Carol Kloster

Former President & CEO, Levy Home Entertainment

Member since:

1998

Membership Type:

Emerita

Occupation: President, Levy Home Entertainment

Levy Home Entertainment is a $700M Wholesale Book Distributor, customers include: Target, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Meijer, Toys R Us and Rite Aid. Suppliers include: Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and over 300 others.

Carol began her career with Levy in 1974 in Human Resources. She was promoted 8 times, serving in human resources, warehousing, sales, marketing and general management. She was appointed President and CEO of Levy in 1992.

In May 2005, a division of Levy was sold to Source Interlink and Carol became Executive Vice President of Source, serving until November of ‘06. She returned to Levy Home Entertainment as President in November of ‘06.

Education: AB Sociology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Personal: Single, 2 children: John Kloster and Amanda Kloster

Business: Member, Economic Club
Board of Directors, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago

Charitable: Board of Directors, Family Focus
Carol resides in Hinsdale and enjoys reading, bicycling and gardening.

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