Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, February 2026 — Rebecca Grajek has started a new position as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Meijer, one of the United States’ most respected family-owned retailers. In her new role, she will lead Meijer’s people strategy across a large multi-state workforce, with a focus on talent, culture, employee experience, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness—supporting the company’s growth and long-term community-centric mission.
In February 2026, Rebecca Grajek stepped into the role of Chief Human Resources Officer at Meijer, following a steady progression through senior HR leadership positions within the organization.
Immediately before her CHRO appointment, she served as Vice President, Stores & Corporate Human Resources for nearly one year, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she helped strengthen HR strategy and execution across core business and corporate functions. Prior to that, she was Vice President, Stores Human Resources for over two years, focusing on people leadership priorities tied directly to store operations, frontline workforce strategy, and performance enablement.
Before joining Meijer, Rebecca held the role of Vice President, People at Nerdy (the direct-to-consumer live online learning platform behind Varsity Tutors). In this position, she supported people strategy in a technology- and AI-enabled learning environment, helping strengthen talent priorities in a rapidly evolving digital business.
Earlier, she served as Vice President, Human Resources at ProMedica, where she contributed to HR leadership across a large healthcare system and supported organizational performance and workforce needs in a mission-critical industry.
She also held a leadership role at Kellogg Company as Director, Human Resources – Commercial, supporting HR strategy across commercial functions in a major global consumer brand environment.
A significant chapter of Rebecca’s career was her long tenure at Grainger, spanning close to a decade, where she progressed through multiple HR leadership roles. This included serving as Director, HR Shared Services, Finance & Legal, Director, HR Shared Services, and earlier roles such as Senior Human Resources Manager, Regional Human Resources Manager, HR Generalist, and Employee Relations Specialist. Her work involved strategic HR leadership, HR service delivery oversight (HR Customer Service, Payroll, HRIS, HR Quality and Vendor Management), executive consulting during organizational change, functional organizational design, talent management strategy, sales support HR leadership, and HR analytics-driven scorecard redesigns.
Earlier in her journey, she worked as HR Specialist, Leadership and Talent Development at National Bank of Arizona, supporting performance management, employee relations, compensation guidance, and cross-functional change initiatives. She began her career as a Recruiter at United HR Services, Inc.
Rebecca holds an MBA in Business from W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University (2007–2009).
About Meijer
Meijer is a family-owned, Midwest-based retailer with more than 500 supercenters, grocery stores, neighborhood markets, and express locations across the region. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Meijer employs more than 71,000 team members and ranks among the nation’s largest privately held companies.
As the pioneer of the “one-stop shopping” concept, Meijer is committed to delivering quality products, great value, and exceptional service, guided by core values including customers, competition, family, freshness, health, and safety.
With a legacy of more than 90 years, Meijer actively supports communities through charitable giving, nonprofit partnerships, and local events, and is consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work—annually donating at least 6% of its profit to strengthen communities.
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