Barry's Jewelers names Carol R. Goldberg to board.MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1996--Barry's Jewelers Inc. (NASDAQ/NM:BARY) Friday reported that Carol R. Goldberg, 65, an executive with an extensive background in retailing, has been elected to the company's board of directors. Goldberg's election was announced at the company's annual meeting of shareholders on Nov. 5. She joins Barry's eight-member board, with Chairman William Eberle, Vice Chairman Thomas S. Liston, and Directors Robert W. Bridel, David Cochran, John W. Gildea, Cleaveland D. Miller and William P. O'Donnell. Goldberg is currently president of The AVCAR Group Ltd., an investment and management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects firm based in Boston. From 1972-89, she served in a number of senior executive positions with The Stop & Shop Cos. Inc., a leading supermarket and mass-merchandising retailer with 1989 sales of more than $5 billion. Her last position with the company was president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . She is a director of The Gillette Co., one of the world's largest personal care products manufacturers with more than $6 billion in sales. Goldberg also is a director of America Service Group Inc., a prison health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract company; and of Selfcare Inc., a producer of home health testing devices. She additionally serves as senior advisor In some countries, a Senior Advisor is an appointed position by the Head of State to advise on the highest levels of national and government policy. Sometimes a junior position to this is called a National Policy Advisor. for New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. for America International Group Inc., the leading U.S.-based international insurance corporation. Her past affiliations include trusteeships with Radcliffe College Radcliffe College: see Harvard University. and the Putnam Fund Groups, and directorships with Lotus Development Corp., Cowles Media Co., and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is responsible for the First District of the Federal Reserve, which covers Connecticut (excluding Fairfield County), Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. . Goldberg has been the recipient of awards from numerous academic and business organizations including the National Women's Economic Alliance Foundation, the Food Marketing Institute, Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. , and Simmons College Simmons College may refer to:
Goldberg graduated magna cum laude from Jackson College of Tufts University and Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. Commenting on Goldberg's election, Robert W. Bridel, president and chief executive officer of Barry's Jewelers, said: "We are very fortunate to have a dynamic business leader of Carol's accomplishments as a member of our board and we are pleased to welcome her to Barry's. "She, along with our other new directors -- William Eberle, John Gildea and William O'Donnell -- gives us a formidable pool of proven business experience that will be highly beneficial as we work to help Barry's realize its potential in the months and years ahead. "I also would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to our outgoing directors. David Blum, who along with Gerson Fox co-founded Barry's in 1956, Robert N. Dangremond, and Bart A. Brown, all made significant contributions to Barry's growth over the years and I wish them the best in their future endeavors." Barry's Jewelers, one of the nation's largest independent retailers of fine jewelry, operates 171 retail jewelry stores in 17 states throughout the country, primarily in California, Texas, Arizona, North and South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , Utah, Montana, Colorado, Ohio and Indiana. CONTACT: Barry's Jewelers Inc., Monrovia Robert W. Bridel, 818/303-4741 or Silverman Heller Associates Eugene G. Heller, 310/208-2550 |
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