Board of Directors
Richard Sharp has served as Chairman of our board of directors since April 2005. From 1982 to 2002, Mr. Sharp served in various positions with Circuit City Stores, Inc., a consumer electronics and personal computer retailer, most recently as President from 1984 to 1997, Chief Executive Officer from 1986 to 2000 and Chairman of the Board from 1994 to 2002. Mr. Sharp served as Chairman and CEO of CarMax, Inc., the nation’s largest specialty retailer of used cars and light trucks, from 1994 – 2000 and Chairman from October 2002 to June 2007.
Stephen Cannon has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2009. Mr. Cannon is Chairman of Constantine Cannon LLP.
He served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Circuit City Stores, Inc. from 1994 to 2005. Prior to Circuit City, he was a partner in the Washington, D.C. firm of Wunder, Diefenderfer, Ryan, Cannon & Thelen. He spent ten years in various government positions, including service at the U.S. Justice Department and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Cannon served on the Antitrust Modernization Commission, appointed by the Senate majority leader. He
serves on the board of directors of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce National Litigation Center.
Raymond Croghan has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2004. Since 1999, Mr. Croghan has been retired. From 1991 to 1999, Mr. Croghan ran Croghan & Associates, Inc., a healthcare information technology consulting firm, which merged with Margolis Health Enterprise to form The TriZetto Group. In 1980, Mr. Croghan joined a small high technology company called Applied Communications, Inc., now ACI Worldwide a leading supplier of on-line Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). The company was acquired by US West in 1986 and in 1987, he assumed the role of CEO and President. Today ACI serves more than 800 customers in 83 countries including many of the world's largest financial institutions, retailers and payment processors. Mr. Croghan serves on the boards of directors of several privately-held companies, and is a member of the board of trustees at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska.
Ronald Frasch has served as Vice Chairman and Chief Merchant of Saks Fifth Avenue, a division of Saks, Incorporated, since November 2004. From January 2004 to November 2004, Mr. Frasch was employed by Saks in a non-executive capacity. From April 2000 to January 2004, Mr. Frasch served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bergdorf Goodman (a subsidiary of Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.) and served as President of GFT North America (a subsidiary of Gruppo GFT, based in Turin, Italy, a global producer, marketer and distributor of fine men's and women's clothing, sportswear and furnishings) from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Frasch also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Escada USA from 1994 to 1996.
Peter Jacobi was employed by Levi Strauss & Company from 1970 until his retirement in 1999. During his nearly 30 year tenure, Mr. Jacobi held various senior levels positions, including President of the Men’s Jeans Division, President of Global Sourcing, President of Levi Strauss International, and from 1996 until his retirement, President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Jacobi was appointed to the Crocs, Inc. board of directors on October 2, 2008. Mr. Jacobi graduated from San JoseStateUniversity with a BS in Business & Industrial Management.
Thomas Smach has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2005. Mr. Smach is a founder and partner of Riverwood Capital Management. From Janury 2005 to June 2008, Mr. Smach served as the Chief Financial Officer of Flextronics, Inc. April 2000 until December 2004, he served as Senior Vice President, Finance of Flextronics. From 1997 to April 2000, he served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of The Dii Group, Inc. Mr. Smach is a certified public accountant and serves on the board of directors of ADVA AG Optical Networking.
Ronald R. Snyder
has served as a member of the Crocs board of directors since 2004 and was CEO and President of Crocs, Inc. January 2005 to March 2009. He was appointed as the company’s President in June 2004 after serving as a consultant to Crocs from October 2003 to June 2004. He previously served as a founder and officer of The Dii Group, Inc. Subsequent to Flextronics, Inc.’s acquisition of the Dii Group in April 2000, Mr. Snyder served as a senior executive with Flextronics, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed electronics equipment manufacturer.
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