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Former Yahoo CFO Blake Jorgensen Moves to Levi (Plus the Full Press Release)

Kara Swisher in News on May 28, 2009 at 9:55 am PT

Blake Jorgensen, who left Yahoo as part of a management reorganization by CEO Carol Bartz, has taken a job as CFO at Levi Strauss & Co. He’s the second Yahoo to move to the the jeanswear manufacturer recently. Former Yahoo PR head Jill Nash took over communications at Levi several months ago.

Yahoo's Nash Goes Back to Retail as Top Levi Strauss Flack

Kara Swisher in News on March 3, 2009 at 8:32 am PT

It looks like two years of relentless controversy and company upheaval have sent Yahoo’s former PR person back into the arms of a retail outfit. Jill Nash, who said she was leaving Yahoo in early February, will be taking the top PR job at San Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co., where the former Gap exec will get the title of chief communications officer and VP of corporate affairs. Of course, given the tough retail market these days, life at the jeans manufacturer isn’t going to be all worn-in comfort either.