P2PI Announces 2026 Retail Media Award Winners

After combing through a plethora of nominations, the Path to Purchase Institute is proud to reveal the top 30 commerce marketers pioneering retail media through our fourth annual Retail Media Awards program.

The program recognizes innovative leaders across brands, retailers, agencies and solutions providers who are effectively leveraging or helping others leverage retail media for successful digital and omnichannel campaigns.

The winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony and cocktail celebration on Wednesday, June 3, during P2PI's Retail Media Summit, which takes place June 2-4 in Chicago. They also will be profiled on P2PI.com. (See a list of our 2025 winners.)

The 2026 Retail Media Awards honorees are:

Chrissy Arsenault        
Director of Marketing, Brand & Digital Commerce        
Pompeian

Drew Cashmore        
Chief Strategy Officer        
Vantage

Stephenie Cattonar
Senior Director, Product Management Strategy        
The Home Depot

Victoria Cromie        
Managing Director, Canada        
Mars United Commerce

Georgina Cunningham        
Executive Director, Amazon Performance Marketing        
Estee Lauder Companies

Brian DeCoveny        
Managing Director, North America        
Barrows Connected Store

Ali Dembishack
Head of Omnichannel Strategy, Planning & Activation        
Lactalis

Lars Djuvik        
Chief Revenue Officer        
Pentaleap

Mark Donohue        
General Manager of Retail Media        
Placements.io

Mike Glaser        
VP, Commerce Marketing — Media        
PepsiCo

Kristin Hintermeister        
VP, Client Development        
Vestcom (an Avery Dennison company)

Molly Hjelm        
Corporate Vice President, Retail Media        
Ace Hardware

Justin Jefferson        
Vice President, Strategy & Insight        
Keen Decision Systems

Christina Klenotic        
Director of Media Planning, Commercialization & Campaign Optimization        
Lowe's