WW INTERNATIONAL INC
For the period ended Dec 28, 2024. Filed Feb 28, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Feb 28, 2025
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Information about our Executive Officers and Directors
Pursuant to General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, certain of the information regarding our directors and executive officers required by Items 401(a), (b) and (e) of Regulation S-K is hereby included in Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Set forth below are the names, ages as of December 28, 2024 and current positions of our executive officers and directors. Directors are elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Executive officers are appointed by, and hold office at, the discretion of our Board of Directors.
| Name | Age | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Tara Comonte | 50 | President and Chief Executive Officer, Director |
| Felicia DellaFortuna | 41 | Chief Financial Officer |
| Donna Boyer | 54 | Chief Product Officer |
| Jacqueline Cooke | 46 | Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer and Secretary |
| Thilo Semmelbauer(1)(2) | 59 | Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| Steven M. Altschuler, M.D.(3) | 71 | Director |
| Julie Bornstein(3) | 54 | Director |
| Tracey D. Brown(1)(2) | 57 | Director |
| Denis F. Kelly(2) | 75 | Director |
| William H. Shrank, M.D. | 53 | Director |
(1)
Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
(2)
Member of Audit Committee.
(3)
Member of Compensation and Benefits Committee.
Tara Comonte. Ms. Comonte has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since February 2025 and has been a director since June 2023. She previously served as our Interim President and Chief Executive Officer from September 2024 to February 2025. With over two decades of executive leadership experience across corporate and digital strategy, technology, operations and finance, Ms. Comonte has navigated a broad range of industries and complex business transitions. She served as Chief Executive Officer of TMRW Life Sciences, Inc., a life sciences technology company focused on the in vitro fertilization (IVF) sector, from May 2021 to July 2023, and as a member of its board of directors from December 2018 to September 2023. She previously worked at Shake Shack Inc., a publicly-traded restaurant chain, as President and Chief Financial Officer from October 2019 to May 2021 and Chief Financial Officer from June 2017. Prior to that, Ms. Comonte was with Getty Images Holdings, Inc., a global digital media company, where she served as Chief Financial & Business Affairs Officer and Executive Vice President from October 2016 to June 2017 and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President from April 2013 to October 2016. She previously served as Chief Financial Officer at McCann Worldgroup, the world’s largest marketing communications business, from October 2010 to April 2013. Earlier in her career, she was a founding member and Global Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer of Mediabrands, part of Interpublic Group, and held various roles at publicly- traded companies and Ernst & Young where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Ms. Comonte earned a B.A. in Accounting and Finance from Heriot-Watt University. Ms. Comonte is a director of Peloton Interactive, Inc.
Felicia DellaFortuna. Ms. DellaFortuna has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2025. Prior to joining us, she was Chief Financial Officer of Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc., a gaming media and entertainment company, from November 2023 to December 2024. Prior to that, she served as Chief Financial Officer of BuzzFeed, Inc., a digital media company, from December 2021 to November 2023. Ms. DellaFortuna previously served in several finance leadership positions at BuzzFeed’s predecessor company, including as its Chief Financial Officer from February 2020 to December 2021, Senior Vice President of Finance from May 2019 to February 2020, Vice President of Finance from June 2017 to May 2019, and Senior Director of Finance from October 2015 to June 2017. Prior to that time, Ms. DellaFortuna held corporate finance positions with Viant Technology Inc. and XIX Entertainment Limited, and provided assurance services at Ernst & Young LLP. She holds a Certified Public Accountant license in New York. Ms. DellaFortuna received a B.S. in Accounting from Lehigh University.
Donna Boyer. Ms. Boyer has served as our Chief Product Officer since May 2024. Prior to joining us, Ms. Boyer served as Chief Product Officer at Teladoc Health, Inc., a virtual healthcare services company, from May 2021 to April 2024, after serving as SVP Product Management & Design from November 2020 to May 2021. From January 2018 to November 2020, she served as Vice President of Product Management and Design at Stitch Fix, Inc., an online styling services company. Prior to that, Ms. Boyer was with Airbnb, Inc., an online lodging platform, where she served as Head of Airbnb Plus from July 2017 to January 2018 and Head of Product, Host & Homes from February 2016 to July 2017. She previously served as Chief Product Officer at Blurb, Inc., a self-publishing platform, from March 2012 to February 2016 (including also acting as Interim Chief Marketing Officer from February 2015 to February 2016). Prior to joining Blurb, Ms. Boyer held various product roles at Callaway Digital Arts, RMG Networks, Yahoo! Inc., DigitalThink Inc., Personify and Hyperion Solutions. Ms. Boyer received a B.A. in Economics from Swarthmore College.
Jacqueline Cooke. Ms. Cooke has served as our Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer and Secretary since August 2024, prior to which she served as our General Counsel and Secretary from March 2024 to July 2024. Prior to joining us, Ms. Cooke most recently served as General Counsel & Privacy Officer at 23andMe Holding Co. (“23andMe”), a genetics-led consumer healthcare and therapeutics company, from February 2022 to January 2024. She previously served as 23andMe’s Deputy General Counsel from March 2018 to February 2022 (including also acting as Privacy Officer from February 2020 on) and Associate General Counsel from April 2015 to February 2018. Prior to joining 23andMe, Ms. Cooke served as legal counsel at Genomic Health, Inc., a provider of genomic-based diagnostic tests that help optimize cancer care, from 2012 to 2015. She previously worked as an attorney at Latham & Watkins LLP from 2006 to 2012. Ms. Cooke received a B.A. in Ethnic Studies and Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, a M.P.P. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Thilo Semmelbauer. Mr. Semmelbauer has been the Chairman of our Board of Directors since May 2023 and a director since September 2016. He served as a member of our former Interim Office of the Chief Executive Officer from September 2016 to July 2017. Since May 2019, Mr. Semmelbauer has served as Managing Director of Insight Partners, a global private equity and venture capital firm, where he previously served as a Senior Advisor from 2017 to 2019 and a Venture Partner from 2015 to 2017. From 2010 to 2015, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Shutterstock, Inc., a global marketplace for licensing images, videos, and music to businesses worldwide. From 2009 to 2010, he served as Executive Vice President, Consumer Business, of TheLadders.com, a career management company. Mr. Semmelbauer was also Weight Watchers International, Inc.’s Global Chief Operating Officer from 2006 to 2008 and Chief Operating Officer for North America from 2004 to 2006, after serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of WeightWatchers.com from 2000 to 2004 where he was part of the founding team. He holds an A.B. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Dartmouth College and a dual M.S. in Management and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Steven M. Altschuler, M.D. Dr. Altschuler has been a director since September 2012. Dr. Altschuler has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the board of directors of Corner Therapeutics, Inc., a private immunotherapy company, since September 2020, and as Managing Director, Healthcare Ventures of Ziff Capital Partners, a private investment firm, since May 2018. He previously served as a consultant to the University of Miami Health Care System from September 2017 through December 2017, the Chief Executive Officer of the University of Miami Health Care System and Executive Vice President for Healthcare at the University of Miami from January 2016 to September 2017, and the Chief Executive Officer of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) from April 2000 until June 2015. Prior to assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Altschuler held several positions at CHOP and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, including Physician-in-Chief/Chair of Pediatrics and chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Dr. Altschuler received a B.A. in mathematics and an M.D. from Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Altschuler is Chairman of the board of directors of 89bio, Inc. and Lexeo Therapeutics, Inc. He previously served as a director of Adtalem Global Education Inc. and Orchard Therapeutics plc.
Julie Bornstein. Ms. Bornstein has been a director since February 2019. Since July 2023, Ms. Bornstein has served as Chief Executive Officer of Daydream, an AI-powered search and discovery shopping platform she co-founded. Until January 2023, Ms. Bornstein served as Senior Vice President and Chief Shopping Officer of Pinterest, Inc., a digital visual inspiration platform. Ms. Bornstein joined Pinterest when it acquired The Yes Platform, Inc., an AI-powered online shopping platform she co-founded and for which she served as Chief Executive Officer from February 2018 until its acquisition in June 2022. From March 2015 to September 2017, Ms. Bornstein served as Chief Operating Officer at Stitch Fix, Inc., an online styling services company. Prior to that, Ms. Bornstein served as Chief Digital Officer at Sephora, a cosmetic retail company and subsidiary of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, from August 2007 to March 2015. Ms. Bornstein received a B.A. in Government from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Ms. Bornstein is a director of Redfin Corporation and Sweetgreen, Inc.
Tracey D. Brown. Ms. Brown has been a director since May 2023. Since March 2023, Ms. Brown has served as Executive Vice President and President of Walgreens Retail and U.S. Chief Customer Officer of Walgreens, a portfolio brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail company, after serving as President Retail Products and Chief Customer Officer of Walgreens from November 2021 to February 2023. From June 2018 to November 2021, Ms. Brown served as Chief Executive Officer of the American Diabetes Association, the largest voluntary health organization in the United States. Previously, Ms. Brown was with Sam’s Club, a membership retail warehouse club and division of Walmart Inc., where she served as Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Experience Officer from February 2017 to June 2018, Chief Member and Marketing Officer from January 2015 to February 2017, and Vice President from October 2014 to January 2015. Prior to joining Sam’s Club, Ms. Brown held various roles at RAPP Dallas (a part of the Omnicom Group), Direct Impact, Advanced Micro Devices, Peppers & Rogers Group, Dell, American Express, Exxon and Procter & Gamble. Ms. Brown earned a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. Ms. Brown was previously a director of YETI Holdings, Inc. She also previously served as a director of our Company from February 2019 to January 2022.
Denis F. Kelly. Mr. Kelly has been a director since May 2015. Mr. Kelly is affiliated with, and has served as a Managing Partner of, Scura Partners Securities LLC, a private investment banking firm which he co-founded, since 2001. In addition, Mr. Kelly is a Hearing Officer for National Arbitration and Mediation (NAM), one of the leading dispute resolution institutions in the United States. He previously served as a Senior Advisor to TM Capital Corp., a private investment banking firm, from 2022 to 2024. From 1993 to 2001, he was a Managing Director of Prudential Securities Incorporated. Prior to that, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Denbrook Capital Corporation, a merchant banking firm, from 1991 to 1993. From 1980 to 1991, Mr. Kelly held various positions at Merrill Lynch, including Managing Director of Mergers and Acquisitions and Managing Director of Merchant Banking. Mr. Kelly began his investment banking career at Lehman Brothers in 1974. Mr. Kelly received a B.A. from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania. He was previously a director of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.
William H. Shrank, M.D. Dr. Shrank has been a director since August 2023. Since November 2024, Dr. Shrank has served as Chief Executive Officer of a benefits enablement company that he founded. Prior to that, Dr. Shrank was a venture partner to the Bio + Health team of Andreessen Horowitz, a private venture capital firm, from January 2023 to November 2024. He previously served as Chief Medical Officer of Humana Inc. (Humana), a leading care delivery and health plan administration company, from April 2019 to August 2022. He also served as Humana’s Chief Medical and Corporate Affairs Officer from July 2019 to July 2021 during which time he oversaw its government affairs function. Prior to joining Humana, Dr. Shrank served as Chief Medical Officer, Insurance Services Division, of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) from April 2016 to February 2019. From 2013 to 2016, Dr. Shrank held several positions with CVS Health Corporation (CVS Health), a health solutions company, including Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, and Chief Medical Officer of Provider Innovation. Prior to joining CVS Health, Dr. Shrank served as Director, Research and Rapid-Cycle Evaluation Group, for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Dr. Shrank began his career as a practicing physician with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and as an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Shrank received a B.A. in Psychology from Brown University and an M.D. from Cornell University Medical College. He also holds a M.S. in Health Services from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Shrank is a director of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
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