Rite Aid Hires Texanna Reeves to Lead Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts
02 December 2020 - 4:00AM
Business Wire
Reeves to define and drive Rite Aid’s DE&I
strategy and programming
Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) has hired Texanna Reeves, a respected
diversity and inclusion leader, to develop and implement the
organization’s overall diversity, inclusion and belonging strategy.
Rite Aid has continued to hire senior leaders to drive forward its
broader RxEvolution strategy, and the addition of Reeves signals
the organization’s commitment to sustainable systemic change as a
key component of its overall transformation.
“Diversity and inclusion are essential to everything we do at
Rite Aid,” said Jessica Kazmaier, executive vice president and
chief human resources officer, Rite Aid. “To best serve our
communities, our business ought to reflect those communities. The
addition of Texanna will help elevate and focus our overall efforts
to be an equal-opportunity employer of choice for people of broad
perspectives and experiences, cultures, genders, races and
generations. We know this will contribute to a stronger and more
successful Rite Aid.”
In her role as vice president of diversity, equity and
inclusion, Reeves will work closely with Rite Aid’s executive
leaders, including Rite Aid’s CEO Heyward Donigan, to facilitate
best practices in fostering and affirming an inclusive company
culture. She will work to advance organizational shared
responsibility for achieving Rite Aid’s strategic goals related to
diversity, inclusion and belonging, ultimately ensuring alignment
to the RxEvolution strategy. Her duties will include establishing
and leading an enterprise cross-functional diversity council at
Rite Aid and partnering with the organization’s HR Centers of
Excellence (COEs) and legal department to embed DE&I best
practices into its talent attraction, retention and development
strategies.
“I believe it is important to go beyond rhetoric and strive for
measurable progress in the area of diversity, equity and inclusion.
I’m thrilled Rite Aid is so committed to the advancement of these
goals across the organization and recognizes the relevance of
DE&I to the success of the business,” said Reeves. “I look
forward to partnering with Rite Aid leadership to ensure DE&I
is strategically integrated in every facet of Rite Aid’s future
plans – particularly at such a consequential and transformative
time in the company’s history.”
Reeves has extensive experience developing and executing
diversity and inclusion strategies at Fortune 100 companies such as
Merck, S.C. Johnson, Sodexo and Georgia-Pacific Corporation. She
also brings to Rite Aid thought leadership in the DE&I space.
In addition to her in-house roles, Reeves recently launched Engage
U, a consultancy providing expertise on diversity and inclusion
management services. Her primary Engage U client was Gilead
Sciences. She holds a bachelor of business administration and an
MBA from Mercer University’s Stetson School of Business and
Economics.
About Rite Aid Corporation
Rite Aid Corporation is on the front lines of delivering
healthcare services and retail products to more than 1.6 million
Americans daily. Our pharmacists are uniquely positioned to engage
with customers and improve their health outcomes. We provide an
array of whole health products and services for the entire family
through over 2,400 retail pharmacy locations across 18 states.
Through Elixir, we provide pharmacy benefits and services to
approximately 4 million members nationwide. For more information,
www.riteaid.com.
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