David Powers

Powers was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer of Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Inc.(DECK) in June 2016 and joined our Board at that time. Mr. Powers joined our Company as President of Direct-to-Consumer in August 2012. He was appointed President of Omni-Channel in January 2014 and was appointed President in March 2015. Mr. Powers has over 20 years of experience in merchandising, product and marketing development, and leading global Direct-to-Consumer operations and wholesale businesses. 

Prior to joining us, Mr. Powers served four years as Vice President of global Direct-to-Consumer at Converse Inc., where he oversaw owned and distributor Direct-to-Consumer as part of the Nike, Inc. retail leadership team. Mr. Powers also held several executive leadership roles at The Timberland Company, including worldwide general merchandising manager and senior director European retail, where he led worldwide retail merchandising, marketing, visual and store design, and oversaw European retail operations. Prior to this, Mr. Powers spent ten years at Gap Inc., where he held multiple senior management titles, including global divisional merchandise manager for the boy's division. Mr. Powers graduated cum laude from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Marketing.