The Honest HNST

Carla Vernon joined Honest as Chief Executive Officer on January 9, 2023 and has served on our Board since January 25, 2023. Prior to joining Honest, Ms. Vernon served as the Vice President of Consumables Categories at Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon), an e-commerce company, from January 2021 to December 2022 where she had Profit and Loss (P&L) responsibility for Household Essentials, Wellness, Beauty, Baby, Food and Beverage categories on Amazon.com, as well as responsibility for technology development for those categories. Prior to joining Amazon, Ms. Vernon spent more than two decades in various P&L leadership roles at General Mills, Inc. (General Mills), a food manufacturing company. Most recently at General Mills, Ms. Vernon served as a Corporate Officer and the Operating Unit President of the Natural & Organic Division from July 2017 to April 2020. In this role, she had full management and P&L responsibility for a $900 million portfolio of highly regulated ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) brands including Annie's Organic, Cascadian Farm, Epic Provisions, and Muir Glen, as well as leadership for establishing General Mills' leadership in regenerative agriculture. Ms. Vernon serves on the Board of Directors of Hasbro, Inc., a public global play and entertainment company, and on the Board of Trustees for The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino, and previously served on the Board of Trustees for Princeton University from 2020 to 2024. Ms. Vernon holds a B.A. degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton and an M.B.A. from Texas McCombs School of Business.

On May 20, 2026, the Board of Directors of The Honest Company, Inc. approved the promotion of Curtiss Bruce to the position of Chief Financial & Operating Officer, effective May 21, 2026. Mr. Bruce, age 53, has served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since June 2025. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bruce served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis and Investor Relations at The Hain Celestial Group, a natural and organic products company, where he modernized financial systems and enhanced investor engagement. Mr. Bruce previously held senior finance roles at Keurig Dr Pepper, a beverage company, from July 2019 to March 2023, Kellogg Company, a food manufacturing company, from 2015 to 2019, Kraft Heinz, a food manufacturing company, from 2012 to 2015, and Mars, Incorporated, a confectionery, food and pet care company, from 2008 to 2012. Mr. Bruce holds an MBA in finance and supply chain from Penn State University and a bachelor's degree in accounting from Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

Etienne von Kunssberg has served as our Senior Vice President of Supply Chain since February 2025. Prior to that, Mr. von Kunssberg served as Vice President, Supply Chain and Manufacturing at Dole Packaged Foods, a global food production and distribution company, from February 2023 to February 2025, where he was responsible for U.S. transportation, manufacturing, storage, planning, procurement, customers operations, safety, and quality. Previously, from January 2022 to February 2023, Mr. von Kunssberg served as the Interim Global Chief Supply Chain Officer at WWP Beauty, a global beauty product packaging and formulation company, where he led strategic supply chain initiatives. From June 2018 until December 2021, Mr. von Kunssberg served as head of Supply Chain, North America, for Henkel, a manufacturer of consumer and industrial brands. In addition, Mr. von Kunssberg brings extensive experience from his tenure at Procter & Gamble, a consumer goods company and Coty, a beauty and personal care company. He earned his M.B.A in Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management from the Paris School of Business.

James D. White has served as Chair of our Board since May 2021. From 2008 to 2016, Mr. White served as the Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jamba, Inc., a restaurant company. Mr. White also served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Safeway, Inc., a U.S. supermarket chain, from 2005 to 2008. From 1983 to 2005, Mr. White held management roles at The Gillette Company, Inc., Nestle S.A. and The Coca-Cola Company. Additionally, Mr. White currently serves on the board of directors of Schnucks Markets, Inc. and on the board of directors of the following public companies: The Simply Good Foods Company, and CAVA Group, Inc. Mr. White previously served on the board of directors of Medallia, Inc., Adtalem Global Education Inc., Panera Bread Company, Callidus Software Inc., and Hillshire Brands Company and Affirm Holdings Inc. Mr. White's non-profit board experience includes Directors Academy, where he is a founding member and chair of the board of directors, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) where is a member of the board of directors, as well as Fair Trade USA, where he previously served as chair of the board of directors. Mr. White previously served on the non-profit boards of directors of the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, The Organic Center and the Network of Executive Women. Mr. White is also the Co-Founder and CEO of JD White Design Labs, Inc., a company that works with boards and management teams on culture design, transformation, change, and building high performance teams. Mr. White received a B.S. degree, with a major in marketing, from The University of Missouri and an M.B.A. from Fontbonne University. Mr. White is also a graduate of the Cornell University Food Executive Program and was a Stanford University Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow in 2018.

Katherine Bayne has served as a member of our Board since October 2018. Since February 2019, Ms. Bayne has served as a Senior Advisor with Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, a global investment and advisory financial services firm. Since March 2018, Ms. Bayne has also served as founder and President of Bayne Advisors, an advisory firm that helps brands and businesses find their strategic identities, drive sustained consumer engagement and innovate for transformative results. Prior to serving in her current roles, from 1989 to 2018, Ms. Bayne served in numerous roles at The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, focused on consumer strategy, retail marketing and consumer marketing in the United States, Australia and globally, most recently serving as the company's President, North America Brands, from 2013 to 2015 and Senior Vice President, Global Center, from 2015 to 2018. Ms. Bayne previously served as a member of the board of directors for Ascena Retail Group, Inc., Ann Inc., Beazer Homes USA Inc., Acreage Holdings, Inc., and Eargo, Inc. Ms. Bayne is also a member of the board of visitors for the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and serves on the board of directors of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. Ms. Bayne holds a B.A. in Psychology from Duke University and an M.B.A. from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

Susan Gentile has served on our Board since May 2021. Ms. Gentile is the Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer at Advent International, a private equity firm. Prior to joining Advent International in August 2022, Ms. Gentile was the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at H.I.G. Capital Management, LLC, a global alternative asset investment firm. Prior to joining H.I.G. Capital Management in May 2018, Ms. Gentile served as Managing Director and Chief Accounting Officer at Oaktree Capital Management, a global alternative investment firm, from October 2013 to March 2018. Ms. Gentile also held various management roles at The Clorox Company from March 2006 to September 2013. Prior to joining The Clorox Company, Ms. Gentile served in roles at Levi Strauss & Co., Motorola, Inc. and Deloitte & Touche LLP. Ms. Gentile holds a B.S.B.A. in Finance from Boston University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

John R. (Jack) Hartung has served on our Board since May 2022. Mr. Hartung recently retired from his role as Special Advisor to Chipotle Mexican Grill (Chipotle), a restaurant company, where he had the Special Advisor role from June 2025 until March 2026, after serving as the President and Chief Strategy Officer of Chipotle from October 2024 to June 2025. Prior to that, he served at Chipotle as Chief Financial Officer from 2002 to 2022, and as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer from August 2022 to October 2024. Prior to joining Chipotle, Mr. Hartung worked for 18 years at McDonald's Corp., a global food service retailer, where he held a variety of management positions, most recently as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of its Partner Brands Group. In addition, Mr. Hartung serves on the Board of Directors of Portillos Inc., a restaurant chain, and on the Board of Directors of Tesla, Inc., an electric vehicle and clean energy company. Mr. Hartung has a B.S. degree in accounting and economics as well as an M.B.A. from Illinois State University.

Andrea A. Turner has served on our Board since December 2023. Ms. Turner served as Senior Vice President, Global Customer Service and Logistics at Mondelez International, Inc., a confectionery, food, holding, beverage and snack food company, from 2020 to 2023, where she strategized and led logistics during the COVID-19 pandemic for the $25 billion supply chain across 80 countries. Ms. Turner was also responsible for driving teams to solve complex supply chain problems at General Mills from 2008 to 2020 and Merck & Co., Inc., a pharmaceutical company, from 1998 to 2009, delivering improved productivity and accelerating growth. She previously served as the Chair of the 2016 Minneapolis Martin Luther King Celebration, the largest fundraising event in Minneapolis and previously served on the boards of directors of GS1, People Serving People, and Mainstreet School of the Arts. Ms. Turner received a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Mathematics from Spelman College.

Alissa Hsu Lynch has served on our Board since December 2023. Ms. Lynch served as the Global Lead of MedTech Strategy and Solutions for Google, a technology company, from 2020 to 2023, where she worked with Fortune 500 customers to transform healthcare through technology. Previously, Ms. Lynch spent 20 years at Johnson & Johnson, working in consumer marketing, strategy, and general management roles, and most recently, from 2016 to 2020 served as Vice President, Medical Devices. Before joining Johnson & Johnson, Ms. Lynch was a professional modern dancer for six years. Ms. Lynch is a member of the Board of Trustees of American Ballet Theatre, an Executive in Residence at Columbia Business School, and is a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute. Ms. Lynch serves on the board of directors of Topcon Corporation, a manufacturer of optical and positioning equipment. Ms. Lynch formerly served as a board member of Pulmonx Corporation from July 2021 through May 2024. Ms. Lynch holds an M.B.A. in General Management from Columbia Business School and an A.B. in English from Princeton University, and holds an NACD CERT Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight.

Michael Barkley has served on our Board since December 2023. Since May 2023, Mr. Barkley has served as an independent advisor for MJB Advisory LLC, a management consulting company focused on the needs of high growth food and beverage brands. Mr. Barkley served as the former Chief Executive Officer of KIND LLC (KIND), a snack food company, from 2018 to 2021. Mr. Barkley is currently a board member of the Ignatian Solidarity Network and also serves as an advisor to Prelude Growth Partners Fund, a consumer-focused growth equity fund, and Riverside Natural Foods, a snack food company. Prior to KIND, Mr. Barkley served as President of Boulder Brands, a food company, and Chief Marketing Officer of Pinnacle Foods, Inc., a packaged foods company. Mr. Barkley earned a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina.

Jessica Alba is one of our founders and served as our Chief Creative Officer from our incorporation in July 2011 through April 2024, and as Chair of our Board from May 2018 to May 2021. Ms. Alba is a globally recognized and influential Mexican-American business leader, entrepreneur, advocate, actress, producer, and New York Times bestselling author. Ms. Alba serves on the board of directors of Baby2Baby, a charitable organization that provides diapers, clothes and other basic necessities to children living in poverty. She also serves on the board of directors of LA28, the Los Angeles Olympics board, and Yahoo! Inc., a media company.

Jonathan Mayle has served as our Senior Vice President, Customer Sales since December 2023. From August 2023 to December 2023, Mr. Mayle served as the Company's Vice President, Customer Sales. Before joining us, from August 2012 to August 2023, Mr. Mayle held multiple sales roles at General Mills, working with industry leading retailers such as Walmart Inc., a multinational retail corporation, from October 2018 to October 2020, Target Corporation, a retail corporation, from August 2021 to August 2023 and Dollar General Corporation, a chain of hypermarkets, from November 2014 to February 2016. While at General Mills, he also served as head of sales for the internal start-up accelerator incubator, G-Works, the internal venture studio of Gold Metal Ventures from December 2020 to August 2021. Mr. Mayle holds a B.S. from the University of Arizona.

Steve Winchell has served as our Chief Innovation Officer since September 2024. Prior to that, Steve served as our Executive Vice President, Operations and Research and Development (R&D) since June 2022, where he was responsible for further integrating our supply chain and R&D processes. Prior to joining Honest, Mr. Winchell worked for The Parent Company, Inc. (The Parent Company), a consumer-focused company, where he served as the Executive Vice President of Product from January 2021 to June 2022, and Vice President of Product from October 2019 to January 2021. During his time at The Parent Company, Mr. Winchell established and managed the end-to-end innovation, new product process and developed the company's strategy to diversify its product portfolio. Prior to The Parent Company, Mr. Winchell spent over 14 years at The Clorox Company, a manufacturer and marketer of professional products, from July 2005 to October 2019, where he held multiple roles in managing Burt's Bees, Cleaning Division's R&D, International R&D and Home Care Product Development. He also led the process development department, new product development process, and was involved in multiple supply chain initiatives. Mr. Winchell holds a B.S. in Chemistry and a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.

Dorria L. Ball has served as our Chief People Officer since January 2024 and prior to that was our interim Chief People Officer from August 2023. Prior to joining Honest, from October 2014 to January 2024, Ms. Ball served as the founder and President of Global Ballance Group, a coaching and consulting company where she specialized in leadership and organizational development for C-Suite executives from Fortune 500 companies. Prior to Global Ballance Group, from 2012 to 2015, Ms. Ball served as Vice President of Human Resources for the US Sales and Global Diversity groups of Mondelez International, Inc., a confectionery, food, holding, beverage and snack food company. From 2000 to 2012, Ms. Ball also served as the Human Resources Business Leader at Kraft Foods for The Kraft Heinz Company, a food manufacturing company, for groups including Latin America. Ms. Ball has lent her talents to purpose-centered non-profit boards, including The Network of Executive Women and Dress for Success Worldwide. Ms. Ball graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington and holds executive coaching certifications from Columbia University and the International Coach Federation.

Brendan Sheehey has served as our General Counsel since June 2020. Prior to joining us, from October 2018 to June 2020, Mr. Sheehey served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Targus International LLC (Targus), a mobile computing accessories company, where he led the company's legal department and oversaw its corporate governance. Prior to joining Targus, from January 2016 to October 2018, Mr. Sheehey served as Associate General Counsel at Arbonne International LLC, a nutrition, skincare, and cosmetics company, where he provided legal support to the company's product development and marketing, international expansion, commercial contracts and mergers and acquisitions efforts. Prior to that, Mr. Sheehey served as Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a law firm, from July 2015 to January 2016, where he represented clients in Federal Trade Commission regulatory matters and as Corporate Counsel at Corinthian Colleges from September 2011 to July 2015, where he handled litigation and insurance matters. From September 2006 to September 2011, Mr. Sheehey served as an Associate at Sidley Austin LLP. Mr. Sheehey holds a B.A. in Geography from U.C. Santa Barbara, an M.A. in Geography from the University of South Carolina and a J.D. from University of California College of the Law, San Francisco.

Thomas Sternweis has served as our Senior Vice President of Enterprise Development and Strategy since March 2024. Prior to that he had served as Vice President of Enterprise Development and Strategy since May 2023. At Honest, Mr. Sternweis was also Vice President and General Manager of Emerging Business and Marketplace from March 2022 to May 2023, and Senior Director of Strategic Development from January 2018 to March 2022. From July 2014 to January 2018, Mr. Sternweis held roles in Corporate Development and Strategy at Mattel, Inc., (Mattel), a toy manufacturing and entertainment company, where he supported M&A, strategic partnerships, and Asia Pacific strategy. Prior to joining Mattel, from July 2011 to July 2014, Mr. Sternweis held roles at the Boston Consulting Group, a strategic management consulting firm, and at a private equity firm in New York. He holds a B.A. in Mathematical Methods in Social Sciences and Economics from Northwestern University, and an M.B.A. from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.