blue nile inc (NILE:NASDAQ GS)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Ms. Mary Alice W. Taylor served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of HomeGrocer.Com Inc. from September 1999 to October 2000. Ms. Taylor served as Corporate Executive Vice President of Global Operations and Technology for Citigroup Inc., from January 1997 to September 1999, where she was responsible for standardizing and centralizing worldwide operations and leading quality and cost-effectiveness efforts. She served as Corporate Executive Vice ... President of Worldwide Operations and Technology of CitiCorp. since 1997. She joined Citibank in 1997. She has extensive experience in operations and distribution logistics. From June 1980 to January 1997, she held various positions with Federal Express, as Senior Vice President of Ground Operations and Central Support Services, where she was responsible for all aspects of pickup and delivery operations in North America, from September 1991 to December 1996. She was also responsible for planning and engineering operational systems, hub expansion and operations, global operations scheduling and control, and worldwide properties, construction and real estate management at Federal Express. From June 1980 to December 1996, Ms. Taylor held various positions with Fedex Corporation serving as Senior Vice President of Ground Operations. Prior to her positions at Citigroup and Federal Express, from 1977 to 1980 she was the Financial Planning Manager of U.S. Operations with Northern Telecom Inc. From 1973 to 1977, she served as Controller at Cook Investment Properties, a division of Cook Industries and from 1971 to 1973, she served as Senior Accountant of oil and gas explorations with Shell Oil. She accepted a temporary assignment as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Webvan Group Inc. from July 2001 to December 2001. She has been an Independent Director of Blue Nile Inc. since March 2000. Ms. Taylor has been a Director of The Allstate Corp., since 2000. She serves as Director at Allstate Insurance Company. She has been an Independent Director of Sabre Holdings Corp., since 2000. She served as Director of Autodesk Inc., from 1995 to June 2007. She served as a Director of Webvan Group Inc., since September 2000. She served as Lead Independent Director of Blue Nile Inc from 2004 to February 2011. She served as a Director of Exult Inc., since May 7, 2003. Ms. Taylor served as a Director of HomeGrocer.Com Inc., Perrigo and Dell Inc. (now Dell Computer Corporation). She is a member of George W. Bush's High-Tech Council, the Barksdale Reading Institute Advocacy Council, and Mississippi State University's Foundations Board. In 1999, she received the "Southeast United States Business Woman of the Year" award from the Graduate Women in Business (GWIB) organization. Ms. Taylor holds a B.A. in Accounting and Finance and BS in Finance from Mississippi State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

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