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Elisabeth B. Charles

Chair at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

Ms. Charles became a director in October 2021 and has served as Chair of the Board since January 2022. Ms. Charles served as Chief Marketing Officer for Rodan + Fields from November 2017 to December 2019. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Old Navy Outlet from November 2016 to August 2017. She also served as Old Navy’s Interim Chief Marketing Officer from May 2016 to October 2016.

Prior to joining Old Navy, Ms. Charles was Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of Athleta from March 2015 through May 2016. From February 2009 through August 2014, Ms. Charles was Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. She also served as Executive Vice President of Marketing of Victoria Secret Stores from February 2005 through October 2008 and served as its Vice President of Marketing from July 2004 through January 2005. Prior to 2005, Ms. Charles held a variety of marketing positions with Herbalife International of America, Inc., Ideaforest.com and Tricon Restaurants International (YUM Brands).

Ms. Charles began her career as an Associate Consultant with Bain & Company. Ms. Charles served on the board of directors of At Home Group Inc. (“At Home”) (Nasdaq: HOME) from December 2016 until July 2021, when At Home was acquired by investment funds advised by Hellman & Friedman LLC. Ms. Charles also serves on the advisory board of Sezzle Inc., which she joined in November 2020 and was on the non-profit board of Alliance for Girls, the nation’s largest regional alliance of girl-serving organizations, from 2017 to 2020. Ms. Charles received her MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and her Bachelor of Arts in International Political Economy from the University of California at Berkeley.

Ms. Charles has over 30 years of marketing experience at significant consumer brands and has held senior leadership roles at numerous national and international retail companies, including her most recent position as Chief Marketing Officer of Rodan + Fields. From such experience, Ms. Charles brings significant consumer retail industry experience in brand management and sales, e-commerce, digital marketing, loyalty merchandising, product development, strategic planning, data analytics and franchising to the Board.

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