Dominique Showers
Propelled by ’the why’, Dominique Showers has built her career advocating for the user as key to achieving a sustainable long-term business vision.
An entrepreneurial leader, Dominique has led highly focused strategic initiatives for Arc’teryx -- Veilance, Special Projects, and Women’s. She’s now nurturing the future-forward Recommerce, which nests inside the ReBird™ Circularity program. Leading by influence, she unites problem solvers across the organization from within finance, design, brand, merchandising, IT, supply chain, operations, retail and ecommerce, to manifest the circularity vision.
With a goal to leave it better, she is deeply passionate about solving for environmental and social impact, elevating this inside her business strategy by focusing on the opportunity beyond the limitations, forging ahead to pioneer new paths. As a key stakeholder in Arc’teryx’s JEDI (Justice Equity Diversion and Inclusion) committee and the leader for Recommerce, she is establishing the evolved objectives, capabilities and new operating model required to realize the game-changing Arc’teryx 5-10+ year vision.
Dominique has deep knowledge in building high-performing teams within culturally relevant brands that are rooted in authenticity and integrity. She has risen to leadership roles in Aritzia and Native Shoes, and launched apparel and footwear retail stores, a branding agency, and the athletic brand STR/KE MVMNT, where she led all aspects of the business.
A Vancouver local raised in Europe, Dominique received her BA from McGill University. She holds a Spanish passport, speaking also French and Spanish.
Today, Dominique is an avid skier, snowboarder, and runner who also enjoys spin, yoga, and boxing from time-to-time. She resides in North Vancouver with her husband and three daughters whom she’s raising in the playground of the Coast Mountains.
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