Erin Hiatt

Senior Director, Sustainability and Innovation

Erin is the lead for RILA’s corporate responsibility portfolio, encompassing its environmental Sustainability, Responsible Sourcing, and Energy Management Committees, and co-lead for RILA’s Zero Waste Committee. She is also co-lead for RILA’s Retail Innovation Center and supports RILA’s Diversity & Inclusion Leaders Council.

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.