Jen Rapp

After four successful years at the helm of Arc’teryx, President/General Manager Vincent Wauters, will be passing the leadership torch to Jon Hoerauf, who is currently the brand’s global commercial leader. During Wauter’s tenure at Arc’teryx the brand has experienced unprecedented ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (JUNE 22, 2011) — Patagonia Inc., the environmentally minded apparel company, launches Patagonia Music Collective Volume 3 to continue financial support of grass roots environmental organizations through sales of artist's exclusive tracks. The Patagonia Music ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (May 25, 2011) — Patagonia Inc., the enviro-minded apparel company, is pleased to announce that Josh Dirksen, Ryland Bell and Forrest Shearer have joined the company as Snowboard Ambassadors. Each rider embodies the company's core values, comes equipped with a ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (May 19, 2011) — Patagonia Inc., the enviro-minded apparel company, staged a peaceful 500-employee-strong cacerolazo – a Chilean-style protest developed in the Pinochet era where citizens bang pots and pans in loud opposition - to protest the Chilean ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (May, 2011) — Patagonia Inc., the enviro-minded apparel company, announces that Tom Hartge has been hired to serve in an advisory capacity at the company. During a 28-year Nike career, Hartge held various positions in product marketing, product merchandising, ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (March 1, 2011) — Patagonia Inc., the environmentally minded apparel company, has teamed with some of today's top artists, representing a range of genres, to form the Patagonia Music Collective. The Patagonia Music Collective will launch in the United States on ...read more

Ventura, CA. Patagonia, Inc., a designer and distributor of technical outdoor clothing, announces today the strategic additions of Lee Turlington as the company's new vice president of global product, Paul Zadoff as the company's vice president of global sales. Zadoff formally ...read more

Ventura, CA – January 19, 2008. Patagonia, Inc., the outdoor apparel company, announces today that American climber Tommy Caldwell has joined the company's impressive group of ambassadors. Tommy will work with Patagonia to help develop and hone the company's product line with ...read more

Washington, DC – October 26, 2009 – U.S. News Media Group, in association with the Center for Public Leadership (CPL) at Harvard Kennedy's School of Government, today released the 2009 edition of America's Best Leaders, available online at www.usnews.com/leaders and featured ...read more

Patagonia announces today that long-term veteran employee Bruce Old has accepted the position of Director of US Wholesale. In his new role Bruce will report to the company's VP of US Sales and oversee the US sales reps, Dealer Services in Reno, and Patagonia's Corporate Sales ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (May 19, 2009) – Patagonia, Inc., a designer and distributor of technical outdoor clothing, announces today the selection of Jess Clayton as Product PR Marketer. Drawing upon her five-year tenure at Patagonia, Jess will serve as the media's contact for all ...read more

Melbourne, Vic., (March 6, 2009): Surf and Outdoor apparel company, Patagonia Inc., is proud to announce the opening of its Australian headquarters in Torquay, Victoria. After a six-year hiatus from the Australian market, Patagonia Australia opens its first retail store in ...read more

Ventura, CA (February 20, 2009) — Patagonia, the outdoor apparel company, announces today that a brand-new installment of their award-winning website, the Tin Shed, launches on February 25th, 2009. The company is offering a sneak-peek to their favorite media outlets, which can ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (September 10, 2008) – Patagonia, Inc., the outdoor clothing manufacturer, announces today the selection of Holger Bismann as Patagonia Europe's new Managing Director. Drawing upon his thirteen-year tenure at Nike, Holger will provide positive leadership and ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (June 13, 2008) — Patagonia, the outdoor apparel company, accepted a prestigious Webby Award for its interactive website, the Footprint Chronicles, at the 12th annual Webby Awards in New York City on June 10th, 2008. Patagonia was awarded the People's Voice ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (March 24, 2008) — Patagonia is the first major apparel manufacturer to track and expose the social and environmental impact of specific garments through The Footprint Chronicles, an interactive website that reveals to consumers the good and the bad involved in ...read more

On the evening of January 29th, at 8:00 pm, Patagonia, Inc, the outdoor apparel company, was awarded "Eco Brand of the Year" at the Volvo Eco Design forum in Munich, during the ISPO trade show.The prestigious award represents the recognition of the outdoor industry for ...read more

Ventura, CA (May 7, 2007)— Patagonia, the outdoor apparel company, recently showed its dedication to the environment's conservation by bestowing a grant in the amount of $99,180.00 to the ocean conservation group Oceana in the US. The company's European office is set to grant ...read more

Ventura, CA (March 5, 2007)—Patagonia, the outdoor apparel manufacturer, announced today that the company's Reno Service Center, was recently honored with the GOLD level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council ...read more

Ventura, CA (March 1, 2007) — Patagonia, the outdoor apparel company, announced today the launch of their public weblog, The Cleanest Line. The blog is open to employees, customers, friends and industry insiders. All participants are encouraged to share stories, photos, news, ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (Jan 31, 2007) – Patagonia, Inc., the outdoor gear and apparel company, announced today the expansion of the Common Threads Recycling Program. This revolutionary program, which initially asked customers to return worn out Capilene baselayers, also known as long ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (December 13, 2006) – Patagonia, Inc., a designer and distributor of technical outdoor clothing, is happy to announce that Star Hoerauf will be collaborating with Patagonia on its technical alpine designs. Hoerauf, an independent contractor, will work with the ...read more

Ventura, CA (September 25, 2006)—Working Mother magazine today announced that Patagonia is a 2006 Working Mother 100 Best Company. Patagonia placed 7th on the list of 100 companies this year, bringing the company to a total of 16 rankings on the prestigious list. For 21 years ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (August 9, 2006) – Patagonia, Inc., outdoor apparel company, announces today that effective Spring 2008 the Water Girl, USA brand will transition to Patagonia Women's Surf. The decision comes as the final step in Patagonia's brand architecture simplification, ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (July 19, 2006) – Lotus Designs, Inc., the paddling apparel manufacturer and an affiliate of Patagonia, Inc., announced today that it is voluntarily recalling its Mildwater PFD. This style is also sold as the Fishing PFD and Patagonia Fishing Vest. Although ...read more

LOTUS DESIGNS TRANSITIONS TO PATAGONIA PADDLING IN SPRING 2007Patagonia Remains 100% Committed to Paddle Sports Business with a Renewed Focus on EnvironmentalismVENTURA, Calif. (June 30, 2006) – Patagonia, Inc, outdoor apparel company, announces today that effective Spring 2007 ...read more

VENTURA, Calif. (June 5, 2006) – Patagonia, Inc., a designer and distributor of technical outdoor clothing, announces today the selection of Damien Huang as the company's Vice President of Design, Development and Merchandising. Drawing upon his ten-year tenure in the outdoor ...read more

Ventura, CA – April 6, 2006. Patagonia, Inc., the outdoor apparel company, announced today their partnership with SURFER Magazine to move the magazine's paper content from virgin to partially recycled fiber. Patagonia will help support the transition by sharing in the increased ...read more