Johnson Outdoors Inc. announced the appointment of Ms. Annie Zipfel and Mr. Paul Alexander as independent directors to the Company’s Board of Directors effective May 26, 2021. Ms. Zipfel is joining the Board as a Class B Director, and Mr. Alexander is joining the Board as a Class A Director. Ms. Zipfel and Mr. Alexander will stand for re-election at the Annual Meeting in 2022. With the addition of these two directors, combined with Mr. Terry London’s previously disclosed retirement on May 3, 2021, the Board now consists of ten members. Ms. Zipfel is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Andersen Corporation. Mr. Alexander is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for Eastern Bank, based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Johnson Outdoors Inc. is engaged in manufacturing and marketing of branded seasonal outdoor recreation products that are used primarily for fishing, diving, paddling and camping. The Companyâs segments include Fishing, Camping, Watercraft Recreation and Diving. The Fishing segment brands are Minn Kota, Humminbird and Cannon. The Camping segment brands are Eureka! and Jetboil. Eureka! designs and manufactures large tents and lightweight backpacking tents for the United States military. Watercraft Recreation segment designs and markets canoes and kayaks under the Ocean Kayaks and Old Town brand names for family recreation, touring, angling and tripping. Diving segment manufactures and markets underwater diving products for recreational divers, which it sells and distributes under the SCUBAPRO brand name. It markets a range of underwater diving and snorkeling equipment, including regulators, buoyancy compensators, dive computers and gauges, wetsuits, masks, fins, snorkels and accessories.