DICK'S Sporting Goods Announces That Ray Sliva Will Join the Company as Executive Vice President, Stores, Effective January 3, 2023
December 01, 2022 at 05:21 pm EST
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DICK'S Sporting Goods announced that Ray Sliva will join the company as Executive Vice President, Stores, effective January 3, 2023. Sliva will report to President and Chief Executive Officer Lauren Hobart and serve as a key member of the company's executive leadership team. Throughout his tenure at Best Buy, Sliva held various roles in operations and human resources.
Most recently, Sliva served as Best Buy's chief people officer, where he was responsible for leading all employee engagement initiatives. Prior to this role, Sliva served as Best Buy's president of retail, responsible for U.S. sales across all customer touchpoints, including in-home consultations, Best Buy for Business, digital sales, and nearly 1,000 brick and mortar locations. He holds his bachelor's degree in human resource management from DePaul University.
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. is a full-line omni-channel sporting goods retailer. The Company serves athletes and outdoor enthusiasts in more than 850 DICKâS Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Public Lands, Moosejaw, Going Going Gone! and Warehouse Sale stores, online, and through the DICKâS mobile app. The Company also owns and operates DICK'S House of Sport and Golf Galaxy Performance Center, as well as GameChanger, a youth sports mobile app for scheduling, communications, live scorekeeping and video streaming. It carries a wide variety of national brands, including but not limited to adidas, Asics, Brooks, Callaway Golf, Carhartt, Columbia, Easton, Hoka, Jordan, New Balance and Nike. The Company's vertical brands include brands that it owns across hardlines and softlines and are available exclusively in its stores and online such as Alpine Design, CALIA, DSG, ETHOS, Fitness Gear, MAXFLI, Nishiki, Quest, Top-Flite, and Walter Hagen, as well as brands that it licenses from third parties.