Wendy Lewis

About Wendy Lewis

With more than two decades of marketing experience, Wendy Lewis has served in a variety of roles at high-growth entrepreneurial companies. She currently leads marketing efforts for Empire Distributors, a $1.5B Berkshire-Hathaway owned beer, wine and spirits distributor based in Atlanta. She has served as Chief Marketing Officer at World Emblem, where she was responsible for the marketing strategy, planning and execution of a $40 million global organization with locations in 4 countries in order to drive sales through aggressive, diversified growth initiatives. Prior to that she implemented and managed global marketing programs for new product launches, ongoing retail relationships and co-branding partnerships at Atlanta-based The Elf on the Shelf, and additionally spent 12 years at Spanx, where she grew the company from an unknown brand into the global leader in the shapewear industry through grass-roots B2C and B2B marketing efforts. Wendy holds an MBA in Marketing from Georgia State University and a Bachelor\'s Degree in Mass Communication from Louisiana State University and volunteers with Children\'s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Experience

1. Vice President, Marketing & Communications

   Empire Distributors, Inc.

   Jun 2020 — Present

   Lead marketing strategy and planning for the Berkshire Hathaway-owned $1.6B distributor of wine, spirits, beer, non-alcoholic beverages and cannabis products in Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Colorado

Education

• Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing

  2005 — 2007

• Louisiana State University

  Bachelor's, Mass Communication

  1996 — 2000

Skills

• Brand Development
• Integrated Marketing
• Email Marketing
• Press Releases
• Marketing
• Trade Shows
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Digital Marketing
• Consumer Products
• Direct Marketing
• Social Media
• Public Relations
• Brand Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Marketing Communications