The North Face announced that Steve Rendle has been
appointed to the position of President, The North Face – Americas, and Todd Spaletto to the position of Vice President of Sales for the US.

Steve Rendle joined The North Face in 1999 and has been a key leader of
the
successful growth of the business since its acquisition by VF in April
2000. Reporting to Steve will be Todd Yates, Vice President, Marketing
and Business Development, Jim Gerson, Vice President, RD&D, Dave Sweet,
Vice President, Retail, Todd Spaletto, Vice President, Sales, Patty
Pierce,
Director, Human Resources, and Rick Wood, General Manager – Canada.

Steve will report to Mike Egeck, President of VF Outdoor – Americas.

Todd Spaletto joined The North Face in May 2003 as National Sales
Director
after transferring from JanSport. Todd has played a lead role in
managing
The North Face sales agencies and key accounts to record sales results.
In his new role he will oversee all US wholesale business. Reporting
to
Todd will be Courtney Tarantino, Sales Support Coordinator, Johnny
Hawthorne, Director of Sales, Footwear, Leslie Meier, Sales Director,
Eastern Region and Ron Haney, Director Sales Planning.