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ThredUp Appoints Financial Governance Leader Kelly Bodnar Battles to Board of Directors and Audit Committee Chair

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ThredUp Appoints Financial Governance Leader Kelly Bodnar Battles to Board of Directors and Audit Committee Chair
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ThredUp Appoints Financial Governance Leader Kelly Bodnar Battles to Board of Directors and Audit Committee Chair

2025-11-18 05:07 Last Updated At:14:41

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 17, 2025--

ThredUp (NASDAQ: TDUP, LTSE: TDUP), one of the largest online resale platforms for apparel, shoes, and accessories, today announced the appointment of Kelly Bodnar Battles to its Board of Directors, with the appointment becoming effective on December 1, 2025. Upon the effective date, Battles will assume the role of Audit Committee Chair. This appointment reinforces ThredUp’s continued commitment to strengthening its financial governance as the company accelerates its growth and transformation into an AI-first resale marketplace.

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“Kelly’s experience in financial leadership and corporate governance, particularly at multiple high-growth, public companies, is invaluable as ThredUp continues to scale and mature,” said James Reinhart, Cofounder and CEO of ThredUp. “As we execute our strategy to leverage technology and redefine the future of resale, we are confident that her oversight and strategic counsel will be instrumental in driving long-term value for our shareholders.”

Kelly Bodnar Battles joins the Board bringing more than 35 years of finance and strategy leadership experience. She has served as Chief Financial Officer for several companies, including Alpha Medical, Quora, Bracket Computing, and Host Analytics, and held executive roles at Cisco Systems and Hewlett Packard.

Battles currently serves on the Board and Audit Committee of Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET) and is a Board member and Audit Committee Chair at Genesys, Qumulo, and Alpha Medical. She previously held the same role for the Wikimedia Foundation. Battles holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, both with honors.

“I'm thrilled to join ThredUp’s Board at such a pivotal time for the company. The resale industry is reaching an inflection point, and ThredUp is perfectly positioned to accelerate its growth and transform the industry’s future,” said Battles. “I look forward to supporting the company's relentless commitment to scale, innovation, and long-term shareholder value.”

Battles joins Patricia Nakache (Chair), Ian Friedman, Mandy Ginsberg, Timothy Haley, Dan Nova, Coretha Rushing, Noam Paransky, and CEO James Reinhart on ThredUp’s Board of Directors.

For more information, visit ThredUp’s Investor Relations site.

About ThredUp

ThredUp is transforming resale with technology and a mission to inspire the world to think secondhand first. By making it easy to buy and sell secondhand, ThredUp has become one of the world's largest online resale platforms for apparel, shoes and accessories. Sellers enjoy ThredUp because we make it easy to clean out their closets and unlock value for themselves or for the charity of their choice while doing good for the planet. Buyers enjoy shopping value, premium and luxury brands all in one place, at up to 90% off estimated retail price. Our proprietary operating platform is the foundation for our managed marketplace and consists of distributed processing infrastructure, proprietary software and systems and data science expertise. With ThredUp’s Resale-as-a-Service, some of the world's leading brands and retailers are leveraging our platform to deliver customizable, scalable resale experiences to their customers. ThredUp has processed over 200 million unique secondhand items from 60,000 brands across 100 categories. By extending the life cycle of clothing, ThredUp is changing the way consumers shop and ushering in a more sustainable future for the fashion industry.

ThredUp Appoints Kelly Bodnar Battles to Board of Directors

ThredUp Appoints Kelly Bodnar Battles to Board of Directors

NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire ripped through a popular nightclub in India’s Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists, the state’s chief minister said Sunday.

The blaze occurred just past midnight in Arpora village in North Goa, a party hub, some 25 kilometers (15-miles) from the state capital, Panaji.

Goa’s Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said most of the dead were the club’s kitchen workers, as well as three to four tourists. Six people were injured and are in stable condition, he said. All the bodies have been recovered.

The fire was caused by a gas cylinder blast and has been extinguished, the Press Trust of India news agency reported, quoting local police. However, witnesses told the agency that the fire began on the club’s first floor, where nearly 100 tourists were on the dance floor. Several rushed to the kitchen below in the chaos and got trapped along with staff, it said.

Fatima Shaikh said the commotion began as flames erupted, according to the news agency. “We rushed out of the club only to see that the entire structure was up in flames,” she said.

The nightclub, located along the Arpora River backwaters, had a narrow entry and exit that forced the firefighters to park their tankers about 400 meters (1,300 feet) away, delaying the efforts, the news agency said.

Sawant said the club had violated fire safety regulations. The state government ordered an inquiry to determine the exact cause of the fire and responsibility, he said, adding that authorities would act against the club management and officials who allowed it to operate despite the violations.

Local village council official Roshan Redkar told the news agency that authorities had earlier issued a demolition notice for the club, which didn't have construction permit from the government. But higher officials rolled back the order, he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a social media post called the fire "deeply saddening# and said he spoke with Sawant. Modi said the government “is providing all possible assistance” while offering condolences to the victims’ families.

Accidents, particularly involving gas cylinders and electric short circuits, aren’t uncommon in India and often result in casualties, underlining the need for authorities to implement stringent safety protocols.

“This is not just an accident; it is a criminal failure of safety and governance,” Rahul Gandhi, a top leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, wrote in a social media post. He called for a transparent probe to "fix accountability and ensure such preventable tragedies don’t occur again.”

The western coastal state of Goa is one of India’s most popular tourist destinations, known for its sandy beaches.

The charred interiors of a nightclub, which caught fire early Sunday, are seen in Arpora, Goa, India, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo)

The charred interiors of a nightclub, which caught fire early Sunday, are seen in Arpora, Goa, India, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo)

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