Robert L. Mettler

Board Member Since 2001
National Trustee 1990 – 2001
Chairman & CEO, Macy’s West
 

Committees: Executive Compensation
 

 

Bob Mettler is Chairman and Chief Executive Executive Officer of Macy’s West, a division of Federated Department Stores Inc. He had been President and CEO of Macy’s West. Previously, he was President and CEO of Joske’s, Vice President of Allied Stores, and President and CEO of L.S. Ayres in Indiana.

In 1987, Mr. Mettler was President and CEO of Robinson’s Department Stores and in 1993, he joined Sears as President of  Apparel/Home. Three years later, he was named President of Merchandising Full-Line Stores for Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Mr. Mettler holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia.

Mr. Mettler has served on the Board of the Shelter Workshop Programs for the Mentally Retarded, the State of Texas Special Olympics, and the United Way of Dallas. He is currently on the Retail Advisory Board at the University of Santa Clara, the Board of Trustees of the University of Virginia College Foundation and the Board of Governors of the San Francisco Symphony and is a member of the California Business Roundtable.