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Item 1C. Executive Officers of the Registrant.
The name, age, and position held with the Company for each of the executive officers of the Company are
set forth below.
Name Age Position
Stephen I. Sadove ......... 57 Chairman of the Board of Directors; Chief Executive Officer; Director
Ronald L. Frasch .......... 59 President and Chief Merchandising Officer
Michael A. Brizel ......... 52 Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Jennifer S. De Winter ...... 48 Executive Vice President of Stores
Marc J. Metrick ........... 35 Group Senior Vice President of Merchandise Planning and Chief Strategy
Officer
Christine A. Morena ....... 53 Executive Vice President of Human Resources
Michael Rodgers .......... 44 Executive Vice President of Service Operations and Chief Information
Officer
Robert T. Wallstrom ....... 43 President, OFF 5th and Group Senior Vice President
Kevin G. Wills ........... 43 Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Stephen I. Sadove was named Chief Executive Officer of the Company in January 2006 and assumed the
additional role of Chairman of the Board of Directors in May 2007. Mr. Sadove joined the Company in January
2002 as Vice Chairman and assumed the additional responsibility of Chief Operating Officer in March 2004.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sadove served as Senior Vice President of Bristol-Myers Squibb and President
of Bristol-Myers Squibb Worldwide Beauty Care from 1996 until January 2002. From 1991 until 1996,
Mr. Sadove held various other executive positions with Bristol-Myers Squibb. From 1975 until 1991, Mr. Sadove
held various positions of increasing responsibility with General Foods USA.
Ronald L. Frasch was named President and Chief Merchandising Officer of the Company in February 2007.
Mr. Frasch joined SFA in January 2004, served in a non-executive capacity through November 2004, and held
the post of Vice Chairman and Chief Merchant of SFA from November 2004 until January 2007. Prior to joining
the Company, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Neiman Marcus Group’s Bergdorf
Goodman from April 2000 until January 2004. Prior to that, he held merchandising and executive posts with
other companies including GFT USA, Escada USA, Neiman Marcus, and SFA.
Michael A. Brizel joined the Company in April 2007 and was named to the post of Executive Vice President
and General Counsel in May 2007. Mr. Brizel served in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility with
The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. between 1989 and April 2007, including Senior Vice President and
General Counsel, a position he assumed in 2002. Prior to Reader’s Digest, Mr. Brizel was a member of the legal
department of General Foods Corporation from 1983 to 1989 and an associate with the New York law firm of
Summit, Rovins and Feldesman (and its predecessors), from 1980 to 1983.
Jennifer S. De Winter was named Executive Vice President of Stores in June 2008. She joined Saks Fifth
Avenue in 1995 and held various merchandising positions of increasing responsibility, including her most recent
post of Group Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of Fashion and Fine Jewelry, Watches,
Women’s Shoes, Handbags and Soft Accessories. Ms. De Winter began her retail career in 1983 at Macy’s,
where she held various merchandising positions through 1995 including Vice President, Divisional Merchandise
Manager.
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