Brown Shoe Adds Board Member

October 10, 2013
SGB Update

Brown Shoe Company announced the election of W. Lee Capps to its board of directors and his appointment to the audit committee. Capps was most recently chief operating officer for Kellwood Company. At Kellwood, he also served in several other executive leadership roles, including seven years as the company’s chief financial officer.

“Adding Lee to our board of directors gives us the benefit of both his strong accounting background and his industry experience,” said Diane Sullivan, president and CEO of Brown Shoe Company. “His expertise in finance, treasury, and compliance and control activities will also be of great value.”

Capps, a U.S. Air Force veteran, started his accounting career at KPMG, where he spent more than 10 years in various audit roles. Prior to joining Kellwood, he worked for Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Lubbock, Texas, as the CFO and controller. 

Brown Shoe Adds Board Member

October 11, 2011
SGB Update

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. elected Mahendra Gupta, Ph.D., to its board of directors and appointed him to the audit committee. Gupta has been dean of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, since July 2005. Prior to that time, he served on the Olin faculty and was named the Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management.

“Adding Dean Gupta to our board of directors gives us the benefit of his strong background in managerial accounting and strategic cost management,” said Diane Sullivan, president and CEO of Brown Shoe Company. “In addition, his expertise in information technology, marketing management and strategy will also be of great value.”

Gupta has been a consultant to various firms and government agencies. He has served on the board of the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management and currently serves on the boards of Junior Achievement of Greater St. Louis and Variety, the Children's Charity.

Dean Gupta earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Stanford University, his Master of Science from Carnegie Mellon University, and his Bachelor of Science from Bombay University. 

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