Thomas L Cole

Thomas L. Cole was elected Macy's, Inc. vice chair in 2003. He is responsible for the store design and construction and corporate real estate functions, as well as the Macy's Logistics and Operations (MLO), Macy's Systems and Technology (MST) and Macy's Credit and Customer Services (MCCS) divisions. Cole has served as chairman of all three support divisions - MLO since 1995, MST since 2001 and MCCS since 2002. Previously, Cole was president of Federated Merchandising Group (now known as Macy's Merchandising Group) for six years and served as senior vice president for financial services at the Lazarus division. He began his career at Federated in 1972.