Chelsea A. Grayson

Director at Xponential Fitness

Ms. Grayson has served on our board of directors since October 2021. An experienced public company CEO and board member, Ms. Grayson has over 20 years of experience in business, corporate finance, governance, M&A and law. She currently serves as an Executive-in-Residence at Wunderkind (formerly BounceX), a leading marketing technologies provider. Prior to her current role, Ms. Grayson served as CEO and a member of the board of directors of True Religion, Inc. from October 2017 to June 2019, a formerly public denim company based in Los Angeles. Before True Religion, she was the CEO and a member of the board of directors (and before that, the General Counsel) at American Apparel Inc. from December 2014 to April 2017, a formerly public vertically integrated apparel manufacturer which she helped to successfully sell to Gildan Activewear Inc. She began her career in the legal space and was a partner in the M&A practice for Jones Day, where she ran the firm’s M&A practice for the California region. Ms. Grayson currently serves on the board of directors of Spark Networks, Goodness Growth Holdings and iHerb, and is Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Lapmaster Group Holdings. She is a member of the UCLA Board of Visitors in the English Department and a Board Leadership Fellow with the National Association of Corporate Directors. Ms. Grayson received her JD from Loyola Law School and a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles.