Washington, D.C. — Girls Grocers of America (WGA), an expert improvement community working beneath the Nationwide Grocers Affiliation Basis, immediately introduced the appointment of Kristie Maurer, Proprietor of Maurer’s City Market, as its new President. WGA additionally introduced that Donna Zambo, Govt Vice President, Chief Info and Advertising Officer at Allegiance Retail Providers, will function Vice Chair of WGA.
Maurer and Zambo succeed outgoing President Kristin Popp and Vice Chair Heidi Huff, whose management helped increase WGA’s nationwide presence and deepen its affect throughout the unbiased grocery business.
At Girls Grocers of America, members have interaction in significant relationships by in-person and digital occasions, join throughout profession levels, and entry instruments and programming designed to assist them develop personally and professionally. Beneath Popp and Huff’s management, WGA strengthened its government and rising chief networking teams, skilled improvement choices, and created new pathways for ladies shaping the grocery business immediately and main it into the longer term.
Maurer brings a robust monitor document of operational management and group engagement to her new function. As a next-generation unbiased grocer in Wisconsin, she has performed a key function in working and increasing her household’s grocery enterprise, together with serving various and evolving communities by progressive city retailer ideas.
“I’m deeply honored to function President of Girls Grocers of America,” stated Maurer. “WGA is a group the place ladies throughout the unbiased grocery business come collectively to advance their careers and help each other. I stay up for constructing on the robust basis Kristin and Heidi have established and persevering with to create alternatives for ladies at each stage of their careers.”
“Kristie represents the entrepreneurial spirit and forward-thinking management that outline the unbiased grocery business,” stated Greg Ferrara, NGA President & CEO. “She understands each the operational realities and the group affect of unbiased grocers, and I’m assured she is going to proceed the spectacular development and momentum of Girls Grocers of America. I additionally need to prolong my honest gratitude to Kristin Popp and Heidi Huff for his or her distinctive service. Their dedication has strengthened WGA’s mission and expanded its attain throughout the nation. We’re equally excited to welcome Donna Zambo as Vice Chair and stay up for the management and strategic perception she is going to convey to the group.”
As President, Maurer will work alongside Zambo and the WGA Board of Administrators to additional increase engagement alternatives, strengthen mentorship and networking applications, and champion the development of girls all through the unbiased meals retail sector.
Girls Grocers of America stays dedicated to fostering significant connections, celebrating achievements, and equipping ladies with the assets wanted to navigate challenges and lead the business ahead.
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About Girls Grocers of America
Girls Grocers of America is an expert improvement community working beneath the NGA Basis. WGA helps ladies within the unbiased grocery business by offering management improvement, networking alternatives, scholarships, and academic programming designed to assist members have interaction, community, and develop.
Concerning the Nationwide Grocers Affiliation
NGA is the nationwide commerce affiliation representing the retail and wholesale group grocers that comprise the unbiased sector of the meals distribution business. An unbiased retailer is a privately owned or managed meals retail firm working quite a lot of codecs. The unbiased grocery sector is accountable for about 1.2 % of the nation’s total financial system and is answerable for producing greater than $250 billion in gross sales, 1.1 million jobs, $39 billion in wages and $36 billion in taxes. NGA members embrace retail and wholesale grocers positioned in each congressional district throughout the nation, in addition to state grocers’ associations, producers and repair suppliers.
