Peggy Riley

Director, Employee Communications, Wegmans Food Markets

Peggy started in store operations at Wegmans Food Markets in 1990. For the past 20 years she has held a variety of leadership roles across employee relations, staffing & recruitment, talent programs, HR management and project management for significant change initiatives and community outreach programs. Since 2013, Peggy has been responsible for leading Wegmans’ employee engagement strategies as the Director of Employee Communications. She and her team provide strategic communications to deep-root and integrate Wegmans’ mission and values into the employee experience and family culture at Wegmans that now spans to more than 100 locations across six states, and nearly 50,000 employees. Her team also oversees various listening programs that incorporate employee feedback to drive continuous improvement, business results and high customer engagement. Peggy holds a B.S. in Communications from the State University of New York at Fredonia and earned her MBA from Bittner School of Business at St. John Fisher college.