Carmisha Foster

Carmisha Foster is an experienced Director in Human Resources at Constellations Brands with over 8 years of experience as a strategic business partner to executive leaders. As a Director, she facilitates the execution and alignment of the organization’s business strategies and human resource strategies. Her experience consists of coaching and advising leaders and employees in the areas of people strategy, performance management, career development, complex employee relations issues and mediation/conflict resolution.

Carmisha also dedicates her time to partnering with the Diversity and Inclusion team at Constellation Brands to support the company’s initiative of increasing diversity, equity and inclusion. Her commitment to DEI is demonstrated through her work as co-founder and global co-lead of AASCEND (African Americans Strengthening Constellation’s Engagement, Networking and Development) at Constellation Brands.

Prior to Constellations Brands, Carmisha served as and HR Business Partner at Keyence Corporation of America. In this role, she partnered with senior executives and key stakeholders to develop and drive plans that optimize the business’ strategy and goals while identifying and promoting change across various business and HR functions.

Carmisha is passionate about empowering individuals to help themselves. As a licensed clinical therapist, she is dedicated to helping people work through daily life challenges, traumatic experiences and/or major life events, by empowering them with the skills, tools and resources to overcome challenges and obstacles.

Carmisha holds a MA in Counseling and Organizational Psychology from Adler School of Professional Psychology and a BA in Speech Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.