Events for CEOs

Colleen Brown, Newport Board Group’s Managing Director for the Pacific Northwest, was recently interviewed on the National Public Radio affiliate in Seattle. The topic was one on which Colleen is an expert: the trend toward women directors of public companies. As host Marcie Sillman explained, Colleen is chairwoman of American Apparel and a past and present member of the board of a variety of companies.

Newport Board Group partner Helen Bulwik, a well-known expert on trends and opportunities in the retail industry, was quoted in a recent story in the San Francisco Chronicle about Safeway, the major supermarket chain acquired by a New York private equity firm, Cerberus Capital. Cerberus is merging Safeway with another chain, Albertsons.

Newport Board Group Pacific Northwest Managing Director Colleen Brown was featured in a recent article in Bizwomen, an online publication featuring profiles of prominent female executives as well as other business news. The piece focuses on Colleen’s role as Chair of American Apparel.