Executive Management

Mr. Tyson was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2020 and concurrently joined LL Flooring’s Board of Directors. Mr. Tyson previously served as Interim President from February 2020 until May 2020 and served as Chief Customer Experience Officer from June 2018 until May 2020. From 2008 to 2017, Mr. Tyson held various roles at Advance Auto Parts, Inc., an automotive aftermarket parts provider, including Executive Vice President, Merchandising, Marketing and Supply Chain from 2013 to 2017 and Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Replenishment from 2008 to 2013. Prior to that, Mr. Tyson served in a variety of Senior Vice President roles at Office Max and Office Depot.

Mr. Blanchard is currently serving as our Interim Chief Financial Officer and has more than 25 years of financial, accounting and business experience as a senior executive, including for several public and private companies. From 2006 to 2013 and from 2015 to present, he has provided financial consulting and chief financial officer services to a variety of public and private companies as a partner of Randstad Professionals US, LLC d/b/a Tatum, an executive services firm. From 2013 to 2015, he was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Nuestro Queso LLC, a privately-owned food manufacturer. From 1999 to 2006, he was President and Chief Financial Officer at Florsheim Group, a publicly-owned consumer products retailer, distributor and manufacturer.

Matthew T. Argano, Ph. D, has been our Chief Human Resources Officer since April 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Argano was Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer of Altar'd State, Inc., a women’s fashion retailer from 2016 to 2020. From 2012 to 2016, Dr. Argano was Senior Vice President, Human Resources of The Fresh Market, Inc., a specialty grocery retailer.

Douglas S. Clark, Jr. has been our Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Supply Chain since June 2020. Mr. Clark previously served as our Interim Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Supply Chain from February 2020 to June 2020 and served as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain from October 2018 to February 2020 and as Vice President, Inventory Management from February 2017 to October 2018. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Clark held finance and merchandising roles of increasing responsibility at DSW, Inc., a retailer of shoes and fashion accessories, most recently as Vice President, Merchandise Analysis & Operations from September 2016 to February 2017.

Alice G. Givens has been our Senior Vice President, Chief Legal, Ethics and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary since October 2022 and, prior to that, was Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary from September 2020 to October 2022. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Givens was Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. ("RHGI"), a fine dining restaurant company, from 2019 to 2020 and Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary of RHGI from 2016 to 2019.  From 2007 to 2016, Ms. Givens served as a legal officer at J. Crew Group, Inc., an omnichannel retailer of apparel, shoes, and accessories, where she most recently was Vice President and Associate General Counsel from 2012 to 2016.

Mr. Lesher has been our Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer since January 30, 2023.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lesher served as Vice President, Customer Facing Technologies, of Advance Auto Parts, Inc., an automotive aftermarket parts provider, from May 2015 until January 2023, and as Director of eCommerce Systems and Enterprise Services from April 2009 until May 2015.

He served in various IT leadership roles in point of sale development with Circuit City Stores Inc., as well as launching and running IT for circuitcity.com from 1993 until 2009.