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Chairperson
Member
Lead Director
Financial expert
Board Members Audit Committee Compensation Committee Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Mark Demilio  
 
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Gary Friedman

Gary Friedman has served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Founder of the RH brand as we know it today, since January 2014. Mr. Friedman joined RH in April of 2001 when the business was known as Restoration Hardware, a $350 million mall-based retail business on the verge of bankruptcy, selling mostly nostalgic discovery items and some Mission-style furniture. He has spent the past 24 years transforming every aspect of the business and building RH into the leading luxury interior design brand in the world today with revenues in excess of $3 billion. While many in the retail industry have been shrinking or closing stores, Mr. Friedman and his team have developed some of the largest and most inspiring retail experiences in the world, many in historically significant buildings with integrated interior design studios, restaurants, and wine, and barista bars. Some examples being RH San Francisco, The Gallery in the Historic Bethlehem Steel Building, RH Chicago, The Gallery in the Historic Three Arts Club, and RH England, a 17th Century, 73 acre estate with three restaurants and one of the most meticulously curated Architecture and Design Libraries, including the first modern printing in 1492 of De Architectura, The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius. Mr. Friedman is continuing to elevate and evolve the RH brand with the introduction of RH Guesthouses, a new hospitality concept for travelers seeking privacy and luxury, the first of which opened in New York City, and the second under construction in Aspen, inclusive of the first RH Bath House & Spa, and where the Company will also be introducing RH Residences, fully furnished luxury homes with integrated services that deliver taste and time value to discerning time starved consumers. Prior to RH, Mr. Friedman spent 14 years in various positions at Williams-Sonoma Inc. lastly serving as President and Chief Operating Officer, and President of the WilliamsSonoma, Pottery Barn, and West Elm brands. Mr. Friedman was responsible for transforming Pottery Barn from a $50 million tabletop and accessories business into a billion dollar plus home lifestyle brand. Mr. Friedman also developed the revolutionary Williams-Sonoma Grande Cuisine stores, and conceptualized and developed the West Elm brand. Mr. Friedman began his career as a stock boy at the Gap store in Santa Rosa, California. He spent eleven years with the Gap, and held the positions of Store Manager, District Manager, and Regional Manager overseeing 63 stores in Southern California.

Carlos Alberini

Carlos Alberini has served on our Board of Directors since June 2010. Mr. Alberini currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Guess?, Inc., a NYSE-listed specialty retailer of apparel and accessories, since February 2019. Mr. Alberini previously served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucky Brand from February 2014 to February 2019. Mr. Alberini served as our CoChief Executive Officer from June 2010 through October 2012 and from July 2013 through January 2014, and he served as our sole Chief Executive Officer from October 2012 through July 2013. Mr. Alberini was President and Chief Operating Officer of Guess from December 2000 to June 2010. From May 2006 to July 2006, Mr. Alberini served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Guess. Mr. Alberini served as a member of the Board of Directors of Guess from December 2000 to September 2011. Prior to Guess, Mr. Alberini served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Footstar, Inc., a retailer of footwear from October 1996 to December 2000. From May 1995 to October 1996, Mr. Alberini served as Vice President of Finance and Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Melville Corporation, a retail holding corporation. From 1987 to 1995, Mr. Alberini was with The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., an operator of department stores, in various capacities, including Corporate Controller, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to that, Mr. Alberini served in various positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Mr. Alberini was selected to our Board of Directors because he possesses particular knowledge and experience in retail and merchandising, branded consumer goods, accounting, financing and capital finance, board practices of other large retail companies and leadership of complex organizations.

Keith Belling

Keith Belling has served on our Board of Directors since April 2016 and previously served as an advisor to the Board of Directors from May 2015 to April 2016. Mr. Belling is the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of popchips, Inc. (“popchips”), a leading better-for-you snack food business that launched in 2007. He previously served as popchips’ Chief Executive Officer from 2007 through 2012, leading the company to sales and distribution at over 30,000 retail stores across North America and the United Kingdom and served as the Chairman of the Board from 2007 through 2019. Mr. Belling has served as an advisor to several innovative consumer, real estate and technology companies, including Modern Meadow Inc., Olly Nutrition, and LBA Realty LLC. Mr. Belling also has founded other businesses, including e-commerce company AllBusiness.com, a leading small business portal, founded in 1998, where Mr. Belling formerly served as Chief Executive Officer and which was acquired by NBCi. Mr. Belling was a real estate attorney with Morrison & Foerster LLP, where he represented a diverse clientele including developers and real estate investors.

Mr. Belling was selected to our Board of Directors because of his experience as a founder, leader, and entrepreneur of several innovative consumer companies, as well as his background and experience in the real estate sector.

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Eri Chaya

Eri Chaya has served on our Board of Directors since 2012, and has served as our President, Chief Creative and Merchandising Officer since November 2017. Ms. Chaya leads product curation and integration, brand creative and business development for RH Interiors, Contemporary, Modern, Beach House, Ski House, Outdoor, Baby & Child and TEEN, across the Company’s physical, digital and print channels of distribution. Ms. Chaya previously served as RH’s Co-President, Chief Creative and Merchandising Officer and Director from May 2016 to November 2017, Chief Creative Officer from April 2008 to May 2016 and Vice President of Creative from July 2006 to April 2008. Prior to RH, Ms. Chaya was a creative director at Goodby, Silverstein and Partners, an international advertising agency, and a creative director at Banana Republic.

Mark Demilio

Mark Demilio has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2009 and currently serves as the board’s Lead Independent Director. Mr. Demilio currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the audit committee of SCP Health, a privately held provider of emergency medicine and hospitalist services through physician staffing and management since September 2015. Since January 2021, Mr. Demilio has been serving as a consultant to Spinnaker Medical, a privately held special purpose acquisition company. Mr. Demilio served as a member of the Board of Directors of Cosi, Inc., a national restaurant chain, from April 2004 to May 2017, served on its audit committee, its compensation committee and its nominating and corporate governance committee, and served for a time as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cosi and as the interim Chief Executive Officer of Cosi. From June 2018 through December 2020, Mr. Demilio was a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the audit committee of Nurse Assist, a medical device manufacturer and distributer. From February 2014 through March 2016, Mr. Demilio served as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the audit committee of The Paslin Company, a private company that designs, assembles and integrates robotic assembly lines for the automotive industry.

From December 2000 until his retirement in October 2008, Mr. Demilio served as the Chief Financial Officer of Magellan Health Services, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed managed specialty healthcare company that managed the delivery of behavioral healthcare treatment services, specialty pharmaceuticals and radiology services. Mr. Demilio has also been the General Counsel for Magellan Health Services, the Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of Youth Services International, Inc., an attorney specializing in corporate and securities law with the law firms of Miles & Stockbridge and Piper & Marbury, a financial analyst for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of Maryland and a certified public accountant with Arthur Andersen LLP.

Mr. Demilio was selected to our Board of Directors because he possesses particular knowledge and experience in accounting, finance and capital structure, strategic planning and leadership of complex organizations and board practices of other major corporations.

Hilary Krane

Hilary Krane has served on our Board of Directors since her appointment in June 2016. Ms. Krane is currently the Chief Legal Officer for Creative Artists Agency. Up until February 2022, Ms. Krane served in various executive roles at Nike since 2010, including most recently as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel for NIKE, Inc. Prior to joining NIKE, Inc., Ms. Krane was General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs at Levi Strauss & Co. from 2006 to 2010. From 1996 to 2006, she was a partner and assistant general counsel at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Ms. Krane has been a director at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Portland Branch since January 2018. Ms. Krane holds a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago.

Ms. Krane was selected to our Board of Directors because of her extensive operational, compliance and business experience contributing to the growth and development of innovative and iconic global brands.

Katie Mitic

Katie Mitic is currently Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of SomethingElse, Inc., a multi-brand beverage platform reimagining consumer packaged goods business enabled by technology, a role she has held since 2019. Prior, Ms. Mitic served in executive leadership positions at innovative growth companies, including Facebook, Inc. and Palm, Inc. As Director of Platform & Mobile Marketing at Facebook, she grew developer products and partnerships globally. As Senior Vice President, Product Marketing at Palm, she expanded the company’s product lines and international footprint up until its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard. Earlier in her career, Ms. Mitic worked at NetDynamics (acquired by Sun Microsystems), where she launched the industry’s first application server, at Four11, where she built the industry leading email service RocketMail (now Yahoo! Mail) and at Yahoo!, where she served as Vice President and General Manager. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of private and nonprofit organizations, including DVx Ventures and LeanIn.Org.

Ms. Mitic received her B.A. from Stanford University and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Ms. Mitic was selected to our Board of Directors because of her extensive leadership, operational and entrepreneurial experience with innovative growth companies and global consumer technology companies.

Ali Rowghani

Ali Rowghani was appointed to our Board of Directors on January 22, 2015. Mr. Rowghani has served in executive leadership positions at innovative growth companies, including Twitter, Inc. and Pixar Animation Studios, Inc. He is currently the founder and Managing General Partner of First Harmonic, a technology investing firm established in 2025. Mr. Rowghani was previously the Manager of YCombinator Continuity Fund, an investor in growth-stage startups that Mr. Rowghani launched in 2015. At Twitter, Mr. Rowghani was hired as the Company’s first Chief Financial Officer in March 2010, and later served as Chief Operating Officer, with responsibility for business development, platform, media, product, and business analytics, from December 2012 to June 2014.

Prior to Twitter, from June 2002 to February 2010, Mr. Rowghani served in various leadership roles at Pixar, including Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, reporting to Pixar founder and President, Ed Catmull.

Mr. Rowghani holds a B.A. in International Relations and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Mr. Rowghani was selected to our Board of Directors because he possesses extensive operational, financial and leadership experience, and because of his expertise in scaling innovative and high-growth companies.

Leonard Schlesinger

Leonard Schlesinger was appointed to our Board of Directors in April 2014. Dr. Schlesinger has served as Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, a role he returned to in July 2013 after serving as the President of Babson College from July 2008 until July 2013 and having held various positions at public and private companies. He also serves as a Director of Viewpost Holdings. From 1999 to 2007, Dr. Schlesinger held various executive positions at Limited Brands, Inc. (L Brands, Inc.), a formerly NYSE-listed company, including Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Operating Officer. While at Limited Brands, he was responsible for the operational and financial functions across the enterprise, including Express, Limited Stores, Victoria’s Secret Beauty, Bath and Body Works, C.O. Bigelow, Henri Bendel, and White Barn Candle Company. Dr. Schlesinger also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Au Bon Pain Co., Inc. and as a director of numerous public and private retail, consumer products, and technology companies. Dr. Schlesinger has also held leadership roles at leading MBA and executive education programs and other academic institutions, including twenty years at Harvard Business School, where he served as the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration. Dr. Schlesinger holds a Doctor of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, an MBA from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts in American Civilization from Brown University.

Dr. Schlesinger was selected for our Board of Directors because he possesses extensive leadership, operational, financial, and business expertise from his significant and broad experience with numerous private and public retail companies.