The Foot Locker portfolio of brands, including Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, WSS and Atmos, will continue to be operated by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (DKS) under an experienced new leadership team. In partnership with two new presidents, one for North America and one for international operations, DKS Executive Chairman Ed Stack will lead the global Foot Locker businesses to accelerate business momentum and implement targeted turnaround strategies.

Ann Freeman, a former Nike executive, has been appointed president of Foot Locker North America. She has been a member of the Board of Directors at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and a board member of Allbirds. She spent over 26 years at Nike, most recently serving as VP/GM of North America from 2020 to 2021. Before that, she was VP of global sales for nearly two years. She started at Nike in 1995 as a sales representative for the Nike brand and took on roles of increasing responsibility throughout her career at Nike.

The setup

Freeman will be supported by a Foot Locker senior management team of experienced senior leaders from Foot Locker, Dick’s Sporting Goods and external hires, who include:

• Tony Aversa is SVP & GM, Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker North America. Tony is a 30-year veteran of Foot Locker having served in leadership roles at Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, WSS and most recently as GM of Champs Sports.
• Denise Karkos is SVP & GM for Champs Sports. Karkos is joining Foot Locker from DKS where she most recently served as SVP, chief e-commerce officer.
• George Jenkins is SVP, Store Operations and Customer Experience, Foot Locker North America. Over the past 30 years, George has held various leadership roles within the Foot Locker stores organization and most recently served as VP, Customer Experience, North America.
• Peter Scaturro is SVP & CFO, Foot Locker North America. Scaturro most recently served as SVP, strategic planning & growth for Foot Locker and has held several leadership roles across corporate finance, strategy and customer service at the company.
• Steve Miller is SVP & COO, Foot Locker North America. Steve is a former DKS senior executive who led hardlines merchandising after a senior role in strategy, e-commerce & analytics.
• Brett O’Brien is SVP & CMO, Foot Locker North America. O’Brien is joining Foot Locker from PepsiCo where he held various marketing leadership roles, including his most recent position as chief sports officer.
• Michael Keinath is SVP & chief people officer, Foot Locker North America. Keinath is joining Foot Locker from DKS where he held various leadership roles overseeing talent, organizational design and effectiveness and culture initiatives.

DKS will appoint a president of Foot Locker International to lead the other regions.