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A closer look: Lorna Nagler

Last update: March 22, 2008 - 4:55 PM

A closer look: Lorna Nagler

Age: 51

Hometown: Glendale, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee

Education: Graduated in 1978 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a bachelor's degree in retailing

Family: Bill, her college sweetheart and husband of 29 years, and Max, a 10-year-old yellow Lab

First retail job: She served on a teen board at Gimbels department store as a junior and senior in high school. She did everything from modeling to shadowing executives.

In her closet: A weakness for shoes

On her nightstand: BlackBerry, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Time, Newsweek, the New Yorker, Architectural Digest, and a note pad and pen to "write down those brilliant ideas that happen in the middle of the night."

In her spare time: Walking the dog, playing the flute, shopping for antiques and collectibles, watching sports events

A rookie at: golf

Rabid about: the Wisconsin Badgers and the Green Bay Packers

JACKIE CROSBY

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