Committee Composition

Management | Board of Directors | Committee Composition | Governance Documents

Chairman of the Board = Chairman of the Board      Chair = Chair     Committee Member = Member   Independent Director = Independent Director

  Audit Compensation Nominating / Corporate Governance
Leslie A. Blodgett      
Chief Executive Officer

Leslie A. Blodgett has served as Chief Executive Officer of Bare Escentuals and a member of the board of directors of Bare Escentuals and that of its predecessor since 1995. From 1995 until May 2006, Ms. Blodgett also served as President of Bare Escentuals and that of its predecessor. Prior to joining Bare Escentuals, Ms. Blodgett held various positions at Neutrogena, a dermatology division of Johnson & Johnson, a manufacturer of health care products, Procter & Gamble, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of household products and Max Factor, a cosmetics division of Procter & Gamble. Ms. Blodgett completed the Cosmetic Marketing Program at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, New York.

Ross M. Jones Chairman of the Board Independent Director     Committee Chair for Nominating / Corporate Governance Committee
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Ross M. Jones has served as chairman of the board of directors of Bare Escentuals since July 2004 and has served as a member of the board of directors of Bare Escentuals since June 2004. Mr. Jones is a Managing Director of Berkshire Partners LLC, a private equity investment partnership which he joined in 1993. He worked at Bain & Co., a management consulting partnership and in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley & Co. before joining Berkshire Partners LLC in 1993. Mr. Jones became a Managing Director of Berkshire Partners LLC in 2000 and has been a director of several of Berkshire Partners LLC's consumer, retailing, manufacturing, and business services companies including Carter's, Inc., a public company, and the private companies, Waterworks, Inc., AVW-TelAv Inc., Sterling Collision Centers, Inc., and Thomas Built Buses, Inc., a division of the public company Daimler Chrysler, AG. Mr. Jones earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

Bradley M. Bloom Independent Director   Committee Chair for Compensation Committee  
Member of the Board of Directors

Bradley M. Bloom has served as a member of the board of directors of Bare Escentuals since June 2004. Mr. Bloom is a Managing Director of Berkshire Partners LLC, which he co-founded in 1986. He has been a director of several of Berkshire Partners LLC's consumer and retailing companies including Carter's, Inc., a public company, and the private companies Acosta, Inc., Gordon Brothers Group, Sterling, Inc., America's Best Contacts and Eyeglasses, L.P., and Miami Cruiseline Services Holdings I.B.V. Before founding Berkshire Partners LLC, Mr. Bloom worked at Thomas H. Lee Company, a private financial services firm, for seven years and spent two years with the First National Bank of Boston. He earned an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Michael R. Egeck Independent Director      
Member of the Board of Directors

Michael R. Egeck has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2009. Mr. Egeck served as president of VF Contemporary Brands, which is part of VF Corporation, a lifestyle apparel company, from August 2007 to June 2009. He was responsible for the merchandising, marketing and financial performance of the 7 For All Mankind, Splendid, Ella Moss, Lucy Activewear, and John Varvatos brands. From August 2006 to August 2007, he served as chief executive officer of 7 For All Mankind, LLC, prior to its sale to VF Corporation. From August 2000 to August 2006, Mr. Egeck served in senior management positions for VF Corporation, including president of VF Outdoor, Inc. which included The North Face, Reef, Vans, and Jansport brands. From August 1992 to August 2000, Mr. Egeck served as general manager for Columbia Sportswear. Mr. Egeck earned his B.A. and MBA degrees from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Ellen L. Brothers Independent Director     Member of Nominating / Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Board of Directors

Ellen L. Brothers has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2009. Ms. Brothers has been Executive Vice President of Mattel, a manufacturer of toy products, and President, American Girl Brands, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mattel, since July 2000. From November 1998 to July 2000, she was Senior Vice President of Operations, Pleasant Company (which merged with and into Mattel on December 31, 2003, followed immediately on January 1, 2004, by an asset transfer to Mattel's subsidiary American Girl). From January 1997 to November 1998, she was Vice President of the Catalogue Division, Pleasant Company. She joined Pleasant Company in 1995, prior to its acquisition by Mattel in July 1998, as Vice President of Catalogue Marketing. She earned a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois.

John Hamlin Independent Director   Member of Compensation Committee  
Member of the Board of Directors

John Hamlin has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2009. Mr. Hamlin has served as the President and Managing Partner of Bozeman Limited Partnership, a private equity firm, since April 2007. Mr. Hamlin was Senior Vice President, Global eBusiness Group and Global Brand Marketing at Dell Inc., a technology company, from November 2005 through March 2007. In this role Mr. Hamlin was responsible for Dell's worldwide eBusiness, including online sales, service technology and content development; and Dell's worldwide brand and advertising strategy. From May 2000 until November 2005 he led Dell's U.S. Consumer Business, as Vice President and General Manager from May 2000 until January 2003, and then as Senior Vice President and General Manager from January 2003 until November of 2005. In this role he had full profit and loss responsibility for all sales, marketing and service to U.S. consumer customers. In addition to his responsibilities in U.S. Consumer and Global eBusiness, Mr. Hamlin was Senior Vice President of Dell International Services, Dell's global network of customer care centers, from February 2004 until May 2006. Mr. Hamlin serves on the board of directors of Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), a consumer cooperative that sells outdoor equipment and clothing, and Spiceworks, a privately-held software company. He earned a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Kristina Leslie Independent Director Member of Audit Committee    
Member of the Board of Directors

Kristina Leslie has served as a member of the board of directors of Bare Escentuals since November 2007. Ms. Leslie served as Chief Financial Officer of DreamWorks Animation SKG from its IPO in October 2004 through February 2007. Previously, she served in the same capacity at DreamWorks Studios SKG since the fall of 2003 and oversaw the corporate finance and strategic planning functions for the company since 1996. Prior to joining DreamWorks, Ms. Leslie was Director of Financial Planning at Viacom following its acquisition of Paramount Communications, where she served in various finance positions including treasury, investor relations and strategic planning since 1990. Ms. Leslie earned a B.A. in economics from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Lea Anne Ottinger Independent Director Member of Audit Committee    
Member of the Board of Directors

Lea Anne Ottinger has served as a member of the board of directors of Bare Escentuals since June 2004. Ms. Ottinger has served as a strategic business consultant, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, since 1998. Ms. Ottinger owned and operated several of The Body Shop cosmetic stores between 1990 and 1998. Ms. Ottinger also served on The Body Shop's franchisee board from 1995 to 1998. Ms. Ottinger was a Vice President of Berkshire Partners LLC from 1985 to 1989. Prior to that, Ms. Ottinger worked at Thomas H. Lee Company from 1982 to 1985. Ms. Ottinger currently serves on the board of directors of Savers, Inc., a private company. Ms. Ottinger received a B.A. from Stanford University.

Karen M. Rose Independent Director Committee Chair for Audit Committee    
Member of the Board of Directors

Karen M. Rose has served as a member of the board of directors of Bare Escentuals since May 2006. Ms. Rose has been a business consultant since October 2003. Ms. Rose was Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Clorox Company from December 1997 until her retirement in October 2003. Prior to that, Ms. Rose held various management positions including Director of Finance, Household Products Company and Vice President and Treasurer since joining Clorox in 1978. Ms. Rose currently serves on the board of directors of Maidenform, Inc., a public company. Ms. Rose received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Glen T. Senk Independent Director   Member of Compensation Committee Member of Nominating / Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Board of Directors

Glen T. Senk has served as a member of the board of directors of Bare Escentuals since November 2004. Mr. Senk has served as a director of the public company Urban Outfitters, Inc., a public company, since 2004 and has served as President of Anthropologie, Inc., an apparel retail division of Urban Outfitters since April 1994. Mr. Senk was named Executive Vice President of Urban Outfitters, Inc. in May 2002, and assumed responsibility for Urban Outfitters' Free People division in May 2003. Prior to joining Urban Outfitters, Mr. Senk was Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of Williams-Sonoma, Inc., a public home goods retailer from 1991 to 1993 and Chief Executive of the Habitat International Merchandise and Marketing Group in London, England from 1989 to 1991. Mr. Senk began his retail career at Bloomingdale's, where he served in a variety of roles including Managing Director of Bloomingdale's By Mail. Mr. Senk earned a B.A. from New York University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

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