Chair of the Board

Dawn Zier has been a director since September 2017 and has been Chair of the Board since November 2022. Ms. Zier was named an Operating Partner in April 2026 and has served as an Executive Mentor since 2020 at The ExCo Group, a global firm of experienced CEOs and global business leaders who bring real-world experiences, leadership development, and coaching to Fortune 500 C-Suites and their teams. Ms. Zier was the President and CEO and a member of the board of directors of the publicly traded company, Nutrisystem, Inc., a leading direct-to-consumer/ecommerce provider of weight loss solutions and services, from November 2012 until its March 2019 acquisition by Tivity Health, Inc. Ms. Zier then continued with Tivity Health, a leading provider of fitness and social engagement solutions, serving as President/COO and a member of its board of directors, to help with the integration efforts through December 2019. Prior to Nutrisystem, she served in a variety of executive positions at Reader’s Digest Association, a global media and data marketing company, including President of International from 2011-2012, President of Europe from 2009-2011, President of Global Consumer Marketing from 2008-2009, and President of North America Consumer Marketing from 2005-2008. Ms. Zier also serves on the board of Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc., where she chairs the Compensation Committee, and she is also on the board of Acorns. Ms. Zier has previously served on several other public and private company boards where she has chaired Nominating and Governance, Compensation, and Special Committees. She has also served on the boards of multiple marketing and media entities, including the Data and Marketing Association’s (DMA) board from 2008 to 2015, where she was a voting director and on the executive committee. Ms. Zier earned her MBA and Master of Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Additionally, she has received her Corporate Director Certification from Harvard Business School in 2020 and a certificate in Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy from MIT Sloan School of Management in 2025. She was recognized as a Director100 by the National Association of Corporate Directors in 2022 and a Director to Watch by Directors & Boards in 2025.

Current Public Company BoardsPublic Company Boards in Past Five Years
  • Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. (since May 2020)
  • Spirit Airlines, Inc. (June 2015 to June 2024)
  • Purple Innovation, Inc. (November 2020 to June 2023)
Director

Neil Campbell has been a director since September 2023. Mr. Campbell served as the Managing Director of Warburtons Limited, the largest bakery business and one of the largest individual food or drink brands in the United Kingdom, from 2013 to August 2022. As Managing Director, Mr. Campbell oversaw all operations at Warburtons. Mr. Campbell led Warburtons’ transformation from a bread-centric business to a broader portfolio of bakery products. Prior to joining Warburtons, from 1993 to 2013, Mr. Campbell served in roles of increasing responsibility at PepsiCo, Inc. in North America, the United Kingdom and Benelux, including as President of Tropicana North America from 2008 to 2013 and as General Manager of Walkers Snacks in the United Kingdom from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Campbell began his career at Cadbury Schweppes in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Celeste A. Clark, Ph.D. has been a director since September 2017. Dr. Clark has been the principal of Abraham Clark Consulting, LLC, a consulting firm, since November 2011 and consults on nutrition and health policy, regulatory affairs and leadership development. Dr. Clark is an adjunct professor at Michigan State University where she earned her doctorate in Food Science and was also recently bestowed an honorary doctorate of Humanities for her community engagement work. She previously served as Senior Vice President, Global Policy and External Affairs of Kellogg Company, a food manufacturing company, and was the Chief Sustainability Officer until she retired in 2011. She was a member of the Global Executive Management Team and had an accomplished career spanning nearly 35 years in the food industry. At Kellogg Company, she was responsible for the development and implementation of health, nutrition and regulatory science initiatives globally to ensure consistency in approach and implementation. In addition, she also led global corporate communications, government relations, philanthropy and several administrative functions. Dr. Clark serves as an independent director on boards of public, private and not-for-profit entities. She was recently recognized by the National Association of Corporate Directors as a Directorship 100 honoree, BoardProspects as one of “100 Black Board Members Making a Difference,” Savoy Magazine as one of the Most Influential Black Corporate Directors, and Women Inc. as one of the most influential female directors.

Current Public Company BoardsPublic Company Boards in Past Five Years
  • Darling Ingredients Inc. (since October 2021)
  • Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. (since February 2021)
  • Wells Fargo & Company (January 2018 to April 2026)

Patricia Ferrari has served as an independent director for both public and private companies since 2023. Previously, she was a Managing Director at MBIA Inc. Prior to this, she practiced law for 22 years and served as one of the founding partners of the New York office of King & Spalding. Ms. Ferrari currently serves an Independent Director for Panolam Holdings, a manufacturer and retailer of integrated surface products and resins; Outpatient Imaging Affiliates, a provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging services in partnership with hospitals and other healthcare providers; QualDerm Partners, which supports 158 practices across 17 states delivering dermatology, skin cancer care, cosmetics, plastic surgery, and pathology services; and CityBridge, the NYC-based consortium that owns and operates the city-wide public WiFi and digital services provider. Ms. Ferrari holds a JD from Vanderbilt University School of Law and earned her undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University.

Public Company Boards in Past Five Years
  • Luminar Technologies, Inc. (November 2025 to April 2026)
  • Talis Biomedical Corporation (July 2024 to April 2025)
  • Cano Health, Inc. (December 2023 to June 2024)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director

Alison E. Lewis was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in December 2025, after serving as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2025. Ms. Lewis has served as a director since September 2024. Ms. Lewis is a 35-year veteran of the consumer packaged goods industry with extensive leadership experience driving innovation-led growth, brand development, commercial transformation and business performance across global organizations. She served as Chief Growth Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation from 2019 to 2024, where she led the company's growth strategy across its four categories and oversaw marketing, innovation, sales and commercial transformation initiatives. Prior to Kimberly-Clark, Ms. Lewis served as Chief Marketing Officer of Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies from 2013 to 2019. Before joining Johnson & Johnson, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, North America, at The Coca-Cola Company. Ms. Lewis began her career at Kraft General Foods and has held leadership positions in both domestic and international roles at Kraft General Foods, The Coca-Cola Company, Johnson & Johnson and Kimberly-Clark. Her experience spans consumer insight, brand building, innovation, sales, digital commerce, portfolio transformation and large-scale organizational change. Ms. Lewis provides significant expertise in consumer products, growth strategy, commercial execution and leadership through periods of strategic transformation.

Richard J. Shinder is a Co-Founder and Partner at Ensis Partners, a New York-based boutique investment banking firm focused on debt advisory and financing transactions. Prior to co-founding Ensis Partners in early 2026, Mr. Shinder was the Managing Partner of Theatine Partners, a financial consulting and fiduciary services firm he formed in 2020. Previously, he was a Group Head at Piper Jaffray & Co. Prior to Piper, he was a Managing Director with TPG Capital. From 2009 to 2014, he was a partner at investment banking firm Perella Weinberg Partners, and before Perella was at Goldman Sachs. Earlier in his career he worked in the merchant banking and investing businesses of Merrill Lynch & Co. and Avenue Capital, respectively, and was also a Managing Director at Blackstone. He started his career with Lehman Brothers in New York. He has served as both an independent director as well as an interested (designee) director for approximately two dozen private companies, as well as on several philanthropic boards. He has been a member of the Board of Regents of Gonzaga University for the past 23 years, also sitting on the University’s Endowment Investment Committee and its SBA Executive Council. He is also a member of the leadership committee of Catholic Renewal, a philanthropic industry body affiliated with Catholic Charities of New York. Mr. Shinder earned an MBA with distinction from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated summa cum laude with a BBA from Gonzaga University.

Michael B. Sims has been a director since October 2019. Mr. Sims served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Trugreen, a residential and commercial lawn care company, from February 2019 until his retirement in February 2023. In this role, Mr. Sims was responsible for driving sustainable revenue and EBITDA growth through leadership of finance and supply chain management. He has served as a Senior Advisor to Trugreen since his retirement. Prior to joining Trugreen, Mr. Sims served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc., a producer and distributor of proteins and ready-to-eat sandwiches, from 2012 until its acquisition by Tyson Foods, Inc., in 2017. In this role, Mr. Sims was responsible for the company’s growth-driven, margin-expansion strategy. Prior to joining AdvancePierre Foods, Mr. Sims served in roles of increasing responsibility at Chiquita Brands International Inc., a leading international marketer and distributor of bananas, pineapples and packaged salads, from 1988 to 2012, most recently serving as the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2009 to 2012, and developed expertise in global financial operations, planning and analysis, investor relations and capital markets. Prior to that, Mr. Sims held various positions with Arthur Young & Company (n/k/a Ernst & Young LLP). Since April 2023 Mr. Sims has also served as a director for Winland Foods, Inc., a privately held global manufacturer of private label and branded foods for retail and co-pack customers in the meal preparation category since April 2023 and as a director for Mission Produce, Inc., a world leader in sourcing, producing, and distributing fresh Hass avocados with additional offerings in mangos and blueberries, since May 2025.

Current Public Company Boards
  • Mission Produce, Inc. (since May 2025)
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