VF Outdoor, Inc. named Paul Sline Director of Collegiate Sales, JanSport. Sline most recently worked for Stride-Rite and Reebok, and has over 20 years of sales experience. As director of Collegiate Sales for JanSport, Sline will have responsibility of growing the JanSport Collegiate business, which includes backpacks and collegiate apparel.



Sline also holds a degree in Marketing from the University of Nebraska. He will report to Steve Munn, president of JanSport, and will be based at the JanSport office in Appleton, WI.


“We are extremely excited about Paul joining the JanSport team,” Munn said. “His extraordinary leadership qualities and passion for building great brands make him a perfect fit for his new role.”


Sline will relocate to Appleton from Plano, Texas with his wife, Jennifer, and their children, Jessica, Katie and Abby.