She accepted a job as president of Stride Rite shoes, putting back in the public eye In 1995 she left Stride Rite for the challenge of revamping the floundering Florists Tranworld Delivery (FTD).She fought the corporate higher-ups and transformed it into a privately held company. In1997, Whitman changed jobs again to go to Hasbro,Inc. where she was general manager of thw Playskool division handling Mr.Potato Head and the Teletubbies.