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Ken Dunaj has served as our Chief Operating Officer since May 2006. From August 2005 to May 2006,
Mr. Dunaj served as Senior Vice President, Global Logistics, for Williams-Sonoma, Inc., a specialty retailer of
products for the home. From September 2000 to August 2005, Mr. Dunaj held various other positions at
Williams-Sonoma, including Vice President, Distribution. Prior to joining Williams-Sonoma, Mr. Dunaj held
various positions at Toys “R” Us, Inc., Genesis Direct, Inc., Reebok International Ltd. and NIKE, Inc.
Advisor
Gary Friedman was appointed Chairman Emeritus, Creator and Curator on an advisory basis in October
2012. He previously served as Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer from June 2010 to October 2012, and
as our Chief Executive Officer from March 2001 to June 2010. He served as a member on our board of directors
from March 2001 to October 2012. Prior to joining us, from 1988 to 2001, Mr. Friedman worked for Williams-
Sonoma, Inc., a specialty retailer of products for the home, where he served in various capacities, including as
President and Chief Operating Officer from May 2000 to March 2001, as Chief Merchandising Officer and
President of Retail Stores from 1995 to 2000 and as Executive Vice President and President of the Williams-
Sonoma and Pottery Barn brands from 1993 to 1995. Prior to joining Williams-Sonoma, Mr. Friedman spent
eleven years with The Gap, Inc., a specialty retailer, in various management positions.
Directors
We believe our board of directors should be composed of individuals with sophistication and experience in
many substantive areas that impact our business. We believe experience, qualifications, or skills in the following
areas are most important: retail merchandising; marketing and advertising; furniture and consumer goods; sales
and distribution; accounting, finance, and capital structure; strategic planning and leadership of complex
organizations; legal/regulatory and government affairs; people management; and board practices of other major
corporations. We believe that all our current board members possess the professional and personal qualifications
necessary for board service, and have highlighted particularly noteworthy attributes for each board member in the
individual biographies below, or above in the case of our Chief Executive Officer.
Eri Chaya was appointed to our board of directors on November 1, 2012. Ms. Chaya has served as our Chief
Creative Officer since April 2008. Before becoming our Chief Creative Officer, Ms. Chaya was our Vice
President of Creative, starting in July 2006. From February 2004 to June 2006, Ms. Chaya was a creative director
at Goodby, Silverstein and Partners, an international advertising agency. From May 2000 to February 2004,
Ms. Chaya was a creative director at Banana Republic, a clothing retailer. Ms. Chaya was selected to our board
of directors because she possesses particular knowledge and experience in product development, marketing,
advertising and design.
J. Michael Chu was appointed to our board of directors in June 2008. Mr. Chu serves as a Managing Partner
of Catterton Partners, a leading consumer-focused private equity firm he co-founded in 1989. Mr. Chu serves on
the board of directors of Bloomin’ Brands, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed restaurant business, and the board of directors of
Baccarat, a luxury crystal manufacturer and brand listed on the NYSE Euronext, Paris, as well as other private
company boards. Prior to forming Catterton Partners, Mr. Chu held a variety of senior management positions
with The First Pacific Company and its various subsidiaries, including as Vice President and Corporate Treasurer
of First Pacific in Hong Kong, and as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of various operating
companies owned or controlled by First Pacific in both the United States and Europe. First Pacific is a Hong
Kong publicly listed investment and management company where he was employed from 1983 to 1989. Prior to
First Pacific he was Assistant Treasurer at Allied Bank International from 1980 to 1983. Mr. Chu was selected to
our board because he possesses particular knowledge and experience both in the United States and globally, in
supporting high-growth consumer businesses.
Mark Demilio has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2009. Mr. Demilio has
been a member of the board of directors of Cosi, Inc., a publicly traded national restaurant chain, since
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