Byrna Announces Retirement of Paul Jensen from Board of Directors and Welcomes New Directors Len Elmore and Emily Rooney

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[{"type":"text","content":"ANDOVER, Mass., Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Byrna Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: BYRN) (\"Byrna\" or \"the Company\") today announced the retirement of Paul Jensen from its Board of Directors. Mr. Jensen joined the board in July 2018 and has served as Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee since 2019. He retired as Byrna's CEO on April 1, 2019. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"We have benefitted from Paul's leadership and counsel as a member of our board,\" said Bryan Ganz, CEO of Byrna. \"We extend our deepest gratitude and wish him well in his personal and professional endeavors.\" \nThe Company also announced the appointment of Leonard Elmore to the Board of Directors effective December 2, 2021, where he will serve on the Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Elmore has been an NCAA Men's Basketball television commentator for over 30 years. A retired professional athlete and attorney, as well as an experienced business leader and educator, Mr. Elmore's professional experience includes serving as Senior Counsel with LeBoeuf Lamb et al and as a partner with the law firm of Dreier LLP. He began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney with the King's County (Brooklyn) District Attorney in New York City. Mr. Elmore played professional basketball for ten years and retired in 1984. \nMr. Elmore currently serves as a Director on the board of 1800Flowers.com, a leading online and telephonic gift and flower retailer, and previously served on the board of Lee Enterprises, Inc. a newspaper publishing company. He is a Senior Lecturer in Discipline at the Columbia University School of Professional Studies Sports Management Program. Mr. Elmore's public interest endeavors include serving as Co-Chair of The Knight Commission, whose focus is to develop, promote and lead transformational change that prioritizes the education, health, safety, and success of college athletes, and as a member of the Board of Advisors of the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland College Park Merrill School of Journalism. He received a B.A. from the University of Maryland in 1974 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1987. \nMr. Elmore's appointment to Byrna's Board of Directors follows that of Emily Rooney, the retired host and executive editor of WGBH's weekly \"Beat the Press\" and \"Greater Boston\" programs, ...

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