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La-Z-Boy CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Melinda D. Whittington is the La-Z-Boy's CEO. La-Z-Boy has 9,500 employees, of which 29 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The La-Z-Boy executive team is 59% female and 41% male.
  • 67% of the management team is White.
  • 8% of La-Z-Boy management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Melinda D. Whittington

President and, Chief Executive Officer

Melinda D. Whittington's LinkedIn

Katie Vanderjagt

Chief Human Resources Officer

Katie Vanderjagt's LinkedIn

Katie Vanderjagt is a Chief Human Resources Officer at La-Z-Boy and is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. She has worked as Manager, North America Talent Acquisition at Owens-Illinois Inc; Human Resources at TARGET CORP; and Senior Human Resource Generalist at Owens-Illinois Inc. Katie works or has worked as Dir:Human Resources & Global Talent at BORGWARNER INC. She attended Eastern Michigan University between 2000 and 2004, American Society of Heating Refrigerating & A-C Engineers, and University of Michigan Ross School of Business between 2014 and 2016.

Robert G. Lucian

Sr. Vice President & CFO

Bob Lucian is a CFO at La-Z-Boy. He has worked as VP:Finance at La-Z-Boy. Bob attended University of Cincinnati and University of Notre Dame.

Robert Sundy

SVP and Chief Commercial Officer

Robert Sundy is the Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at La-Z-Boy.

Sundy joins La-Z-Boy from Whirlpool Corporation, where he was Head of Brand Marketing, Licensing and Creative Studios for the North American Region. Prior to Whirlpool, he spent nine years at General Mills in positions of increasing responsibility before becoming the Regional Marketing Manager, Latin American & Caribbean, Kids Cereal.

Keith Wilson

President

Otis S. Sawyer

Senior Vice President

Raphael Z. Richmond

Vice President, Chief Compliance & Legal Officer

Michael Leggett

Chief Supply Chain Officer & Vice President

Tj Linz

President

Carol Lee

Vice President and, Chief Information Officer

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La-Z-Boy board members

Name & TitleBio
Melinda D. Whittington

President and, Chief Executive Officer

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Kurt L. Darrow

CEO / President

Kurt L Darrow is a Board Member at Business Leaders for Michigan, Board Member at CMS ENERGY CORP, and Chairman/President/CEO at LA-Z-BOY INC. He has worked as Trustee at Missouri National Education Association, Pres:Residential at LA-Z-BOY INC, and Board Member at LA-Z-BOY INC. Kurt works or has worked as Board Member at Mercy Memorial Hospital, CHAIRMAN at ProMedicaô€ˆ± Regionalô€ˆ± Hospitalô, and TRUSTEE at Adrian Coll. He studied at Missouri National Education Association.

James P. Hackett

Board Member

Janet E. Kerr

Board Member

W. Alan McCollough

Board Member

Erika L. Alexander

Board Member

H. George Levy

Board Member

Lauren B. Peters

Board Member

Michael T. Lawton

Board Member

Nido R. Qubein

Board Member

La-Z-Boy leadership demographics

La-Z-Boy gender distribution in management team

  • The La-Z-Boy executive team is 59% female and 41% male.
  • La-Z-Boy is 49% female and 51% male company-wide.
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Company-wide: 51%
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59%
Company-wide: 49%

La-Z-Boy executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among La-Z-Boy executive officers is White.
  • 67% of the management team is White.
  • 10% of La-Z-Boy's management is Black or African American.
  • 9% of the management team is Asian.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 64% of employees are White.
  • 14% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 12% of employees are Black or African American.
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La-Z-Boy executives FAQs

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