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audit committee
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 Michael Casey 
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 Director
Michael Casey has been a member of our Board since October 2007. He retired from Starbucks Corporation in October, 2007, where he had served as Senior Vice President and CFO from August 1995 to September 1997, Executive Vice President, CFO and Chief Administrative Officer from September 1997 to October 2007. Subsequent to retirement he served as a Senior Advisor to Starbucks Corporation from October 2007 to May 2008 and from November 2008 to present. Prior to joining Starbucks, Mr. Casey was Executive Vice President and CFO for Family Restaurant, Inc. and President and CEO of EI Torito Restaurants, Inc. He is also a member of the board of directors of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Mr. Casey graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. degree in Economics and Harvard Business School with an MBA degree.
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RoAnn Costin
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Director
RoAnn Costin has been a member of our Board since March 2007. She has served as the President of Wilderness Point Investments, a financial investment firm, since 2005. From 1992 until 2005, she served as the President of Reservoir Capital Management, Inc., an investment advisory firm. Ms. Costin was a director and member of the audit committee of Toys R Us from 1995 to 2005. Ms. Costin received a B.A. in Government from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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R. Brad Martin
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Director
R. Brad Martin has been a member of our Board since March 2007. He served as the CEO of Saks Incorporated, a retail department store company, from 1989 until January 2006. He is a member of the board of directors of First Horizon National Corporation, a banking company, and Dillard's, Inc., a retail department store company. He also served on the board of directors of Gaylord Entertainment Company from November 2006 to May 2009, and on the board of directors of Ruby Tuesday, Inc. from April 2008 to June 2011. Mr. Martin received his BS in Political Science from the University of Memphis and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.
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Marti Morfitt
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Director
Martha A.M. (Marti) Morfitt has been a member of our Board since December 2008. She has served as the CEO of Airborne, Inc. since October 2009, and as a principal of River Rock Partners, Inc., a business and cultural transformation consulting firm since 2008. She served as the President and CEO of CNS, Inc. a manufacturer and marketer of consumer healthcare products, from 2001 through March 2007. From 1998 to 2001, she was COO of CNS, Inc. Ms. Morfitt currently serves on the boards of directors of Graco, Inc., a fluid handling systems and components company and Life Time Fitness, Inc., an operator of fitness and athletic centers. She received her HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University.
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Rhoda M. Pitcher
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Director
Rhoda M. Pitcher has been a member of our Board since December 2005. For the past 14 years, she has been the founder and CEO of Rhoda M Pitcher Inc., a management consulting firm providing services in organizational strategy and the building of executive capability to Fortune 500 corporations, institutions, start-ups and non-profits. From 1978 to 1997, Ms. Pitcher co-founded, built and sold two international consulting firms. Ms. Pitcher holds a Master's degree in Organization Development from University Associates.
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Thomas G. Stemberg
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Director
Thomas G. Stemberg has been a member of our Board since December 2005. Since March 2007, he has been the managing partner of Highland Consumer Fund, a venture capital firm. From February 2005 until March 2007, he was a venture partner with Highland Capital Partners. Mr. Stemberg co-founded Staples, Inc., an office supplies retailer, serving as its Chairman from 1988 to 2005, and as its CEO from 1986 until 2002. He serves on the board of directors of CarMax, Inc., a retailer of used cars, PETsMART, Inc., a retailer of pet supplies and products, and Guitar Center, a retailer of musical instruments. He received an AB in Physical Science from Harvard University, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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Dennis J Wilson 
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Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Innovation Officer
Dennis J. Wilson founded our company in 1998 and has served as the Chairman of our board of directors since 1998 and currently also serves as our Chief Innovation and Branding Officer. Prior to serving as our Chairman and Chief Product Designer, Mr. Wilson served as our Chief Executive Officer from 1998 until 2005. In 1980, Mr. Wilson founded Westbeach Snowboard Ltd., a surf, skate and snowboard vertical retailer, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1980 until 1995 and as its Head of Design and Production from 1995 until 1997. Mr. Wilson received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Calgary.
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