Warby Parker appoints Ronald A. Williams as Lead Director and welcomes Bradley E. Singer to Board of Directors
01 Agosto 2024 - 3:15PM
Business Wire
Warby Parker Inc. (NYSE: WRBY) ("Warby Parker" or the “Company”)
announced today the appointment of Ron Williams as Lead
Director.
“Ron’s deep expertise in transformational leadership is helping
Warby Parker lead the way in making the optical industry more
customer and patient friendly. Our shareholders and our team are
lucky to have such an exceptional and experienced leader as our
first Lead Director,” said Neil Blumenthal, co-Founder and
co-CEO.
The Company has also appointed a new independent director, Brad
Singer, to its board of directors. Mr. Singer’s appointment is
effective today, August 1, 2024.
“Brad brings a wealth of experience as a dynamic operator and
investor,” said Dave Gilboa, co-Founder and co-CEO. “His strategic
vision and leadership will undoubtedly support our mission to scale
and create impact, both within our category and beyond. We’re
incredibly fortunate to welcome him to the Warby Parker team.”
Mr. Singer previously served as Chief Operating Officer and an
Investment Partner at ValueAct Capital, Chief Financial Officer of
Discovery Communications, and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
of American Tower Corporation. He currently serves on the boards of
directors of Crown Castle, Inc., Sweetgreen, Inc., and Redfin
Corp.
ABOUT RONALD WILLIAMS
Ron Williams has served as a member of our board of directors
since August 2021. Before joining Warby Parker, Mr. Williams served
as the chairman and CEO of Aetna Inc. from 2006 to 2010. He joined
Aetna in 2001 and was named president and joined the board in 2002.
Mr. Williams is the chairman and CEO of RW2 Enterprises, through
which he counsels C-Suite corporate executives. Mr. Williams also
currently serves on the board of directors of agilon health, is an
operating advisory to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, and is a member
of the McKinsey External Advisory Group. He has previously served
on the boards of The Boeing Company, American Express, Johnson
& Johnson, Envision Healthcare and naviHealth. He serves on the
boards of private companies apree health (previously Castlight/Vera
Whole Health Inc.) and Millennium Physician Group. Mr. Williams is
chairman of The Conference Board, a member of the President’s
Circle of the National Academies and was elected to the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Williams served on President
Obama’s Management Advisory Board from 2011 to 2017.
Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts from Roosevelt University
and a Master of Business Administration from the Sloan School of
Business at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
ABOUT BRADLEY SINGER
Brad Singer is a prominent business leader who most recently
served as Partner and Chief Operating Officer of ValueAct Capital,
where he retired in December 2021. Prior to joining ValueAct
Capital in 2012, Mr. Singer was the Senior Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of Discovery Communications, Inc. and
the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of American Tower
Corporation. Prior to American Tower, Mr. Singer worked as an
investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Singer currently
serves on the boards of directors of Castle Crown, Inc. Sweetgreen,
Inc., and Redfin Corp. Mr. Singer also serves on the National Board
for the Posse Foundation and is a member of the board at the
McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. Mr.
Singer is a former director of Citizens Communications Corp.,
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., Motorola Solutions, Inc. and
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc.
Mr. Singer has a B.S. from the University of Virginia and an
M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School.
ABOUT WARBY PARKER
Warby Parker (NYSE: WRBY) was founded in 2010 with a mission to
inspire and impact the world with vision, purpose, and
style–without charging a premium for it. Headquartered in New York
City, the co-founder-led lifestyle brand pioneers ideas, designs
products, and develops technologies that help people see, from
designer-quality prescription glasses (starting at $95) and
contacts, to eye exams and vision tests available online and in our
245 retail stores across the U.S. and Canada.
Warby Parker aims to demonstrate that businesses can scale, do
well, and do good in the world. Ultimately, the Company believes in
vision for all, which is why for every pair of glasses or
sunglasses sold, it distributes a pair to someone in need through
its Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program. To date, Warby Parker has
worked alongside its nonprofit partners to distribute more than 15
million glasses to people in need.
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