Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Verizon’s Rose Stuckey Kirk Is Helping To Change Our World

Yitzi Weiner
Authority Magazine
Published in
9 min readDec 25, 2022

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Work to solve the entire issue, not just the problem. Often individuals look at the problem of the moment and focus on solving it as opposed to stepping back, assessing why the problem exists, and working to resolve the issue. Early in my career, I spent too much time on specific problems and not holistic issues.

As part of my series about “individuals and organizations making an important social impact”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rose Stuckey Kirk, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer at Verizon.

Rose Stuckey Kirk is responsible for Verizon’s Corporate Social Responsibility investment strategy and programmatic buildout. As a senior leader in the marketing organization, she oversees the strategic direction for all of Verizon’s social impact marketing activity. Rose’s background as a senior leader in various P&L functions has primed her to advance the social innovation work of Verizon. Rose is an independent corporate director on the board of directors of Casella Waste Systems, and serves on the board of directors of the World Childhood

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Yitzi Weiner
Authority Magazine

A “Positive” Influencer, Founder & Editor of Authority Magazine, CEO of Thought Leader Incubator