Rob BonDurant

Rob BonDurant is Patagonia’s Vice President of Marketing, Communications overseeing both the companies’ product and brand communications. He is the gatekeeper for the company. A passionate outdoorsman and environmentalist, Rob deeply believes in the company’s mission statement: make the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, and use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. A seven-year veteran of Patagonia, Rob has also served as Patagonia’s Director of North American Sales, a division that supports over 50% of the companies domestic annualized sales. Rob also perfectly represents the companies “ Phunhog” philosophy which contributes to Patagonia’s compelling corporate vision and wonderful corporate culture. Rob’s marketing and branding philosophies have been featured in Fast Company, National Geographic Adventure, Wired, Fortune, Outside, numerous industry trade publications and most recently in the book: Spark: Be More Innovative through Co-Creation by John Winsor. 

Prior to Patagonia, Rob spent six years at Deckers Outdoor Corporation working on the Teva Sport Sandal brand as their Director of Global Marketing and Design. As a resident of both the United Kingdom and the United States, Rob graduated from Oxford University in 1991 and holds a Masters of Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago. Of all of Rob’s scholastic achievements, he is most proud to be a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School.

For more information on Rob, please visit www.Patagonia.com