ANDOVER, Mass., Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Byrna
Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: BYRN) ("Byrna" or "the Company")
today announced the retirement of Paul
Jensen from its Board of Directors. Mr. Jensen joined the
board in July 2018 and has served as
Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee since 2019. He
retired as Byrna's CEO on April 1,
2019.
"We have benefitted from Paul's leadership and counsel as a
member of our board," said Bryan
Ganz, CEO of Byrna. "We extend our deepest gratitude and
wish him well in his personal and professional
endeavors."
The Company also announced the appointment of Leonard Elmore to the Board of Directors
effective December 2, 2021, where he
will serve on the Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Elmore
has been an NCAA Men's Basketball television commentator for over
30 years. A retired professional athlete and attorney, as well as
an experienced business leader and educator, Mr. Elmore's
professional experience includes serving as Senior Counsel with
LeBoeuf Lamb et al and as a partner
with the law firm of Dreier LLP. He began his legal career as an
Assistant District Attorney with the King's County (Brooklyn) District Attorney in New York City. Mr. Elmore played professional
basketball for ten years and retired in 1984.
Mr. Elmore currently serves as a Director on the board of
1800Flowers.com, a leading online and telephonic gift and flower
retailer, and previously served on the board of Lee Enterprises,
Inc. a newspaper publishing company. He is a Senior Lecturer in
Discipline at the Columbia University
School of Professional Studies Sports Management Program. Mr.
Elmore's public interest endeavors include serving as Co-Chair of
The Knight Commission, whose focus is to develop, promote and lead
transformational change that prioritizes the education, health,
safety, and success of college athletes, and as a member of the
Board of Advisors of the Shirley Povich Center for Sports
Journalism at the University of Maryland
College Park Merrill School of Journalism. He received a
B.A. from the University of Maryland in
1974 and a J.D. from Harvard Law
School in 1987.
Mr. Elmore's appointment to Byrna's Board of Directors follows
that of Emily Rooney, the retired
host and executive editor of WGBH's weekly "Beat the Press" and
"Greater Boston" programs, both of
which earned numerous awards during her tenure. Ms. Rooney
previously worked for the Fox Network in New York, where she most recently had
oversight responsibility for national political coverage. Prior to
that, Ms. Rooney was executive producer of ABC's World News Tonight
with Peter Jennings. Ms. Rooney
received her BA from American
University in Washington
D.C. and honorary doctorates from UMass
Boston and Westfield State.
"We are honored welcome Len and Emily to our Board," said Mr.
Ganz. "They bring decades of diverse legal, business, education,
and communication experience to their new roles. We look forward to
leveraging their unique perspectives as we continue to evolve
Byrna's business and implement our long-term vision and growth
strategy."
About Byrna Technologies Inc.
Byrna is a technology
company, specializing in the development, manufacture, and sale of
innovative non-lethal personal security solutions. For more
information on the Company, please visit the corporate website here
or the Company's investor relations site here. The Company is the
manufacturer of the Byrna® HD personal security device, a
state-of-the-art handheld CO2 powered launcher designed to provide
a non-lethal alternative to a firearm for the consumer, private
security, and law enforcement markets. To purchase Byrna products,
visit the Company's e-commerce store www.byrna.com.
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