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Outcalt & Johnson Bios
Pat Johnson
_Patricia M. Johnson has
been involved professionally with strategic marketing and financial
analysis for over 30 years. She is a graduate of Whitman College, Prior to founding her own strategic planning consulting practice, she was an officer of a national bank, and director of the news service of a small college. She also has served as a trustee of an independent K-8 school in Seattle. She is
a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) through the Institute of
Management Consultants, and a member of the National Retail Federation.
She also is Co-Founder of The Retail Owners Institute®.
Dick Outcalt
_Richard F. Outcalt has
been a national consultant for retail financial management and planning
for more than 30 years. He was an executive for a
national department store organization, as well as the owner/operator of
three independent specialty stores.
A graduate of Duke University, he earned an MBA in retailing from the University of Pittsburgh. He was president of both the Foundation for Private Enterprise Education and the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants, as well as a national board member of IMC. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) by the Institute of Management Consultants, and a member of the National Retail Federation. He also is a Co-Founder of The Retail Owners Institute®.
A graduate of Duke University, he earned an MBA in retailing from the University of Pittsburgh. He was president of both the Foundation for Private Enterprise Education and the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants, as well as a national board member of IMC. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) by the Institute of Management Consultants, and a member of the National Retail Federation. He also is a Co-Founder of The Retail Owners Institute®.
In addition to their designation as a leading consulting firm in North America, both Pat and Dick have been certified (CMC) by the Institute of Management Consultants, which is the highest accreditation in the professional, earned by fewer than 2% of practicing consultants.
Outcalt and Johnson have been business partners since 1990, working as a team with retailers or wherever retail is involved throughout North America and beyond. Known as "coaches to retailers", Pat and Dick bring experience and judgment to demanding retail situations. They are as comfortable in board rooms as they are in stock rooms.
"Are they married?" people wonder. Very common question. The answer? "Not to each other!"
Outcalt and Johnson have been business partners since 1990, working as a team with retailers or wherever retail is involved throughout North America and beyond. Known as "coaches to retailers", Pat and Dick bring experience and judgment to demanding retail situations. They are as comfortable in board rooms as they are in stock rooms.
"Are they married?" people wonder. Very common question. The answer? "Not to each other!"