Perry Ellis International Appoints Two Members to Board of Directors
June 15 2006 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Perry Ellis International Inc. (NASDAQ:PERY) announced today the
appointment of Joe Arriola and Linda Platzner to the company's
board of directors. These appointments bring the total number of
directors to 9. Arriola was the founder and chief executive officer
of Avanti Press, Inc. until Feb. 2001. Major clients of the company
included Federated Department Stores, Dillard's, Neiman Marcus and
Nordstrom. He received Supplier of the Year Awards in 1993 and 1995
from the National Minority Supplier Development Council. Arriola
remains very active in the Miami-Dade community. In 1996, he
received the Businessman of the Year from Florida Memorial College
and was presented by Ford Motor Company with a Community
Citizenship Award. He has served on numerous Boards of Trustees
including positions at the University of Miami, the Orange Bowl
Committee and the Public Health Trust. Arriola currently serves as
the city manager for the city of Miami, a position he has held
since 2003. His achievements include a complete overhaul of the
senior management structure of the city, expense reduction programs
that have saved the city millions of dollars, and oversight of the
conversion to state-of-the-art computer systems. Platzner formerly
served as executive vice president of PRIMEDIA and president of
Seventeen Magazine Group, where she oversaw the domestic and
international brand marketing of the teen properties. Her
experience includes developing and selling major cross-media
programs to Wal-Mart and JCPenney and creating television
partnerships with the Fox network. Platzner has developed sources
of licensing revenue by growing home decor lines including linens,
paint, wallpaper and textiles. Commenting on the appointments,
George Feldenkreis, chairman and chief executive officer of Perry
Ellis International, said, "We are putting in place additional
leadership that understands our business. Joe is a strong leader
who believes in getting the job done. He has achieved his success
by encouraging the relationship between team-building,
collaboration and results, with an outstanding career as an
entrepreneur and business-builder. Linda's broad marketing
experience will make her an essential contributor as we maximize
the strength of our brand portfolio. As a brand driven company,
Perry Ellis will continue to develop lifestyle offerings that
appeal to our retail partners and consumers." About Perry Ellis
International Perry Ellis International, Inc. is a leading
designer, distributor and licensor of a broad line of high quality
men's and women's apparel, accessories, and fragrances, including
dress and casual shirts, golf sportswear, sweaters, dress and
casual pants and shorts, jeans wear, active wear and men's and
women's swimwear to all major levels of retail distribution. The
company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns a portfolio of
highly recognized brands including Perry Ellis(R), Jantzen(R),
Cubavera(R), Munsingwear(R), Savane(R), Original Penguin(R), Grand
Slam(R), Natural Issue(R), Pro Player(R), the Havanera Co.(R),
Axis(R), Tricots St. Raphael(R), Gotcha(R), Girl Star(R) and
MCD(R). The company also licenses trademarks from third parties
including Dockers(R) for outerwear, Nike(R) for swimwear, and
PING(R) and PGA TOUR(R) for golf apparel. Additional information on
the company is available at http://www.pery.com.
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