Chief Executive Officer, President, Director

A driving force in the growth of Williams-Sonoma, Inc., Laura Alber has served as the company's president and chief executive officer, as well as a member of its Board of Directors since 2010.

During her tenure, Alber has held various leadership roles, executing effective growth strategies, driving ecommerce, strengthening brand recognition, and bolstering profits for the company's portfolio of multi-channel brands. Alber has spearheaded WSI's innovation and expansion into new markets, including the introduction of Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, West Elm, Mark & Graham and Rejuvenation, and most recently, new growth opportunities such as Business-to-Business and Marketplace.

Alber believes that WSI's three key differentiators of in-house design, digital-first channel strategy and values, combined with its relentless focus on the customer, are core to fulfilling the company's vision to own the home.

"Our customers love their homes, and we have a singular focus on helping make them a reflection of who they are," says Alber. This commitment is evident across all WSI brands and Alber believes each brand's unique design aesthetic and price-point differentiation enable the company to address a broad spectrum of customers' personal styles, needs and life stages.

Through her leadership, Alber also fosters a strong values-based culture, which she believes is fundamental to sustained growth and outperformance.

Alber currently serves on the Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania, and as an advisor to Plexo Capital, an institutional investor formed inside GV (formally Google Ventures) that invests into seed stage VCs (led by women and underrepresented minorities) and technology startups.

She received a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Jeff Howie is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. In this role Jeff is responsible for overseeing Finance, Inventory, Real Estate, Store Development, Business to Business and Corporate Facilities.

Jeff joined the company in 2002 and has held key executive leadership roles for the Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, and Pottery Barn Teen Brands and has been responsible for several key WSI initiatives including the launch of WSI's global expansion and WSI's Omni transformation. Prior to being CFO, Jeff served as the EVP, Chief Administrative Officer for Williams-Sonoma, Inc., overseeing Finance, Inventory, and Outlets across the Pottery Barn brands, as well as Real Estate, Store Development, Corporate Facilities, and Business to Business for all of Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Before joining WSI, Jeff served in various roles across stores, merchandising, planning, and operations, with Macy's and Saks Incorporated.

Chief Technology Officer, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Yasir Anwar is the Chief Technology Officer for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. In this role, Yasir leads all technology aspects of the company's digital experience, retail stores, and supply chain, and oversees the company's Outward, Inc. subsidiary.

During his career, Yasir has led various organizations through major transformations--building platforms and capabilities, and re-engineering large and legacy systems, by creating a tech culture focused on customer experience, innovation, experimentation, and agility.

Yasir has held various leadership roles in other national retailers where he focused on building end-to-end ecommerce experiences and enterprise shared technology functions like Data as a Service, BI/Reporting/Analytics, Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Platform and Foundational Services.

Yasir is hyper focused on customer and business growth, and creating a culture of decision making at speed enabled by data and results.

President, Pottery Barn

Marta Benson is the President of Pottery Barn.

Benson has spent the past four years revitalizing the heritage brand, with a clear vision of establishing Pottery Barn as America's most meaningful, beautiful design source by bringing together good products, people and values. She has led a sweeping digital transformation, effectively evolving the brand beyond catalogs and retail and accelerating digital growth during disruptive times. She has also honed the brand's core pillars, amplifying inspiration, quality, sustainability and service every day and in everything Pottery Barn does.

Benson joined Williams-Sonoma, Inc. in 2011 where, in her prior role as SVP, Strategy and Business Development, she spearheaded the acquisition of Rejuvenation, a Portland-based lighting and house-parts brand. She also incubated and developed Mark and Graham, a personalized gift-giving brand celebrating the artful mingling of typography and design.

Benson brings more than 30 years of retail, merchandising and marketing experience with both start-up and legacy brands that all share a commitment to quality. Some of her additional career highlights include serving as CEO of Gump's, where she was hired to lead the turnaround of the 150-year-old San Francisco brand, and driving exponential growth at Restoration Hardware, where she took the brand from 10 to 100 stores—and its direct-to-consumer business from zero dollars to $220 million—in just six years.

Benson holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Wesleyan University.

President, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen

Jennifer Kellor is the President of the Pottery Barn Kids and PBteen brands. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing the merchandising, product development, inventory management, creative services, visual merchandising, brand finance and operations for both brands.

Kellor joined Williams-Sonoma, Inc. in 1997 as an Assistant Buyer for the Pottery Barn catalog. Following the launches of Pottery Barn Kids in 1999 and PBteen in 2003, she became an integral part in the early growth of both brands in her various roles. From 2010 to 2011, Kellor served as Senior Vice President, General Merchandise Manager for PBteen and had a similar role for Pottery Barn Kids from 2011 to 2016. Her role was expanded in 2016 to Executive Vice President, Pottery Barn Kids and PBteen Merchandising and Visual Merchandising.

Throughout her 20-year tenure with the Pottery Barn brands, Kellor's vision and leadership have contributed to a strong track record of delivering growth and results. She has been a driver of the collaborative culture, both inside the organization and with the unique collections from outside talents, including Emily & Meritt and Monique Lhuillier.

Kellor graduated from St. Olaf College with a bachelor's degree in Math, Economics and Statistics.

President, Williams Sonoma

As President of Williams Sonoma, Felix Carbullido is responsible for overseeing the merchandising, product development, inventory management, marketing, creative services, visual merchandising, brand finance and operations of both the Williams Sonoma and Williams Sonoma Home brands.

Felix joined Williams-Sonoma, Inc. in 2009 as the Vice President of Pottery Barn E-commerce and was promoted in 2011 to Senior Vice President. Under Felix's leadership, Pottery Barn's catalog and e-commerce business was accelerated to become one of the most powerful direct-to-consumer businesses in the home furnishings industry. Before becoming President of Williams Sonoma, Felix held the position of Chief Marketing Officer of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. During his eight-year tenure as CMO, Felix drove the strategic marketing vision for the entire portfolio of WSI brands including Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, West Elm, Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation and Mark & Graham.

Prior to joining WSI, Felix built his career across a broad range of experiences in merchandising, e-commerce, and marketing having served in various roles with leading retailers including Macy's, Banana Republic, Gap, Abercrombie & Fitch and Smith & Hawken.

Felix received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Executive Vice President, Retail and Business Sales

Vicki McWilliams is Executive Vice President of Retail and Business Sales at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. In this role, she is responsible for the leadership of the Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, West Elm and Williams Sonoma stores, as well as the Business Sales team.

McWilliams joined WSI in 2007 as Senior Vice President of Pottery Barn brand stores, and was promoted to her current role in 2010.

During her career at WSI , McWilliams has implemented strategies that have significantly improved results, customer service and associate morale.

Prior to joining the company , McWilliams served as the Executive Vice President and Regional Manager of Nordstrom. She spent nearly three decades with the company and was awarded the John W. Nordstrom Award, Nordstrom's highest honor for outstanding achievement.

McWilliams holds a bachelor's degree in Clothing and Textiles with a minor in Finance from Washington State University.

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Dean Miller is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the company's Distribution, Logistics, and Manufacturing functions, in addition to its Customer Care Centers.

Miller joined WSI in 2000 as Vice President, Retail Distribution and has held the positions of Senior Vice President, Global Logistics and Sourcing, and Chief Supply Chain Officer prior to ascending to his current role.

Miller is the architect behind the company's distribution and transportation strategies, which are the foundation of WSI's worldwide supply chain network. He is currently leading the company's "gold-standard" quality initiative in the furniture supply chain, which is continually improving product quality and service, while reducing customer returns, replacements and damages.

Prior to joining WSI, Miller served as Vice President and General Manager of Global Accounts for UPS Worldwide Logistics and held key managerial positions with Frito-Lay Inc. and Exel Logistics.

Miller holds bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Political Science from Otterbein College, and an M.B.A. in Marketing and Operations/Logistics from Ohio State University.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel

David King is Executive Vice President, General Counsel at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the company's corporate governance, litigation, intellectual property, employment, regulatory, marketing, contract, and loss prevention matters. He also manages the legal components of the company's global and business-development growth initiatives.

King joined WSI in 2004 as Associate General Counsel and was later promoted to Deputy General Counsel, handling a broad range of legal matters for the company, including managing materials for the company's Board of Directors, overseeing the legal aspects of our public reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and negotiating strategic transactions. He was promoted to Senior Vice President, General Counsel in 2011, and promoted to his current role in 2017.

Prior to joining WSI, King spent eight years as a corporate and securities associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he represented numerous public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, private financings and general corporate matters.

King holds a bachelor's degree in English from Yale University and received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was an editor on the California Law Review.

Chief Talent Officer, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Karalyn has spent the last 25 years driving business transformations through talent and organizational strategy. She is a strategic and creative problem solver with expertise in organizational design, talent acquisition, employment branding and engagement, inclusion and belonging, culture shaping and total rewards.

Prior to Williams-Sonoma, Inc., Karalyn was Chief People Officer for Sephora Americas. She previously held several HR leadership roles at Best Buy and began her career at Accenture, specializing in human capital strategies within their retail practice. Karalyn leads with passion, heart and conviction to support the people who are the core of any organization. Karalyn graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a BS Degree in Sociology. Originally from the Midwest, she now lives in Marin with her four children.