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Carlos Alberini currently serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucky Brand. Mr. Alberini previously served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. from June 2010 through January 2014. Mr. Alberini served as RH’s Chief Executive Officer from October 2012 to July 2013. Mr. Alberini has served as a Director of RH since June 2010. Prior to joining RH, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Guess?, Inc., a publicly traded specialty retailer of apparel and accessories, from December 2000 to June 2010. From May 2006 to July 2006, Mr. Alberini served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Guess?, Inc. Mr. Alberini served as a member of the Board of Directors of Guess?, Inc. from December 2000 to September 2011. From October 1996 to December 2000, Mr. Alberini served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Footstar, Inc., a footwear retailer. From May 1995 to October 1996, Mr. Alberini served as Vice President of Finance and Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Melville Corporation, a retail holding corporation. From 1987 to 1995, Mr. Alberini was with The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., an operator of department stores, in various capacities, including Vice President, Corporate Controller, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to that, Mr. Alberini served in various positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an audit firm. Mr. Alberini was selected to join Restoration Hardware’s board of directors because of his expertise and experience in retail and merchandising, branded consumer goods, accounting, financing and capital finance, board practices of other large retail companies and leadership of complex organizations.

Ira Neimark works at Bergdorf Goodman and a CEO at Bergdorf Goodman and is based in Greater New York City Area.

Michael Nicholson has been the President and Chief Operating Officer since January 2016. He also served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer from January 2016 to August 2017. Previously, he was Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ANN, Inc. from December 2012 until August 2015. From 2007 to 2012, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ANN, Inc. Prior to that, he spent seven years at Limited Brands, Inc. holding various executive positions including Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Victoria’s Secret Beauty Company. Earlier in his career, Mr. Nicholson held senior positions at Colgate Palmolive and Altria Group, Inc.

Innovative Founder / CEO with a passion to lead and inspire teams to create meaningful brands and companies. 15 years at Nike leading large scale corporate change across both small and large business units $250M- $3.5B). Unique leadership experience across Merchandising, Product Creation, Sales, Strategy, Digital, Supply Chain and General Management. Stef brings a unique combination of innovative thought partnership and hands on operational experience across North America, Asia, Emerging Markets, Europe, etc. She has an innate ability to see the big picture, create a futuristic vision and a clear path towards action. Stef's passion and energy transcend beyond any team that she leads motivating and inspiring all around her. She has a consumer centric approach to creating value and decision making that would be of great value for any organization trying to connect more deeply with their target market.

Stacey Bendet is a Chief Executive Officer at alice + olivia and Founder at alice + olivia and is based in New York City, New York. She has worked as Founder at Creatively.