Content about Richard Tadler

August 18, 2011

Lumber Liquidators has announced the election of Jimmie Wade as a Class III director, effective Sept. 1, 2011. Wade fills the opening on the board of directors left by Richard Tadler.

Wade is president of Advance Auto Parts, where he is responsible for store operations and Do-it-Yourself and Commercial businesses. Prior to that, he served as an EVP, accelerating the growth of Advance's Commercial business. Before working at Advance, Wade worked for S.H. Heironimus, a regional department store, as VP finance and operations. 

June 21, 2011

Richard Tadler will be stepping down from the Lumber Liquidators board of directors, effective June 30, 2011.

Tadler has been with the board since 2004, when TA Associates, the private equity firm of which he is a managing director, originally invested in the company. TA Associates divested its interest in the Toano, Va.-based retailer of hardwood flooring in 2009.