Star Women come from diverse backgrounds and work in different roles and different sectors across the country, they share a singular commitment: to customers, to colleagues and to community.
Doing a good job requires looking closely at the bottom line and identifying ways to improve efficiency and profitability. For the 2020 Star Women, doing a good job is simply not good enough. It’s about doing a great job, and that requires focusing on customer needs, innovating and building winning teams. Indeed, for several of the honourees, their ultimate career achievement is not about themselves at all: It’s about mentoring the next generation of Star Women.
Another aspect common to all 2020 honourees is they thrive on helping to address the challenges of a sector that is constantly adapting to change and they step up to make a difference. Quite simply, they love what they do.
And it shows.
The 2020 Star Women in Convenience are:
Jillian Anderson: National key account manager, PepsiCo Canada
Grace Caputo: Vice-president and general manager of Now Prepay, Payment Source
Hélène Drolet: Vice-president, operations, Western Canada Division, Circle K
Jessica Friesen: Owner-operator, Gales Gas Bars Ltd.
Leslie Gordon: Category portfolio manager convenience retail, Suncor Energy/Petro-Canada
Kim Green: Owner and CEO, Kay’s Wholesale Ltd.
Lesley Harany: Industry volunteer, Retired - JTI-Macdonald Corp.
Mary Kelly: President and CEO, Gateway Newstands
Fiona Kreschuk: Owner-operator, Petro-Canada
Mélissa Lessard: Head of marketing and merchandising, Canada, Alimentation Couche-Tard
Elizabeth Loschiavo: Corporate account manager, Core-Mark International
Jasmine MacDonnell: Manager, government & corporate affairs, National Smokeless Tobacco Company
Melani Melnyk: Shopper marketing manager: Mondelēz Canada
Donna Montminy: Director member relations, administration & events, Ontario Convenience Stores Association (OCSA)
Robbie Mulder: District manager, Little Short Stop Stores
Olga Pigeon: Director of marketing and strategy, BG Fuels
Robin Poulain: Director of sales – impulse and alternative channels, KIND Healthy Snacks
Paula Schaeffer: Retail sales manager, Pratts Wholesale
Marie-Hélène Senécal: Director, Eastern Canada, retail, InComm
Laurie Smith: Marketing and communications lead, Canada, 7-Eleven Canada Inc.
Hayley-Ann Swartz: Manager, non-fuels products and services, Husky Energy
Audrey Sylvain: National category manager, Parkland Corporation
Tiffany Taylor: Category portfolio manager, Suncor Energy/Petro-Canada
FOR FULL PROFILES AND PHOTOS, CHECK OUT THE JULY/AUGUST 2020 ISSUE OF CONVENIENCE STORE NEWS CANADA.
