Columbia Sportswear CEO and leadership

Timothy Boyle (born 1949) is an American billionaire, and the president and CEO of Columbia Sportswear.

Lisa Kulok joined Columbia in February 2008 as Senior Director of Global Planning and was named Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer in 2020. From 1987 to 2007, Ms. Kulok held various leadership positions at NIKE, Inc., including USA Apparel Marketplace Planning Director and Director of Regional Planning. During this time, she led numerous teams that developed and implemented planning and supply chain processes, systems and organizations that supported growth of the company's annual revenues from $1 billion to $18 billion.

Dean D. Rurak joined Columbia Sportswear in 2005 as a Key Account Sales Manager in Canada. In July 2008, he was promoted to Sr. Product Manager - Men's Outerwear at the Portland Headquarters. In May 2011, he was promoted to USA Product Line Sales Manager and named Director of International Apparel in November 2013. In August 2015, he was promoted to Sr. Director of Merchandising and to Vice President, Columbia Brand Apparel in January 2017. Mr. Rurak was appointed to Vice President, U.S. Columbia Brand Apparel Sales in October 2017 and promoted to Senior Vice President of North America Sales in October 2018. In September 2020, Mr. Rurak was appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer. Prior to joining Columbia in 2005, Mr. Rurak had represented the brand in Alberta, Canada as an independent Sales Agent since 1996.

Skip Potter was hired as Chief Digital Officer in January of 2021. In this role, he responsible for leading Columbia’s global technology organization, and work to evolve the company’s digital footprint and omni-channel and supply chain capabilities.

Before exiting Nike in October, he had spent four years as its chief technology officer, where he led a global organization of more than 2,000 digital and e-commerce technology employees. Before joining Nike, he was managing vice president of engineering and vice president of technology innovation for Capital One. He was also chief information officer/chief technology officer for British Telecommunication’s Enterprise Group.

Peter M. Rauch was appointed Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer in August 2016. He joined Columbia Sportswear Company in January 2008 as Retail Accounting Manager, was promoted to Director of Retail Accounting in April 2010, Senior Financial Controller, EMEA in June 2011 and Chief Financial Officer, China in July 2013. Prior to Columbia Sportswear Company, he served as Senior Manager Accounting & Reporting for Webtrends from 2006 to 2007 and was an accountant with Deloitte from 1999 to 2006. He is a certified public accountant.

Timothy Boyle (born 1949) is an American billionaire, and the president and CEO of Columbia Sportswear.