As Executive Director of The Home Depot Foundation, Erin Izen leads The Home Depot’s philanthropic strategy, volunteer efforts and employee assistance program.

Additionally, Erin oversees The Home Depot’s military relations and workforce development programs.

Erin joined The Home Depot in 2005. Most recently, Erin served as the senior director – Talent Acquisition, leading our Workforce Development, Military Hiring and Relations, and the Contingent Workforce Program Office. Erin has served as a Board Member for The Home Depot Foundation since 2011.

Before joining The Home Depot, Erin worked at Radiant Systems in Alpharetta, Georgia. She holds a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology and is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Erin is active in her church and several nonprofits that support the armed forces, veterans, and homelessness. She is married to LtCol Jim Izen, USMC (retired) and mother to four (the oldest is also a Marine Corps veteran).

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Jose Barra is senior vice president of merchandising, décor, at The Home Depot. He oversees the company’s strategy to provide customers with innovative and exclusive products across flooring, paint, kitchen, bath, appliances, décor, storage and organization. 

Jose joined The Home Depot in 2017 and previously served as senior vice president of merchandising services, where he led a team of more than 26,000 associates and was responsible for the company’s in-store environment, field merchandising and merchandising execution team efforts.

Jose brings more than 25 years of industry experience to the company. Before joining The Home Depot, he served as executive vice president of Optum Inc., a diversified health and well-being company. Prior to that, he served as executive vice president of merchandising, essentials and hardlines at Target. Earlier in his career, Jose also held positions with McKinsey & Company Inc. and served as a managing director with a business incubator in Ecuador.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago-Booth School of Business.

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Molly Battin is senior vice president and chief marketing officer at The Home Depot. In this role, she is responsible for The Home Depot’s branding, marketing strategy, personalization efforts and the company’s retail media network, Retail Media+.

Molly joined The Home Depot in 2022 and prior to joining the company has held executive leadership roles across prolific brands like, Coca-Cola, Warner Media and Delta Air Lines. During her time at Delta, she led global corporate brand strategy and brand management across the company. Her oversight included the global company’s cross-functional marketing strategy and channels.

Molly is a Fellow of the Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) Betsy Magness Leadership Institute and was named the 2018 WICT Southeast Woman of the Year. She’s currently on the advisory board for Imagine It! The Children’s Museum of Atlanta, a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2018, and a member of the Agape advisory board.

Outside of work, Molly is a proud wife and mother of three children, an avid runner and a triathlete. Molly earned a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and an MBA from Northwestern University.
 

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Rodes Bazzel is vice president of merchandising for The Home Depot. She is responsible for the company’s power department, which includes power tools, outdoor power equipment, and accessories. Since joining The Home Depot in 2009, Rodes has served in a variety of roles throughout the company, including positions in finance, product development, and merchandising.

True to The Home Depot’s values, Rodes gives back by serving on the board of Horizons Atlanta, a nonprofit that is committed to bridging the education gap for underserved children. At home, Rodes enjoys gardening, yoga, and chasing around her three young children.

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Marc Becker is vice president of merchandising for The Home Depot. He is responsible for the company’s millwork department, which includes molding, windows, interior doors, exterior doors, patio doors, garage doors and related products.

Marc joined the company in 1999 as a credit analyst. He has held positions of increasing responsibility including assistant store manager, inventory merchant, manager supply chain, merchant, senior merchant, divisional merchandise manager for outdoor power and most recently field merchandising vice president for the Western Division. Marc has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Georgia Southern University.

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Scott Bomar is the senior vice president of Finance for The Home Depot. In this role, Scott is responsible for the planning and execution against the company’s short-term and long-term financial targets, directing resource allocation and supporting the company’s strategic initiatives from a financial perspective.

Scott has served as SVP and chief financial officer (CFO) of Deluxe, a payments and business technology company. Before Deluxe, Scott spent more than 15 years at The Home Depot. In his last role with The Home Depot, he served as SVP of our Home Services business, where he drove improved performance and business growth across the organization. Before leading Services, he was vice president of payments and treasurer, with responsibility for the company’s debt portfolio, share repurchase program and commercial paper program, as well as the company’s credit card acceptance strategy and private label credit card program.

Scott holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Duke University. He also serves as Board Chairman for the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy.

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Marc Brown serves as CEO of HD Supply, a critical part of The Home Depot’s strategy to serve Pro customers in the maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) industry.

Previously, he was senior vice president of supply chain for The Home Depot.

Marc joined the company in 1998 and has held numerous functional support and line operational roles, including human resources manager, store manager, field install manager, district manager, senior director of Pro sales, regional vice president for the Southeast Region and senior vice president of retail operations. He has led critical initiatives during his tenure, including enhanced supply chain and retail labor models, supply chain automation and productivity, freight flow, and on-shelf availability.

Prior to joining the company, he spent eight years in retail at Wal-Mart and Blockbuster Video, both in field and corporate support positions.

Marc is a graduate of the University of Arkansas, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in administrative management.

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Pete Capel is president of the Northern Division for The Home Depot. He is responsible for the sales and operations of 802 stores in 24 Midwest and Northeastern states, with a team of more than 110,000 associates.

Most recently, Pete served as vice president of Field Merchandising for the last seven years for the Northern, Southern and Western divisions. In this role, Pete also led Home Depot’s emergency response teams for natural disasters. 

Pete joined the company in 1990 as a sales associate in South Florida and has held roles of increasing responsibility, including assistant store manager, store manager, district manager, regional install manager, regional merchandise manager, divisional sales merchant, field merchandising vice president for the Northern Division and vice president of in-store environment.

A proud veteran, Pete served for seven years in the United States Marine Corps before joining The Home Depot.

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Chris Duffy is vice president of Home Depot installation services. He is responsible for creating a best-in-class consultation, sales and installation experience for our do-it-for-me customers.

Since joining Home Depot in 2000 as a sales associate, Chris has held several positions of increasing responsibility including store manager, district manager, director of operations process, vice president of workforce operations & strategy, building services and energy management, vice president of interconnected retail for homedepot.com and, most recently, vice president of in store environment.

Chris has a bachelor’s degree from Fairfield University and received his master's degree from Duke University.

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John Ellington is the director of finance and grants administration for The Home Depot Foundation.  He is responsible for establishing and managing the collaborative strategies to implement the Foundation’s focus – working to improve the homes and lives of U.S. military veterans and their families.

John joined The Home Depot in 2005 in the Assurance and Advisory Management Program, a two-year program designed to develop the future leaders of the company.  Since that time, John has held roles of increasing responsibility across the company’s corporate finance landscape in the functional areas of financial planning & analysis, store operations, merchandising services and online merchandising.

Prior to joining The Home Depot, John spent four years at Ernst & Young in a variety of roles within their Atlanta office.

A native of the Acadiana region of southern Louisiana, John graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Accounting and minor in economics from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, GA.  He proudly serves in The Foundation in honor of his late father, a veteran of the Vietnam War.

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Daniel Grider is vice president of information technology at The Home Depot. He is responsible for the IT infrastructure, engineering and operations, and accountable for the company’s strategic technology footprint that supports more than 400,000 associates and 2,200 stores. This includes virtualization, network engineering, database, storage, platform, open systems, mainframe, software deployment, data centers and operational command centers.

Daniel joined The Home Depot in 2009 and has more than 22 years of retail information technology experience. He has held various roles of influence throughout his career, with emphasis on development, operational excellence and infrastructure effectiveness. Most recently, Daniel implemented strategic plans to significantly improve self-service infrastructure, overall operational controls, including root cause analysis, response time, productivity and system availability.

Prior to joining The Home Depot, Daniel was senior director for eBay’s global operations team, and spent several years with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. leading the IT security and business continuity divisions. In addition, Daniel worked nine years as a certified law enforcement officer in the state of Arkansas.

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Crystal Hanlon is senior vice president and culture officer at The Home Depot. Crystal is responsible for driving the company’s culture development and strategy and oversees The Home Depot Foundation, The Homer Fund, events and internal communications teams.

Crystal began her career at the company in 1985 as a cashier in Texas while attending the University of Houston. During the last 30-plus years, she has held numerous positions and built a reputation for leading with The Home Depot’s culture and values at the forefront. Crystal served as customer services manager, assistant store manager, store manager, district manager, senior director of operations, merchandising vice president of décor, regional vice president of the Midwest and regional vice president of the Gulf Region. Most recently, Crystal served as president of the Northern Division, a position she held for eight years.

Crystal studied business management at the University of Houston.

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Stacy Ingram serves as associate general counsel and deputy corporate secretary for The Home Depot, which she joined in April 2009. She is responsible for a broad range of securities, compliance, corporate governance and corporate finance matters.

Prior to joining The Home Depot, Ms. Ingram was a partner in the Atlanta office of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, where she represented clients in a full array of securities, corporate governance and corporate finance matters. She currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the Society for Corporate Governance and chair of its Policy Advisory Committee, and has served as president of the Society’s Southeastern Chapter. Ms. Ingram also serves on the board of The Home Depot Foundation and The Homer Fund.

Ms. Ingram received her law degree from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Heather Kennedy is the vice president of government relations and external communications at The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer. Heather has served in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility at the company for over 20 years. She is responsible for international government relations, federal lobbying and political activity in the Washington, D.C. office as well as state and local government relations across all 50 states. She oversees strategy for external communications including proactive brand PR, executive communications, and issues management. Heather serves on the company’s Incidence Response Team, Privacy and Data Governance Committee, the steering committee of Home Depot’s Civil Rights, Equality, Economic Inclusion and Diversity Task Force (CREEiD), and serves at the chair of The Home Depot Political Action Committee. 

Prior to The Home Depot, Heather was a legislative director at public affairs firms in Florida and Georgia, working in state legislatures. Heather graduated summa cum laude from Florida State University with a BA in Business Management and holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Georgetown University.  She is a graduate of the Women in Power program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as well as the Public Affairs Council’s Public Affairs Institute. 

Heather serves on the board of directors of The Home Depot Foundation, chairs the Georgia Retail Association and sits on the Public Policy Steering Committee of the Retail Industry Leaders Association. She serves on the board of directors for the Public Affairs Council, chairs the Governance Committee for the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute, sits on Ford’s Theatre Corporate Advisory Board and is a member of the DC Economic Club.  

Heather lives in Arlington, Virginia with her husband Jacob and two daughters and enjoys traveling and playing golf. She puts her passion for golf to work as a board member of the First Tee of Greater Washington, DC and as a co-chair of the Ambassador program for the National Links Trust.
 

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Kelly Mayhall is president of the Southern Division for The Home Depot. She is responsible for leading sales and operations across 15 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. Kelly started as a part-time cashier in 1996 and has been growing her career at the company for more than 25 years.

Throughout her years with the company, she has held numerous store and operations positions including store manager, district manager, senior director of operations, regional vice president for the Midwest region and vice president of store operations.

Most recently, Kelly served as vice president of associate and customer experience, where she was responsible for labor operations, customer care, specialty and front end. In addition to her operational experience, she brings a deep understanding and passion for Home Depot’s culture to her new role of leading more than 100,000 associates of the Southern Division.

Kelly is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in international studies and pre-law.

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Aaron Stein is vice president of merchandising for The Home Depot. He is responsible for the company’s plumbing department, which includes the air and water movement businesses.

Aaron joined the company in 2001 as part of the Business Leadership Program. He has held positions of increasing responsibility including director of merchandising strategy, regional merchandise manager, merchant, senior merchant, and divisional merchandise manager. Additionally, Aaron worked at J.P. Morgan in equity research from 2005-2010. Aaron earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University.

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Charles Wilson is vice president of operations and responsible for the retail customer and associate experience, including labor operations, customer care, specialty and front end.

Prior to this role, Charles Wilson was a regional vice president for The Home Depot responsible for the operations of 110 stores in Florida, Alabama, southern Georgia and southern South Carolina.

Charles joined the company in 2003 as an assistant store manager. He has held progressively responsible roles, including store manager, district operations manager, director of strategic development and district manager.

Charles holds a Master of Business Administration in strategy and finance from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Hampton University.

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Sherry Yaskin is vice president of human resources – merchandising, marketing, online, and contact centers – for The Home Depot.

Sherry joined The Home Depot in 2004 as director of learning and has held positions of increasing responsibility, including director of talent management and organizational effectiveness, senior director of human resources for both the western and northern divisions, senior director of human resources for U.S. operations and the pro business, vice president of talent management and organizational effectiveness and most recently, vice president of human resources for U.S. stores and operations.

Prior to joining the company, Sherry was a district manager with Circuit City. She also spent more than 14 years with Gap, Inc., where she held a variety of leadership positions.

Sherry holds a bachelor's in speech communication from the University of Florida.

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