Dive Brief:
Outdoor Voices on Thursday appointed Gabrielle Conforti as CEO, according to details emailed to Retail Dive.
Conforti joins the direct-to-consumer athletics brand with more than 15 years of retail and apparel experience, including as chief merchandising officer and president of Urban Outfitters. Before that, she oversaw merchandising and buying across multiple categories at J. Crew.
Conforti s appointment comes about eight months after interim CEO Cliff Moskowitz departed the company.
Dive Insight:
At the time of her resignation, media reports suggested that there was a division between the founder and other members of the board. Haney, in her own words, said she experienced both gender and generational differences firsthand and these have been very tough to navigate, according to an Instagram post from last March.
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TO THE TRADE
Lynchburg, Virginia–based leather company Moore & Giles has promoted
Adam Shurr to the position of director of marketing, where he will lead the team and oversee strategies.
St. Augustine, Florida–based home furnishings manufacturer Brown Jordan Inc. has named
Bernie Guerin as its new chief financial officer. Guerin comes to the role with more than 30 years of business finance experience, most recently having served as COO and CFO at environmental services and waste management provider Clean Earth Inc. At Brown Jordan, he will oversee the company’s financial strategies and manage its outdoor living and contract furnishings divisions.
January 22 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Free
S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation presents “Truth, Justice and Reconciliation at Home” with Glide’s Rabbi Michael Lezak and this festival’s co-chair, Tina Sharkey, talking about social justice. Free, with registration.Event Website
Before Covid-19, the Day of Philanthropy was just that a day. Now, with the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation’s annual event coming around during the pandemic, why not expand it to several days? Why not put it online and open it up to anyone? Why not make it free?
Organizers answered those questions with a resounding “Sure, why not?”
So this year, the Day of Philanthropy will consist of seven separate online events running from January through March, and each will indeed be free to one and all.
The “Day of Philanthropy Festival” series will kick off Jan. 15 with a presentation from epidemiologist Dr. Larry Brilliant on maximizing community resilience during the pandemic, and it will end March 10 with a keynote speech from former Rockefeller Foundation president Judith Rodin on building a more just world through philanthropy.