Corporate Responsibility

Board of Directors

Bernard Cammarata, 68 Director since 1989 Chairman of the Board Chairman of the Executive Committee

Mr. Cammarata has been Chairman of the Board of TJX since 1999. Mr. Cammarata served as Acting Chief Executive Officer of TJX from September 2005 to January 2007. He also led TJX and its former TJX subsidiary and T.J. Maxx Division from the organization of the business in 1976 until 2000, including serving as Chief Executive Officer and President of TJX, Chairman and President of TJX’s T.J. Maxx Division, and Chairman of The Marmaxx Group.

José B. Alvarez, 44 Independent Director since 2007 Member of the Executive Compensation Committee

Mr. Alvarez has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover, a supermarket chain and division of Royal Ahold N.V., since 2006. Mr. Alvarez joined Stop & Shop in 2001, and served as Executive Vice President, Supply Chain and Logistics from 2004 to 2006, Senior Vice President, Logistics from 2002 to 2004 and Vice President, Strategic Initiatives prior to 2002. Mr. Alvarez began his career in supermarket retail management at American Stores Company and Shaw’s Supermarkets.

Alan M. Bennett, 57 Independent Director since 2007 Member of the Finance Committee

Mr. Bennett has been Interim Chief Executive Officer of H&R Block Inc., a tax services provider, since November 2007. He was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aetna, Inc., a diversified healthcare benefits company, from 2001 to April 2007, and previously held other senior financial management positions at Aetna since joining in 1995. Mr. Bennett held various senior management roles in finance and sales/marketing at Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corporation, formerly Armstrong Rubber Company, from 1981 to 1995 and began his career with Ernst & Ernst (now Ernst & Young). He is also a director of Halliburton Company.

David A. Brandon, 55 Independent Director since 2001 Chairman of the Executive Compensation Committee and member of the Finance Committee

Mr. Brandon has been the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Domino’s Pizza, Inc., a pizza delivery company, since 1999. Mr. Brandon was President and Chief Executive Officer of Valassis, Inc., a provider of marketing products and services, from 1989 to 1998 and Chairman of its Board from 1997 to 1998. Mr. Brandon is also a director of Burger King Holdings, Inc., Kaydon Corporation and Northwest Airlines Corporation.

David T. Ching, 55 Independent Director since 2007 Member of the Audit Committee

Mr. Ching has been Senior Vice President and the Chief Information Officer for Safeway, Inc., a food and drug retailer, since 1994. Previously, Mr. Ching was the General Manager for British American Consulting Group, a software and consulting firm focusing on the distribution and retail industry. He also worked for Lucky Stores, Inc., a subsidiary of American Stores Company from 1979 to 1993, and was the Senior Vice President of Information Systems in the last five years.

Michael F. Hines, 52 Independent Director since 2007 Member of the Audit and Finance Committees

Mr. Hines served as Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc., a sporting goods retailer, from 1995 to March 2007. From 1990 to 1995, he held management positions with Staples, Inc., an office products retailer, most recently as Vice President, Finance. Mr. Hines spent 12 years in public accounting, the last eight years with the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Amy B. Lane, 55 Independent Director since 2005 Chairperson of the Finance Committee and member of the Audit Committee

Ms. Lane was a Managing Director and Group Leader of the Global Retailing Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., from 1997 until her retirement in 2002. Ms. Lane previously served as a Managing Director at Salomon Brothers, Inc., where she founded and led the retail industry investment banking unit. She also serves as a director of Borders Group, Inc.

Carol Meyrowitz, 54 Director since 2006 President and Chief Executive Officer

Ms. Meyrowitz has been Chief Executive Officer of TJX since January 2007, a director since September 2006 and President since October 2005. She served as Senior Executive Vice President of TJX from 2004 until January 2005, Executive Vice President of TJX from 2001 to 2004 and President of The Marmaxx Group from 2001 to January 2005. From January 2005 until October 2005, she was employed in an advisory role for TJX and consulted for Berkshire Partners LLC, a private equity firm. From 1987 to 2001, she held various senior management positions with The Marmaxx Group and with Chadwick’s of Boston and Hit or Miss, former divisions of TJX. Ms. Meyrowitz is also a director of Amscan Holdings, Inc. and Staples, Inc.

John F. O'Brien, 65 Independent Director since 1996 Lead Director and member of the Executive and Executive Compensation Committees

Mr. O’Brien is the retired Chief Executive Officer and President of Allmerica Financial Corporation (now known as The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.), an insurance and diversified financial services company, holding those positions from 1995 to 2002. Mr. O’Brien previously held executive positions at Fidelity Investments, an asset management firm, including Group Managing Director of FMR Corporation, Chairman of Institutional Services Company and Chairman of Brokerage Services, Inc. Mr. O’Brien serves as our Lead Director. Mr. O’Brien is also a director of Cabot Corporation, LKQ Corporation and a family of mutual funds managed by BlackRock, an investment management advisory firm.

Robert F. Shapiro, 73 Independent Director since 1974 Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Executive and Corporate Governance Committees

Mr. Shapiro has been the Vice Chairman of Klingenstein Fields & Co., L.L.C., an investment advisory business, since 1997. Mr. Shapiro was also President of RFS & Associates, Inc., an investment and consulting firm, from 1988 to 2004 and was formerly Co-Chairman of Wertheim Schroder & Co. Incorporated and President of Wertheim & Co., Inc., investment banking firms. Mr. Shapiro is also a trustee of The Burnham Fund, Inc. and a director of Genaera Corporation.

Willow B. Shire, 60 Independent Director since 1995 Chairperson of the Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Executive Compensation Committee

Ms. Shire has been an executive consultant with Orchard Consulting Group since 1994, specializing in leadership development and strategic problem solving. Previously, she was Chairperson for the Computer Systems Public Policy Project within the National Academy of Science. She also held various positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, a computer hardware manufacturer, for 18 years, including Vice President and Officer, Health Industries Business Unit. Ms. Shire is also a director of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation.

Fletcher H. Wiley, 65 Independent Director since 1990 Member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committees

Mr. Wiley has been a principal in, and Executive Vice President and General Counsel of, PRWT Services, Inc., a technology-oriented products and services firm, since 1996. Since 2003, Mr. Wiley has been of counsel to the law firm Bingham McCutchen LLP. Previously, Mr. Wiley was of counsel to the law firm Schnader Harrison Goldstein & Manello and a partner of the law firms Goldstein & Manello and Fitch, Wiley, Richlin & Tourse, P.C.