25 years
THE
LIST
1991
1993
19. JERRY COHN, president, Georgia Boot
38. ANGEL MARTINEZ, president, The Rockport Company
2. GIB FORD, president, Converse
20. TIMOTHY O’DONOVAN, president, Hush Puppies
1995
3. MICHAEL BECKWITH, general manager, Naturalizer
21. JACK BIGGS, president, Brown Shoe Company
4. TOM CLARKE, VP of product marketing, Nike
22. SUE AUTRY, president, Autry Industries
5. BOB INFANTINO, senior VP marketing, Rockport
23. KENNETH COLE, president and founder, Kenneth Cole
41. BOB HOLLENBAUGH, senior VP sales and marketing, Rocky Brands
6. LIBBY EDELMAN, co-founder, Sam & Libby
24. STEVE FIREMAN, president, Boks
42. NATHALIE MARCIANO, creative director, Charles David
7. MICHAEL BARTOS, executive VP, Hongson
25. SIDNEY SWARTZ, CEO, Timberland
43. BOB and CAROL GOLDMAN, owners, Cels Enterprises
8. BILL KIRKENDALL, president, Etonic, Tretorn and Puma
26. DOUG OTTO, president, Deckers Outdoor Corporation
44. JONATHAN BOBBETT, managing director, Champion Footwear
1. ROBERT MOORE, president, Bostonian Shoe Co.
9. MICKEY SCHULMAN, president, U.S. Shoe Corp.
1992
10. MIKE VOGEL, president and CEO, Acme Boot Company 11. MARK GOLDSTON, president, L.A. Gear 12. RALPH LIBONATI, CEO, Libonati Shoes 13. PAUL HEFFERNAN, VP marketing, New Balance 14. STEVEN NICHOLS, president, K-Swiss 15. KENT WALL, president, Johnston & Murphy 16. STAN GLICKMAN, VP of marketing, Vans 17. JEFFREY SILVERMAN, founder, Toddler University 18. DOMINIC FERLAUTO, president, Keds Corporation
27. TERRY MACKNESS, president, Hi-Tec 28. JEROME FISHER and VINCE CAMUTO, co-founders, Nine West Group
1994
29. MICHAEL GREENBERG, president, Skechers 30. PETER MOORE, CEO, Adidas 31. KENT ANDERSON, CEO, B.B. Walker Co. 32. KEN ANSIN, president and CEO, L.B. Evans 33. STEPHEN GRIGGS, director, R. Griggs Group 34. HOMER ALTICE, CEO, Ellesse 35. TSERING NAMGYAL, president, Pentland USA 36. JIM MOODHE, president, Guess Athletic
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37. BOB RIEF, GM, Merrell
39. JERRY TURNER, CEO, American Sporting Goods 40. ROBERT SIEGEL, chairman, Stride Rite Corporation
45. NEIL COLE, CEO, Candies 46. BOB LIEWALD, GM, Fila 47. MICHAEL SAITOWITZ, president, Havana Joe 48. DAVID ALBAHARI, president, Cable & Co.
1996
49. CHARLES CAMPBELL, president and CEO, Florsheim 50. DAN WELLEHAN, president and CEO, Sebago 51. ROBERT CAMPBELL, chairman, BBC Intl. 52. GEOFF THOMPSON, president, B.U.M. Footwear 53. MICHAEL KNOWLES, president, Kiwi Brands 54. HERB ELLIOTT, president, Puma North America 55. JOHN DEEM, executive VP, Dexter Shoe Co.
56. LEE SMITH, president, Airwalk
74. HELEN ROCKEY, president and CEO, Brooks Sports
57. STEVE MADDEN, CEO, Steve Madden
75. CHARLES CAMPBELL, chairman and CEO, Florsheim
58. MARK ITZKOWITZ, CEO, Elicon Resourcing Group
76. CHRIS MORRIS, president, Soap Shoes
1997
77. RICHARD MECKFESSEL, president, Mephisto USA
59. ANTHONY DIPAOLO JR., executive VP, Herman Survivors 60. ROGER BEST, senior VP and GM, Reebok 61. MARTIN BERENDSEN, CEO, Airwair Int. Dr. Martens 62. GARY SCHOENFELD, CEO, Vans 63. BOB INFANTINO, president, Clarks Companies N.A. 64. BRUCE MACGREGOR, president and COO, L.A. Gear 65. V. DEAN ESTES, president, Wolverine Footwear Group 66. RICK GAZZANO, president, A.D. One 67. BEN HARRIS, CEO, Genesco 68. JOHN FLUEVOG, CEO, John Fluevog
78. KENT ANDERSON, CEO, B.B. Walker Co.
1999
79. TOMMY MORRISON, president, Georgia Boot 80. PAUL GRIMBLE and BRUCE GINSBERG, co-presidents, Bennett Footwear Group 81. WERNER STEGMANN, owner, and RICK DAVIS, VP, Stegmann USA 82. RICHARD CARDOSO, VP sales, Rugged Shark 83. KATE and JANE WELLEHAN, VPs, Sebago Inc. 84. JEFFREY MANTELMAN, CEO, The Chadwick Group 85. RON FROMM, CEO, and GREG VAN GASSE, president, Brown Shoe Company
1998
69. BEN MILLER, president, Acme Boot Company
86. SAMMY SAFDEYE, president, and JEFFREY BERNSTEIN, manager, Avirex
70. JIM DAVIS, CEO, New Balance
87. MICHAEL BROOKS, CEO, Rocky Shoes & Boots
71. MARGOT FRASER, president, Birkenstock USA
88. TOM ZENS and BRIAN HOLLINGSWORTH, senior VPs, T.T. Group
72. PIERRE ANDRE SENIZERGUES, CEO, Sole Technology 73. ROBERT CHAVEZ, CEO, Etienne Aigner
2000
89. JONATHAN CAPLAN, CEO, and JEFFREY BUA, senior VP, Hi-Tec Sports USA