Mimi Vaughn was named Genesco’s vice president of strategy and business development in September 2003, and later senior vice president in October 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Vaughn was executive vice president of business development and marketing and acting chief financial officer for Link2Gov Corporation in Nashville. From 1993 to 1999, she was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, based in Atlanta.

During her tenure at McKinsey, Vaughn advised senior executives and board members of Fortune 500 companies in developing and implementing growth and performance improvement strategies, specializing in the consumer and retail sectors. Prior to joining McKinsey, she held various corporate finance positions at Goldman, Sachs & Co., Wasserstein Perella & Co. Inc. and Drexel Burnham Lambert.

An elected member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Alpha Theta, she received a bachelor of science degree in foreign service and international economics from Georgetown University magna cum laude and earned a master of business administration degree from Harvard Business School where she graduated with distinction. She presently serves as chairman-elect on the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee board.