Christy Phillips-Brown is Director of External Communications for Delhaize America, Food Lion Family of Banners and Bottom Dollar Food.  As director of External Communications, Christy oversees media relations, strategic planning and leadership for media relations and crisis management. She also provides leadership and strategic direction for the company’s media relations activities. In addition, she oversees the company’s customer contact center operations.

Prior to joining the company in 2009, she served as senior vice-president and chief media strategist at Wachovia Corporation for 10 years.  She has also held positions of increasing responsibility in the communications department at Duke Engineering & Services.

Christy received her Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Western Carolina University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Queens University. She is an accredited member (APR) of the Public Relations Society of America and in 2006 was named by PR News as one of the top 15 professionals in the industry to watch. In addition, Phillips-Brown serves on the board of directors of Charlotte Emergency Housing and the Charlotte Public Relations Society of America and serves as regional director o and chair of the Strategic Public Relations Committee for Delta Zeta Sorority.

Phillips-Brown, her husband Jason and their cocker spaniel live in Charlotte and in her free time, she enjoys volunteering in the community, playing tennis, running, hiking and shopping.