Xponential Fitness, Inc. announced that the Company?s Board of Directors has appointed Brenda Morris, an experienced C-Suite executive and member of Xponential?s Board of Directors since 2019, as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The Board has removed Anthony Geisler from his duties and suspended him indefinitely as CEO, also effective immediately. The Board has retained a leading executive search firm to assist with CEO succession planning.

Ms. Morris has served on Xponential?s board of directors since May 2019. She has over 35 years of experience in finance, accounting and operations roles concentrated in consumer products, food and beverage, retail and wholesale sectors. Ms. Morris is a Partner at CSuite Financial Partners, an executive services firm, which she joined in November 2015.

As a Partner at CSuite, Ms. Morris has served as Interim CEO, COO and CFO for several companies where she executed on successful exits and assisted with the transition of leadership and the next chapters for companies such as DIME Beauty, Little Sleepies and Killstar.com. Previously, Ms. Morris served as Chief Financial Officer at Apex Parks Group from 2016 to 2019, as Senior Vice President, Finance at Hot Topic, Inc. from 2015 to 2016, and as Chief Financial Officer at 5.11 Tactical from 2013 to 2015. Ms. Morris currently serves on the boards of directors of Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. and iHerb.com.

She served on the board of directors of Ideal Image Development, Inc. from 2020 until 2024 and on the board of directors for Duluth Holdings Inc. (DLTH) from 2015 until 2022. Ms. Morris holds a B.A. from Pacific Lutheran University and an M.B.A. from Seattle University. Ms. Morris holds a NACD Directorship Certification and NACD Cyber-Risk Oversight Certification.