Leading Experts in Warehouse Club Experts

Nancy Marino is the Owner of a global marketing consultancy, providing services to retailers and manufacturers. Ms. Marino served as a Vice President of Global Sourcing with Hanesbrands from 2004 until 2007. She was responsible for global operations and worldwide offices located in Asia, Indian subcontinent,...

Raj Mehra is the President of Chelsea Advisory Services, a financial risk and forensic accounting advisory firm in Washington DC. He has over 21 years of experience in areas such as banking, subprime mortgages, credit card, auto and student lending. Mr. Mehra is an expert in securitization and structured...

Scott Meyer is President of Meyer Group LLC, a consulting group advising private equity consumer products portfolio companies in distressed and high growth potential situations. He was previously Chief Executive Officer at T-Fal/WearEver, a cookware and kitchen appliances manufacturer, for four years...

Michael Miller is an Independent Consultant specializing in retail real estate. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President of Real Estate for Toys R Us, from 1977-1999 and remained under contract as a consultant to Toys R Us until 2004. He was responsible for the real estate, legal, architectural,...

Jerry Monk was most recently a Director of Retail at Kraft Foods where he worked from 1970 until 2007. Mr. Monk directed and led the retail sales organization for Kraft’s West Area, which involved 6 Regions and approximately 225 Retail Sales Representatives. He managed routing and deployment of resources,...

Richard Oppenheim is an independent consumer goods consultant specializing in food and beverage, and is a member of the supervisory board of Andreae-Noris Zahn, a leading German pharmacy wholesaler. Mr. Oppenheim is an advisor to private equity investors active in the European food industry. He is also...

Tom Pirko is currently the President of Bevmark, a premier food & beverage Industry consulting firm providing strategic counsel to senior management of the world's leading food & beverage companies. Mr. Pirko is an expert on strategic planning, competition, mergers, acquisitions, manufacturing, marketing...

Bill Schauber is a consultant at Encore Associates, a consumer packaged goods consultancy firm. Mr. Schauber is a supply chain and logistics operations executive with emphasis in procurement, distribution, logistics, import/export transportation and manufacturing. Prior, Mr. Schauber has worked with...

Alan Schlesinger is an independent consultant at his own retail consulting company where he analyzes and forecasts monthly trend information and provides consulting to retail companies as well as private equity groups. Mr. Schlesinger has more than 35 years of experience in the retail industry. He has...

Michael Schwindle is the Chief Financial Officer at Musician's Friend, Inc., an online retailer. Prior to that, Mr. Schwindle was a former subsidiary CFO for The Home Depot, a GA-based home-improvement retailer. He has over 18 years of experience as accounting and finance executive, predominately in...

Parker Vaughey is a Vice President of Group Operations for Liz Claiborne, Claiborne, and Monet at Liz Claiborne, where he has worked since 2004. Liz Claiborne is an apparel and accessory retailer for women, brands include Liz Claiborne, Kate Spade, Monet, Claiborne, Juicy Couture, and Lucky Brand Jeans....

Currently Peter Whitford is Chairman and CEO of Whitmarks, LLC. Previously he was, until November 2004, Chairman and CEO of Wet Seal. He was named CEO on June 30, 2003, and named Chairman of the Board on August 3, 2004. The Wet Seal, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of fashionable and contemporary...

David Workman is the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of PRO Buying Group, where he has worked since 2006. PRO Buying Group serves to coordinate merchandising, marketing and other business services for a group of independent retailers representing over $2.0 billion in consumer electronics...

Michael Zibel is an Independent consultant to the retail industry working with various retailers and vendors. Prior, Mr. Zibel was the Vice President at BJ's Wholesale Club, a chain of 172 Warehouse Clubs, where he was responsible for the merchandising, planning and sales for apparel, footwear, and...