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BED BATH & BEYOND PROXY STATEMENT
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Steven H. Temares, 51, currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He was President and Chief Executive Officer
from 2003 to 2006 and was President and Chief Operating Officer from 1999 to 2003. Mr. Temares joined the Company in 1992
and has served as a director since 1999. Mr. Temares has been part of the leadership of the Company throughout its entire history
as a public company.
Dean S. Adler, 53, is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lubert-Adler Partners, L.P., a private real estate investment firm.
He has served as a Principal of Lubert-Adler Partners, L.P. for over ten years. He has been a director of the Company since 2001.
During the last five years, Mr. Adler also served as a director of Developers Diversified Realty Corp., a shopping center real estate
investment trust, and Electronics Boutique, Inc., a mall retailer. Mr. Adler has wide experience and involvement in commercial real
estate including, in particular, retail real estate.
Stanley F. Barshay, 70, has served in a variety of senior executive positions at consumer healthcare companies. He served as
Executive Vice President of Merck & Co. (formerly Schering-Plough Corporation) and President of its Consumer Health Care
Division฀from฀November฀2009฀until฀his฀retirement฀on฀April฀1,฀2010;฀prior฀to฀November฀2009,฀Mr.฀Barshay฀was฀Chairman,฀Consumer฀
Health Care, at Schering-Plough Corporation since June 2003. Among other things, he brings to the Board specialized knowl-
edge about the marketing of consumer goods, and in particular health and beauty care products. He has been a director of the
Company since 2003. For many years, Mr. Barshay served in a variety of senior executive positions at American Home Products
(now part of Pfizer).
Klaus Eppler, 79, has been a pensioned partner in the law firm of Proskauer Rose LLP, counsel to the Company, since 2001. Mr.
Eppler was an equity partner of Proskauer Rose LLP from 1965 to 2001, when he ceased active partnership with responsibilities for
clients. He has been a director of the Company since 1992 and has served as outside Lead Director since 2002. Mr. Eppler is also a
director of The Dress Barn, Inc., an apparel retailer. Mr. Eppler has served as a director of one or more retailers continuously for
over thirty-five years. Throughout his career as a practicing attorney, he represented numerous public companies or their boards
of directors, including many retail companies. Mr. Eppler brings to the Board his experience with a wide variety of retailers.
Patrick R. Gaston, 52, has been the President of Verizon Foundation since 2003. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Gaston held
a variety of management positions at Verizon Communications Inc. and its predecessors since 1984, including positions in opera-
tions, marketing, human resources, strategic planning and government relations. He has been a director of the Company since
2007. Among other things, Mr. Gaston brings to the Board experience with respect to very large and complex public companies.
Jordan Heller, 49, has been President of Heller Wealth Advisors LLC, a provider of financial advisory services, since 2008. Mr. Heller
was previously a partner with The Schonbraun McCann Group LLP from 2005 to 2008. Prior to joining The Schonbraun McCann
Group, Mr. Heller was a Managing Director at American Economic Planning Group. He has been a director of the Company since
2003. Among other things, Mr. Heller brings to the Board experience in and knowledge of various financial matters. He serves as
an udit ommittee inancial xpert on the Company’s Audit Committee.
Victoria A. Morrison, 57, has been the Executive Vice President & General Counsel of Edison Properties, LLC, a diversified real
estate company, since 2007. Ms. Morrison was previously practicing law as a partner in the law firm of Riker, Danzig, Scherer,
Hyland & Perretti LLP since 1986. She has been a director of the Company since 2001. Among other things, Ms. Morrison brings to
the Board experience in and knowledge of real estate law and transactions.
Fran Stoller, 51, is a practicing attorney and has been a partner in the law firm of Loeb & Loeb LLP for more than five years. She
has been a director of the Company since 2003.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE ELECTION
OF THE NINE NOMINEES AS DIRECTORS.
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