Johnson Outdoors Inc. announced the appointment of Jeffrey M. Stutz as an independent director to the Company's Board of Directors effective May 23, 2023. Mr. Stutz is joining the Board as a Class A Director, and will also be a member of the Audit Committee. He will stand for re-election at the Annual Meeting in 2024.

With the addition of Mr. Stutz, the Board now consists of nine members. Mr. Stutz is Chief Financial Officer at MillerKnoll Inc. and was a key architect of the transformative merger of Herman Miller with Knoll Furniture. He joined the company in 2001 as Manager of Financial Reporting and later served as Director of Consolidations and Assistant Corporate Controller.

Prior to joining MillerKnoll (formerly known as Herman Miller Inc.) in 2001, he worked at Donnelly Corporation, a publicly traded automotive supplier based in Holland, Michigan, where he held roles in financial operations and corporate accounting.