James D. White

James D. White
Director

James D. White is a seasoned business leader with 30 years of industry knowledge, primarily within the consumer-packaged goods and retail sectors. Since 2019, Mr. White has been the owner of Culture Design Lab, which provides culture transformation and diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting services to companies, Boards of Directors and management teams. Since March 2020, Mr. White has been the Executive Chair of the Board of Directors of Air Protein Inc., a private company. Mr. White served for eight years, from 2008 to 2016, as the Chairman, President and CEO of Jamba Inc. During his tenure Mr. White led the successful turnaround and transformation of the company from a made-to-order smoothie shop to a global, healthy active lifestyle brand. Prior to Jamba Inc., from 2005 to 2008, Mr. White was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Safeway, Inc., a leading U.S. supermarket chain. From 1983 to 2005 Mr. White held management roles at Gillette, Nestle Purina and Coca-Cola.

Mr. White currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors The Honest Company (Nasdaq: HNST), and a member of the Board of Directors of Affirm Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFRM), Cava Group, Inc. (NYSE: CAVA) and Schnucks Supermarkets (private). He previously served on the boards of public companies Adtalem Global Education (2015 to 2021) and CallidusCloud (2016 to 2018) and private companies, Panera Bread Company-JAB Holdings, Bradshaw Home, Daymon Worldwide, Hillshire Brands and Keane Inc. His non-profit board experience includes Directors Academy, where he is a founding member and currently Board Chairman, as well as Board Chairman for Fair Trade USA. He previously served on the non-profit boards of the NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center, The Organic Center and the Network of Executive Women. Mr. White received a Bachelors of Science degree, with a major in marketing, from The University of Missouri and an MBA from Fontbonne University. He is also a graduate of the Cornell University Food Executive Program and was a Stanford University Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow in 2018.

Michelle P. Goolsby

Michelle P. Goolsby
Director

Michelle P. Goolsby is an accomplished executive with leadership experience across many functions and has extensive food and beverage experience as well as knowledge of the consumer-packaged goods marketplace. Ms. Goolsby served for ten years, from 1998 to 2008, on the senior executive team of Dean Foods where she held the positions of Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and head of Corporate Development. Prior to Dean Foods, Ms. Goolsby was a partner at Winstead, P.C., one of the largest business law firms in Texas. Ms. Goolsby serves as an Advisory Board member at Danone North America. This Advisory Board focuses on environmental, social and governance commitments relating to Danone North America’s status as a public benefit corporation and a certified B corporation. Previously, Ms. Goolsby served as a member of the Board of Directors of WhiteWave Foods Company from 2012 until its sale to Danone in 2017. During her board membership at WhiteWave, Ms. Goolsby served as the Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. Additionally, Ms. Goolsby currently serves as a Board member of Capstead Mortgage Corporation (NYSE: CMO), a publicly traded real estate investment trust, where she chairs the Compensation Committee and serves on the Executive Committee. Ms. Goolsby also previously served as a venture partner and member of the Investment Committee at Greenmont Capital Partners II, a private equity firm in Boulder, Colorado focused on investing in companies in the natural products industry.  Ms. Goolsby is active in her community and is a founding member of the Center for Women in Law at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law. She also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Vitamin Angels Alliance. Ms. Goolsby received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin, a juris doctor degree from The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, and a master’s of arts degree from the Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University. Ms. Goolsby holds a Climate Leadership Certification from the Diligent Institute, which is designed to provide corporate leaders with the skillset to effectively oversee climate risk and create sustainable growth strategies.