Amanda Nusz is Senior Vice President of corporate responsibility for Target and serves as President of the Target Foundation. She leads the company’s commitment to co-create an equitable and regenerative future together with its guests, partners, and communities. In June 2021, she led the launch of Target’s sustainability commitments through its enterprise-wide sustainability strategy, Target Forward, which integrated Target’s environmental, social, and governance priorities into financial and business routines. As president of the Target Foundation, she works in support of a team that has created a learning lab to shift and transform the systems that create greater equity and opportunity for all.

Previously, Amanda served as VP of quality and responsible sourcing in Target’s global sourcing organization, ensuring that Target’s vendors and suppliers operated safe, ethical, and efficient factory environments to produce high-quality, sustainable, and consumer-safe products.

Prior to her role in global sourcing, Amanda led the development of one of Target’s owned brands by spearheading the creation of the kids’ line Cat & Jack, a high-quality and affordable brand co-created with families. Cat & Jack is designed to be durable and responsibly sourced, focusing on inclusivity in its messaging and forward-thinking adaptive and seamless lines. After its launch, Cat & Jack quickly developed into a $2 billion business in its first year.

Amanda joined Target as a student in 1996 and has held various roles in human resources and merchandising across multiple categories, including health & beauty, baby essentials, kid’s, and women’s apparel. In 2003, she was integral in working with Isaac Mizrahi for Target and partnering with globally recognized designers, including Alexander McQueen.

In addition to her work at Target, Amanda represents the company on Adweek’s Sustainability Council as a founding member of the Global Fashion Agenda. She also is a member of Sustainability 50 and serves on the Corporate Consultative Group (CCG) Advisory Board and Sustainable Brands Advisory Board Committee. She previously served on the board of the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and spent over a decade on the board of the Link, an organization she continues to support; the Link works with Minneapolis youth and young families to overcome the impacts of poverty and social injustice.

Amanda received her bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Minnesota and an executive degree from MIT. She is married with two lovely, soccer-obsessed children.