Chelsea A. Grayson
Chelsea A. Grayson has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2024. Ms. Grayson served as an Executive-in-Residence at Wunderkind (formerly BounceX), a global performance marketing solution powered by AI, data, and identity, from March 2020 to January 2024. From November 2022 to July 2023, Ms. Grayson served as CEO of Spark Networks SE (OTC: LOVLY; formerly NASDAQ: LOV), an American-German dating company with a portfolio of brands (including Zoosk, Elite Singles, Silver Singles, Christian Mingle and JDate/JSwipe), and from August 2020 to July 2023, as a member of its board of directors. From October 2018 to June 2019, Ms. Grayson served as CEO, and from October 2017 to December 2019, as a member of the board of directors, of True Religion, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: TRLG), a global denim and streetwear company based in Los Angeles. From December 2014 to December 2017, Ms. Grayson was at American Apparel Inc. (formerly NYSE: APP), a global vertically integrated apparel manufacturer, retailer and wholesaler based in Los Angeles, where she first joined as General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President, and then served as CEO and as a member of the board of directors. Prior to American Apparel, she was a partner in the M&A/Corporate Governance practice groups at Loeb & Loeb LLP and Jones Day.
Ms. Grayson has served on the board of directors of Xponential Fitness (NYSE: XPOF), a leading franchisor of boutique fitness and wellness brands (including Rumble Boxing, Stretch Lab, Club Pilates, Yoga Six, CycleBar and Lindora) since October 2021, where she currently chairs the Nominating Corporate Governance Committee and is a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. Among other past board positions, Ms. Grayson was a member of the board of directors of Goodness Growth Holdings Inc. (CSE: GDNS) from February 2019 to May 2023; Morphe Cosmetics (Forma Brands) from September 2022 to May 2023; iHerb from June 2021 to June 2022; Precision Surfacing Solutions (Lapmaster Group Holdings) from April 2021 to October 2022; LoudPack from December 2020 to March 2022; Sugarfina from January 2019 to December 2020; and Delta Dental from January 2017 to December 2019. Ms. Grayson has been a member of the UCLA Board of Visitors in the English Department since January 2018 and is a Board Leadership Fellow with the National Association of Corporate Directors.
Ms. Grayson received her Juris Doctor degree, Order of the Coif, from Loyola Law School, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Business/Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. We believe that Ms. Grayson is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her extensive leadership, corporate governance and public company experience.