The Wellsville Group
Kate Wolcott Rizzo is an accomplished marketing communications leader with extensive experience in multiple sectors. Currently serving as the Director of Marketing and Creative at Ashley | The Wellsville Group since 2014, Kate also contributes as an adjunct professor of communication and media arts at Erie Community College. Prior roles include senior positions at Synacor, where Kate played a pivotal role in branding and messaging for digital products, and entrepreneurial endeavors as a partner and owner at k8 creative and Brandcrush, providing strategic branding and consulting services to various high-profile clients. Educational credentials include a Master of Arts in Integrated Marketing Communications from St. Bonaventure University and undergraduate degrees in Philosophy, English Literature, and Sociology from St. Bonaventure University, alongside studies at the University of Oxford.
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The Wellsville Group
The Wellsville Group is one of the largest home furnishing retailers in the United States, owning and operating 18 Ashley locations in New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Ashley is America's #1 furniture and mattress retail brand. With more than 1,000 locations across the country, and spanning the globe in over 155 countries, Ashley is the top choice for style and comfort for millions of people. Together, we're committed to turning houses into homes and changing lives for the better. From humble beginnings as a carpet store in the basement of our founder's home in 1967, The Wellsville Group has expanded to become a Top 100 furniture retailer with 15 Ashley Stores, 3 Ashley Outlets, 6 distribution centers, a Carpet One store, and a customer service center. The Wellsville Group consists of over 500 people with Ashley Stores and Ashley Outlets throughout Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Olean, and Horseheads, New York; Cleveland and Akron, Ohio; and Altoona and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, as well as distribution centers in Batavia, Olean, Camillus, and Horseheads, New York; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and Maple Heights, Ohio; and a customer service center in Batavia, NY. All Ashley Stores are independently owned and operated by a network of individual retailers, each licensed to operate in key market areas. The Wellsville Group opened one of the first Ashley HomeStore concept stores in Horseheads, New York in 2001.