The Wet Seal board member Mindy C. Meads exits

The Wet Seal board member Mindy C. Meads has resigned her spot to focus on her new role as CEO of Calypso St. Barth.



“Mindy has been a valued member of the board of directors and we wish her well in her future endeavors with Calypso St. Barth. Mindy’s leadership as chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and her general contributions to the board were a value to the company and its shareholders,” said Lynda Davey, non-executive chairperson.



“It has been an honor to represent Wet Seal’s shareholders as a member of its board of directors and to work with my fellow board members and Wet Seal’s management team,” added Meads.



Meads was a director at Wet Seal since October 2012. She served as a co-CEO of Aéropostale from 2009 to 2010 and was president of Aéropostale from 2007 to 2009. From 2003 to 2005, Meads served as CEO of Lands' End. Prior to that time, she held a variety of executive merchandising and operating positions at Lands' End, Sears, Gymboree, the Limited and Macy's. She is also a former director of the Federal Reserve Board for the 7th District (Chicago). She notified the Wet Seal board December 2013 of her plans to resign her spot in the near future. Meads received a B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1974.