Company: UTZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-038342
Chunk: 11

Company: Utz Brands, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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; and Ascend Learning, LLC, a provider of online professional training tools and educational software, from July 2017 to October 2017. Mr. Giordano currently serves on the Board of Visitors of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy at Dartmouth College. Mr. Giordano earned an M.B.A. with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and earned an A.B. with high honors in Economics from Dartmouth College.QualificationsMr. Giordano’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his substantial investment and acquisition experience at blue chip financial institutions, his in-depth knowledge and strong network of relationships in consumer and related sectors, and his experience serving as a director for various public and private companies. |

| B. John Lindeman Age: 55 |     | Career HighlightsMr. Lindeman has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since August 2020. Mr. Lindeman currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HYFM), a wholesaler and manufacturer of hydroponics equipment and commercial horticultural products, having served in that role since January 2025. Prior to his current role, Mr. Lindeman served as Chief Financial Officer of Hydrofarm Holdings from March 2020 to December 2024. From August 2015 until March 2020 Mr. Lindeman served as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Calavo Growers, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: CVGW), a global avocado-industry leader and expanding provider of valued-added fresh food, where he was responsible for the finance, accounting, IT and human resource functions.Mr. Lindeman has also served as a member of the board of directors and on the audit committee of Calavo Growers, Inc. since June 2024. Prior to joining Calavo, Mr. Lindeman held various leadership positions within the finance and investment banking industries, including serving as managing director at Sageworth Trust Company, a provider of investment management, fiduciary and planning services to highly successful individuals and families, from March 2015 to July 2015; Managing Director and co-head of the consumer and retail group at Janney Montgomery Scott, a financial advisory firm, from August 2009 to March 2015; Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus, a full service brokerage and investment banking firm, from December 2005 to August 2009; and