Heather McCready

Director, Whole Foods Market Communications, Amazon

United States

About

Experience

  • Director, Whole Foods Market Communications at Amazon
    Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

    Leading the Whole Foods Market communications team and functions within Amazon's broader Communications organization.

  • Whole Foods Market (15 yrs 6 mos)
    • Vice President of Communications
      Aug 2021 - Dec 2025 · 4 yrs 5 mos

      Oversaw internal and external communications and corporate reputation strategies for Whole Foods Market and served as a strategic advisor to the company's executive leadership. Led Whole Foods Market's communications organization with ownership of corporate and executive communications, crisis and issues management, corporate affairs and policy, sustainability communications and NGO engagement, government relations and public affairs, internal communications, media relations and measurement and reporting functions.

    • Executive Leader of Corporate Communications, Operations & Issues Management
      Jun 2020 - Aug 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Led the corporate communications team for Whole Foods Market, overseeing internal and external communications strategies for issues management, operational support and corporate reputation.

    • Executive Communications & Corporate Reputation Coordinator
      Sep 2018 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Developed and lead the media relations strategy for key business objectives and opportunities connected to the overall company reputation with a specialized focus on executive communications, store growth and development, and store operations projects, company wide.

  • Senior Account Manager at Regan Communications Group
    May 2007 - Jun 2010 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Specialized in Restaurant and Hospitality PR representing some of the most well known and respected restaurants, hotels and bars in the Boston area.

  • News Anchor/Senior Reporter at ABC 7 & Fox 22
    Aug 2005 - May 2007 · 1 yr 10 mos