JILL LAYFIELD

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LIVEPERSON INC

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2017-05-01 Ms. Layfield received a B.A. degree in Communications - Journalism from Santa Clara University. Ms. Layfield is recognized as an innovator and industry expert in combining organizational change and advanced technologies to retool customer care for the digital, mobile era.
2018-04-30 Jill Layfield, 43, has been a director since November 2016. Since July 2016, Ms. Layfield has been co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tamara Mellon, a luxury footwear company. Since November 2004, Ms. Layfield served in various roles at Backcountry.com, including as President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2011 to December 2015. In addition, since January 2015 and April 2016, Ms. Layfield currently sits on the boards of directors of Camber Outdoors and SmartPak Equine, respectively. Ms. Layfield received a B.A. degree in Communications - Journalism from Santa Clara University. Ms. Layfield is recognized as an innovator and industry expert in combining organizational change and advanced technologies to retool customer care for the digital, mobile era.
2019-04-30 Ms. Layfield received a B.A. degree in Communications - Journalism from Santa Clara University. Ms. Layfield is recognized as an innovator and industry expert in combining organizational change and advanced technologies to retool customer care for the digital, mobile era.
2020-04-29 Ms. Layfield received a B.A. degree in Communications - Journalism from Santa Clara University.
2021-04-26 Ms. Layfield received a B.A. degree in Communications - Journalism from Santa Clara University. She is recognized as an innovator in customer experience but no software-related technical skills are mentioned.
2022-07-21 Ms. Layfield received a B.A. degree in Communications—Journalism from Santa Clara University.
2023-09-08 Ms. Layfield has been Chair of the Board since July 2023 and previously served as the Lead Independent Director. She has served as CEO of James Michelle Jewelry, a digitally-native, direct-to-consumer, jewelry company since June of 2022. Ms. Layfield co-founded Tamara Mellon, a digitally-native, luxury retail company, where she served as CEO from July 2016 to December 2021 and assisted in launching the first-ever digitally-led, direct-to-consumer luxury footwear brand. From November 2004 until July 2016, Ms. Layfield served in various roles at Backcountry.com, including as President and CEO from January 2011 to December 2015. During her time at Backcountry.com, she significantly grew the company and successfully sold the business to TSG Consumer Partners for $350 million. Ms. Layfield also held various marketing positions at several major Silicon Valley companies. Ms. Layfield received a B.A. degree in Communications—Journalism from Santa Clara University.

Source material: SEC submissions metadata and DEF 14A proxy filings from EDGAR. Last updated: 2026-03-22