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FORT MYERS — The board of Fort Myers-based women's clothing retailer Chico's FAS Inc. nominated Deborah Kerr to the board of directors for election by shareholders at the company's annual meeting June 22.
Kerr will fill the remaining one-year term of Ross Roeder, who is retiring from the board effective at the annual meeting. He joined the board in 1997 and served as chairman from 2009 to 2015.
Kerr most recently served as executive vice president and chief product and technology officer of Sabre Corporation. She previously held leadership positions at FICO, Hewlett Packard Company and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Kerr serves on the board of directors of DH Corporation and EXLService Holdings Inc.
“Ms. Kerr is a highly experienced technology and product expert, with proven skills in innovation and risk management,” says Chico's FAS board chairman David Walker in a statement. “She will bring a unique and fresh voice to our Board.”
After Kerr's election, more than half of the nine-member board will be female.
“I am looking forward to Ms. Kerr's seasoned counsel as we continue to enhance our customers' overall experience with the Chico's FAS brands, both in our stores and online,” says President and CEO of Chico's FAS Shelley Broader in a press release.
The company's brands include Chico's, White House Black Market and Soma. As of Jan. 28, the company operated 1,501 stores in the U.S. and Canada.
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