Select Comfort Corporation (ticker: SCSS, exchange: NASDAQ Global Market (.O))
News Release -
3-Oct-2007
Select Comfort Corporation Appoints Kristen L. Manos to Board of Directors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2007--Select Comfort
Corporation (NASDAQ:SCSS), the nation's leading bed retailer and
creator of the SLEEP NUMBER(R) bed, today announced it has expanded
its board of directors to 11 members and appointed Kristen L. Manos to
serve on the board, effective immediately. Manos also will serve as a
member of the board's Compensation Committee.
Manos currently serves as executive vice president and president,
North American Office Environments, for Herman Miller, Inc.
"Kris Manos is a highly accomplished executive with a wide range
of experience in manufacturing and supply-chain operations, product
development, customer satisfaction, global marketing and general
management. Kris' experience and insights in product innovation and
quality will be valuable in helping to guide Select Comfort's
continued profitable growth," said Bill McLaughlin, chairman and chief
executive officer of Select Comfort.
Prior to joining Herman Miller in 2002, Manos served with Haworth,
Inc., a private international manufacturer of office furniture, and
with Navistar International Transportation Corporation.
Manos received an M.B.A. from the Yale University School of
Management and a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Harvard
University.
About Select Comfort Corporation
Founded more than 20 years ago, Select Comfort Corporation is the
nation's leading bed retailer(1). Based in Minneapolis, the company
designs, manufactures, markets and supports a line of
adjustable-firmness mattresses featuring air-chamber technology,
branded the Sleep Number(R) bed, as well as foundations and sleep
accessories. SELECT COMFORT(R) products are sold through its more than
470 company-owned stores located across the United States; select
bedding retailers; direct marketing operations; and online at
www.sleepnumber.com.
(1)Top 25 Bedding Retailers, Furniture/Today, August 2007.
CONTACT: Select Comfort Corporation
Media Contact:
Gabby Nelson, 763-551-7460
gabby.nelson@selectcomfort.com
or
Investor Relations Contact:
Frank Milano, 763-551-6908
frank.milano@selectcomfort.com
SOURCE: Select Comfort Corporation
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