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 47 years with Havertys in various positions.

Directorships: Oxford Industries, Inc. and member of the Board of Trustees of Marist School.

Michael R. Cote
Age 62

Independent Director since 2022

Principal Occupation: Retired, former CEO and member of the board of SecureWorks from 2002 until 2021. 

Directorships: Nitel and Palmetto Technology Group. Serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, the Board of Regents at Boston College, the Advisory Board of the Georgia Tech School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, and the Board of Trustees at Marist School.

L. Allison Dukes
Age 48

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. President, Chairman and CEO of the Atlanta Division of SunTrust Banks, Inc. from 2015 until 2017.


Directorships: Member of the Board of Trustees of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, and the Atlanta History Center; past chair of the Board of Junior Achievement of Georgia.

Rawson Haverty, Jr.
Age 67

Management Director since 1992
 
Principal Occupation: Senior Vice President, Real Estate and Development of Havertys since 1998. Over 37 years with Havertys in various positions.

Directorships: Chick-Fil-A Foundation, Akola Project, StarPound Technologies, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Ethics at Emory University.

G. Thomas Hough
Age 68

Independent Director since 2018
Lead Director
 
Principal Occupation: Retired, Americas Vice Chair of Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”). Vice Chair of Assurance Services of EY in New York from 2009 to 2014.

Directorships: Equifax Inc. and a director/trustee of the Federated Hermes Fund Family. Member of the President’s Cabinet of the University of Alabama. Former director of Publix Super Markets, Inc. from 2015 until 2020.

Mylle H. Mangum
Age 74

Independent Director since 1999
 
Principal Occupation: Chief Executive Officer of IBT Holdings, LLC, a provider of design, construction and consultant services for the retail banking and specialty retail industries, since 2003.

Directorships: Barnes Group, Inc., Express, Inc. and The Shopping Center Group. Former director of PRGX Global, Inc. which merged with Ardian in March 2021.

Vicki R. Palmer
Age 69

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.

Directorships: First Horizon National Corporation, Finance Chair of the Black Economic Alliance, member of the Buckhead Coalition, and member of the Governing Board of Woodward Academy.

Derek G. Schiller
Age 52

Independent Director since 2020
 
Principal Occupation: President and Chief Executive Officer of the Atlanta Braves, a Major League Baseball Club, since March 2018. President of Business for the Braves from March 2016 to March 2018; Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing from August 2007 to March 2016 for the Braves.

Directorships: Board Member 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 63

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 until 2007.

Directorships: Member of the Board of Trustees of Marist School. Former director of SCANA Corporation, which was acquired by Dominion Energy in 2018.