Dominique Herring

About Dominique Herring

I am a strategic business leader focused on driving performance, strengthening organizations, and building high-performing teams in complex, fast-moving environments.My career has been shaped by leading in high-accountability settings where success requires more than results alone. It requires the ability to align strategy, develop talent, create clarity, and translate business priorities into consistent execution. I am passionate about building strong teams, strengthening culture, and creating the conditions that allow people and organizations to perform at a high level.My leadership approach is grounded in accountability, operational excellence, and people development. I believe long-term performance is built through disciplined execution, strong leadership, and environments where people are supported, challenged, and empowered to grow.I am increasingly focused on the future of leadership, particularly how AI and systems thinking will shape performance, resilience, and the way people lead and operate in a more complex world. I believe the next era of leadership will require a broader view of performance—one that recognizes that sustainable success depends not only on business outcomes, but on the systems that support people behind them.I use this platform to explore a question I believe will define the next era of leadership: how do we build systems that help people perform at a high level and still thrive as human beings?

Experience

1. Senior Market Manager

   Altria

   Mar 2019 — Present · Columbus, OH, US

   I successfully drove market growth and team engagement at Altria, achieving remarkable results in sales and employee satisfaction. • Led cross-functional analysis to enhance trade marketing programs, unlocking profitable promotion opportunities across retail stores. • Championed diversity initiatives, resulting in the highest internal ranking for DE & I leadership leading to an increase in employee engagement. • Collaborated with Learning and Development to create programs that advanced the careers of high-potential Black women and Hispanic talent.

Education

• Babson College

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing

  2015

• Canisius University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Management, Marketing

  2005