Company: SVV
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001883313-25-000019
Chunk: 13

Company: Savers Value Village, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 13
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, LLP (now Accenture), leaving as an Associate Partner in 1996 for a strategic information systems role with AGL Resources (now Southern Company Gas). Ms. O'Farrell currently serves on the board of directors and as the Audit Committee Chair of Leslie's, Inc. (LESL), a specialty retailer of pool supplies, since October 2020, and on the board of directors and Audit Committee of National Vision Holdings, Inc. (EYE), an optical retailing company, since February 2024. She also serves on the board of directors of International Women's Forum - Georgia Chapter and previously served on the board of directors of American Trailer World Corp. Ms. O'Farrell is a qualified financial expert and a holder of the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from Carnegie Mellon. Ms. O'Farrell has a B.S. in business administration from Auburn University and completed the Emory Goizueta Executive Leadership Program. |

#### Savers Value Village, Inc.92025 Proxy Statement
Table of C ontents

#### Director Qualifications

#### Considerations
Our Board seeks members from diverse professional and personal backgrounds who have broad experience and expertise. In accordance with our Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee’s assessment of candidates includes consideration of an individual’s age, skills, experience, independence (as applicable) and diversity. The Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee also considers the current and future needs of the Board and looks for nominees with experience in substantive areas that are important to the long-term success of our complex, international business and the best interests of our stockholders.

The Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee considers candidates for director from a variety of sources, including candidates who are recommended by other Board members and by management, as well as those identified by third-party search firms retained to assist in identifying and evaluating possible candidates. The Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee also considers candidates for director recommended by stockholders who submit such recommendations in writing to our Corporate Secretary at Savers Value Village, Inc., 11400 SE 6 th St., Suite 125, Bellevue, WA 98004, Attn: Corporate Secretary, and evaluates director candidates recommended by stockholders in the same way it evaluates candidates recommended by the other sources referenced above.

#### Commitments
Our Board is comprised of members with valuable experience, including in some cases gained from service on the boards of directors of other public companies, including companies in the retail industry. When making its recommendations for director nomination