BIO

Lisa Gavales was most recently the President and CMO of Talbot's Direct business, which includes the Talbots catalog and e-commerce channels. She was previously EVP and Chief Marketing Officer for EXPRESS, a 550+ store retailer selling men's and women's fashion apparel. She was with EXPRESS since January 2008 leading Marketing, Visual, Creative and e-commerce. She was responsible for building the brand and creating compelling, consistent messaging and imagery. Prior to joining EXPRESS, Lisa spent 14 years at Bloomingdale's, where she started as VP of Planning, became a GMM, launched bloomingdales.com, and left as SVP of Marketing. Prior to Bloomingdale's, Lisa spent 5 years as a retail strategy consultant for Management Horizons, a Division of PWC.