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Diana S. FergusonDirector, age 61
Ms. Ferguson has served on our Board of Directors since January 2019 and as the Chair of our Board since January 2023. Ms. Ferguson has served as a principal of Scarlett Investments, LLC, a private investment firm, since 2013. She formerly served as Chief Financial Officer to Cleveland Avenue, LLC, a venture capital investment firm, from September 2015 to December 2020. She also served as Chief Financial Officer of the Chicago Board of Education from February 2010 to May 2011 and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Folgers Coffee Company from April 2008 to November 2008 when Folgers was sold. Prior to joining Folgers, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Merisant Worldwide, Inc. Ms. Ferguson also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Sara Lee Foodservice, a division of Sara Lee Corporation, and in a number of leadership positions at Sara Lee Corporation, including Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development, as well as Treasurer.
She currently serves as a director of Mattel, Inc., where she serves on the Audit Committee. She is also a director of Gartner, Inc.
Denise PaulonisDirector, President and Chief Executive Officer, age 52
Ms. Paulonis has served on our Board of Directors since May 2018 and is the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, a role she has held since October 2021. Prior to being appointed to her current role, Ms. Paulonis served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. Prior to joining Sprouts in February 2020, Ms. Paulonis was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Michaels Companies, a position she held from August 2016 to January 2020. Ms. Paulonis joined Michaels in September 2014 and served as its Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer from November 2015 to August 2016 and as its Vice President, Corporate Finance, Investor Relations and Treasury from September 2014 to November 2015.
Prior to joining Michaels, Ms. Paulonis held various senior level positions with PepsiCo from August 2009 to September 2014, including Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, Frito Lay from August 2013 to September 2014, Vice President, Finance and Strategy, PepsiCo U.S. Sales from January 2011 to July 2013, and Vice President, Global Corporate Strategy from August 2009 to December 2010.
Rachel R. BishopDirector, age 50
Ms. Bishop was elected to our Board of Directors in July 2022. Ms. Bishop brings more than 20 years of experience in consumer goods, manufacturing and retail. She currently serves as President, Hefty Tableware at Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ: REYN), where she oversees a $1Bn portfolio of consumer products and leads Reynolds’ ESG programming. She was a member of the management team that led Reynolds through a successful IPO in January 2020. Prior to joining Reynolds in 2019, she held senior positions with Treehouse Foods, Inc., (NYSE: THS) from 2014 through 2018, including President, Snacks Division and SVP & Chief Strategy Officer. Her previous roles include GVP Retail Development and Global Merchandising at The Walgreen Co., now Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., and started her business career with eight years at McKinsey & Company.
Jeffrey BoyerDirector, age 66
Mr. Boyer was elected to our Board of Directors in July 2022. Mr. Boyer is an experienced finance and operations executive and retail industry veteran. He currently serves as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Fossil Group (NASDAQ: FOSL) after having held the roles of Chief Operating Officer since 2021 and of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from October 2017 to April 2020. Mr. Boyer also served as a director on Fossil Group’s Board from 2007 to 2017, including serving as Chair and a member of its Audit Committee. Prior to joining Fossil Group, Mr. Boyer held Chief Financial Officer roles at Pier 1 Imports, Tuesday Morning, and Michaels Stores, Inc., among others. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
James G. ConroyDirector, age 54
Mr. Conroy was elected to our Board of Directors in January 2024. Mr. Conroy is President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of Boot Barn Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BOOT). Prior to joining Boot Barn, Mr. Conroy was with Claire’s Stores, Inc. from 2007 to 2012 where he served as Chief Operating Officer and Interim Co Chief Executive Officer in 2012, President from 2009 to 2012 and Executive Vice President from 2007 to 2009. Prior to joining Claire’s Stores, Inc., Mr. Conroy was employed by Blockbuster Entertainment Group from 1996 to 1998, Kurt Salmon Associates from 2003 to 2005 and Deloitte Consulting in various capacities. Mr. Conroy serves on the Foundation Board of Children’s Hospital of Orange County as well as the Foundation Board of Orange County School of the Arts. Mr. Conroy received a bachelor’s degree in business management and statistics and a master’s degree in business administration from Cornell University.
Dorlisa K. FlurDirector, age 59
Ms. Flur has served on our Board of Directors since 2020. Ms.Flur is a corporate director and strategic advisor to companies in the retail industry. She currently serves as a director of Hibbett Sports, Inc., where she is a member of its Audit Committee and chairs its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. She also serves as a director of United States Cold Storage, a wholly-owned subsidiary of John Swire & Sons, Ltd., and chairs its Strategy Committee. Dorlisa has served as senior advisor to Southeastern Grocers, Inc. since August 2018 and was previously its Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer from August 2016 to July 2018. Ms. Flur previously served as Executive Vice President, Omnichannel for Belk, Inc. from 2013 to 2016, where she integrated stores and eCommerce and also led supply chain. Prior to that she was Vice Chair, Strategy and Chief Administrative Officer at Family Dollar Stores, Inc. where she held a series of top operating roles including real estate, marketing and merchandising as the company scaled from 5000 to 7500 stores.
Ms. Flur is a former partner of McKinsey & Company, Inc. and co-led its Charlotte, North Carolina office. She is a Governance Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors and is NACD Directorship Certified™.
James HeadDirector, age 58
Mr. Head was elected to our Board of Directors in January 2021. Mr. Head has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MultiPlan Corporation since November, 2021. Prior to being appointed to his current role he served as a Partner at BDT & Company, LLC from 2016 until June 2021 and, prior to that, worked at Morgan Stanley for 22 years where he held various executive leadership roles, including Co-Head of the Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring Group, Americas from 2013 to 2016; Co-Head of the Financial Institutions M&A Group, Americas from 2008 to 2013; and Managing Director from 2003 to 2016.
Lawrence “Chip” MolloyDirector, age 63
Mr. Molloy was elected to our Board of Directors in July 2022. Mr. Molloy brings finance, private equity and board experience to Sally Beauty. He was Chief Financial Officer of Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ: SFM) from 2021 until his retirement in December 2023. Prior to that he served as a director and Chair of the Audit and Compensation Committees of Sprouts’ board from 2012 to 2021 and Interim Chief Financial Officer of Sprouts from June 2019 to February 2020. Previously, Mr. Molloy served as a director and Chair of Torrid’s Audit Committee from 2018 to 2021 and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Torrid from January 2018 through August 2018. His previous roles include serving as Senior Advisor at Roark Capital Group, a private equity firm focused predominately on the restaurant and retail sectors, as well as holding Chief Financial Officer roles at Under Armour and Petsmart. Prior to his business career, Chip served as a U.S. Navy fighter pilot for 10 years, later retiring from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander.
Erin Nealy CoxDirector, age 54
Ms. Nealy Cox has served on our Board of Directors since July 2021 and is a partner in the Government, Regulatory and Internal Investigations Group at Kirkland & Ellis. Ms. Nealy Cox is a trial attorney, cybersecurity expert and former federal prosecutor who served as an independent director on our Board from August 2016 to November 2017. She resigned from the Board when she was nominated and confirmed as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Ms. Nealy Cox served in this role until January 2021.
Prior to her appointment as the U.S. Attorney, she served briefly in 2017 as a senior advisor at McKinsey & Co. in the consulting firm’s cybersecurity and risk practice. From 2008 to 2016 Ms. Nealy Cox was executive managing director at Stroz Friedberg, a cybersecurity and investigations consulting firm. She began her career serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for ten years in the Northern District of Texas.
