Matt Kistler
Senior Vice President, Sustainability
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Matt Kistler is the senior vice president of sustainability for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Walmart). He is responsible for Walmart’s global sustainability strategy and the integration of sustainability into Walmart’s business strategies, encouraging the company's 100,000 suppliers to innovate, collaborate and support Walmart’s key sustainability goals and to integrate sustainability into the brand and culture of the company by engaging the more than 2.1 million Walmart associates globally.

Matt joined Walmart in November of 2003 as the director of private brands for Sam’s Club. In 2004 he became a corporate officer as the vice president of product development, private brands, packaging and quality testing. In 2006 Matt was appointed vice president of product and packaging innovation for Sam’s Club and in 2007 he was promoted to senior vice president of marketing, research and insights for Sam’s Club. In October 2007 Matt was named senior vice president, sustainability for Walmart.

Prior to joining Walmart, Matt held marketing, strategy and sales management positions with Kraft Foods, Oscar Mayer and General Foods. Matt serves on the boards of Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, Center for Responsible Business and the Foundation Board of NARTI and Hope Cancer Resources. He has a B.A. in Marketing from Michigan State University and an M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.