Board Directors:
E. David Coolidge III
E. David Coolidge III is the Vice Chairman of William Blair & Company, a privately owned investment banking firm. He served as its Vice Chairman since 2003 and as Chief Executive Officer from 1995 until January 2004. Mr. Coolidge has been at William Blair for 35 years, including 17 years as head of the Corporate Finance division. Mr. Coolidge is a graduate of Williams College and has an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He is a trustee of the University of Chicago, Williams College and Rush University Medical Center. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Mr. Coolidge serves on the Board of Directors of Coverall Services and Duluth Trading Co.
William C. Crowley
William Crowley is the Senior Vice President, Finance of Kmart. Mr. Crowley has served as an Officer of the Company since 2003. Mr. Crowley also serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer of ESL Investments, Inc. Prior to joining ESL in 1999, he was a Managing Director in the Merger and Acquisitions Department of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Crowley has bachelor’s degree and a JD from Yale University, and a master’s degree from Oxford University. Mr. Crowley serves on the Board of Directors of AutoNation, Inc.
Julian C. Day
Julian Day is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Kmart. Prior to joining Kmart as President and Chief Operating Officer in March of 2002, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Safeway, Inc. Mr. Day holds undergraduate and master’s degrees from Oxford University and an MBA from the London Business School. He serves on the Board of Directors of Petco Animal Supplies, Inc.
William S. Foss
William Foss is a California-based attorney with extensive experience in the retail industry. He served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Selective Distribution Group of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the Paris-based luxury goods company, from 1998 through 2001. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel at DFS Group Limited, the world’s largest duty free retailing company. He previously served as Assistant General Counsel at Crown Zellerbach Corporation. Mr. Foss received a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and graduated from Rutgers University Law School.
Aylwin B. Lewis
Aylwin Lewis is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Kmart. Prior to joining Kmart in October 2004, he served as President, Chief Multi-Branding and Operating Officer of YUM! Brands, Inc. Mr. Lewis spent 13 years at YUM! and was in the restaurant industry for 26 years. Mr. Lewis holds dual bachelor degrees from the University of Houston in both Business Management and English Literature and an MBA from the University of Houston. He serves on the Board of Directors of Halliburton Company and The Walt Disney Company.
Steven T. Mnuchin
Steven Mnuchin is Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Dune Capital Management LP and a Member of the Management Committee. Prior to this he was CEO of SFM Capital Management LP (a Soros Fund Management LLC affiliate and investment advisor to Soros Credit and SFM Capital). He also served as a member of the Management Committee of Soros Fund Management LLC. Prior to SFM, he served as Vice Chairman of ESL Investments. Prior to ESL, Mr. Mnuchin spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs where he had broad-based management and investment responsibilities. Mr. Mnuchin was an Executive Vice President, the firm’s Chief Information Officer, and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He was responsible for overseeing the Technology Division, global e-commerce, and technology strategy. Mr. Mnuchin was also a member of the Fixed Income Currency Commodity Division’s Operating Committee. Mr. Mnuchin has a bachelor’s degree from Yale University. He is a member of the Yale Development Board, Riverdale Country School Board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Board, Whitney Museum of American Art Board, and a Trustee of the OCD Foundation.
Ann N. Reese
Ann Reese co-founded the Center for Adoption Policy in New York in 2001 and serves as its Executive Director. Prior to co-founding the Center, Ms. Reese held a number of senior corporate positions. Ms. Reese served as a Principal with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private equity investment firm in 1999 and 2000. From 1995 to 1998, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITT Corp. She also served as the Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer of ITT Corp. She began her career at Bankers Trust, and held various treasury positions at Union Carbide and Mobil Oil. Ms. Reese has a bachelor’s degree from University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from New York University. Ms. Reese serves on the Board of Directors of Xerox Corporation, Jones Apparel Group, and Merrill Lynch.
Brandon G. Stranzl
Brandon G. Stranzl is the Managing Member of TBGS Investments, LLC, which is the General Partner of TBGS Partners, LP, a private limited partnership focused on value investing. Mr. Stranzl formed TBGS Investments, LLC in May 2004. Prior to the formation of TBGS Investments, LLC, Mr. Stranzl was a Member of Third Avenue Management LLC, where he was a Portfolio Manager for the Third Avenue Special Situations Fund LP. Prior to joining Third Avenue in 2002, Mr. Stranzl worked for Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he focused on high yield and distressed investments, beginning in 1999. Earlier in his career, from 1997 to 1999, he worked for Fidelity Investments. Mr. Stranzl received a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.
Thomas J. Tisch
Thomas Tisch has been the Managing Partner of Four Partners, a private investment firm, since 1992. He is a trustee of the Manhattan Institute, New York University Medical Center and Brown University. Mr. Tisch received a bachelor's degree from Brown University and a JD from New York University. Mr. Tisch serves on the Board of Directors of Anteon International Corp.
