Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> February 24, 2003

Specialty Retail & Consumer Products: J.hubbard/d.lane – Avondale Partners

JEANNETTE HUBBARD is a Vice President of Equity Research for Avondale Partners, LLC. She joined the company as an Equity Research Analyst in September 2001. Prior to covering her own group at Avondale, Ms. Hubbard was the Director of Underwriting for The School Company, a company providing financial consulting services to for-profit education companies. Before working at The School Company, Ms. Hubbard worked in the capacity of Vice President and Assistant Treasurer for ProLogis Trust, the largest international REIT, where she worked on domestic and international capital markets transactions and managed the company's foreign currency hedging program. Ms. Hubbard earned a BA degree in English with a concentration in Economics from the University of Colorado and a Master's degree from Stanford University in Economic Policy Analysis. Profile
DOUGLAS M. LANE is Director of Equity Research for Avondale Partners, LLC. Prior to taking on his responsibilities at the firm in October 2002, Mr. Lane managed a hedge fund in New York. Previously, he was an Equity Analyst at Merrill Lynch, most recently as the senior analyst covering the US beverage group from 1997-2001. From 1992-1997 Mr. Lane was a member of the cosmetics and household products team at Merrill Lynch, with senior responsibility for a dozen stocks and as a backup for several others. Mr. Lane has been recognized by various financial publications for stock picking and earnings estimate accuracy for beverages and for cosmetics & household products. He started his investment career in 1989 at PNC Bank in Philadelphia as a Consumer Products Analyst. Mr. Lane earned an MBA degree from Loyola College in Baltimore and a BS degree in Business Administration from the University of Richmond. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Profile
TWST: Tell us how you divide the consumer sector between the two

of you.

Mr. Lane: Jenny and I work together at Avondale as partners

covering consumer stocks. I cover the consumer products