Vitamin Shoppe CEO and leadership

Sharon Leite joined the Vitamin Shoppe in August 2018 as Chief Executive Officer. In this role she is responsible for or day-to-day operations of the company as well as driving the strategy. Prior to joining The Vitamin Shoppe, Ms. Leite was the President of Godiva Chocolatier in North America since October 2017. She led the business across all channels, including stores, E-Commerce and Wholesale. Prior to that, Ms. Leite was the President of Sally Beauty, US and Canada, an international specialty retailer and distributor of professional beauty products, with over 3,000 stores. Ms. Leite spent close to a decade at Pier 1 Imports with her last position in 2016 as Executive Vice President of Sales, Customer Experience, & Real Estate. Earlier in her career, Ms. Leite held various executive leadership roles at Bath and Body Works as well as various sales and operations positions with other prominent retailers including Gap, Inc., The Walt Disney Company and Express.

Ms. Gonzalez brings deep expertise from a distinguished, four-decades long career in senior roles at Macy's, Bergdorf Goodman, Estée Lauder, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Ann Taylor. She reports to Sharon M. Leite, Chief Executive Officer of The Vitamin Shoppe.

Accomplished omni-channel executive with extensive financial leadership experience in a vertically integrated home furnishings specialty brand. Executive leader of strategic turnarounds of a venerable brand with an intense focus on re-building. A retail financial leader with a proven track record of growing businesses with well-rounded background in all disciplines of an omni-channel brand, including long-range strategic plans, real-estate portfolio management, digital, e-commerce, technology, merchandising and planning.Passion for building a performance driven culture through teamwork and top talent. Extensive boardroom experience and a Board Director focused on increasing shareholder value. Committed to serving and giving back to the community.

Joe Bechtel is an Assistant Chief, Building at The Vitamin Shoppe and is based in River Falls, Wisconsin.

Kimberly Bianchi is an Executive Assistant- CFO & VP Controller & CAO at The Vitamin Shoppe and is based in North Bergen, New Jersey. She has worked as Executive Assistant-Controller Retail Finance at RALPH LAUREN CORP and Cash/Tender Auditor at RALPH LAUREN CORP. Kimberly studied at Lyndhurst High School between 1992 and 1996.

Over her lengthy career as a creative director, brand strategist and marketer, Susan's strategic rigour and creative power has helped retailers develop customer insight rooted "north stars" that translate into clear, compelling and growth oriented customer experiences. Adept at translating strategy into action - integrating digital and analog in the spirit of brand momentum and business growth in change-oriented matrix organizations.

- Conceiving growth ideas into the reality of retail

- Inspiring creative vision that informs an immersive and compelling brand story and voice

- Seamlessly integrating a customer experience across a retail ecosystem

- Partnering, co-creating and momentum building to get things done right, quickly

- Building inspiring culture and capability that attracts top-tier talent

Former brands include: Target, Safeway, Walmart Canada/US/ASDA, Waitrose, Kroger, Walgreens, The Hudson Bay Company, Town Shoes, Sobey's, Meijer and Smart and Final.