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10 Target marketing leaders
These ten current and former Target marketing leaders include a former Target Chief Marketing Officer and the current Chief Brand Officer alongside vice presidents and senior directors of marketing, media, brand marketing and guest marketing strategy. A reader can learn how Target plans guest marketing, runs media and builds its brand.
Professionals to explore
01—10Amy Dyvig
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Marketing Strategy · Target
Senior Director, Marketing Strategy at Target since 2026. Other Target roles include Senior Director, Media Strategy & Planning (2024–2026) and Senior Director, Strategy & Operations (Chief of Staff to CMO) (2022–2024). The profile describes 20+ years at Target with six promotions across Marketing Strategy, Media, Operations, Organizational Design and Executive Leadership roles.
Anu Madhusudan
LinkedInExperience: VP - Marketing Operations · Target
VP - Marketing Transformation at Target since 2024, and former VP - Marketing Operations at Target (2021–2024). Other Target roles on the profile include Senior Director - Marketing (2019–2021), Director of Marketing (2017–2019) and Senior Marketing Project Manager (2014–2017).
Carlos Saavedra
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Brand Marketing · Target
Vice President - Brand Marketing at Target since 2017, a role the profile places in the Marketing department at President/Vice President level. The profile also lists Senior Director, Culture Marketing at PepsiCo (2017–2019), and a 2020 post on the profile asks who wants to come work at Target.
Erica Thein
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Marketing & Media · Target
Former Vice President, Marketing & Media at Target (2024–2026); the profile says the role led the global Guest Marketing Strategy and Media organization and was accountable for the long range strategy to drive the Target brand and business. Other Target roles include Vice President, Food & Beverage Owned Brands (2022–2024) and Senior Director, Loyalty Marketing (2018–2021).
Greta Hanson
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Marketing · Target
Vice President Marketing at Target since 2025 and Vice President - Loyalty at Target since 2022. Other Target roles include Sr. Director- Loyalty (2021–2022), Sr. Director, Brand Management Home, Hardlines, Seasonal (2019–2021) and Sr. Director, Brand Management Beauty, Essentials, Food and Beverage (2019).
Kailee Rehkamp
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Guest Marketing Strategy at Target · Target
Sr. Director, Guest Marketing Strategy at Target since 2024, based in Minneapolis. Other Target roles include Sr. Director, Brand Management (Food & Beverage, Essentials & Beauty, Portfolio) (2021–2024), Director of Marketing (2018–2021) and Sr. Marketing Manager, Holiday (2017–2018).
Kate Olmschenk
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Guest Marketing Strategy · Target
Senior Director, Guest Marketing Strategy at Target since 2024; the profile says the role leads marketing strategy teams for Target's Discretionary businesses, including Home, Apparel, Toys, Electronics, Entertainment, Sporting Goods and Owned Brands. Other Target roles include Director, Guest Marketing Strategy Q4 Holiday (2021–2024) and Director, Brand Marketing Strategy (2018–2021).
Michelle Mesenburg
LinkedInExperience: Chief Brand Officer · Target
Chief Brand Officer at Target since 2026, a role the profile places in the Marketing department at C-Level. The profile also lists Senior Vice President Marketing (since 2017) and VP Style Marketing (since 2012) at Target, both shown without end dates, Marketing Director at Target (2008–2012) and Divisional Vice President at Macy's (2004–2008).
Pat Burke
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Media · Target
Vice President, Media at Target since 2026; the profile describes leading Target's integrated media strategy across brand, performance, creators and partnerships. Other Target roles include Senior Director, Integrated Commerce (2024–2026) and Director, Go-To-Market Strategy (2022–2023), and the profile also lists Senior Director, Go-To-Market Strategy at Roundel (2023–2024).
Rick Gomez
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Target
Former Chief Marketing Officer at Target (2017–2018). Other Target roles include Senior Vice President Marketing (2013–2017), Chief Marketing, Digital & Strategy Officer (2018–2021), Chief Food & Beverage Officer (2021–2024) and Chief Commercial Officer (2024–2026). The profile describes reporting to the CEO as part of the executive team, leading a team of 2,500+ professionals and overseeing the marketing budget.
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Match the person's remit to your question: chief officers and vice presidents suit questions about brand strategy, budgets and team design, while senior directors of guest marketing and media strategy suit questions about category plans and campaign execution. Check whether the Target role is current or past before asking about recent practice.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large retailer build a guest marketing plan for a category or a holiday season?
- 02How do brand, media and loyalty teams share goals and budgets inside a retail marketing organization?
- 03Which measures does a retail marketing leader use to decide whether a campaign earned its spend?
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