Marcus A. Lemonis has served on the Board of Directors of Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. since October 2, 2023, as Co-Chair of the Board from November 29, 2023, to December 9, 2023, as Chairman of the Board from December 10, 2023 to February 19, 2024, as Executive Chairman of the Board since February 20, 2024, and Principal Executive Officer since March 10, 2025. Mr. Lemonis also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Camping World Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CWH) since March, 2016, as the President and Chief Executive Officer and on the Board of Directors of CWGS, LLC since February 2011, as the Chief Executive Officer and on the Board of Directors of Good Sam Enterprises, LLC since January 2011, as President and Chief Executive Officer and on the Board of Directors of Camping World, Inc. since September 2006 and as the President and Chief Executive Officer and on the Board of Directors of FreedomRoads, LLC since May 1, 2003. Mr. Lemonis received a B.A. from Marquette University. The specific experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led the Board to conclude that Mr. Lemonis should serve as a director considering our business and structure were his extensive experience in retail, business operations, and entrepreneurial ventures.
As a result of the above and other experiences, Mr. Lemonis possesses particular knowledge, skill and/or experience in a number of other areas that strengthen the Board’s collective knowledge, experience, and capabilities, including but not limited to senior leadership, marketing/brand management, merchandising, customer experience, finance or accounting, technology, information/cyber security, strategic planning, supply chain management, retail or online sales growth, business transformation, and human capital management.
Ms. Joanna C. Burkey has served as a director of Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. since March 2023. She is the founder of Flat Rock Strategic Advisors, LLC, focused on delivering technology and cybersecurity advisory services to enterprise clients. Ms. Burkey served as the Chief Information Security Officer for HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) from April 2020 until December 2023. In this role, she and her team had responsibility for HP’s global cybersecurity operations, strategy/architecture and business alignment. Prior to that, she served as the Global Head, Cyber Defense and Deputy Chief Cybersecurity Officer of Siemens AG from September 2018 to April 2020. Ms. Burkey is lead independent director at ReliabilityFirst Corporation, a privately held entity tasked with helping to ensure the reliability of the North American Bulk-Power System, where she also chairs the finance and audit committee. Ms. Burkey also serves on the board of CorVel Corporation (CRVL), a public company in the healthcare and insurance vertical, where she is a member of the Audit Committee. Ms. Burkey holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Angelo State University. The specific experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led the Board to conclude that Ms. Burkey should serve as a director considering our business and structure were Ms. Burkey’s 25-year career in cybersecurity across a broad variety of roles, including software engineering, product strategy and security research.
As a result of the above and other experiences, Ms. Burkey possesses particular knowledge, skill and/or experience in a number of other areas that strengthen the Board’s collective knowledge, experience, and capabilities, including but not limited to senior leadership, finance or accounting, risk management, regulatory or government, technology, information/cyber security, global or international business, strategic planning, Environmental, Social and Governance (‘‘ESG’’) understanding, and business transformation.
Mr. Barclay F. Corbus has served as a director of Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. since March 2007. Mr. Corbus serves as President and CEO of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ:CLNE), a provider of renewable fuel for vehicles, where he has served since September 2007. He served as Co-CEO of WR Hambrecht + Co., an investment banking firm, from July 2004 to September 2007, and prior to that date served in other executive positions with WR Hambrecht + Co. Prior to joining WR Hambrecht + Co. in March 1999, Mr. Corbus was in the investment banking group at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Mr. Corbus graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Government and has a M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia Business School. The specific experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led the Board to conclude that Mr. Corbus should serve as a director considering our business and structure were his substantial experience in finance, management, and strategic planning, and his experience analyzing and evaluating corporate business plans, capital structures and needs, and debt, equity and hybrid financing alternatives resulting from his work for Clean Energy Fuels Corp., WR Hambrecht + Co., and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette.
As a result of the above and other experiences, Mr. Corbus possesses particular knowledge, skill and/or experience in a number of other areas that strengthen the Board’s collective knowledge, experience, and capabilities, including but not limited to senior leadership, finance or accounting, global or international business, strategic planning, environmental sustainability, ESG understanding, and business transformation.
Mr. William B. Nettles, Jr. has served as a director of Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. since June 2020. Mr. Nettles is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Invictus Growth Partners, a private equity firm he co-founded in 2019 that invests in and advises technology companies. He is also a founder and on the board of directors of Advanced Mobile Payments, a payment technology solutions company located in Newport Beach, CA. Prior to Invictus Growth Partners, Mr. Nettles has held various leadership roles at different companies, including Executive Vice President of Sungevity, based in Oakland, CA, Director of Investments at Pan African Investments (PIC), a New York City-based private investment firm, VP and Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations at VeriFone and later the GM of the Middle East and Africa at VeriFone, and Corporate Development executive at Lycos. Mr. Nettles began his career at Credit Suisse, where he was an investment banker, focused on mergers, acquisitions, equity and debt financings. Mr. Nettles graduated from the University of California at Berkeley where he received a B.S. in Business Administration. The specific experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led the Board to conclude that Mr. Nettles should serve as a director considering our business and structure were Mr. Nettles’ substantial business investment and technology experience.
As a result of the above and other experiences, Mr. Nettles possesses particular knowledge, skill and/or experience in a number of other areas that strengthen the Board’s collective knowledge, experience, and capabilities, including but not limited to senior leadership, marketing or brand management, finance or accounting, technology, strategic planning, business transformation, and human capital management.
Ms. Debra G. Perelman has served as a director of Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. since March 2025. Ms. Perelman has served as Executive Chair of Stripes Beauty, an L Catterton backed business, since May 2024. Ms. Perelman is also a Managing Partner at InviNext Growth Partners, a new fund dedicated to investing in consumer growth companies. Previously, Ms. Perelman served as an advisor to Revlon, Inc. from August 2023 to September 2023, its President and Chief Executive Officer from May 2018 to August 2023, and its Chief Operating Officer from January 2018 to May 2018. Revlon filed for bankruptcy in June 2022 and emerged in May 2023. Prior to joining Revlon, Ms. Perelman served as the Executive Vice President, Strategy and New Business Development at MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated from January 2012 until January 2018, where she focused on new technology investment opportunities, strategy and portfolio management. Ms. Perelman is a director of AMC Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCX), where she serves on the audit committee, and a director of Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SBH), where she serves on the nomination & governance committee. She also serves on Mastercard’s innovate steering committee. Ms. Perelman is the co-founder and a board member of the Child Mind Institute, an independent, national nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders. She holds an A.B. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. The specific experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led the Board to conclude that Ms. Perelman should serve as a director considering the Company’s business and structure were Ms. Perelman’s experience as the chief executive officer of a public company, as well as the knowledge and experience with respect to brand marketing and corporate finance.
As a result of the above and other experiences, Ms. Perelman possesses particular knowledge, skill and/or experience in a number of other areas that strengthen the Board’s collective knowledge, experience, and capabilities, including but not limited to senior leadership, marketing/brand management, merchandising, customer experience, finance or accounting, legal, risk management, regulatory of government, technology, information security, global or international business, strategic planning, environmental sustainability, ESG understanding, supply chain management, retail or online sales growth, business transformation, and human capital management.
Dr. Robert J. Shapiro has served as a director of Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. since February 2020. Dr. Shapiro previously served as a member of the board of directors of Medici Ventures, our former wholly-owned subsidiary, until April 2021 and previously served on the board of directors of MLG, a Medici Ventures portfolio company. Dr. Shapiro is the chairman and founder of Sonecon, LLC, a private consultancy firm he founded in 2001 that advises the U.S. government, U.S. and foreign businesses, and non-profit organizations on economic matters. He has advised three U.S. presidents, numerous U.S. senators and representatives, members of the Clinton, Bush and Obama cabinets, foreign government officials, executives at Fortune 100 companies, and non-profit organizations. Dr. Shapiro is also a senior fellow of the Georgetown University Center for Business and Public Policy, director of the NDN Center on Globalization, and a member of the advisory boards of Cote Capital, the Carbon Pricing Initiative, and Civil Rights Defenders. From 1997 to 2001, he was U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs. Prior to that, he was co-founder and vice president of the Progressive Policy Institute and, before that, the legislative director and economic counsel to Senator Daniel P. Moynihan. Dr. Shapiro also served as the principal economic advisor to Bill Clinton in his 1991-92 campaign, a senior economic advisor to Hilary Rodham Clinton in 2016, and advised the presidential campaigns of Joseph Biden, Barack Obama, John Kerry, and Al Gore. He has been a fellow of Harvard University, the Brookings Institution, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the Fugitsu Institute. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from Harvard University, a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an A.B. from the University of Chicago. The specific experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led the Board to conclude that Dr. Shapiro should serve as a director considering our business and structure were his experience with foreign businesses, governments, and economics.
As a result of the above and other experiences, Dr. Shapiro possesses particular knowledge, skill and/or experience in a number of other areas that strengthen the Board’s collective knowledge, experience, and capabilities, including but not limited to senior leadership, customer experience, finance or accounting, regulatory or government, technology, global or international business, strategic planning, and environmental sustainability.
Mr. Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. has served as a director of Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. since June 2007. For more than the last five years Mr. Tabacco was the founding partner and has served as managing partner of the San Francisco office of Berman Tabacco. A 1974 honors graduate of George Washington University School of Law, Mr. Tabacco litigates antitrust, securities fraud, commercial high tech, and intellectual property matters. Since entering private practice in the early 1980s, Mr. Tabacco has served as trial or lead counsel in numerous antitrust and securities cases. Prior to 1981, Mr. Tabacco served as senior trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. The specific experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led the Board to conclude that Mr. Tabacco should serve as a director considering our business and structure were his experience and leadership in securities and shareholder matters, his experience and leadership in litigation, and his experience managing his law firm.
As a result of the above and other experiences, Mr. Tabacco possesses particular knowledge, skill and/or experience in a number of other areas that strengthen the Board’s collective knowledge, experience, and capabilities, including but not limited to senior leadership, finance or accounting, legal, risk management, regulatory or government, and ESG understanding.
Ms. Tamara R. Ward has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Bed Bath & Beyond since May 2026. Ms. Ward previously served as Chair of the Board of Directors of The Brand House Collective, a multi-brand merchandising, supply chain, and retail operating company. She is also the Owner and Principal of Ward Solutions, LLC, a strategic marketing consulting firm specializing in innovative brand, database, and consumer marketing solutions.
Ms. Ward brings more than 35 years of multi-brand omnichannel retail and operational leadership experience, primarily through her tenure at Camping World Holdings, Inc., the nation’s largest retailer of recreational vehicles and related products and services. Following her retirement, she served as Senior Advisor to Camping World from January 2023 through November 2024. Prior to that role, she served as Chief Operating Officer from December 2019 to December 2022, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development from November 2017 to December 2019, and Chief Marketing Officer from May 2011 to November 2017. Throughout her tenure, Ms. Ward played a key role in driving growth and profitability across multiple brands and product lines through a strong customer-centric approach.
Ms. Ward is a certified director through the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD.DC) program and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Western Kentucky University.
The specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led the Board to conclude that Ms. Ward should serve as a director considering our business and structure were Ms. Ward’s substantial experience in omnichannel retail operations, multi-brand business management, strategic marketing, and merger and acquisition integration, as well as her proven leadership in driving operational execution and organizational growth.
As a result of the above and other experiences, Ms. Ward possesses particular knowledge, skills and/or experience in a number of other areas that strengthen the Board’s collective knowledge, experience and capabilities, including but not limited to senior leadership, marketing/brand management, merchandising, customer experience, finance or accounting, strategic planning, supply chain management, retail or online sales growth, business transformation, and human capital management.