{"id":23076,"date":"2021-08-09T10:59:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T15:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=23076"},"modified":"2021-08-09T10:59:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T15:59:45","slug":"new-michaels-ceo-is-also-a-baylor-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2021\/08\/new-michaels-ceo-is-also-a-baylor-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"New Michaels CEO is also a Baylor Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Michaels<\/p>\n

For many with a crafty or creative bent, a trip to Michaels for supplies is a regular item on their to-do list. The stores are well-known for arts and crafts, do-it-yourself gifts and d\u00e9cor — but what you might not know is that they\u2019re led by a Baylor graduate.<\/p>\n

Ashley Buchanan<\/a> (BBA \u201996, MBA \u201998) was tabbed as Michaels president and CEO last year<\/a> after a long tenure at Walmart. The company, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, turned to the two-time Baylor graduate shortly before COVID-19 hit. Buchanan has led the store throughout that uncertainty and overseen the company\u2019s transition from public to private<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For Buchanan, it\u2019s a career step that keeps him close to home. After graduating from Baylor, the Mt. Pleasant, Texas, native has worked for Dell in addition to his time at Walmart, where he led in a variety of responsibilities in the company ranging from eCommerce to Sam\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n

As he leads at Michaels, he says he\u2019s working to turn the 1,200-store chain into an \u201carts and crafts ecosystem<\/a>,\u201d and in so doing, he has some help at home. Buchanan says his three daughters are an at-home focus group, weighing in on everything from glitter color to paint selection and more.<\/p>\n

Sic \u2019em, Ashley Buchanan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For many with a crafty or creative bent, a trip to Michaels for supplies is a regular item on their to-do list. The stores are well-known for arts and crafts, do-it-yourself gifts and d\u00e9cor — but what you might not know is that they\u2019re led by a Baylor graduate. Ashley Buchanan (BBA \u201996, MBA \u201998) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-honors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}