David Jaffe Biography

David Jaffe has been the CEO and president of Ascena Retail Group Inc. (also known as Dress Barn Inc.) at Maurices Incorporated and Lane Bryant, Inc. since February 2002.

Mr. Jaffe is the founder and serves as secretary and treasurer of the Food Allergy Initiative. He served as the COO of Dress Barn Inc. from September 2001 to 2002. He joined Ascena Retail in 1992 and served as its vice president of business development from 1992 to 1995, senior vice president from 1995 to 1996 and executive vice president from 1996 to 2001.

Jaffe received a BS/BA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Stanford Business School. David was responsible for spearheading the transition of Dressbarn from an off-price discount store to a lifestyle specialty store brand and later for the acquisition of maurices.

Prior to joining Dressbarn, David was a general partner of what is now JP Morgan Partners, a private equity firm.  He began his career at Merrill Lynch as a portfolio manager.

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