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Jefferson Gramm is a portfolio manager at Bandera Partners LLC, which might be deemed to be an affiliate of ours by virtue of holding approximately 34.5% of our outstanding common stock. See “SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT” for information regarding Bandera Partners LLC’s ownership of our common stock. Mr. Gramm has been in his present position with Bandera since 2006. His prior experience includes serving as Managing Director of Arklow Capital, LLC, a hedge fund manager focused on distressed and value investments, from October 2004 to July 2006. He has been a Director of Innovative Food holdings since September 2021. He also served as a Director of Ambassadors Group from May 2014 until October 2015 and of Morgan’s Foods Inc. from April 2013 to March 2014. He served as a Director of Peerless Systems Corp from June 2009 to November 2010. He received an M.B.A. from Columbia University in 2003 and a B.A. in Philosophy from University of Chicago in 1996. Mr. Gramm provides a unique and valuable perspective with respect to corporate governance, our stockholder base and stockholder issues in general.
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| Johan Hedberg |
Inside Director
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| CEO, Tandy Leather Factory |
| Director Since: 2025 |
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| Johan Hedberg became our Chief Executive Officer and joined our Board of Directors in January 2025. Mr. Hedberg brings more than 30 years of retail leadership experience, most recently as Chief Sales Officer and President, Americas, of Fiskars Group from September 2021 until December 2023. He also served there as Global Chief Sales Officer Fiskars Group from April 2020 until August 2021 and Senior Vice President Global Sales BA Vita from July 2019 until March 2020. Prior to Fiskars, he was Vice President Sales and Marketing, Region Europe and Rest of World, for Thule Group from January 2013 until July 2019. Mr. Hedberg earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, and a Masters of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. |
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Vicki Cantrell is a retail veteran with over 20 years of operational experience. Since January 2020 she has served as Chief Executive Officer for Vendors in Partnership LLC. From September 2017 until June 2018, she served as Retail Transformation Officer for Aptos Inc., where Ms. Cantrell brought transformation strategies to the retailer’s businesses and to the vendor/retail partnership. Prior to that role, Ms. Cantrell served from October 2011 to October 2016 as a Senior Vice President at National Retail Federation, which is the world’s largest retail association. From May 2008 until June 2011, she served as Chief Operating Officer of Tory Burch LLC while it experienced 300% growth. From April 2003 until May 2008 she served as Chief Information Officer of Giorgio Armani, as it underwent a multi-phase CRM implementation. Ms. Cantrell has worked in all facets of the retail industry, as retailer, vendor/partner and industry spokesperson. She has deep expertise in building and executing strategies to meet evolving needs including enhancing customer acquisition, service and loyalty; determining optimal organizational structure in ever-changing environments; and in building robust cyber security programs.
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| Diana Saadeh-Jajeh has served since October 2023 as EVP- Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Ryvid, Inc., a company dedicated to promoting the accessibility of electrical light-mobility platforms. Prior to Ryvid, she was with GameStop, Inc., a leading specialty retailer in the field of gaming and entertainment, serving as EVP and Chief Financial Officer (July 2022 - August 2023), SVP and Chief Accounting Officer (July 2021 - July 2022 and June 2020 - March 2021) and Interim Chief Financial Officer (March 2021 - July 2021). Prior to GameStop, she was VP-Global Finance Operations and Business Transformation at JUUL Labs, Inc., between November 2018 and January, 2020. Ms. Saadeh-Jajeh earned a B.S. in accounting and finance from San Francisco State University and an MBA in electronic business management from Notre Dame de Namur University. Ms. Saadeh-Jajeh brings to our Board extensive finance and consumer products executive experience, including as a licensed certified public accountant |
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| Sejal Patel |
Outside Director
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| Advisor, Lake Trail Capital |
| Director Since: 2017 |
Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. Committee Membership(s):
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Sejal Patel is a Portfolio Manager at Skale Investments since January 2019. From July 2015 through September 2018, she was a Partner/Advisor at Lake Trail Capital, a private investment firm. Her prior work experience includes serving as Vice President of Indus Capital, a hedge fund manager focused on Asian and Japanese equities, from 2012 to 2015 and Director for Kelusa Capital Management, a hedge fund manager focused on Asian equities, from 2006 to 2012. She served on the Boards of Value Quest Capital, a value fund based in India, since 2014 and the Tiger Foundation, a non-profit organization based in New York, from 2009 to 2018. She received a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Patel brings a strong financial and business background to our Board.
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| Eric Speron is Managing Director of Equities at First Foundation Advisors, the investment division of First Foundation Inc. (Nasdaq: FFWM), where he has been investing since May 2007. First Foundation Advisors might be deemed to be an affiliate of ours by virtue of holding approximately 10.0% of our outstanding common stock. Mr. Speron currently serves as a Director of Keweenaw Land Association, Limited, (OTC: KEWL). Mr. Speron was formerly a board member of UCP, Inc and Lead Independent Director at Vidler Water Resources. At First Foundation he helps lead the Core Portfolio as well as being the Portfolio Manager of the First Foundation Total Return Fund (Nasdaq: FBBYX). Mr. Speron is currently a member of the CFA Institute, Orange County Society of Financial Analysts and an Investor-in-Residence at UCLA's Benjamin Graham Value Investing Program. He joined First Foundation from JPMorgan’s Institutional Equity division. Mr. Speron earned a B.A. from Georgetown University, with a double major in History & Government and a minor in English. Mr. Speron brings to our Board a strong financial, real estate and business background, including as an investor in the Company. |
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| John R. "Rocky" Sullivan has served since January 2022 as an Investment Advisor Representative and Investment Analyst with JCP Investment Management, which might be deemed to be an affiliate of ours by virtue of holding approximately 10% of our outstanding common stock. JCP Investment Management is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor, where Mr. Sullivan’s core focus is on investment due diligence and public equity analysis. He has also been the owner since May 2018 of Sullivan Companies and its affiliates, which is engaged in investment management, real estate development and production agriculture. Mr. Sullivan has a BBA in marketing from Texas A&M University and is a graduate of the Texas Christian University Ranch Management Program. Mr. Sullivan brings to our Board a strong financial and business management background |
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