Mr. McDonell is a seasoned senior executive with nearly 30 years of experience in retail and consumer products sectors. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President, Merchandising, Marketing, and e-Commerce at Advance Auto Parts, Inc., a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider, between March 2021 and December 2023. In this role, Mr. McDonell drove omnichannel growth across the company’s $11 billion portfolio, spearheaded billion-dollar owned brands like DieHard and CarQuest, managed a global network of 200 suppliers, oversaw $4 billion in inventory, and led a global team of professionals. Before assuming this position, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, between July 2019 and February 2021, where he played a key role in re-launching the DieHard brand and advancing the company’s omnichannel capabilities with the introduction of Advance Same Day. Prior to his tenure at Advance Auto Parts, Mr. McDonell spent 21 years at PepsiCo, Inc., a global leader in food, snack, and beverage products. He held various cross-functional roles with increasing responsibility across the U.S. and Canada, culminating in his role as President and General Manager of PepsiCo Foods Canada, between 2015 and 2019. In this capacity, he had full P&L responsibility for a $2.5 billion division encompassing the Frito-Lay and Quaker portfolios. His multidisciplinary experience at PepsiCo spanned brand marketing, key account management, strategy and insights, field sales, and operations for some of the company’s most iconic brands. Mr. McDonell began his career in brand management at The Proctor & Gamble Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada and has participated in several YPO executive leadership programs at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Bowman joined the Company as its Chief Financial Officer Designate in July 2023, and became the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in August 2023. Mr. Bowman most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for True Food Kitchen after serving as Chief Financial Officer for Dave & Buster’s (NASDAQ: PLAY), a restaurant and entertainment company, from 2019 to 2021 and Hibbett Sports (NASDAQ: HIBB), an athletic retail chain, from 2012 to 2019. Mr. Bowman previously served as a Divisional CFO at The Home Depot, where he held leadership positions in various corporate finance roles having started his career in the audit department of The Sherwin-Williams Company. Mr. Bowman is a CPA and holds an MBA from Emory Goizueta Business School and a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Miami University (Ohio).

Since October 2023, Mr. Caspers has served as our Chief Stores Officer. Prior to that, Mr. Caspers joined the Company in May 2023, as our Senior Vice President of Retail Operations. Prior to joining the Company Mr. Caspers served as the VP Omni Channel Retail Healthcare Operations for Walmart, from August 2022 to May 2023. From August 2015 through August 2022, Mr. Caspers held various roles for Banner Health, including the VP Healthcare Operations, VP Special Project BUMD, and the VP Patient Experience. Prior to that, Mr. Caspers held various positions for Target. Mr. Caspers is a graduate from St. Cloud State University and North Dakota State College of Science.

Since May 2023, Ms. Cramer has served as our Chief People Officer. She joined Leslie’s as the Chief Human Resources Officer in September 2022. Prior to joining Leslie’s, she was the Chief Human Resources Officer at Banner Health from June 2016 to February 2022. She joined Banner in December of 2014 as Vice President of Talent Acquisition and was later promoted to Vice President of Talent Management in 2015; where she led all talent functions for the organization including recruitment, learning and development, organizational effectiveness and change, assessment and survey and workforce planning. Prior to joining Banner, Ms. Cramer had a progressive career in operations and human resources at Target Corporation. Her last role was Senior Vice President of Field HR, where she led all areas of Human Resources for 350,000 employees in 1,780 retail stores and 37 distribution centers. Ms. Cramer holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Phoenix.

Since May 2023, Mr. LaBode has served as our Chief Merchandising & Supply Chain Officer. Prior to that, Mr. LaBode  served as our Chief Merchandising Officer from December 2021 to May 2023, and was our SVP, Merchandising from May 2021 to December 2021. Before joining Leslie’s, Mr. LaBode served as Vice President, General Merchandise Manager at Barnes & Noble from 2018 to 2021. Mr. LaBode previously worked at The Home Depot and Target Corporation. Mr. LaBode has a B.A in Economics from the University of Minnesota.

Since April 2024, Mr. Lindquist has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary.  Prior to that, Mr. Lindquist was our Vice President & Associate General Counsel from December 2022 to April 2024, and was our Vice President & Corporate Counsel from November 2018 to December 2022.  Prior to that, Mr. Lindquist held various roles of increasing responsibility in the Company’s legal department from when he began with the Company in August 2013.  Mr. Lindquist has a B.S. in Finance and Information Systems from the University of Utah and  J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law.