ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brown Shoe Company (NYSE: BWS) (brownshoe.com)
today 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.
About Brown Shoe Company
Brown Shoe Company is a $2.6 billion, global footwear company whose
shoes are worn by people of all ages, from all walks of life. Our
products are available virtually everywhere — in the nearly 1,300 Famous
Footwear and Naturalizer retail stores we operate, in hundreds of major
department and specialty stores, on 14 branded ecommerce sites, and on
many additional third-party retail websites. Through our broad range of
products, we serve three key market segments. Our Family brands — Famous
Footwear, Famous.com, and shoes.com — are one-stop-shopping destinations
for high quality, affordable styles for a family’s every occasion.
Active people who want comfort, style and performance can look to our
Healthy Living brands — Naturalizer, Dr. Scholl's, LifeStride and Ryka.
Our Contemporary Fashion brands — Via Spiga, Vince, Sam Edelman, Franco
Sarto, Carlos Santana and Fergie Footwear — keep fashionistas in step
with the latest trends. At Brown Shoe Company, we inspire people to feel
good and live better... feet first!
