Elise Jaffe

Elise Jaffe is Senior Vice President of Real Estate at dressbarn, one of the nation’s leading women’s specialty store chains which offers quality on-trend career and casual fashions at value prices. Elise is involved in all aspects of dressbarn realty, including site selection and real estate deal negotiation nationwide. She serves as an invited member of the Board of Directors of the Ascena Retail Group, and has been an executive at dressbarn since 1982. 

dressbarn is one of five sister retail brands operating under the Ascena Retail Group Inc., which is publicly traded on NASDAQ (“ASNA”): dressbarn caters to women 35-55, Maurices is geared toward women 17-34 with a "20-something attitude", Justice offers trend-right apparel and accessories for tween girls aged 7-14, Lane Bryant carries exclusive women’s plus sizes and Catherines offers women’s extended sizes 0x to 5x. These five independently-operated subsidiaries together total approximately 3,800 stores, projecting over $5 billion in annual sales. 

Elise, a past Trustee of the ICSC, is currently Chair of the ICSC Foundation. She also serves on the ICSC CRX Committee. Her personal affiliations include serving as a member of the Board of Trustees of Thirteen/WNET, on the Trustee Committee of Architecture & Design at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, as vice president of the Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, and as a director of the Jaffe Family Foundation.

Ms. Jaffe will present "The ICSC Foundation:  How to Advance your Career & Give Back," on Tuesday, May 23, 9:00 - 10:00 am in the Talent Development Pavilion.