Mr. Finch was appointed to our Board of Directors in September 2015 and has served on our advisory board since 2007. Mr. Finch has been Chief Executive Officer of Charcuterie Artisans, LLC, a leading manufacturer of dry cure Italian meats in North America since 2019. Mr. Finch has served as President of Finch Grocery Company, LLC, a private firm for capital investments, board memberships and related business activities in the food and consumer products industries since 2006. Mr. Finch has previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Rupari Food Services, LLC, a meat products manufacturer, from August 2013 to August 2014 and as Chief Executive Officer of Ryt-Way Industries, LLC, a dry food contract packager in North America from August 2008 to May 2013. Mr. Finch has served on the board of directors of JonnyPops, LLC, a frozen popsicle business, since March 2015 and has been the Vice President of American Polocrosse Association since January 2016. He previously served on the board of directors of: J&B Group, a food manufacturing and distribution company from 2008 to 2010; Quality Ingredients Corporation, a spray drying company, from 2002 to 2013; and Foundation for Strategic Sourcing, a non-profit organization that established a forum for consumer-packaged goods marketers, external manufacturers and secondary packagers. Mr. Finch holds a B.S. degree in economics from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. We selected Mr. Finch to serve on our Board of Directors given his significant business and board experience.

Ms. Edwardson was appointed to our Board of Directors in September 2015 and has served on our advisory board since July 2015. She was the Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross of Chicago and Northern Illinois, a business unit of the American Red Cross, from 2005 to January 2016. She previously served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for UAL Corporation, a predecessor company to United Continental Holdings, Inc. She has also been a partner in the law firm of Mayer Brown and the Executive Director of the Illinois Securities Department. Ms. Edwardson has served on the board of directors of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. since 2011, on the Boards of Trustees for Rush University Medical Center since 2012 and the Lincoln Park Zoo since 2000. Ms. Edwardson holds a B.A. degree in economics and a juris doctor from Loyola University. We selected Ms. Edwardson to serve on our Board of Directors given her extensive experience as an attorney and membership on the compensation committee of a public company board, which provides her with the ability to share valuable insights into public company reporting, corporate finance, transactional knowledge and operations.

Mr. Schlecht is the founder of our Company and currently serves as Chairman of the Board. He has served on our board of directors since our founding in 1986 and previously served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from February 2003 to February 2015 when he moved to Executive Chairman. He returned to the CEO role for 20 months from September 2019 to May 2021. In addition to Duluth, he founded GEMPLER’S Inc. in 1986 and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer until February 2003. Mr. Schlecht holds BSBA and MBA degrees from Northwestern University.