Former Williams-Sonoma Exec Now President of Restoration Hardware

Restoration Hardware (RH) announced this week that Sandra Stangl has been appointed to the position of president of news business development.

Stangl will lead the development of future new business and growth strategies that will leverage RH’s proprietary multichannel platform.

Restoration Hardware's Chairman and CEO Gary Friedman commented, “We are delighted to welcome Sandra to the RH team. I’ve had the pleasure of previously working with Sandra for seven years, and have remained an admirer of her work leading the development and growth of the Pottery Barn collection of brands to nearly $3 billion as its president.”

Stangl joins RH after a 23-year career at Williams-Sonoma, where she ascended through the ranks at Pottery Barn and played important roles in leading the conceptualization and development of the Pottery Barn Kids and Teen brands, in addition to leading the development and growth of the flagship Pottery Barn brand, of which she became president in 2008.