Columbia Hires General Manager of Global Apparel

Jan 19, 2022

Columbia Sportswear Names Michelle Ave General Manager, Global Apparel

Columbia Sportswear, a leading innovator in active outdoor apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment, recently appointed Michelle Ave as GM, Global Apparel.

Ave is an seasoned product leader with over 20 years of experience spent working in the outerwear and sportswear sectors for companies including The North Face, Brooks Running Company, Under Armour, Adidas Group, and Reebok International. Prior to joining Columbia Sportswear, Ave worked as an athletic and outdoor apparel business strategist, consulting with prAna Living and HOKA. At The North Face she served in multiple product leadership roles, most recently Senior Product Director of Global Sportswear, where she led product creation and strategy initiatives across the Men’s, Women’s, and Youth departments.

Ave earned her MBA from The University of Montana and BS from Villanova University.

ON Partners consultants Matt Mooney and Omeed Veiseh are proud to have partnered with Michelle Ave and Columbia Sportswear on this successful placement. View more consumer placements from ON here.

About Columbia Sportswear

 

Columbia Sportswear Company connects active people with their passions through its portfolio of well-known brands, making it a global leader in outdoor, active and everyday lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment products. Founded in 1938 in Portland, Oregon, the Company’s brands are sold in approximately 90 countries. In addition to the Columbia® brand, Columbia Sportswear Company also owns the Mountain Hard Wear®, SOREL® and prAna® brands. To learn more, please visit the Company’s websites at www.columbia.comwww.mountainhardwear.comwww.sorel.com, and www.prana.com.

Follow our work, updates, and recent success on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Find our related successful placements of leading executives here.

About ON Partners

In a high-tech world, our difference is human. ON Partners is a pure-play retained executive search firm building C-level and board leadership teams for high-growth private and public companies, private equity, and venture capital.

With a partner-led, high-touch model, clients gain direct access to seasoned partners who lead every search from day one to day done. Our boutique structure enables speed, agility, and precision. This hands-on approach fosters a deep understanding of client needs, delivers elite talent quickly, and ensures unmatched responsiveness.

ON Partners is the most referred executive search firm in the industry. And the numbers back it up— 85% of our clients return, 95% of new business comes from referrals, and clients and candidates rate their experience with us 4.9 out of 5.

Consistently ranked among the top 20 retained executive search firms in the U.S., ON Partners has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms and has appeared on the Inc. 500/5000 List nine times.

Our Approach Works.

Hunt Scanlon logo
Business Insider
Inc. 5000 logo
Best Employers in Ohio 2022
Forbes logo
fast company logo
The Business Journal logo
Fortune