Effective October 8, 2007 Mr. Edmond Thomas was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Immediately prior to that, Mr. Thomas served as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Tilly's Inc., a privately owned company that operates 71 stores selling popular brands of action sports related apparel, footwear and accessories. Mr. Thomas has served in this position since 2005. Mr. Thomas is currently the managing partner of The Evans Thomas Company, LLC, which is the general partner of AXIS Capital Fund I, LP, which provides advisory services for retail, catalog, and consumer goods companies along with investment in emerging growth retail companies. Mr. Thomas serves on the board of directors of Directed Electronics Inc. and Trans-World Entertainment Corporation.
Steve Benrubi
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Steve Benrubi was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company on September 21, 2007. Since June 2005, Mr. Benrubi had previously served as the Company's Vice President and Corporate Controller. Immediately prior to that, from August 2003, he served as Vice President and Controller of CKE Restaurants, Inc., the parent company of several fast food restaurant chains including Carl's Jr. and Hardee's. Prior to his employment with CKE Restaurants, Inc., Mr. Benrubi served as Treasurer of Champion Enterprises, Inc.
Dyan Jozwick
Chief Merchandise Officer, Wet Seal
Ms. Dyan Jozwick has served as Chief Merchandis Officer for the Wet Seal division since May 2, 2006. Prior to jioning the Company, from 1975 to 1995 and from July 1998 to April 2006, Ms. Jozwick served in various capacities, most recently as the Retail Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager at Robinsons-May Department Stores, a subsidiary of Federated Department Stores. From October 1995 to July 2008, Ms. Jozwick was the Executive Vice President of Sales, Merchandising and Production for Carole Little, Inc.