Lizanne Kindler, deputy chair and a Class C Director, is the executive chair and chief executive officer of KnitWell Group, a multi-brand specialty retail company comprised of the apparel brands Ann Taylor, Chico’s, Haven Well Within, Lane Bryant, LOFT, Soma, Talbots, and White House Black Market. This collection of brands generates $6 billion in sales on an annual basis, making KnitWell one of the largest specialty apparel companies in the United States. Kindler served four years as an expert-in-residence for Babson College’s Women Innovating Now Lab, an accelerator for female entrepreneurs. She was on the advisory board of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University for three years and is an Executive Trustee of the American Scandinavian Foundation. Kindler leads KnitWell Group’s efforts in the communities they serve through national partnerships with Dress for Success and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. A native of Denmark, Kindler graduated from the Copenhagen Business School with a bachelor’s in economics.