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Levi Strauss & Co.

Company Information

1155 Battery St
San Francisco, CA
United States
Phone: (415) 501-6000
Fax: (415) 501-7112

Philip A Marineau

levistrauss.com

Industry: Consumer Goods


Overview

We design and market jeans, casual and dress pants, tops, jackets and related accessories for men, women and children under our Levis ? , Dockers ? and Signature by Levi Strauss & Co. tm (Signature) brands in mature and emerging markets around the world. We also license our trademarks in many countries throughout the world for a wide array of products, including accessories, pants, tops, footwear, home and other products. Our business is operated through three geographic regions: Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Our products are sold in over 60,000 retail locations in more than 110 countries. We support our brands through a global infrastructure, as we both source and market our products around the world. We distribute our Levis ? and Dockers ? products primarily through chain retailers and department stores in the United States and primarily through department stores, specialty retailers and franchised stores abroad. We distribute products under the Signature brand primarily through mass channel retailers in the United States and mass and other value-oriented retailers and franchised stores abroad. We also distribute our Levis ? and Dockers ? products through our online stores and more than 200 company-operated stores located in 24 countries, including the United States. These stores generated less than 10% of our net revenues in the nine-month period in 2008.

Corporate Structure

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Philip A Marineau

TOP EXECUTIVES

Richard McCormack      Vice President
F. Warren Hellman      Board of Directors
Sherri Phillips      Vice President, Marketing, Levi Strauss Signature
Peter E. Haas Sr.      Board of Directors
Bruno Pfalzgraf      Brand Director
Lawrence W. Ruff      Global Marketing Officer, Strategy & Worldwide Marketing
David Bergen      Chief Information Officer
Phil Marineau     
Robert E. Friedman      Board of Directors
G. Craig Sullivan      Board Director
Nita Sobejana      Secretary
Robert D. Haas      Member, Conference Board
Mark Garstka      Brand Director
Diane Jones-Lowrey      Director, Marketing
Paul Smith      Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Warren Hellman      Director
Patricia A. House      Board of Directors
Hilary K. Krane      General Counsel
Yvonne Diesing      Brand Manager
James C. Gaither      Board of Directors
Kevin Carroll      Senior Manager, HR
Amy Gemellaro      Director, Conferences
Robert Hanson      Senior Vice President, Brand Development, Europe, Middle East & Africa
Bibi Choa      Director, Conferences
Linda Aletto      Vice President, Consumer Marketing, Levi's Brand
Steve Castledine      Vice President
T. Gary Rogers      Board of Directors
Walter J. Hass      Board of Directors
Jeff Beckman      Director, Communications
Shannon Valentine      Senior Manager, Marketing
Patricia Sales Pineda      Board of Directors
Gary W. Grellman      Vice President & Controller
Arthur Greenburg      Curator
Janie Ligon      Senior Manager
David K Bush     
Arthur Greenberg      Consultant
Tim Hawkins      Vice President of Sales
Laura Klapper     
Margarita Gascon     
Sandy Westlake      Brand Project Manager
Fred Paulenich      Senior Vice President, Worldwide HR
Scott LaPorta      Member, Worldwide Leadership Team
Maureen Griffin      Interim Vice President, Marketing, Dockers
Lester Sacks     
John A Goodman      Member, Company?S Worldwide Leadership Team
Dan Chew      Vice President, Communications
Angela Glover Blackwell      Board of Directors
Theresa Fay-Bustillos      Vice President of Worldwide Community Affairs
Evan Barr      Server Developer
Bill Stewart      Vice President, Marketing
Anna Brockway      Brand Director, Marketing
Heidi Manes      Vice President, Controller and Interim Chief Financial Officer
Walter J Haas      Board of Directors
Gary Rogers      Chairman of The Board of Directors
Jill Nash      Chief Communications Officer & Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Leon J Level      Board of Directors
Susan Brennan      Senior Vice President & Genernal Manager, Signature by Levi Struass & Co. Brand
Cathy Unruh      Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources
Tom Peck      Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Richard L Kauffman      Board of Directors
Jim Chriss      Board of Directors
Tom Fanoe      Board of Directors
Sarimah Salamon      Communications Manager
Loreen Zakem      President Levi's Brand, Wholesale
Martin P Coles      Director
Kelly Wentzel      Board of Directors
Aaron Boey      President, Levi Strauss Asia Pacific Division
Ann Ure      Executive Director
Benjamin Blake      Program Manager
Erin Farrell     
Stephen C Neal      Board of Directors
Shannon Di Donato Sr      Board of Directors
Armin Broger      President, Levi Strauss, Europe
Jim Calhoun      President, Dockers Brand
Shinji Kuroiwa      Senior Corporate Communications Manager
Vanessa J Castagna      Board of Directors
Celina Low      Corporate Affairs Director, Levi Strauss Asia Pacific Division
Bev Beaudreault Sr      Board of Directors
Eileen King      Program Manager
Merle Lawrence Sr      Manager, Worldwide Community Affairs
David Love      Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer
Mary Jane Luck      Vice President
Jen Schipper Sr      Board of Directors