TJX Companies

Carol Meyrowitz is the president, Chief Executive Officer, and director of TJX Companies, the leading off-price retailer in the United States.... Meyrowitz joined TJX Companies in 1983. In 2001, she became Executive Vice President of the company, as well as the President of Marmaxx, the largest division of the company. She rose to Senior Executive Vice President in March 2004, which she maintained until January 2005. In January 2005, she left her positions and became an advisor for TJX and Berkshire Partners. Her plan was to leave the advisory role in September of that year to "pursue new opportunities and challenges" outside of TJX. However, Meyrowitz became president on October 17, 2005; additionally, she became a member of the board of directors on September 7, 2006. She was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company on January 28, 2007, replacing acting CEO Bernard Cammarata, the Chairman of the Board for TJX. In 2009, Forbes ranked her 24th in their list of the 100 Most Powerful Women. She ranked 26th on CNN's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2006.
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David A. Brandon is the director of intercollegiate athletics for the University of Michigan. He was formerly chairman of the board, chief executive... officer, and manager of Domino's Pizza. He is also a former regent of the University of Michigan. Brandon took over Domino's in March 1999 when founder Thomas Monaghan sold it to the investment group Bain Capital. Prior to Domino's, he was the CEO of Valassis Communications. On January 5, 2010 he was announced as the next athletic director of the University of Michigan. He graduated with a bachelor's degree and teaching certificate from the University of Michigan in 1974. While in Ann Arbor, he was the back-up quarterback of the university's football team, under the leadership of Bo Schembechler. As a sophomore, Brandon was a reserve player on the 1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, assigned No. 24, and listed as a 6-foot, 3-inch quarterback from South Lyon, Michigan. In his junior and senior seasons, he was listed on the roster of the 1972 and 1973 Michigan football teams as a defensive end assigned No. 85.
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