Ross Stores Announces Changes To Its Board Of Directors

DUBLIN, Calif. — March 16, 2021 — Ross Stores Inc. announced today the following changes to the composition and leadership of its board of directors:

  • The board expects to name George Orban as chairman of the board and Barbara Rentler, Chief Executive Officer, as Vice Chair. These Board leadership changes will become effective following the company’s Annual Stockholders Meeting on May 19, 2021.
  • Michael Hartshorn, group president and COO, has been elected to the board effective March 10, 2021.
  • Current Chairman Michael Balmuth, and chairman Emeritus Norman Ferber, will not be standing for re-election as directors at the upcoming Annual Meeting. Both Balmuth and Ferber will have ongoing, active roles as senior advisors to the company.

In commenting on this news, Chairman Balmuth said: “Norman Ferber and our entire board of directors join me in congratulating George Orban and Barbara Rentler on their pending new board leadership roles. We believe that their combined decades of in-depth business knowledge and experience at Ross are invaluable resources that will benefit our stockholders as they lead the board and the company.

“We are also pleased to welcome Michael Hartshorn to our board. Michael is a very talented executive with over 30 years of proven retail leadership experience, including more than two decades at Ross. He brings valuable strategic insights as well as his broad-based knowledge and operational and financial expertise.

“While Norman Ferber and I will no longer be serving as Board members after our current terms end in May, we remain passionate about Ross and enthusiastic about its future business opportunities. We look forward to staying actively involved in providing our counsel to the Board and the senior management team in our ongoing senior advisor positions,” Balmuth said.

Posted March 16, 2021

Source: Ross Stores Inc.

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