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Erin Hiatt
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility
Erin is the lead for RILA’s corporate responsibility portfolio, encompassing its Diversity & Inclusion, Sustainability, Responsible Sourcing, and Energy Management Committees and ESG engagement activities. She organizes educational content and convenes and facilitates benchmarking discussions, resource development, and stakeholder engagement for corporate retail issue leads in each of these areas. Erin has been with RILA since 2012, serving in a variety of roles supporting and leading the association’s CSR communities.
Prior to joining RILA, Erin interned for two years with the Progress Energy as their EnergyWise (smart grid) Change Management and Business Processes Intern while finishing her undergraduate degrees.
Erin holds Bachelors of Arts in Public Policy with Honors and French from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was the recipient of both the Edward Kidder Graham Chancellor’s Award and Michael A. Stegman Award for Policy Research and Advocacy as well as an inductee of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Latest Insights from Erin Hiatt

Retail Puts Diversity & Inclusion Commitments into Practice
- By [Erin Hiatt]
- 02/24/2021

RILA Elevates CSR Focus with New Promotion
- By [Lisa LaBruno, Erin Hiatt]
- 01/22/2021
Retail Leaders Discuss Product Safety, Sustainability
- By [Erin Hiatt, Susan Kirsch]
- 12/04/2020

D&I Success Statements & Leadership Model
- By [Evan Armstrong, Erin Hiatt]
- 08/24/2020
H&M Finds Landlord Collaboration Key to Energy Goals
- By [Erin Hiatt]
- 06/29/2020

Revisiting Retail Sustainability Goals during COVID-19
- By [Erin Hiatt]
- 05/28/2020
Safety v. Sustainability: Must We Choose Between the Two?
- By [Erin Hiatt, Susan Kirsch]
- 05/27/2020

The Impact of Short-Term Disruption on Long-Term Goals
- By [Erin Hiatt]
- 05/21/2020
Corporate Clean Energy Procurement Index 2020
- By [Erin Hiatt]
- 03/12/2020

Ensuring Safe, Responsibly Sourced, and Sustainable Products
- By [Kathleen McGuigan, Erin Hiatt]
- 03/10/2020