Caleres Elects Wenda Harris Millard and Brenda Freeman to Board of Directors
April 11 2017 - 9:35AM
Business Wire
Caleres (NYSE: CAL) (caleres.com) today announced the election
of Wenda Harris Millard and Brenda Freeman to its board of
directors.
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Wenda Harris Millard Elected to Caleres
Board of Directors (Photo: Business Wire)
Millard is vice chairman of MediaLink, a strategic advisory firm
counseling Fortune 100 clients around the convergence of media,
marketing, advertising, entertainment and technology. Before
joining MediaLink, Millard served as co-CEO and president of Martha
Stewart Living OmniMedia, where her responsibilities included
oversight of the media business including publishing, internet and
broadcasting. She was the driving force behind creating
cross-platform programs in TV, digital, magazines and radio. Before
MSLO, she was chief sales officer at Yahoo, where she built what
was consistently credited as the top sales organization in the
media industry. She served on the founding executive team of
DoubleClick, and was also SVP and publisher of Family Circle and
EVP-group publisher for Adweek, Mediaweek and Brandweek
magazines.
Millard is past chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau,
former president of the Advertising Club of New York and has served
on the boards of the Advertising Council and American Advertising
Federation. She has a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College and a
master’s degree in business from Harvard University.
Freeman is currently the Chief Marketing Officer for MagicLeap,
a technology company that is developing a Mixed Reality computing
platform. She is responsible for all aspects of brand and product
marketing, including the customer journey experience – CRM, social,
digital, publicity, experiential and influencer marketing. Prior to
her current role, Freeman was CMO for the National Geographic
Channels where she oversaw brand development, multi-platform
creative architecture and consumer communication. She was also
global head of television marketing for Dreamworks, CMO of Cartoon
Network at Turner Broadcasting and SVP for Nickelodeon integrated
marketing and partnerships at Viacom. Early in her career, she held
consumer marketing and product development positions for Frito-Lay
and Pepsi-Cola, both divisions of PepsiCo.
Freeman currently serves on the board of Herman Miller, the
furniture design company. She previously sat on the board of Under
Armour. Freeman has both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from
the University of Maryland.
“How we best serve our customers has undergone a sea change over
the last five years and it continues to rapidly evolve every day,”
said Diane Sullivan, CEO, president and chairman of Caleres.
“Brenda and Wenda’s expertise around emerging consumer technology
and trends will greatly benefit us as we continuously look to
newer, faster and more creative ways to reach the customer with the
shoes and brands they want-- when, where and how they want
them.”
The Women’s Forum of New York has recognized Caleres for the
percentage of women on its board. With the addition of Freeman and
Millard, the Caleres board now has more than 50 percent of its
board seats held by women.
ABOUT CALERES
Caleres is a diverse portfolio of global footwear
brands. Our products are available virtually everywhere - in
the over 1,200 retail stores we operate, in hundreds of major
department and specialty stores, on our branded e-commerce sites,
and on many additional third-party retail websites. Famous Footwear
and Famous.com serve as our Family brands. Our
Contemporary Fashion brands include Sam Edelman, Allen Edmonds,
Franco Sarto, Vince, Via Spiga, George Brown Bilt, Diane von
Furstenberg, Fergie Footwear and Carlos Santana. Naturalizer, Dr.
Scholl's Shoes, LifeStride, Bzees and Rykä represent our Healthy
Living brands. Combined, these brands help make Caleres a company
with both a legacy and a mission. Our legacy is our more than
130-years of craftsmanship, our passion for fit and our business
savvy, while our mission is to continue to inspire people to feel
good…feet first. Visit caleres.com to learn more
about us.
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