Vera Bradley Announces Appointment of Ivan Brockman to Its Board of Directors

FORT WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vera Bradley, Inc. (“Vera Bradley” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:VRA) today announced the appointment of Ivan Brockman to its Board of Directors effective November 17, 2025.

“We are pleased to welcome Ivan to the Vera Bradley Board of Directors,” said Ian Bickley, Executive Chairman of the Company. “Ivan brings three decades of experience advising senior management teams, Board of Directors, and investors on strategic decision-making across all stages and cycles of growth and value creation for companies.”

Mr. Brockman currently serves as a Senior Advisor to PJT Partners, a leading independent investment bank, and previously was a Partner and in the firm’s technology strategic advisory group in San Francisco. Mr. Brockman has been at the firm since its inception when it was created in a spin-off transaction from Blackstone in 2015. Prior to the spin-off, Mr. Brockman was a part of Blackstone’s strategic advisory group and served on the firm’s Innovations Investment Committee. Mr. Brockman has a wealth of experience as an investment banker having also served as the co-head of West Coast Technology Investment Banking for Citigroup and prior to that was a Vice President with Goldman Sachs’ TMT investment banking group in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. Mr. Brockman began his career practicing corporate securities law for several years with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Over the course of his career, Mr. Brockman has advised on well over $100 Billion of strategic transactions including with selected leading companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Oracle, Verizon, SAP, Dell, HP, Intel, Citrix, Yahoo, eBay, Intuit, Accenture, VERITAS, and many others.

Mr. Brockman is also an active private investor as a limited partner in leading private equity, growth, real estate, and venture funds, as well as a direct investor in technology and consumer start-up companies. Some of his more prominent early-stage investments have included identity protection leader LifeLock; innovative DTC medical scrubs provider FIGS; and influencer marketing company Influential.

“Vera Bradley is an iconic and beloved brand, and I am delighted to be joining the Vera Bradley Board during this critical period in the Company’s strategic transformation,” said Mr. Brockman regarding his appointment.

About Vera Bradley, Inc.
Vera Bradley, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a leading designer of women’s handbags, luggage and other travel items, fashion and home accessories, and unique gifts. Founded in 1982 by friends Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Patricia R. Miller, the brand is known for its innovative designs, iconic patterns, and brilliant colors that inspire and connect women unlike any other brand in the global marketplace.