Sessions of 2025 Summer Conference: Kelli Kunkee
Kunkee, Kelli
Director, RISE Up Outreach & Operations
Kelli Kunkee is the Director, RISE Up Outreach and Operations at the National Retail Federation Foundation (NRFF). She is a results-driven operations leader with expertise in project management, business process improvement, customer relationship management and data analysis. She is responsible for managing a portfolio of RISE Up stakeholders, RISE Up vendors, data analytics and project managing new initiatives. Prior to joining the NRFF team in 2024, she worked in various operations and finance roles at a national education nonprofit for over 15 years.
Sessions:
Surprise, That’s Retail!
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Westin La Paloma
- Business and Marketing Education
- Interdisciplinary
Not too long ago, people were talking about the retail apocalypse. Today, the narrative has been energized with advances in digital technology, automation and AI. Retail jobs appear across multiple trades, including health care, manufacturing and construction. There’s a myriad of careers outside of sales, such as those in data analytics, digital media and engineering. Join staff from the NRF Foundation and the Center for the Future of Arizona to learn about surprising places retail shows up – and how you can share this knowledge with students as they prepare to enter the workforce.
