Richard L. Perkal has served as a director since 2004. Mr. Perkal is currently a Senior Managing Director of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and is a Partner of Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, LLC, an affiliate of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and of the controlling shareholder of New York & Company, which he joined in July 2000. Prior to joining Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Mr. Perkal was a senior partner in the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP where he headed the Washington, D.C. corporate transactional practice, primarily focusing on leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations. Mr. Perkal currently serves as a director of CamelBak Group, LLC, Stuart Weitzman Holdings, LLC and Vitamin Shoppe Industries Inc. |