Stio has hired three people and promoted two others in a bid to execute on growth plans for 2015.

Jessie Leukuma and Mary Kathryn Taylor join Stio's product team, while Hillary Murphy takes over as the brand's marketing manager. Noah Waterhouse has been named VP Marketing & Sales and Michael Morrison is now Controller/Senior Financial Officer.

Leukuma joins Stio from KLIM, where she worked as the Snow Category Technical Designer. Leukuma will serve in a product development role at Stio, where she will use her strong background in fabrics, construction and product management to bring new Stio product to market. Taylor brings experience in sewing, garment construction and textiles from recent stints at Mountain Khakis, Remington 1816 and Give’r.

Stio’s new brand marketing manager, Hillary Murphy, has a strong background in digital marketing, photo production and community outreach, having worked at National Geographic in Washington, DC for several years before relocating to Jackson to pursue her marketing career and love for mountain biking and backcountry skiing.

Waterhouse (pictured above), has been Stio’s marketing director since the brand’s inception in 2011. He will now oversee the company’s sales efforts in addition to his marketing duties.

Morrison (pictured to the right) has served as the company’s controller since July of 2012 and takes further responsibility for Stio’s financial operations, planning, reporting and analysis.

“We have outstanding momentum right now,” said Stio Founder and CEO
Stephen Sullivan. “The product line is resonating and sales trajectory
is strong. Growth for 2015 will be driven by expanded efforts in our
catalog/e-commerce business and retail presence, including our
soon-to-open Bucktown location in Chicago. These new hires and Noah and
Mike’s promotions will help us manage the growing demand and further
align departmental objectives. They each bring skills we need along with
true passion for the mountain life, which is what we’re all about.”

Headquartered in the heart of the Tetons in Jackson Hole, WY, Stio sells only through its own outlets, which include Stio Mountain Studio retail stores, Stio catalogs and the Stio website.