Candace "CT" Taylor Anderson is the Director of Sustainability for Belk, Inc.; the largest family owned and operated department store company in the nation. She was previously a management consultant focused on environmental sustainability, retail sales and corporate social responsibility; clients included Barclays Capital in London and The Sustainability Consortium. In 2011, she combined her professional travel schedule with an extended family trip, traveling to 26 countries in 11 months. From 2006 to 2011, she lived in Bentonville, Ark., and served as Director of Strategy and Sustainability with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. CT is a proud alumnus of Howard University.