Americold Realty Trust announced that Fred Boehler resigned as a Trustee. The company also announced that it is expanding its board of trustees from eight to ten members with the immediate appointment of three new Trustees: Rob Bass, Pamela Kohn and George Chappelle. Rob Bass currently serves as Chief Supply Chain and Global Properties Officer of Best Buy and brings nearly two decades of experience in global supply chain and operational roles with leading big-box retailers. Prior to joining Best Buy in 2013, Bass spent more than 12 years in a variety of supply chain positions with Target Corp., including Senior Supply Chain Leader. Bass also served as a member of the Pier 1 Imports Inc. Board of Directors from 2018 to 2020. Pamela Kohn is Chief Merchandising Officer of Sally Beauty Holdings and has more than two 25 years of merchandising, supply chain, logistics and operations expertise in the food and retail industries. Prior to joining Sally Beauty in 2019, Kohn served as Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer of the Family Dollar division of Dollar Tree and Chief Merchandising Officer of The Fresh Market. Previously, Kohn spent 13 years in a variety of leadership positions with Walmart, including Senior Vice President, Merchandising, Senior Vice President, Global Food Sourcing, Executive Vice President, Merchandise Services and President of Walmart US Realty. Prior to her time at Walmart, Kohn served as Senior Vice President of Merchandising with Stop & Shop and spent eight years as Senior Vice President of Merchandising with Food Lion. George Chappelle most recently served as an executive of Tyson Foods, holding a variety of leadership roles including Chief Corporate Services Officer; General Manager of Emerging Proteins, Research and Development and Logistics; Chief Operating Officer of Prepared Foods; and Chief Integration Officer. Prior to joining Tyson Foods in 2017, he served as Chief Operating Officer at several leading consumer packaged goods companies, including AdvancePierre Foods, Vi-Jon and Solo Cup Company. Previously, Chappelle spent more than four years with Sara Lee Foods, including as Chief Supply Chain Officer and Chief Information Officer. Chappelle currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Flagstone Foods and as a member of the Boards of Apex International and Randall Foods. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of AGRO Merchants Group from 2018 to 2020.
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is focused on the ownership, operation, acquisition and development of temperature-controlled warehouses. The Company is organized as a self-administered and self-managed REIT. The Company operates through three segments: Warehouse, Third-party managed and Transportation. It operates a global network of approximately 245 temperature-controlled warehouses encompassing approximately 1.5 billion cubic feet, with 197 warehouses in North America, 27 in Europe, 19 warehouses in Asia-Pacific, and two warehouses in South America. The Company holds hold minority interests in two joint ventures, one with SuperFrio, which owns or operates 35 temperature-controlled warehouses in Brazil, and one with the RSA JV, which owns two temperature-controlled warehouses in Dubai. Its handling services optimize its customerâs product movement through the cold chain, including placement, and other recurring handling services.
AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST, INC. 
