MACELLUM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT - Key Persons


Aaron Goldstein

Job Titles:
  • PARTNER
  • Partner at Macellum Advisors, LP
Mr. Goldstein is a Partner at Macellum Advisors, LP, where he was instrumental in our successful proxy contests including The Children's Place, Christopher & Banks, Citi Trends, Bed Bath & Beyond, Big Lots and Kohl's. Mr. Goldstein has over 15 years of experience investing in the consumer and retail sector. Mr. Goldstein served as an Analyst at Scopus Asset Management, a New York-based hedge fund, as a Vice President at JP Morgan Chase & Co., Analyst at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and as a consultant at Telsey Advisory Group. Mr. Goldstein currently serves on the Associate Board of Madison Square Park Conservancy, a non-profit responsible for caring for the park by focusing on sustainability, horticulture, art, and community. Mr. Goldstein previously served on the board of directors of Big Lots, Inc.

Austin Baker

Job Titles:
  • SENIOR ANALYST
  • Senior Analyst at Macellum Advisors, LP
Mr. Baker is a Senior Analyst at Macellum Advisors, LP, where he will help build on our success and grow our investment coverage within the retail and consumer sector. Mr. Baker brings 5 years of professional experience across strategy and diligence roles. Most recently, Mr. Baker served as a Senior Consultant at McKinsey & Company, a global management consultancy, where he focused on commercial due diligence engagements and growth/cost strategy projects for Fortune 500 companies and financial institutions.

Estee Levy

Job Titles:
  • CHIEF FINANCIAL, OPERATING and COMPLIANCE OFFICER
Ms. Levy serves as the Chief Financial, Operating and Compliance Officer of Macellum Advisors, LP. Ms. Levy has 25+ years of experience across finance, operations, compliance, audit and tax in the financial services industry as a Certified Public Accountant. Most recently, Ms. Levy was a Partner at Solas Capital, a registered investment adviser managing institutional assets comprised of prominent family foundation and university endowments, where she served as the firm's CFO, COO and CCO for a decade. Ms. Levy has over twenty years of financial, operations and compliance experience at various advisory firms in New York and Connecticut with assets ranging from several hundred million to $5 billion, namely Eos Partners, Valmiki Capital, and North Sound Capital. Ms. Levy began her career in 1995 at Rothstein Kass (subsequently KPMG), a leading CPA firm in the financial services industry, managing audit and tax services for the firm's investment clients including hedge-funds, private equity funds, venture funds, and broker-dealers.

Jonathan Duskin

Job Titles:
  • PARTNER
  • Chief Executive Officer of Macellum Advisors, LP
Mr. Duskin has served as Chief Executive Officer of Macellum Advisors, LP and Macellum Capital Management LLC, which operates a New York based pooled investment fund since July 2009, and as the sole member of Macellum Advisors GP, LLC, the general partner of certain affiliated funds, since September 2011. Mr. Duskin has over 20 years of experience investing in the consumer and retail sector. Mr. Duskin has previously served as a Managing Director and Partner at Prentice Capital Management, LP, an investment management firm, as a Managing Director at S.A.C. Capital Associates LLC, a New York-based hedge fund, and as a Managing Director, the Head of Product Management and Chairman of the Investment Policy Committee within the Research Department at Lehman Brothers Inc. Mr. Duskin currently serves on the board of directors of Citi Trends, Inc., a retail clothing chain selling discounted products targeted primarily at urban customers. Mr. Duskin previously served on the boards of directors of Christopher & Banks Corporation, Furniture.com, The Wet Seal, Inc. and Whitehall Jewelers, Inc.