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Gary Friedman is the chairman and chief executive officer of home furnishings retailer Restoration Hardware, Inc.

A seasoned retail executive with decades of diverse and valuable experience, Satish Malhotra joined The Container Store on February 1, 2021 as Chief Executive Officer and President, succeeding Melissa Reiff, who will remain as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors until late summer 2021. For the previous 21 years, Satish held various leadership roles at prestige beauty retailer Sephora Americas, most recently as Chief Retail Officer and Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Satish was responsible for leading Sephora’s retail growth by expanding its in-store services and experiences, developing digitally enabled solutions and by growing its off-mall store locations. Prior to that role, Satish served as Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for Technology, Supply Chain, Store Development, Legal, Strategy and Partnerships, including the Sephora inside JCPenney (SiJCP) business which now operates in over 600 stores. He also spent several years overseeing Sephora’s expansion into Canada and Latin America. Before joining Sephora, Satish was a Transaction Services Senior Associate at PwC. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). Throughout his career, Satish has excelled at developing and growing new sales channels, solving complex “back of the house” problems with innovative solutions, and attracting and developing high performing talent. Among his many career highlights: transforming Sephora’s IT department to a Center of Excellence within parent company LVMH, launching all of Sephora’s digital commerce properties (including website, mobile, social and CRM), strengthening Sephora’s supply chain to enable 98% of online orders to be received by consumers within two business days, developing an off-mall store concept which dramatically improved Sephora’s accessibility to its consumers, and led the efforts in creating Sephora’s purpose of “inspiring fearlessness”. In 2020, he was presented with the Innovation Leadership Award from the World Retail Forum. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Walter A. Haas School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Satish has also completed the LVMH Inspiring Entrepreneurs Senior Executive Leadership Program. Malhotra currently resides in Flower Mound, Texas, with his wife, two children and their Coton du Tulear. An avid Peloton rider, he clocked well over 11,000 minutes in 2020.

John Reed co-founded Arhaus, LLC and served as its Chief Executive Officer. He serves as Chairman of Arhaus, LLC.

Chip Bergh was named Board Chair in July 2017. He previously served as Lead Independent Director of the Board since March 2017 and joined the Board in 2015. Mr. Bergh has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Levi Strauss & Co., an apparel company, since September 2011. Previously, Mr. Bergh served as Group President of Special Assignment at The Procter & Gamble Co., a consumer goods company, from 2009 to September 2011. From 2009 to September 2011, Mr. Bergh served as Group President, Global Male Grooming, for Procter & Gamble, which he joined in 1983. In 28 years at Procter & Gamble, Mr. Bergh held a variety of executive roles, including managing business in multiple regions worldwide. Mr. Bergh previously served as director of VF Corporation, an apparel company.

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.