2024 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Chelsey is the Vice President of New & Emerging Channels within Bayer Consumer Health leading the development of the future of eCommerce growth strategy. Chelsey is a senior executive with 14 years of experience leading multibillion-dollar categories and brand combinations within some of the largest retailers and retail channels. She is a Xavier graduate and frequent Cincinnati resident due to her 12-year career with Procter & Gamble (P&G). Her P&G career enabled her to gain a diverse background of selling and marketing experiences and enabled her to build category expertise and knowledge within personal health care, vitamins and supplements, feminine hygiene, baby care, and beauty / personal care. During her career at P&G she received company and industry recognition for her ability to over deliver business objectives and being an inclusive leader of large, diverse organizations. One of her proudest accomplishments was to be named the 2021 Inspirational Leadership Award within the Global Baby Care Organization. This prestigious award is given as a part of the Global Baby Care Equity & Inclusion Awards Ceremony and the winner is recognized by the Baby & Fem Care category CEO. Chelsey also recently gained meaningful exposure to the eCommerce and digital media sector as the Vice President of the Brand Management Team within a founder led, start-up and eCommerce accelerator. It was here where she gained real time experience helping small and large brands accelerate their businesses within online marketplaces. Chelsey also serves on the board for a Cincinnati non-profit, Mortar. Mortar’s mission is to create sustainably diverse communities by enabling historically marginalized entrepreneurs to access the resources needed to start and run successful businesses.