Cynthia T. Jamison
Business Experience
Ms. Jamison had an Executive career as a turnaround Chief Financial Officer (‘‘CFO’’), she has been the CFO or Chief Operating Officer of several publicly and privately held companies including AquaSpy Inc., a soil diagnostic company, eMac, lnc, a joint venture between McDonald’s Corporation and KKR & Co. L.P., Cosi, lnc., the casual dining chain, SurePayroll, a payroll processing firm, and Illinois Superconductor, a radio frequency cellular technology company. She also served as a partner with Tatum, LLP from June 1999 to May 2009. From 2006 on, Ms. Jamison was in a Managing Partner role within Tatum, LLP, and served in several additional capacities, including as Managing Partner of the CFO Services practice. Ms. Jamison had previously held Executive/Financial leadership roles at Arthur Andersen, Kraft General Foods, Hewitt Associates, Allied Domecq (Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin Robbins) and Chart House Enterprises. She currently serves as Chair of the Board of Darden Restaurants, a hospitality company, and is a Trustee and Chair of the Nominations & Governance committee at Save the Children, a leading charity/nonprofit organization. Since March 2026, Ms. Jamison also serves as a director of Advance Auto Parts, an American automotive aftermarket parts provider. She is a former board Chair of Tractor Supply Company, a retail company, from 2002 to 2023; and a former Board member of ODP Corp from 2013 to 2025 and B&G Foods, an American branded foods company, from 2004 to 2015, as well as several others.
Education
Ms. Jamison earned a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Duke University and an MBA from the University of Chicago in Finance. Ms. Jamison is also a certified public accountant.
Qualifications
Ms. Jamison is a skilled Chief Financial Officer with extensive board and finance experience gained during previous executive positions. She served a four-year term on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council from 2018 to 2022. She also holds the following certificates: United States Secret Service Cybersecurity Board Academy, May 2025, and the Oxford Artificial Intelligence Program, January 2026.





