About this episode
Donna Carpenter has been working at Burton for the past 35 years and has held just about every job from dipping snowboards in polyurethane and answering the customer service line, to CEO. She has been instrumental in the company’s growth, expanding Burton’s business to Europe in the 1980s. In more recent years, Donna has shifted from President to CEO, worked to make Burton an employer of choice for women and amped up the company's sustainability and philanthropy efforts. Today she joins us to talk about how she became CEO, her dedication to women in the workplace and how she is spreading the word about sustainability in an effort to help the environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices