[3] After graduating from the University of Arizona in 1974,[4] he joined Federated Department Stores, Inc. (known as Macy's, Inc. since 2007) and rose quickly to lead the upscale specialty Bullocks Wilshire division in Los Angeles at age 35.
The company reported that of its top 15 best-performing geographic markets in the key holiday selling month of December 2008, 13 were My Macy's pilot districts.
In spring 2008, he was presented with Carnegie Hall's third annual Medal of Excellence for outstanding philanthropic leadership in the arts.
[13] He was Women's Wear Daily's "Newsmaker of the Year" in 2014 [14] and is the recipient of the Deming Cup by Columbia Business School for distinction in leading continuous improvement.
[15] Lundgren is very active in the community; he is a trustee of Carnegie Hall [16] and served as commissioner on Women's Economic Development by appointment of the mayor of New York.
Also, at the request of NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg he served as one of the industry chairs of Fashion.NYC.2020,[17] which looked at the future of NYC's fashion industry and made recommendations for actionable steps the NYC government could take to promote NYC's fashion industry He has been presented with numerous business recognition awards and has served as dinner chairman or as honoree for numerous retail industry organizations and charities, including Carnegie Hall, MoMA, BRAG, the Fresh Air Fund, American Jewish Council, Breast Cancer Awareness, NOW Legal Defense, Parsons School, Fashion Institute of Technology and the Ovarian Cancer Society.
[citation needed] He served for two terms as chairman of the National Minority Supplier Development Council,[18] and was co-chair of the American Heart Association's CEO Roundtable.