Heather Paquette
Heather Paquette is the Vice President of Retail Operations for Hannaford’s Eastern Division. She oversees all aspects of store operations in Maine and New Hampshire, including sales, retail execution, and budgets.
A graduate of the University of Southern Maine with a degree in Business Finance, Heather joined Hannaford in 1999 as a Retail Management Trainee (RMT). She has held a variety of roles with Hannaford over the past 16 years. Upon completion of the RMT program, she served as an Assistant Store Manager and Store Manager in the Portland, Maine market. In 2004, she was promoted to Director of Operations and relocated to the Vermont market. Two years later, she moved to Albany, N.Y. in the same role.
Heather has been back in Maine since 2007, when she took on the role of Marketing Manager, responsible for promoting the Guiding Stars nutrition navigation program. She then was named Director of Private Brand Marketing. In 2008, Heather returned to the retail stores as Director of Operations in Maine’s Portland market. She was promoted to her current position in 2011.
Active in the community, Heather is on the Board of Directors for the March of Dimes, where she has chaired the fundraising for the state of Maine. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine and the University of Southern Maine Athletic Advisory Committee.
Heather was recognized in the Griffin Report’s “Women of Influence in the Supermarket Industry” in 2012 and “40 under 40” in 2015. She is currently enrolled in the NEW Executive Institute program for 2015-2016.
Heather lives in Maine with her husband, Brian, and their two children, Ben (7) and Audrey (5). She enjoys golf and running, having completed five half marathons.