Lizanne Kindler, a Class C director, is executive chair and chief executive officer of Talbots, an omnichannel retailer of women’s apparel, shoes, and accessories. She also serves as executive chair of Ascena, which collectively includes the retail brands of Ann Taylor, LOFT, and Lane Bryant. Kindler has extensive retail leadership experience and began her career at Ann Taylor Stores Corporation, where she spent 15 years in various leadership roles. She moved to Kohl’s and then Talbots, which has more than 7,000 employees and operates more than 500 retail stores across the United States. The Ascena brands have more than 20,000 associates and over 1,200 stores in the United States. Kindler is an executive trustee of the American-Scandinavian Foundation and a fourth-year Expert-in-Residence for Babson College’s Women Innovating Now Lab, an accelerator for female entrepreneurs. She is also a member of the advisory board of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University.