Speaker event with Michelle Lantow, CAO, New Seasons
http://www.hbsao.org/article.html?aid=253
Thursday, June 12, 2014 from 5:30- 7:00 p.m.
Union Bank, 407 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97205
Cost: No cost to attend.
To RSVP to attend this event, please email Ty Pettit '75 at Ty.Pettit@unionbank.com.
Parking: Enter Union Bank Tower off SW Broadway. Take far left driveway into Customer Parking. Take yellow ticket and bring the ticket to the event for validation. There is no time limit on parking, so please ignore the sign!
Michelle Lantow, former chief financial officer and, later, president at Lucy Activewear, joined New Seasons as its first chief administrative officer in August 2012. Lantow is also a former CFO for McCormick and Schmicks. Ms. Lantow, served as the Chief Financial Officer of McCormick & Schmick’s, a locally owned restaurant company established in 1970 and owning over 80 restaurants, from 2010 until the company was sold in 2012. As the Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Lantow was responsible for all financial reporting associated with a public company, in addition to human resources and information technology functions. Prior to that time, Ms. Lantow worked at Lucy Activewear, Inc., an apparel company that designs and sells fashion-forward performance apparel for athletic women, serving as the President from 2007 to 2009 and the Chief Financial Officer from 2000 – 2007. During the period 1995 – 2000, Ms. Lantow served as the Corporate Controller and Vice President of Investor Relations with The Gap, Inc., a diversified international specialty retailer. Ms. Lantow holds a BA in Business Economics from the University of California. She is an advisory board member of Portland State University’s MBA program and serves on the board of Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapters of the American Heart Association. Ms. Lantow’s depth of public company, strategic management and leadership experience also provide a valuable resource for the Board of Columbia Banking System where she serves as a Director.