Board of Directors

From 2005 to 2015, Mr. Shearer served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of VF Corporation, a global lifestyle and apparel company, and from 1986 to 2005, served in various other roles at VF Corporation, including Vice President—Finance and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President—Controller. For two years, he was President of VF's Outdoor Coalition, which was formed with the acquisition of The North Face brand. Prior to joining VF Corporation, Mr. Shearer was a Senior Audit Manager for Ernst and Young. Since 2008, Mr. Shearer has served on the board of directors of Church & Dwight Co, Inc., a household products manufacturer, where he currently chairs the audit committee. He previously served on the board of directors of The Fresh Market, Inc., a specialty grocery chain. Mr. Shearer holds a B.S. in Accounting from Catawba College.

Mr. Shearer was selected to join our Board of Directors due to his extensive public accounting, finance and internal control, and expansion initiatives experience. Mr. Shearer has served as the Chair of the Board of Directors since May 2021.

Matthew J. Reintjes has been President and Chief Executive Officer of YETI since September 2015 and was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors in March 2016. Previously, Mr. Reintjes served as Vice President of the Outdoor Products reporting segment at Vista Outdoor Inc., a manufacturer of outdoor sports and recreation products. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Accessories at Alliant Techsystems Inc., an aerospace, defense, and sporting goods company. He was also previously Chief Operating Officer of Bushnell Holdings Inc., a portfolio of leading brands in outdoor and recreation products, and Chief Operating Officer of Hi-Tech Industrial Services, Inc., a supplier of industrial services. Mr. Reintjes also previously served for nine years in a variety of general management roles at Danaher Corporation, a medical device and imaging company. Mr. Reintjes holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.

Mr. Reintjes was selected to serve on our Board of Directors because of his perspective and experience as our President and Chief Executive Officer and his extensive experience in corporate strategy, brand leadership, new product development, general management processes, and operations leadership with companies in the outdoor sports and recreation products industries.

Ms. Brown has served as President of Retail Products and Chief Customer Officer at Walgreens since November 2021.  As Chief Customer Officer, she is responsible for the Walgreens customer experience across all consumer touchpoints and leads development of strategies to advance the company across a complex and dynamic competitive landscape.  Ms. Brown also oversees the marketing and merchandising organizations as Walgreens further accelerates its digital transformation in order to create a seamless integration across all channels – in-store, mobile and online – to provide a unified, consistent brand experience.

Ms. Brown has more than 25 years of experience driving business growth, creating omnichannel customer experiences and leveraging digital capabilities to connect consumers and brands.  Most recently, she served as Chief Executive Officer for the American Diabetes Association (ADA), where she led a transformation including the creation of innovative solutions and new ways of working with partners.  Prior to the ADA, Ms. Brown was Senior Vice President, Operations and Chief Experience Officer for Sam’s Club, a division of Walmart Inc.  She also served as CEO and managing director of RAPP Dallas, a data-drive integrated marketing agency, Chief Operating Officer for direct marketing agency Direct Impact and director of worldwide consumer marketing for Advanced Micro Devices.  Earlier in her career, she held leadership positions at American Express, Proctor & Gamble and Exxon Mobil.

Since February 2019, Ms. Brown has served on the board of directors for WW International, Inc.  In 2021, she was name one of Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Black Corporate Directors.  Ms. Brown graduated from University of Delaware with her B.S. in chemical engineering and received her MBA from Columbia Business School in New York.

Ms. Brown was selected to join our Board of Directors in May 2020.

From 2013 to May 2020, Ms. Dean served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer at iRobot. She joined iRobot, the leading consumer robot company, in 2005 to help prepare the organization for its public offering and throughout her time there, revenue grew from $142 million to $1.2 billion in 2019. During her tenure, Ms. Dean oversaw a number of critical business areas, including financial planning, corporate finance, acquisitions, information technology, supply chain operations and investor relations. Prior to iRobot, Ms. Dean held several senior financial positions at 3Com Corporation, including as Corporate Controller, as well as financial roles at other high tech companies, resulting in more than 30 years of cumulative experience in corporate finance.

Since July 2018, Ms. Dean has served on the board of directors and as the Audit Committee Chair for Everbridge, Inc., the leader in critical event management and enterprise safety applications. Ms. Dean holds a B.A. in Business Economics from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Boston University.

Ms. Dean was selected to join our Board of Directors in October 2020.

Mr. Gibeau has served as the CEO of Zynga, a leading provider of social game services, since 2016 and has sat on Zynga’s Board of Directors since 2015. Prior to his time at Zynga, Mr. Gibeau spent more than twenty years at Electronic Arts Inc., a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, in a number of business and product leadership roles. From 2013 until his departure in 2016, he served as Executive Vice President of EA Mobile, where he led strategy, product development and publishing for the company’s mobile games business. From 2011 until 2013, Mr. Gibeau served as President of EA Labels. Mr. Gibeau also spent four years as the President of the EA Games Label. Prior to that role, Mr. Gibeau acted as EA’s Executive Vice President and General Manager of The Americas.

Since 2015, Mr. Gibeau has served as the Chairman of the Corporate Advisory Board for the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He previously served on the Board of Directors for Cooliris, a mobile content and communication technology company, and Graphiq, a data visualization company. Mr. Gibeau received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and a Masters of Business Administration from Santa Clara University.

Mr. Gibeau was selected to join our Board of Directors in January 2020 because of his strong credentials in corporate strategy, product development, and brand building.

From 2014 to 2017, Ms. Kelley served as the President of E-Commerce at Best Buy Co., Inc. Previously, Ms. Kelley held senior leadership roles in marketing and eCommerce with various companies, including Chico’s FAS, L.L. Bean, and Ashford.com. Earlier in her career, Ms. Kelley served as a management consultant with McKinsey and Company. Ms. Kelley has been an Independent Director at Vera Bradley, Inc. since 2015 and an independent director at Finning International Inc. since 2018. She also serves as an advisor to the senior leadership team of Falabella Retail, the largest department store retailer in South America. Ms. Kelley received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Boston College and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.

Ms. Kelley was selected to join our Board of Directors in February 2019 because of her deep knowledge and experience in driving the customer experience through eCommerce and broader omni-channel strategies.

Since 2006, Mr. McCoy has served on the board of directors of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a mining company, where he currently chairs its compensation committee. In addition, since 2002, he has served on the board of directors of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, a building materials manufacturer, where he currently chairs its compensation committee. From 2005 to 2016, Mr. McCoy was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Brunswick Corporation, a global manufacturer and marketer of recreation products, and served in various other roles at Brunswick Corporation from 1999 to 2005. Prior to joining Brunswick Corporation, Mr. McCoy served as Executive Vice President for Witco Corporation, a specialty chemical products company, and also served Witco as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. McCoy holds a B.A. in Political Science from Eastern Kentucky University and a J.D. from Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University.

Mr. McCoy was selected to join our Board of Directors because of his extensive leadership experience and broad understanding of global businesses and his knowledge of legal, compliance, corporate governance, and disclosure matters.