Bert Stevens

Supporting those who drive positive change | Advisor | Investor | Entrepreneur | Former Nike | Author

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

About

I partner with emerging leaders and advise forward-thinking organizations, helping them elevate performance, navigate complexity, and build a positive impact for people, planet, and profit. With over three decades of executive leadership at Nike, I’ve led teams of 5000+ and delivered transformational change across continents for a $45B business. As a former Belgian Gymnastics Champion, I bring a lifelong dedication to athletic performance into my leadership style and way of operating. This mindset helped me reshape Nike’s supply chain by overcoming major hurdles and implementing breakthrough solutions—building new distribution centers at speed, integrating advanced robotics, and deploying enterprise-wide digital systems. Beyond driving operational excellence, I championed many sustainability innovations, accelerating initiatives such as wind and solar energy, geothermal and biomass power, biofuels, green walls, eco-forestry, circular waste systems, electric transport, and circularity programs like Nike Grind and Nike Refurbished. My mission today is to help leaders and organizations grow stronger, healthier, and more sustainable—so business success and a better future for all can rise together.

Experience

  • Founder at WILD RISE
    Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

    Advancing leaders and businesses committed to doing good.

  • Nike (19 yrs 9 mos)
    • Vice President - North America Supply Chain
      Feb 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Responsible for Nike's Supply Chain in North America

    • Global Vice President - Marketplace Supply Chain
      Jul 2022 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Responsible for Nike's Marketplace Supply Chain worldwide.

    • Vice President - North America Operations
      Aug 2016 - Jul 2022 · 6 yrs

      Responsible for Nike's Operational activities in the USA & Canada.

  • Nike (11 yrs 1 mo)
    • General Manager - European Logistics Campus
      2002 - 2005 · 3 yrs

      Leading Nike's European Logistics Campus in Belgium.

    • Director Human Resources - European DC
      2001 - 2002 · 1 yr

      HR director at the European Distribution Center in Belgium (1200 employees).

    • Planning Director - European Footwear
      1999 - 2001 · 2 yrs

      Being responsible for the operational planning activities for Nike's Footwear business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.