January 21, 2010 (FinancialWire) — La-Z-Boy Inc. (NYSE: LZB) has named Janet Gurwitch and Edwin J. Holman to its board of directors. The appointments expand the company’s board temporarily to 13 members until August 2010, when two long-term directors, Rocque E. Lipford and Jack L. Thompson, will no longer be eligible for re-election to the board under the company’s governance guidelines.

Gurwitch is the chairman of Gurwitch Consulting Group LLC. She was the co-founder of Laura Mercier Cosmetics, a global brand of high-end niche cosmetics, which she and her partner, Neiman Marcus, later sold to Amway.

Holman is currently the chairman of The Pantry, a convenience store chain in the southeastern U.S. Previously, Holman was the chairman and chief executive officer of Macy’s Central, a division of Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M).

Michigan-based La-Z-Boy is a residential furniture producer. Its Upholstery Group companies are Bauhaus, England and La-Z-Boy. The La-Z-Boy Casegoods Group companies are American Drew/Lea, Hammary and Kincaid.

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