TrueBlue, Inc. announced that on August 15, 2023, its current President and Chief Operating Officer, Taryn R. Owen, will become President of the Company, succeeding Steven C. Cooper, effective September 12, 2023. Mr. Cooper will continue to serve as the Company?s Chief Executive Officer and will serve on the Company?s Board of Directors until September 12, 2023, at which time he will retire from the Board. Mr. Cooper will remain employed with the Company in an advisory role until December 31, 2023.

The Board also appointed Ms. Owen to the Board, effective September 12, 2023. Ms. Owen will serve on the Board?s Innovation and Technology Committee. Ms. Owen, age 45, has served as the Company?s President and Chief Operating Officer since September 2022, after serving as Executive Vice President of the Company and President of PeopleReady and PeopleScout from October 2021 until September 2022.

Prior to that, Ms. Owen served as Executive Vice President of the Company and President of PeopleReady from December 2019 to October 2021, after having served as Executive Vice President of the Company and President of PeopleScout from November 2014 to December 2019. Prior to these roles, she served as Senior Vice President since June 2014 and as President of PeopleScout since August 2013. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President of Global Operations for PeopleScout since December 2011, after joining PeopleScout in 2010 as Vice President of Client Delivery.

Prior to joining PeopleScout, Ms. Owen was an Operations Director at Randstad SourceRight Solutions where she led global recruitment process outsourcing engagements. Ms. Owen has more than 20 years of talent acquisition experience. On August 15, 2023, the Company also announced the appointment of Paul Reitz to the Board, effective August 11, 2023.

He will serve as a member of the Audit Committee, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and the Innovation and Technology Committee. Mr. Reitz is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Titan International, Inc., as well as a member of its Board of Directors. Titan International.

As President and Chief Executive Officer of Titan International, Mr. Reitz is responsible for the strategy and execution of its global operations and building a connected team serving a diverse customer base with a complex portfolio of products. Mr. Reitz joined Titan International in July 2010 as Chief Financial Officer and was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer in February 2014. Prior to joining Titan International, he was the Chief Accounting Officer for Carmike Cinemas.

Mr. Reitz has also held positions with McLeodUSA Publishing, Yellow Book USA Inc., and Deloitte and Touche LLP.