Meet the Keynote - Tim Boyle, Chairman, President & CEO, Columbia Sportswear Company
Tim Boyle has served as chief executive officer of Columbia Sportswear Company since 1988 and reassumed the role of President in 2017, which he had previously held until 2015. Tim was appointed Chairman of the Board in 2020. He oversees operations of the active outdoor company from its Portland, Oregon headquarters.
Tim’s career with Columbia Sportswear began in 1971 when, during his senior year at The University of Oregon, his father, who had been running the company since 1964, died suddenly of a heart attack. His mother, Gert Boyle, quickly enlisted Tim’s help in order to continue the aggressive expansion that her husband had initiated and that had expanded the company’s sales that year to $1 million.
An alumnus of Portland, Oregon’s Jesuit High School (1967) and the University of Oregon (1971, B.S. Journalism), Tim serves on the Board of Directors of Northwest Natural Gas Company.
Conference Speakers Include:
Arthur W. Bodek, Partner, Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP
Sara Bowersox, Senior Manager, Global Trade Compliance, KEEN, Inc.
Stan Burton, Vice President, Apparel Manufacturing, Columbia Sportswear Company
Annette Cathcart, Import Logistics Manager, Western Glove Works
Kiera Conlan, Director, Global Accounts, UWL
Pamela DeNichilo, Chief Product and Business Development Officer, Tegra Global
Nate Herman, Senior Vice President, Policy, AAFA
Beth Hughes, Vice President, Trade and Customs Policy, AAFA
Doug Hyland, Director Customs Compliance, Nordstrom, Inc.
Brandon Lord, Executive Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Davis Lyons, Sourcing Manager, Minnetonka Moccasin Company, Inc.
Gregg Meyer, Chief Sustainability Officer, Counsel, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Steve Madden, Ltd.
Chelsea Murtha, Senior Director, Sustainability, AAFA
Todd R. Smith, CEO & Founder, KYG Trade Inc.
Matthew Varner, Vice President, Trade and Customs, Aritzia