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Tim Boyle has served as president and chief executive officer of Columbia Sportswear Company since 1989 and oversees operations of the active outdoor company from its Portland, Oregon headquarters.

Tim's career with Columbia Sportswear began in 1971 when, during his senior year at The University of Oregon, his father, who had been running the company since 1964, died suddenly of a heart attack. Tim's mother, Gert Boyle, quickly enlisted Tim's help in order to continue the aggressive expansion that her husband had initiated and that had expanded the company's sales that year to $1 million.

After struggling for two years to regain momentum, the company began to grow. By March 1998, when the company went public, sales had grown to $427 million and surpassed $1 billion in 2004.

An alumnus of Portland, Oregon's Jesuit High School (1967) and the University of Oregon (1971, B.S. Journalism), Tim serves on the Boards of Directors of Northwest Natural Gas Company and Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc.

Bryan L. Timm joined Columbia Sportswear Company (NASDAQ:COLM) in June 1997 as Corporate Controller and was named Chief Financial Officer in July 2002. In 2003 Mr. Timm was named Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer. In April 2008 he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer and named Executive Vice President in October 2008. Prior to joining Columbia, Mr. Timm held various financial positions with Oregon Steel Mills (NYSE:OS) from 1991 to 1997, rising to Divisional Controller for CF&I Steel, Oregon Steel Mills' largest division. From 1986 to 1991, Mr. Timm was an accountant with KPMG LLP. Mr. Timm is a member of the Board of Directors of Umpqua Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:UMPQ), a community bank with over $11.5 billion in assets. He is also on the board for Doernbecher Children's Hospital Foundation and serves on the College of Business and Economics Advisory Board for the University of Idaho.

Peter J. Bragdon became Vice President and General Counsel, Secretary of Columbia in July 2004 and was named Senior Vice President of Legal and Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary in January 2010. From 1999 to January 2003, Mr. Bragdon served as Senior Counsel and Director of Intellectual Property for Columbia. Mr. Bragdon served as Chief of Staff in the Oregon Governor's office from January 2003 through June 2004. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Bragdon was an attorney in the corporate securities and finance group at Stoel Rives LLP. Mr. Bragdon served as Special Assistant Attorney General for the Oregon Department of Justice for seven months in 1996. Peter was appointed by the Governor of Oregon as a commissioner for the Port of Portland. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Portland Schools Foundation.

Thomas B. Cusick joined Columbia in September 2002 as Corporate Controller and was named Vice President and Corporate Controller in March 2006. He was promoted to Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in January 2009, and was named Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in January 2010. Prior to joining Columbia, Mr. Cusick held various financial management positions with Cadence Design Systems (and OrCAD, a company acquired by Cadence in 1999), which operates in the electronic design automation industry. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Cusick was an accountant with KPMG LLP. Tom is a member of the Business Advisory Council for the School of Business Administration at Portland State University. He is a certified public accountant.

Kerry W. Barnes joined Columbia in January 2007 as Vice President of Retail. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Barnes served as the Director of Retail Stores for adidas AG. From 1981 to 2001, Mr. Barnes held various retail positions at Foot Locker, Inc. including Director of Outlet Stores and Regional Vice President of the West Coast. Kerry is a member of the Board of Trustees of Oklahoma Christian University.

Michael W. Blackford joined Columbia in September 2005 as a Senior Apparel Designer and was promoted to Design Director of Men's Apparel & Equipment in May 2006. In February 2008 he was promoted to Director of Global Innovation and named Vice President of Global Innovation in August 2010. Prior to joining Columbia, Mr. Blackford held various positions in design, brand management and sourcing at Sierra Designs.

Daniel A. Dougherty joined Columbia in December 1997 and was named Vice President of Global Distribution in October 2009, after serving in a number of related roles, including director of European distribution. Prior to joining Columbia, Dan served as vice president of distribution for Glen Oaks Industries in Dallas, Texas, and also held vice president roles at Fussell & Associates and Burton & Associates in Atlanta, Georgia. Dan has over 30 years of experience engineering, developing, implementing and supporting distribution systems and processes for numerous manufacturers, including work in Australia, Singapore, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

C. Mitchell Fields joined Columbia in October 2006 as National Sales Manager of Men's Apparel and was named Vice President of Global Apparel Sales in June 2008. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Fields served as Director of Sales for Callaway Golf Footwear. From 1984 to 2001, Mr. Fields held various sales management positions at NIKE, Inc. including Director of Sales for Nike Golf and Director of Replenishment.

Topher A.  Gaylord joined Columbia in March 2010 as President of its wholly owned subsidiary Mountain Hardwear, Inc. Prior to joining Columbia, Mr. Gaylord had been at The North Face since 1993, where he rose to serve as managing director of the company’s EMEA region from 2000 to 2005. He served as president of VF Corporation’s Outdoor & Action Sports International brands, including The North Face, Vans, Reef and Jansport, from 2006 through September 2008, and became president of 7 For All Mankind within VF’s Contemporary Brands coalition in October 2008.

James T. Gorman joined Columbia in October 2009 as Vice President Footwear Manufacturing. From 2001 to 2009, Mr. Gorman was President and Founder of Momentum Brand Group, LLC. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Gorman served as President of PUMA North America, Inc., and from 1994 to 1997, Mr. Gorman served as CEO of Diadora America, Inc. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Gorman was Senior Vice President Logistics for adidas A.G., and from 1972 to 1990, Mr. Gorman held several key positions at NIKE, Inc., including Divisional Vice President and various positions in strategic planning, footwear and apparel merchandising, R&D, supply chain and retail management. He is also an operating advisor to Circle Peak Capital.

Daniel G. Hanson joined Columbia in September 1989 and held various management positions in sales and marketing until 1996, when he became Director of Marketing Communications. In March 2006 Mr. Hanson was named Vice President of Marketing and was promoted to Vice President of Global Marketing in October 2010. From 1982 to 1989, Mr. Hanson worked for Helly Hansen AS, serving as United States Marketing Manager from 1986 to 1989. Dan is a member of the Board of Directors for the Oregon Sports Authority.

Lisa A. Kulok joined Columbia in February 2008 as Senior Director of Global Planning and was named Vice President of Global Marketplace Planning and Customer Operations in October 2009. From 1987 to 2007, Ms. Kulok held various leadership positions at NIKE, Inc., including USA Apparel Marketplace Planning Director and Director of Regional Planning. During this time, she led numerous teams that developed and implemented planning and supply chain processes, systems and organizations that supported growth of the company's annual revenues from $1 billion to $18 billion.

Adrienne L. Moser joined Columbia in October of 2009 as General Manager of Apparel Merchandising and was named Vice President of Apparel and Design in January 2012. Prior to joining Columbia, Moser spent 14 years at Patagonia, Inc., in Ventura, California. While at Patagonia, she rose to the position of general merchandise manager and led the product merchandising, design and development teams' effort to bring innovative and sustainable products to the market. She also was a founding member of Nau, Inc., in Portland, Oregon, where she served as chief operating officer and general manager from 2005 to 2008, building teams and implementing integrated operational processes across the entire organization.

Mark J. Nenow joined Columbia in May 2007 as Vice President of Global Footwear Merchandising. From 2006 to 2007, Mr. Nenow served as Vice President of Global Footwear Merchandising at Brooks Sports. From 1995 to 2006, Mr. Nenow worked for NIKE, Inc., where he held various product line management positions in the running and outdoor categories. Prior to his footwear career, Mr. Nenow was a professional track and field athlete and held the American track record for the 10,000 meters from 1986 to 2003.

Fredrick R. Pond joined Columbia in April 2010 as Senior Director Global IT and was named Vice President and Chief Information Officer in November 2011. Prior to joining Columbia, Mr. Pond served as Chief Information Officer for the North Pacific Group from January 2006 to March 2010 and as Director of Information Services for the Schnitzer Group of Companies between March 1997 and December 2005.

Susan G. Popp joined Columbia in April 1997 as Human Resources Manager and was named Human Resources Director in May 2004. In March 2006, Ms. Popp was named Vice President of Global Human Resources. Prior to joining Columbia, Ms. Popp held various Human Resource positions, including at NIKE, Inc. from 1996 to 1997, Avia from 1994 to 1996; and at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon from 1981 to 1993.

William Tung joined Columbia in September 2003 and was named Vice President of International Sales and Operations in December 2004. In October 2008, he was named Vice President of Latin America and Asia Pacific. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Tung worked for The Body Shop International PLC as Regional Director of North Asia. He was employed by The Rockport Company from 1994 to 2002 where he served in a variety of capacities, most recently as Vice President of Europe. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Tung worked for Prince Racquet Sports (a division of Benetton Sportsystems) as Sales and Marketing Manager of Asia-Pacific. Bill is a member of the Advisory Board of Portland State University's Masters of International Management program and Global Council Member of Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Patrick J. Werner joined Columbia in April 2004 as the Director of Apparel Sportswear Sourcing and was named Vice President of Global Apparel Manufacturing in November 2006. Prior to Columbia, Mr. Werner held several key apparel sourcing manufacturing compliance roles at NIKE, Inc. between 1981 and 2004.