Stein Mart Inc elected ten members of the Company's board of directors at its annual meeting held yesterday. Shareholders also ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered certified public accountants for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2009.
Re-elected for a one-year term were Jay Stein, Chairman of the Board, Stein Mart Inc; Linda McFarland Farthing, President and Chief Executive Officer, Stein Mart Inc; Alvin R. "Pete" Carpenter, former vice chairman of CSX Corporation and lead director; Mitchell W. Legler, Esq, general counsel to the Company; Richard L. Sisisky, president of The Shircliff and Sisisky Company; Martin E. "Hap" Stein, Jr, chairman and CEO of Regency Centers Corporation; and John H. "Jack" Williams, Jr., vice chairman of the board and former CEO of Stein Mart Inc.
Also elected to a one-year term following their mid-year appointments were: Ralph Alexander, managing director of Riverstone and former chief executive officer of Innovene; Irwin Cohen, senior advisor with the Peter J. Solomon Company and former Global Managing Partner, Retail and Consumer Products Practice, Deloitte and Touche LLP; and Susan Falk, group president of Womenswear, Hartmarx Corporation.