Donna Ecton
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
EEI Inc., Paradise Valley, Arizona
Ms. Donna Ecton is founder, chairman and CEO of management consulting firm
EEI Inc., which assists private equity firms in turning around troubled portfolio companies,
as well as provides operational due diligence for potential investments. Clients' companies
include businesses in retail, consumer products, distribution and manufacturing, food,
business services, educational services and e-commerce. Prior to founding EEI in 1998,
she served as chief operating officer and board member for PETsMART, Inc., and chairman,
president and chief executive officer of Business Mail Express, Inc., a privately-held
expedited print/mail business. Ms. Ecton was president and chief executive officer of Van
Houten North America Inc. and Andes Candies Inc. She was senior vice president for franchise
and international at Nutri/System, Inc., where she managed U.S. operations and field marketing
across 50 states, implemented global franchise strategies and policies, and ran international
operations. She has also held senior management positions at Campbell Soup Company as
vice president of administration and chairman of Campbell's only non-food division, Triangle.
She was a business director and vice president for Citibank N.A.
Ms. Ecton holds an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration,
where she was a Margaret Rudkin Scholar and later a Harvard University Frederick Sheldon
Fund Fellow. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Wellesley College, where she was a
Durant Scholar. Presently, Ms. Ecton serves on the board of directors of H&R Block, where
she has been chairman of their audit and compensation committees, and presently chairs
their finance committee and also serves on their executive committee and governance and
nominating committee. She also is and has been a board member of privately-held
companies. Ms. Ecton is a lifetime board member of the Harvard Business School Club of
Greater New York, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City.
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