Vans Names Chief Operating Officer

Gary H. Schoenfeld, 32, has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer at Vans Inc., the Orange-based shoe manufacturer.

Before joining Vans, Schoenfeld was a partner with McCown De Leeuw & Co., a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm that is Vans’ largest stockholder. Schoenfeld, the son of Vans President and Chief Executive Officer Walter E. Schoenfeld, 64, has been involved in Vans’ strategic planning since 1989, the company said.

Vans recently closed its plant in Orange. The company has a distribution center in City of Industry, 81 company-owned stores and factory outlets, and a 90,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Vista in San Diego County.