Timbuk2 today announces the appointment of Patti Cazzato as CEO. As the company celebrates its 25th year, Cazzato will assume her role effective immediately.
Cazzato launched her career in San Francisco with sales and merchandising positions at Esprit, Sam & Libby and Ann Taylor prior to joining Gap International in 1993. There she served as Senior Vice President, working to grow the business over an eight-year period from $650 million to $1.7 billion, and from approximately 200 to 650 retail stores.
In 2005, Cazzato joined Levi’s as Senior Vice President to lead the expansion of the company’s women’s business, and played an instrumental role in the team that created Levi’s eco-line. She left the corporate realm to launch her own company in 2007, Clary Sage Organics, a sustainable clothing and yoga collection hand-sewn in San Francisco with all organic, pesticide-free fabrics. Cazzato also received B corps certification, which is qualified by B Lab, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that serves a global movement of entrepreneurs using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.
“Patti is a rare talent,” said Timbuk2 Board Chairman, Ken Pucker. “Her accomplishments as a merchant, retailer and brand builder will serve the brand and business. Working domestically or internationally with large and small brands, and across wholesale and direct to consumer, Patti has led from a place of values and passion, has consistently built strong teams and delivered great results.”
Cazzato currently resides in San Francisco with her two teenage children.
