Company: FCFS
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000840489-25-000055
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Company: FirstCash Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 to 2024 and a strategic communications director at EnerGeo Alliance from 2019 to 2020. Ms. Davis managed corporate communications for Houston First Corporation from 2017 to 2019, overseeing key convention, arts and entertainment venues in Houston, TX. Earlier in her career, she held various roles in communications and public relations across diverse sectors, including civil rights, cryptocurrency, education, legal, technology and energy. A graduate of Howard University, Ms. Davis brings over 20 years of experience in public relations, strategic communications, government affairs and crisis management.

Paula K. Garrett was appointed to the Board of Directors in January 2021. From 2005 until her retirement in 2023, Ms. Garrett served as the vice president of finance, operations and information system technology for the Latin America region of Mary Kay, Inc. (“Mary Kay”), a multibillion-dollar direct selling beauty company. In this role, she led the financial, operational, technology and other market development functions for all of Mary Kay’s Latin America markets, including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia and Peru. From 1999 to 2004, Ms. Garrett held roles at Mary Kay as region controller, Latin America and internal audit project manager. Ms. Garrett’s employment experience also includes service as internal audit manager of Oryx Energy Company from 1998 to 1999 and experience in a progression of accounting and internal audit positions from 1984 to 1998.

James H. Graves has served as a director of FirstCash since the Merger in 2016 and previously served as a Cash America director from 1996 to 2016. Mr. Graves has served as managing director and partner of Erwin, Graves & Associates, LP, a management consulting firm located in Dallas, Texas, since January 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Graves held various positions, including chief operating officer, with J.C. Bradford & Company, a Nashville-based securities firm. Mr. Graves also worked for Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. as the head of the energy group and later as head of the industry investment banking groups in New York. Mr. Graves previously served as a director at Hallmark Financial Services, Inc., a publicly traded insurance company, serving from 1995 to June 2022, as a director of Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc., a publicly traded bank holding company, serving from 2017 to March 2022, and as a director of Tristate Capital Holdings