Do you know a qualified candidate?
The Path to Purchase Institute’s Retail Media Awards honor the top commerce marketers pioneering retail media. The awards are designed to spotlight innovative leaders across brands, retailers, agencies and solution providers who are effectively leveraging or helping others leverage retail media for successful digital and omnichannel campaigns.
Ideal candidates for the Retail Media Awards are professionals in retail media who meet criteria:
- Are trailblazers making impactful change in their company and in the industry;
- Have led successful campaigns and/or innovative new solutions in retail media;
- Contribute significantly to the advancement and evolution of retail media as it relates to connected commerce across the path to purchase.
Rules:
- Nominee must be from a retailer, manufacturer, solution provider, or agency
- Nominee must be nominated by a colleague or industry peer (self-nominations are not eligible for consideration)
- No former Retail Media Award winners are eligible
- No former or current employees of EnsembleIQ or Path to Purchase Institute are eligible
- Nominations must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, Dec. 18, 2026
Past Winners
Michael AltierWalmart Media Connect
Partner Manager
Vai AnandDollar General
Sr. Director Analytics, Insights & Data Science
John AndrysiakHarvest Group
Director, Retail Media
Sarah BruischatMeijer
Senior Manager, Retail Media Strategy & Operations
Tammy BrumfieldAdvantage Unified Commerce
VP Commerce Marketing
Jen BryceUnilever
Associate Director -Retail Media Capabilities, Partnerships and Investment Lead -US
Courtney DonahueDanone
Senior Manager Omni-Activation
Matt ElsleyQsic
Co-Founder & CEO
Elizabeth ErpeldingAlbertsons Media Collective
Head of Marketing & Partner Experience
Toby EspinosaDoorDash
VP of Ads
George ForgeQuad
SVP, Client Technology and Product Development
Nicco GloazzoKettle & Fire
Senior Director of Media and Omnichannel
Nick HamiltonKPM
SVP, Kroger Precision Marketing and Commercial Technology
Mary Kate HuffmanBlue Chip
Director of Integrated Media Planning & Commerce
Kathryn MazzaHyVee
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
Molly McFarlandAdAdapted
Founder & Chief Revenue Officer
Shawn McGaheeHead of Retail Media
Gretchen ReisnerCVS
Lead Director, Client Insights & Strategy
Joshua RosenChurch & Dwight
Director, Conencted Commerce Marketing
Adam StaveSwish
CEO
Kimberly SugdenPepsiCo
Senior Marketing Manager - PLP Tea
Rachel ThomasCompetitive Edge Media Management
Senior Director of Media Solutions
Shock ToremVestcom
SVP, Media Solutions, Vestcom
Katie VogtWalgreens
Sr Director, Head of Client Success, Walgreens Advertising Group
Roger DunnDiageo
Global Lead, Retail Media