Belk CEO and leadership

Patel joined Belk in 2016 as EVP, GMM, Men's and eCommerce where he also expanded his responsibilities to include Home, Kids, and Visual Merchandising before he was promoted to Chief Merchandising Officer in 2018. Patel was then named President in 2020 as he assumed the additional responsibilities for Marketing and eCommerce. Prior to his years at Belk, Patel was an SVP with Kohl's, a VP at Land's End, and worked for Abercrombie & Fitch, Target, and Gap Inc.

Chris Kolber is a 30-year veteran of the healthcare industry with expertise in the medical products and specialty and generic pharmaceutical sectors. Prior to joining Linden in 2011, Mr. Kolber served as President of Global Devices for Hospira, Inc., a 2004 spin out from Abbott Laboratories. In that role he was responsible for the long-term growth, global business strategy and management of Hospira’s medical device business. At Hospira’s inception he served as Vice President, Business Development, where he developed external alliance, acquisition and licensing opportunities to broaden Hospira’s portfolio. Mr. Kolber also spent 25 years at Abbott Laboratories in various commercial, general management and corporate development roles including division Vice President of Licensing and New Business Development, Global Medical Products. He joined Abbott in the Hospital Products Division where he was instrumental in building the Drug and Drug Delivery Systems Business. Mr. Kolber holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tri-State University and a MA degree from Central Michigan University.

Don Hendricks is an EVP Chief Operating Officer at Belk, Inc. and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has worked as CIO at Gymboree and Chief Operating Officer at Hottopic and Torrid. Don studied at Loyola University Chicago.

Jacob Hawkins is a Chief Marketing Officer at Belk, Inc..

Leslie Riggs is a Chief Human Resources Officer at Belk, Inc..

Ron Garrow serves as executive vice president and chief human resource officer for PPD. In this role, he provides leadership for the company’s global human resources function, with a focus on talent management and development, cultural transformation, and employee engagement and retention.

Garrow joined PPD in 2018 from Belk, a $3.7 billion retail organization, where most recently he served as chief human resource officer, supporting 22,000 employees. Prior to joining Belk in 2016, he spent six years with Mastercard and served as its chief human resource officer starting in 2013, leading 350 HR professionals serving Mastercard’s associates in 68 offices and 210 countries.

Before joining Mastercard, Garrow served as the chief learning officer for Bank of America, leading a team of 1,100 professionals across the globe responsible for training 280,000 employees. He earned the bank’s first recognition by Training magazine on its annual Top 125 list of companies excelling in employee training and development, a recognition that PPD also has received the past seven years.

Prior to that, Garrow served as the HR executive for Bank of America’s chief financial officer group, where he was responsible for all HR activities for more than 5,200 professionals. Garrow joined Bank of America after 19 years at Wachovia, where he held various positions of increasing responsibility, his last role being chief learning officer, responsible for leadership and executive development, training and diversity.

Garrow graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he majored in business administration. He earned an MBA from Pfeiffer University and completed a certificate in organizational development from UNC Charlotte.

Will Langley is a Chief Financial Officer at Belk, Inc. and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has worked as Group Vice President of Treasury and Finance at Belk, Inc.; Strategic Sourcing Manager at Belk, Inc.; and Treasurer at Belk, Inc.. Will studied at Appalachian State University between 2000 and 2005.