Columbia Sportswear Company, an outdoor apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment company, announced that Melissa Dugan has joined the company as vice president, chief accounting officer. She will report to Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Jim Swanson.

An industry veteran with 27 years of experience, Dugan brings to Columbia Sportswear's worldwide finance team tremendous experience, including several years in senior level accounting leadership positions at NIKE, as well as prior experience working overseas as an accountant for Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

Additionally, Jennifer Warner has joined Columbia Sportswear Company as vice president of Legal, reporting to Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel Peter Bragdon. Most recently, Warner was vice president of compliance and chief development officer for the Ashe Legal Group and AsheWorks.

Previously, she held roles as global chief compliance officer and general counsel for the Americas at XPO Logistics, a supply-chain and logistics company, and also previously worked as associate counsel for Northwest Natural Gas Company, and as an attorney for Stoel Rives.

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