Brooks Running appoints new CEO as Jim Weber departs after two decades

U.S. running firm Brooks Running announced on Tuesday the departure of Jim Weber from the role of chief executive officer after 23 years in the position.

Dan Sheridan, who currently serves as the company’s president and chief operating officer, will become Brooks’ next CEO, effective April 26.

Sheridan will take the Brooks helm, with past leadership roles across many disciplines. Joining Brooks in 1998, he was named COO in 2019 and promoted to president and COO in 2022. In recent years, Sheridan drove the evolution of Brooks’ strategy, scaling its business model, guiding the business’ supply chain and operations, and accelerating the brand’s digital transformation to adeptly navigate headwinds and execute Brooks’ multichannel strategy.

“I have had the greatest opportunity to work and learn alongside Jim for most of my career at Brooks,” said Sheridan. “Together with the rest of our global team, we’ve created a great business, a winning workplace culture, and a brand that matters to runners and partners all over the world. I’m humbled and excited to lead the Brooks team and look forward to building on our momentum.”

In addition to Sheridan’s appointment to CEO, Matt Dodge, vice president, managing director of Brooks international, will become president and COO, effective August 1. Dodge will return to the brand’s global headquarters in Seattle after growing Brooks’ business and team in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific and Latin America (APLA) regions for the past five years.

Several other leadership appointments have also been announced at Brooks in recent months to support global growth. Carson Caprara, who joined the brand in 2005, was promoted to senior vice president of footwear in May 2023 to lead all footwear design, development, product management, and merchandising. Christophe Mahaut was also promoted in May to senior vice president, supply chain operations to lead global operations and strengthen Brooks’ end-to-end systems from factory to customer.

More recently, Brooks named Gabriel Rodriguez as its new VP of apparel and accessories in early 2024 to lead all design, development, product management, and merchandising for Brooks’ global apparel business, while Katie Carlson, who joined Brooks’ HR team in 2012, was promoted to senior vice president, chief human resources officer.