Senior Retail Accounting Analyst Brianna Phillips is passionate about sustainability and animals.

Brianna volunteers at Owl’s Nest Sanctuary for Wildlife in Odessa, Florida. This nonprofit organization rescues, rehabilitates and releases sick, orphaned or injured wildlife native to Florida. This includes:

• Birds — owls, eagles, hawks, herons, cranes and songbirds.
• Mammals — opossums, raccoons, squirrels, foxes and armadillos.
• Amphibians and reptiles — gopher tortoises, slider turtles, snapping turtles, box turtles, snakes and alligators.

“Essentially, if it is a native Florida species, we can help, or help you find someone who will,” said Brianna.

Since 2020, Brianna has helped rescue, feed and provide medical treatment to many animals. She has also educated locals about the importance of wildlife preservation.

“It’s important to inform people about how they can help us preserve our beautiful Florida wildlife,” she said.

Her most memorable volunteer experience was helping rescue a female bald eagle and return it to its natural habitat.

“I never had the chance to help an eagle before. It’s very special,” she said. “It’s a mighty animal, and it was very nice to be a part of that rescue.”

Brianna has been working at Publix for 13 years. She held multiple positions before taking her current role. She is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the store profit and loss reports (P&L reports), calculating retail bonuses for all eligible associates and being a subject matter expert and consultant for the store P&L reports.

Although she loves working with numbers, she also loves the environment. Her passion for nature and sustainability inspired Brianna to go back to college. She is currently working on a degree in sustainability. Brianna wants to combine her career at Publix with her love for the environment.

Publix is a family — a big, 240,000-person one — with backgrounds from across the country and around the world. This article is part of a series featuring associates from a variety of backgrounds, age groups and cultures, and we love sharing their successes. We hope our articles help you learn a little more about your fellow associates who make up our Publix family.