Mr. Ezra Dabah has served as the Chief Executive Officer and director of the Company since April 2015 and as Chairman since October 2021. Mr. Dabah has also served since 2012 as the Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of, is the majority owner of, Nina Footwear Corp., a wholesaler of women’s and kids’ shoes and accessories. From 2013 to June 2015, Mr. Dabah served as the Chief Executive Officer of Ezrani 2 Corp. d/b/a RUUM American Kid’s Wear (“RUUM”), a company which owned and operated childrenswear specialty retail stores. Mr. Dabah purchased this business from American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) and rebranded the stores and business from 77 kids by American Eagle to RUUM American kids wear. Mr. Dabah has over 45 years of experience in apparel wholesale and retail operations. From 1972 to 1993, he was a director and an executive officer of The Gitano Group, Inc. (NYSE: GIT)(“Gitano”), where he managed product design, merchandising, and procurement. In 1984, he founded and became president of E.J. Gitano, a children’s apparel division of Gitano. In 1991, Mr. Dabah joined The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCE) as its Chairman and CEO, leading the company’s turnaround and repositioning it from a store that sold discounted brands to a single vertically integrated brand that has stores, taking it public in 1997. In November 2004, The Children’s Place purchased The Disney Stores (300+ stores) from the Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS). Under Mr. Dabah’s leadership the store count grew from approximately 150 in 1990 to almost 1,200 and sales reached $2 billion by the end of 2006. Mr. Dabah resigned from The Children’s Place as its Chief Executive in September 2007. Between 2007 and 2012, Mr. Dabah developed Ahhmigo, a natural and organic energy drink with patented ingredients dispensing cap technology.
Mr. Oddi is a founding member and partner of Goode Partners, LLC, a private equity firm, that focuses primarily on investments in the consumer sector, specifically consumer brands and services, retail, restaurants and direct marketing/selling. Prior to the founding of Goode Partners in 2005, Mr. Oddi was a Partner of Saunders Karp & Megrue (SKM), a private equity firm, where he was primarily responsible for identifying potential investment opportunities, structuring and executing new transactions and monitoring certain of the firm’s portfolio investments, from 1994 to 2004. Prior to joining SKM, Mr. Oddi served in the Leveraged Finance Group of Salomon Brothers from 1992 to 1994. Mr. Oddi currently serves as a member of the board of directors of numerous private companies and has previously served on the board of directors of: All Saints, Capital IQ, Charlotte Russe Holding (NASDAQ: CHIC), Chuy’s (NASDAQ: CHUY), The Children’s Place (NASDAQ: PLCE), Dave’s Killer Bread, Elephant Bar Restaurants, Incipio®, Intermix LLC, La Colombe Coffee, Lacrosse Unlimited, Luxury Optical Holdings, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Rosa Mexicano, Rue 21, Skullcandy, Strike Holdings and Tommy Bahama. Mr. Oddi is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School. We have concluded that Mr. Oddi should serve on our board based upon his experience as an investor and board member of other companies.
Mr. Sichel is a proven marketing leader and veteran c-level executive in the retail space. Mr. Sichel has served as the President of bps Captura, an independent advisory and consulting firm to senior corporate leaders, private equity firms, and boards across multiple consumer- facing industries, since October 2019. Since March 2020, he has served as a senior advisor to Banyan Holmdel, in the Fintech industry; since October 2020 he has served as a senior advisor to Impact Analytics, in the merchandising analytics industry, and since September 2020 he has served on the advisory board of Forman Mills, in the retail industry. Mr. Sichel has also served as an adjunct professor at NYU since December 2019. Mr. Sichel previously worked at Burlington Stores (“Burlington”) from 2011 to August 2019, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. He was a key member of the leadership team that turned the business around and launched its initial public offering. At Burlington, Mr. Sichel was responsible for marketing, corporate strategy and the company’s push into e-commerce. Prior to joining Burlington, from 1998 to 2011, Mr. Sichel served as a Principal at McKinsey & Company. He was a leader in McKinsey’s Marketing and Retail practices in North America. Prior to 1998, Mr. Sichel worked in various capacities across consumer facing industries including retail, e-commerce, packaged goods, financial services, and media. Mr. Sichel serves on the national board of directors for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Mr. Sichel holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Vassar College.