Former prominent area retail CEO joins medical tech firm board

Shelley Broader, CEO of Fort Myers-based women’s retailer Chico’s FAS for a little over three years, leaving in 2019, has joined the board of a Minnesota-based medical technology company.

Broader, at the helm of Chico’s from December 2015 to April 2019, is now on the board of Minneapolis-based Inspire Medical Systems. Publicly traded on the NYSE, Inspire focuses on the development and commercialization of minimally invasive solutions for patients with obstructive sleep apnea. The company says its proprietary Inspire therapy is the first and only FDA-approved neuro-stimulation technology, inserted into the body through an outpatient procedure, which provides a safe and effective treatment for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea.