Ervin Shames

Ervin R.
Shames is currently Independent Director at Choice Hotels International, Inc. since 2002.
Other current roles include Director at Johnsonville LLC, RiceTec, Inc., Western Connecticut Healthcare, Inc., HBS Alumni Association, Liechtenstein Foundation, Liechtenstein Gruppe AG, North Country Treetops, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Director at The Fuqua School of Business.
He is also Trustee at The Norwalk Hospital Association.
Former positions include Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at The Stride Rite Corp.
from 1992 to 1993; President & Chief Executive Officer at General Foods USA., Inc. from 1967 to 1989; Chief Executive Officer & Director at Borden, Inc. from 1993 to 1995; Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at The Kendal Corp.
from 1989 to 1990; Independent Director at Sleep Number Corp.
from 2011 to 2013; Professor at the University of Virginia from 1996 to 2008; Member-Supervisory Board at RiceTec AG from 2004 to 2021; and Director at Online Resources Corp.
in 2000.
Other former roles include Chairman at A Better Chance, Inc., Director at First Brands Corp., aQuantive, Inc., Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc., Norwalk Health Services Corp., and President at Kraft Foods (USA) Ltd. and Kraft USA Corp.Education includes an undergraduate degree from the University of Florida in 1962 and an MBA from Harvard Business School.