West Marine Inc. (Nasdaq:WMAR) at its meeting held on September 15, 2011, West Marine's board of directors appointed a new independent director, Christiana Smith Shi, to its board. Ms. Shi also was appointed to West Marine's audit committee. Ms. Shi spent almost 25 years of her career at McKinsey & Company, Inc., a global management consulting firm, in numerous positions, including senior partner. Then, in October of 2010, she joined NIKE, Inc.'s Global Direct-to-Consumer business as its vice president and chief operating officer, responsible for this division's global store, real estate, finance, information technology and supply chain operations.

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