Blair Bekker
Director, Global Talent Development @Chewy
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WORK HISTORY
Director, Global Talent Development @Chewy
Lead Chewy’s enterprise-wide Talent Development & Inclusion function, serving team members across the U.S. Responsible for strategy, design, and delivery of leadership development, cultural onboarding, inclusion programming, and enterprise learning operations.Introduced Chewy’s first holistic, progressive leadership development strategy, introducing four academies (Emerging, Advanced, Senior, and Executive) to close skill gaps and embed culture across early-career front line leaders through VP/executives.Launched the Senior Leadership Academy for Director-level leaders, pairing executive coaching and real-world action learning projects with executive (C-suite) leader sponsorship.Delivered Chewy\'s first Executive Development program for top talent and successor readiness, including executive education, coaching and in-person leadership summit for Senior Director and Vice President leaders. Reintroduced in-person onboarding, learning experiences and cultural immersion across multiple locations after 5 years of fully virtual training. Expanded business enablement with Chewy’s functional onboarding, functional competency model learning programs, and internal mobility development resources. Modernized learning infrastructure, creating a centralized Learning Ops Hub, building learning impact dashboards, piloting AI in L&D, and evolving Chewy University into a personalized learner platform.
EDUCATION
Florida Atlantic University - College of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA
The University of Alabama
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication and Media Studies
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bachelor's Degree, Communication and Media Studies
ABOUT BLAIR BEKKER
Blair is a senior talent development leader with 15+ years of experience designing and scaling innovative learning strategies that transform leadership, elevate culture, and drive measurable business results. Currently serving as Director of Global Talent Development at Chewy, she leads enterprise-wide initiatives that strengthen leadership pipelines, embed culture, and future-proof learning across an team member organization.Throughout her career at Chewy, she’s built functions from the ground up—launching the company’s first Customer Service Leadership Development vertical, first Enterprise Learning Analytics team, and first CS Communications team. Along the way, Blair scaled L&D from a team of 5 to 20+, led multi-million-dollar program portfolios, and created leadership pathways that reduced attrition by double digits across frontline and exempt leaders.Blair’s approach blends strategic vision with hands-on execution- Introduced enterprise leadership academies (Emerging, Advanced, Senior, and Executive) to close gaps across all leader levels- Pioneered immersive learning solutions, including VR empathy training, which improved Quality Effectiveness and First Contact Resolution- Reimagined onboarding through in-person cultural immersion, senior leader engagement, and tailored executive experiences- Modernized learning operations by launching a centralized hub, expanding data capabilities, piloting AI in L&D, and evolving Chewy University into a dynamic, personalized learner platform.Blair’s passionate about building inclusive, high-performing leadership cultures where team members can thrive, grow, and make an impact. Known as a trusted partner to executives and a developer of strong teams, she thrives at the intersection of people, culture, and strategy—turning talent development into a competitive advantage.
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