founding, and was named its chairman and chief executive officer in 1999. Mr. Diamond was instrumental in the establishment of Alloys multi-discipline marketing unit, Alloy Media +
Marketing, and led key expansions, including Alloy Entertainment, the youth media behemoth, which was sold to Warner Bros. Television Group; Channel One, the award-winning premiere television news network for teens; and Alloy Education, a leader in
student recruitment solutions for higher education. Mr. Diamond has presided over some of the largest youth brands of the last quarter century including, Delias, Alloy, CCS, Smosh, Honest Trailers, Gossip Girl,
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, and Channel One Media. He also served as board member during the early stages of Rent the Runway and GoNoodle. Mr. Diamond continues to
work with multiple leading edge companies and brands seeking to reach consumers through all aspects of digital and social media. He has been a director of Genesco since 2001. The Board considers Mr. Diamonds experience in youth branding
and marketing and insights into navigating and leveraging demographic trends (including as it relates to a key demographic of the Companys Journeys business), and his knowledge of social media, digital media and commerce, omni-channel and
direct retail and marketing, strategic planning and his senior management experience to be important contributors to the effectiveness of the Board.
JOHN F. LAMBROS, 56, Managing Director and Head of Digital and Traditional Media, Houlihan Lokey, Inc. Mr. Lambros, who joined the
Board in 2020, currently serves and has served as managing director, co-head of U.S. technology group, and head of digital media and entertainment for Houlihan Lokey, a global independent bank, since Houlihan
Lokey acquired GCA Advisors in 2021. He served as managing director of GCA Advisors since May 2018 and as head of its digital media banking practice since 2004. He currently serves and has served as a member of the firms US executive committee
since January 2017 and as a member of the board of directors of GCA Corporation, its parent company (TYO: 2174) since March 2018. Mr. Lambros has been an active advisor to and operator in the digital media and emerging technology markets. As an
investment banker, Mr. Lambros has led more than 250 public and private market financings, merger and acquisition transactions, recapitalizations, joint ventures and senior and subordinated debt financings. From 2000 to 2003, he was senior vice
president of business development for Into Networks, a broadband technology company. From 1993 to 2000, Mr. Lambros was a banker at Morgan Stanley & Co., where he served as a vice president and member of the global communications group
focused on advising emerging telecommunications, media and technology clients. The Board considers Mr. Lambros experience in corporate finance, digital media, emerging technology sectors, as well as his experience with strategic portfolio
reviews, M&A, transaction matters and capital markets to be beneficial to the Board.
THURGOOD MARSHALL, JR., 65, Retired Partner,
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. Mr. Marshall, who joined the Board in 2012, was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP until his retirement in September 2019. He
also serves on the board of CoreCivic Inc. (NYSE: CXW), a publicly-traded, full-service corrections management and real estate solutions provider, and EN+ Group (LSE:ENPL & MOEX:ENPG), a publicly-traded multinational producer of hydropower
and low-carbon aluminum. He is a former board member of the Ethics Compliance and Certification Institute, the United States Postal Service and the Ford Foundation. Mr. Marshall works at the intersection
of law, business, politics and policy. He has practiced law, held senior government appointments, and he serves on an array of corporate and non-profit boards. Mr. Marshalls professional
background includes service in all three branches of the federal government and in the private sector. Prior to joining a predecessor of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as a partner in 2001, he served in roles including Assistant to the
President and Cabinet Secretary from 1997 to 2001, co-chair of the White House Olympic Task Force in connection with the 2002 Winter Olympics, director of legislative affairs and deputy
counsel to the Vice President, counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, and the Governmental Affairs Committee, and as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Barrington D. Parker of the U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia. The Board believes that Mr. Marshalls extensive experience in government service, insight into regulatory affairs, and his expertise in corporate governance and oversight, ethics and risk
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