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Georgia Shonk-Simmons

President, Chief Merchandising Officer and Director

Coldwater Creek, Inc. (CWTR)

Industry: Retail

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Georgia Shonk-Simmons has served as a director since January 1, 2001. Since September 26, 2002, Ms. Shonk-Simmons has served as our President and Chief Merchandising Officer. From January 1, 2001 to September 25, 2002, Ms. Shonk-Simmons served as our President and Chief Executive Officer. From April 1999 to December 2000, Ms. Shonk-Simmons served as President of our Catalog & Retail Sales Division. Ms. Shonk-Simmons joined us as Chief Merchant and Vice President of Merchandising in June 1998. From 1994 to 1998, Ms. Shonk-Simmons was Executive Vice President of the Newport News Catalog Division of Spiegel, Inc., a publicly held international retailer. Prior to that, from 1981 to 1994, Ms. Shonk-Simmons held a number of other positions of increasing responsibility with Spiegel, including Vice President of Merchandising for Spiegel Catalog beginning in 1991. Prior to joining Spiegel, Ms. Shonk-Simmons held various buyer positions with Lytton's, Carson Pirie Scott and Hahne's.


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