Management Team

Darren Lampert

CEO & Co-Founder

Partner at Law Firm Lampert & Lampert (1987-2000)
Independent Portfolio Manager (2000-2014)
Holds a BS from Ithaca College and a JD from Bridgeport University School of Law

President & Co-Founder

CEO & President at Skinny Nutritional Corp. (2000-2014)
25 years experience in consumer products, business development & brand marketing
BBA from Temple University

Chief Financial Officer

Public company CFO of Crocs, Inc 2009 to 2015 and West Marine, Inc. from 2015 to 2018
CFO of privately held ICWG, Inc. from 2018 to 2020 and Coravin, Inc. from 2020 to 2021
MBA from Pennsylvania State University and BS from the University of Alabama

Chief Merchandising Officer

Mr. Rutenis has two decades of experience in retail spans management positions at several large public companies.
Since 2018, Mr. Rutenis provides consulting services to multiple organizations on building added value to their inter working and achieving performance excellence.
From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Rutenis served as Executive Vice President at West Marine, where he helped grow the top and bottom line by successfully moving the company to an omni-channel format that enhanced the company's brickand-mortar format.
From 2013 to 2015, he served at Radio Shack as Chief Merchandising Officer.
From 2011 to 2012, at JCPenny, he was VP – Divisional Merchandise Manager, Furniture and Home Décor and promoted to SVP – General Merchandise Manager, Home from 2012 to 2013.
From 2006 to 2011, at Dicks Sporting Goods, he helped drive sales and gross margin expansion in private label and branded products.
Mr. Rutenis received his B.S. degree from Clemson University and holds an MBA from the University of St. Louis.

Senior Strategic Advisor

Partner and Senior Advisor to Emigrant Capital Corp.
Senior Advisor to EY, among others plus several equity investments
Board of Directors for BWXT Technologies, Inc., plus on the board of several private equity investment firms.
Former Chairman and CEO. Chrysler Corporation
Former Chairman and CEO. The Home Depot
Former CEO. GE Power Systems
XLR-8, LLC, Investment & Advisory Co.

Chief Supply Chain and Technology Officer

Mr. Sheldon is a seasoned operation's executive with more than three decades of experience in the global consumer goods industry.
Prior to joining GrowGeneration, Dennis was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at PopSockets, a privately held company in Colorado specializing in grips, mounts, and wallets for digital devices. As the COO, he was responsible for the company's global operations and growth initiatives.
He spent a decade at Colorado-based global footwear and apparel company Crocs Inc., (NASDAQ: CROX) where he held the positions of Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain, Senior Vice President of Global Enterprise Systems, and Vice President of Global Distribution & Logistics.
Most recently, Dennis worked as a global operations consultant.

SVP Marketing and E-commerce

Ms. Gebhardt is a seasoned marketing and e-commerce executive with more than two decades of experience in the global consumer goods industry. She has a proven track record of developing brand vision as well as creating compelling performance, retail, and brand marketing via digital first strategies. Becky has deep experience driving strong brand and e-commerce growth for both emerging and iconic brands using a process that is data driven and a focus on putting the customer first.
Prior to joining Grow Generation, Gebhardt served as the Global Chief Marketing Officer of PopSockets, a privately held company in Colorado specializing in grips, mounts, and wallets for digital devices. Previously she served as the EVP, Chief Marketing Officer of Lands' End, and the Vice President, Creative Director at Crocs respectively.