Staples founder joins AbsolutelyNew board

SAN FRANCISCO AbsolutelyNew has appointed Myra Hart to serve on its advisory board. She will primarily assist the company with strategy, but will also help with business development, financing and recruiting.

Hart is a retired professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and spent years as an executive in the retail industry. She was one of the founders of Staples and is now on the board of directors of several major corporations, including Office Depot and Kraft Foods.