Board of Directors

Clarence H. Smith
Age 72

Management Director since 1989
Chairman of the Board since 2012
 
Principal Occupation: Chief Executive Officer of Havertys since 2003. President and Chief Executive Officer from 2003 until March 2021. Over 48 years with Havertys in various positions.

Other Public Directorships: Oxford Industries, Inc.

Affiliations: Executive Committee of Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and member of the Board of Trustees of Marist School.

Michael R. Cote
Age 62

Independent Director since 2022

Principal Occupation: Retired, former CEO of Secureworks from 2002 to 2022 and chairman of the board from 2002 to 2011.

Other Public Directorships: Secureworks from 2016 to 2021.

Affiliations: Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nitel, Inc., Director of Palmetto Technology Group, Board of Trustees of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Board of Trustees at Marist School.

L. Allison Dukes
Age 49

Independent Director since 2016

Principal Occupation: Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Ltd. since August 2020. Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Ltd. from March 2020 to August 2020. Former Chief Financial Officer for SunTrust Banks, Inc. from March 2018 until December 2019. Head of Commercial Banking for SunTrust Banks, Inc. from 2017 until 2018.


Affiliations: Board of Trustees of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Board of Trustees of Emory University; past chair of the Board of Junior Achievement of Georgia.

Rawson Haverty, Jr.
Age 67

Non-Independent
Non-Management Director since 2023
Management Director from 1992-2023


Principal Occupation: Retired, former Senior Vice President, Real Estate and Development of Havertys from 1998 until 2023.


Affiliations: Southface Institute, Christopher’s Haven Atlanta, and Advisory Board of the Emory University Center for Ethics.

G. Thomas Hough
Age 68

Independent Director since 2018
Lead Director since 2021

Principal Occupation: Retired, Americas Vice Chair of Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”). Vice Chair of Assurance Services of EY from 2009 to 2014.

Other Public Directorships: Equifax Inc., Federated Hermes Fund Family, and former director of Publix Super Markets, Inc. from 2015 until 2020.

Affiliations: President’s Cabinet of the University of Alabama. 

Natalie B. Morhous
Age 40

Independent Director since 2024
 
Principal Occupation: CEO, RaceTrac Inc., since January 2024. President from February 2019 until January 2024.

Affiliations: Board of Directors of RaceTrac, Inc., Board of Directors of the National Association of Convenience Stores, Advisory Board of the Emory University Center for Ethics, Young President’s Organization, and Leadership Georgia‑2023.

Vicki R. Palmer
Age 70

Independent Director since 2001
 
Principal Occupation: Retired, former Executive Vice President, Financial Services and Administration for Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. from 2004 until 2009. Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Special Assistant to the CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises Inc. from 1999 to 2004.

Other Public Directorships: First Horizon National Corporation.

Affiliations: Finance Chair of the Black Economic Alliance, Lifetime Trustee of Spelman College, Rhodes College, and Woodward Academy.

Derek G. Schiller
Age 53

Independent Director since 2020
 
Principal Occupation: President and Chief Executive Officer of the Atlanta Braves, a Major League Baseball Club, since 2018. President of Business for the Braves from 2016 to 2018.

Affiliations: Member of the Board of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Atlanta Sports Council, and the Jack and Jill Late-Stage Cancer Foundation.

Al Trujillo
Age 64

Independent Director since 2003

Principal Occupation: President and Chief Operating Officer of the Georgia Tech Foundation since 2013. Investment Funds Advisor from 2007 to 2013. Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Recall Corporation, a global information management company from 2002 until 2007.

Other Public Directorships: Former director of SCANA Corporation, which was acquired by Dominion Energy in 2018.

Affiliations: Member of the Board of Trustees of Marist School.