Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Alex Schultz, a proven global marketing executive, as a new independent director. With the appointment of Mr. Schultz, the Lindblad Expeditions Board will increase from nine to 10 directors, eight of whom are independent. Mr. Schultz currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Analytics for Meta, formerly Facebook, where he leads consumer marketing and product analytics globally.

Throughout his career with Meta, he has pioneered the integration of product and direct response marketing and has been responsible for some of the largest, most effective online direct response campaigns, which have resulted in tremendous application user growth. In addition, through his role as executive sponsor of Meta's LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group, Mr. Schultz has helped advance LGBTQ+ community-based product initiatives.