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Board of Directors

Board of Directors

  • Patrick J. Moore

    Chairman of the Board
    Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    President and Chief Executive Officer
    PJM Advisors, LLC

    Mr. Moore has served as the Company’s Chairman since 2018. He is also President and Chief Executive Officer of PJM Advisors, LLC, a private equity investment and advisory firm. Prior to PJM, Mr. Moore served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, a leader in integrated containerboard and corrugated package products and paper recycling, from 2002 to 2011 upon its acquisition by RockTenn Company. During his 24-year tenure at Smurfit, Mr. Moore also served as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President—Treasurer and General Manager of the Company’s Industrial Packaging division. Mr. Moore previously held positions in corporate lending, international banking and corporate administration at Continental Bank in Chicago. He is on the board of Archer Daniels Midland Company and serves as Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee as well as a member of the Executive and Audit Committees.

    Mr. Moore previously served as a board member for Exelis, Inc., Rentech, Inc., and Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.

    Mr. Moore’s experience and financial expertise contribute to the oversight of overall financial performance and reporting by our Board as well as operational and strategic oversight.

  • Mark S. LaVigne

    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    Mr. LaVigne has served as Energizer’s President since 2019 and as its Chief Executive Officer since January 2021. He previously served as Energizer's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2015–2019. Mr. LaVigne joined Energizer’s former parent company in 2010, as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, later serving as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary during which time he led Energizer’s spin-off from our former parent company in 2015.

    Prior to joining the Company, Mr. LaVigne was a partner at Bryan Cave LLP from 2007 to 2010, where he specialized in business and transactional counseling, and advised our former parent company on several strategic acquisitions.

    Mr. LaVigne’s long tenure at the Company and deep understanding of the consumer packaged goods industry, the Company’s businesses and his leadership role as Chief Executive Officer enable him to provide valuable contributions with respect to strategy, growth and long-range plans.

  • Cynthia Brinkley

    Retired Chief Administrative and Markets Officer
    Centene Corporation

    Ms. Brinkley served in multiple leadership roles at Centene Corporation, a government services managed care company, including as its Chief Administrative and Markets Officer from 2018 until 2019. Ms. Brinkley also served as Centene Corporation’s President and Chief Operating Officer from 2017 until 2018, Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Development from 2016 until 2017 and Executive Vice President, International Operations and Business Integration from 2014 until 2016. Prior to joining Centene in 2014, Ms. Brinkley served as Vice President of Global Human Resources for General Motors from 2011 to 2013. She also held various leadership roles at AT&T, Inc., including Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Chief Diversity Officer, and President of SBC / AT&T Missouri.

    Ms. Brinkley brings significant experience in communications and human capital management as well as extensive experience as a senior executive at Fortune 10 and Fortune 50 companies to our Board of Directors and provides the Board with a unique perspective on high-profile issues facing our core businesses.

  • Rebecca Frankiewicz

    President and Chief Strategy Officer
    ManpowerGroup Inc.

    Since May 2025, Ms. Frankiewicz has served as President & Chief Strategy Officer of ManpowerGroup, Inc., a world leader in innovation workforce solutions, responsible for over $17 billion in revenue and over 29,000 employees. She previously served as the President, North America Region and Chief Commercial Officer of ManpowerGroup from June 2022 to May 2025. Prior to that, Ms. Frankiewicz served as President, North America from July 2017 to May 2022. Before joining ManpowerGroup, Ms. Frankiewicz held a variety of positions at PepsiCo between 2006 and 2017, including leading one of PepsiCo’s largest subsidiaries, Quaker Foods North America. In that role she was responsible for the $2.6 billion business, leading all functions, sales, and manufacturing. Prior to PepsiCo, Ms. Frankiewicz served as a strategic consultant at Deloitte Consulting and Andersen Consulting and began her career at Procter & Gamble Company.

    Ms. Frankiewicz’ extensive senior leadership experience advising international consumer goods companies on complex management and strategy matters provides unique perspective and expertise to the Board’s strategic planning process.  Additionally, Ms. Frankiewicz’ leadership role at a leading global workforce solutions company provides the Board with insight on human capital management issues, including recruitment, retention and inclusion.

  • Kevin Hunt

    Retired Chief Executive Officer and President
    Ralcorp Holdings

    Mr. Hunt served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., a private-brand food and food service products company, from 2012 to 2013 when it was acquired by ConAgra Foods, Inc. Prior to serving as its President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Hunt served as Ralcorp Holdings’ Co-Chief Executive Officer and President from 2003 to 2012 and as its Corporate Vice President from 1995 to 2003. Prior to joining Ralcorp Holdings, Mr. Hunt was Director of Strategic Planning for Ralston Purina and served in various marketing roles. Prior to Ralston Purina, Mr. Hunt was employed in various marketing and general management roles in international and domestic markets by American Home Products Corporation

    Mr. Hunt previously served as a board member for Clearwater Paper Company until his retirement in May 2025. He also previously served as a Senior Advisor to C.H. Guenther & Sons, Inc

    As a former Chief Executive Officer and President of a NYSE-listed company, Mr. Hunt brings his considerable experience to our Board and the Committees thereof on which he serves.

  • James Johnson

    Retired General Counsel
    Loop Capital Markets, LLC

    Mr. Johnson served as General Counsel of Loop Capital Markets LLC, a financial services firm, from 2010 until his retirement in 2014. From 1998 to 2009, Mr. Johnson served in a number of positions at The Boeing Company, an aerospace and defense firm, including Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel from 2003 until 2007, and Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Commercial Airplanes from 2007 until 2009. In 2018, Mr. Johnson completed the NACD Cyber-Risk Oversight Program and earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight, demonstrating his commitment to board-level cyber-risk oversight. Mr. Johnson previously served as a board member for Ameren Corporation until his retirement in May 2025.

    As a former General Counsel of a financial services firm and a former Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of an aerospace and defense firm, Mr. Johnson provides our board with extensive executive management and leadership experience, as well as strong public company legal, compliance, and risk management skills.

  • Donal L. Mulligan

    Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
    General Mills, Inc.

    Mr. Mulligan served as Chief Financial Officer of General Mills, Inc., a global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods, from 2007 until his retirement in 2020. Mr. Mulligan joined General Mills in 2001 and held various senior management positions including Vice President, Financial Operations for the International division, Vice President, Financial Operations for Operations and Technology and Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to joining General Mills, Mr. Mulligan served as Chief Financial Officer, International for the Pillsbury Company from 1999 to 2001 and held various international positions with PepsiCo and YUM! Brands

    Mr. Mulligan brings deep financial expertise and leadership experience in the consumer packaged goods industry to the Board, as well as demonstrated strength in business analytics and global expansion.

  • Nneka Rimmer

    Retired President - Global Flavors and Extracts
    McCormick & Company

    Ms. Rimmer served as President - Global Flavors and Extracts at McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in flavor, that manufactures, markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other products to the food industry, from August 2020 until her retirement in April 2021. She held a series of roles with increasing responsibility at McCormick & Company, including Senior Vice President, Business Transformation from 2019–2022, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Global Enablement from 2017–2019, and Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development from 2015–2017.  Prior to joining McCormick in 2015, Ms. Rimmer was a Partner and Managing Director with the Boston Consulting Group, focusing on advising Fortune 100 C-Suite executives and board directors on global growth, M&A strategy, talent development and change management.  While at Boston Consulting Group for 13 years, she executed large-scale transformation initiatives working with large, global consumer goods corporations. Her areas of strategic expertise include trade, competition, international growth, go-to-market as well as organizational development. Ms. Rimmer also serves as a Director at Constellation Energy and a Trustee of the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

    Ms. Rimmer brings to the Company significant brand-building expertise. Her prior executive leadership roles enable her to provide valuable contributions with respect to creativity and vision for long-term growth. Ms. Rimmer’s extensive consumer products background allows her to contribute valuable insights regarding the Company’s industry, operations, and strategy.

  • Delaney Steele

    Executive Vice President
    Ross Stores

    Delaney Steele is an Executive Vice President at Ross Stores, a $22 billion discount retailer. Ms. Steele joined Ross in 2012 and has overseen Marketing, Strategy, Communications, and Product Sourcing and Services (which develops private label and product sourced directly from overseas factories).

    Before Ross, Ms. Steele was a Partner and Managing Director in the Consumer / Retail practice at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). She spent 11 years with BCG serving clients on topics such as strategic planning, consumer-insight led growth, brand development, retail channel strategy, and organizational design.

    Ms. Steele served on the board of the search fund Sentinel Peak, which owns Arizona College of Nursing, a provider of nursing education with nearly 20 campuses, from early 2024 until it was sold in 2025. Ms. Steele is also on the faculty of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

    Ms. Steele’s experience in both consumer products and retail—in strategy, marketing and operating roles—contributes insights to our Board that inform growth opportunities from channel and geographic expansion, innovation, inorganic growth and brand building.

  • Robert V. Vitale

    Chief Executive Officer
    Post Holdings, Inc.

    Mr. Vitale has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Post Holdings, Inc. since 2014. Post is a consumer-packaged goods holding company operating in the center-of-the-store, refrigerated, food service and food ingredient categories. Previously, Mr. Vitale served as Post’s Chief Financial Officer from 2011 to 2014. Mr. Vitale also served as the president and chief investment officer of Post Holdings Partnering Corporation, a former publicly-traded affiliate of Post that was a special purpose acquisition company, from January 2021 until June 2023. Mr. Vitale also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of BellRing Brands, Inc. (“BellRing”), a publicly-traded former subsidiary of Post that manufactures products in the global convenient nutrition category, since 2024 and previously served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of BellRing, from 2019 to 2024.

    Prior to joining Post, Mr. Vitale served as President and Chief Executive Officer of AHM Financial Group, LLC, a diversified provider of insurance brokerage and wealth management services from 2006 to 2011, and was previously a partner of Westgate Equity Partners, LLC, a consumer-oriented private equity firm from 1996 to 2006. He managed Corporate Finance at Boatmen’s Bancshares from 1994 to 1996 and started his career at KPMG in 1987.

    As an experienced CEO with substantial understanding of Energizer’s business, Mr. Vitale is an exceptional director who is actively engaged and highly valued by the Board of Directors. In particular, Mr. Vitale’s strong leadership, deep M&A and capital markets expertise, accounting and financial background, and significant knowledge of consumer products businesses brings critical expertise to our Board.