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American Apparel founder and Chief Executive Officer Dov Charney is a self-described "hustler" and one of fashion's leading innovators. His vision of a vertically integrated, sweatshop-free company was realized in downtown Los Angeles in 1997. Today, the company stands as the country's largest domestic clothing manufacturer. Offering garment workers unprecedented wages and benefits, Charney presided over the fastest retail rollout in American history without sacrificing his penchant for quality and unity within the brand. With approximately 10,000 employees worldwide, he remains integrally related to the daily direction of the company, designing, photographing and even testing many of the clothes himself. Even after taking the company public in late 2007, he's passionately stubborn about knowing the faces of his employees, meeting them in the factory and retail showroom alike.
Combining his socially conscious agenda with shrewd, savvy business acumen, Charney's work has been recognized often for American Apparel's success as well as his commitment to his employees. Ernst & Young named Charney Entrepreneur of the Year in 2004 and Apparel Magazine, the Fashion Industry Guild and the Ad Specialty Industry all separately deemed him "Man of the Year". Charney was included in the Los Angeles Times Magazine's "100 Most Powerful People of Southern California" list and Details Magazine named him in their "Power 50". Following in the footsteps of fashion legends Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, and Oscar de la Renta, among others, Charney was named Retailer of the Year at the 15th Annual Michael Awards for the Fashion Industry. Charney attended Tufts University in Massachusetts as well as Choate Rosemary Hall and St. George's School of Montreal.
Mr. Chehebar is a founder of Stilotex S.A., a Colombia-based wholesale distributor of textiles, toys, home appliances, baby clothing and baby products, where he has served as a director since 1992. Additionally, since 2006, Mr. Chehebar has served as a partner and a director of Pepe Ganga, a Colombia-based a retail chain that sells toys, clothing, and household, beauty, entertainment and sports products, among others. Mr. Chehebar has also served as a partner and a director of Blu Logistics, a Colombia-based shipping and logistics company, since 2008. Mr. Chehebar is a graduate of Manhattanville College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Sociology.
Mr. Danziger is a chartered accountant and a senior partner at MSCM LLP, Chartered Accountants, a full service audit and accounting firm located in Toronto. His practice involves the audit of public companies listed on all stock exchanges in North America. Mr. Danziger has over 25 years experience in audit, accounting and management consulting. He is currently a Director for Cadillac Ventures Inc., Eurotin Inc., Carpathian Gold Inc. and Renforth Resources Inc. He is also the President and CEO of Renforth Resources Inc. Mr. Danziger graduated with a BComm. from the University of Toronto.
Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Enterprise Risk Management Committee
Robert Greene is a bestselling author known for his books on strategy. Mr. Greene has worked as a private consultant to several executives in businesses ranging from financial management, to artists' agencies and film producers. He has written three books, all published by Penguin: The 48 Laws of Power (1998, over 900,000 copies sold in US, and translated into 21 languages); The Art of Seduction (2001) and The 33 Strategies of War (2006). He has worked in New York City as an editor and writer for several magazines, including Esquire, and in Hollywood as a story developer and writer. He lived for years in London, England; Paris, France; and Barcelona, Spain; he speaks several languages and has worked as a translator. He attended the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received a B.A. in classical studies.
Member of the Nominating Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Mr. Igelman served as a director and the Chief Strategy Officer of Poynt Corporation, a Canadian company that offers mobile location-based search services, from February 2010 to June 2011. From May 2006 to February 2010, Mr. Igelman served as the Chief Executive Officer of Unomobi Incorporated, a mobile advertising and messaging platform he founded, which was acquired by Poynt Corporation in February 2010. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Igelman served as a business development consultant for numerous technology companies, and established a number of other ventures, including founding Unomobi Incorporated. Mr. Igelman is a graduate of Toronto's Osgoode Hall Law School.
Member of the Audit Committee
Mr. Mauer has been a senior partner at the law firm of Lapin Mauer since 1986. He has practiced as an attorney for 44 years, specializing in Real Estate and Financial Transactions. Mr. Mauer has also served as Governor of Bar of Quebec since 2008. Additionally, he served as a director and audit committee member of Republic National Bank from 1983 to 2000. Mr. Mauer received his law degree from McGill University and his Bachelor of Arts from Concordia University.
Allan Mayer has been a principal partner, member of the management committee, and head of the Strategic Communications Division of 42West LLC, a leading public relations firm, since October 2006. In this capacity, and in his previous position as managing director and head of the entertainment practice at the nationally-known crisis communications firm Sitrick And Company, which he held from 1997 until October 2006, he has advised a wide range of corporate and institutional clients in the entertainment and related industries, including, among others, Imagine Entertainment, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Major League Baseball Players Association, the Motion Picture Association of America, MTV Networks, the Recording Industry Association of America, Sony Pictures, United Artists, Universal Studios, and The Weinstein Co., as well as providing strategic counsel to such high-profile individuals as Halle Berry, Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Eminem, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Rush Limbaugh, and Steven Spielberg. Mr. Mayer served as a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal from 1972 to 1973; a writer, foreign correspondent and senior editor for Newsweek from 1973 to 1982, and the founding editor (and later publisher) of Buzz magazine from 1990 to 1997. He served as editorial director of Arbor House Publishing Co. from 1987 to 1988 and senior editor of Simon & Schuster from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Mayer has authored two booksMadam Prime Minister: Margaret Thatcher and Her Rise to Power (Newsweek Books, 1980) and Gaston's War (Presidio Press, 1987). He also is co-author, with Michael S. Sitrick, of Spin: How To Turn The Power of the Press to Your Advantage (Regnery, 1998). In addition, he has written for a wide variety of national publications, ranging from The New York Times Magazine to Vogue. Mr. Mayer is a recipient of numerous professional honors, including the National Magazine Award, the Overseas Press Club Citation of Excellence, and six William Allen White Awards. Mr. Mayer serves on the Board of Directors of Film Independent and lectures regularly on crisis management and communications at UCLA's Anderson School of Business and USC's Annenberg School of Communication. Mr. Mayer received his B.A. from Cornell University.
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Enterprise Risk Management Committee
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