Ron M. Vachris has been a director of the Company since February 2022, and Chief Executive Officer and President since January 2024. Mr. Vachris previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2022 to January 2024. He served as Executive Vice President of Merchandising from June 2016 to January 2022, as Senior Vice President of Real Estate Development from August 2015 to June 2016, and Senior Vice President, General Manager of the Northwest Region, from 2010 to July 2015. He spent the previous 28 years in various management positions in warehouse operations. Mr. Vachris’s qualifications to serve on the Board include his extensive knowledge of the Company’s business developed over the course of his long career with the Company, particularly in the areas of operations and merchandising.