Barbara Barrilleaux

Barbara Barrilleaux serves as the VP Legal and General Counsel at Brooks Running, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, overseeing all global legal functions as part of the Senior Leadership Team since August 2015. Prior experience includes roles as Senior Corporate Counsel at Nordstrom, Inc. from 2006 to 2015, where responsibilities encompassed a wide range of legal topics and patent strategy, and as Senior Counsel for Risk Management, managing litigation and internal investigations. Earlier legal experience includes a position at Olympic Law Group and a judicial externship with The Honorable Justice Mary Fairhurst. Barbara holds a J.D., cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts with double majors in Music and French Literature from Whitman College.