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Blyth Appoints Jane A. Dietze to Board of Directors [Health & Beauty Close - Up](Health & Beauty Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Blyth, Inc., a direct to consumer company and leading designer and marketer of candles and accessories for the home, as well as health & wellness products sold through the direct selling and direct marketing channels, announced the election of Jane A. Dietze to its Board of Directors. Robert B. Goergen, Jr., Blyth's Chief Executive Officer, said of Dietze's appointment, "Jane brings a strong focus in financial and investment management to Blyth's Board of Directors. We are very pleased to have her re-join us now that we have completed our transformation to a direct-to-consumer business and endeavor to effect growth across all our business lines." According to a release, Dietze is a Managing Director in the Brown University Investment Office, which has oversight over the University's $3 billion endowment. Previously, she was Director of Private Equity at Bowdoin College's Investments Office. Prior to joining Bowdoin College she was a Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group, a global alternative investment and asset management firm. Before Fortress Investment Group, Dietze was a General Partner at Nextpoint Partners, an early-stage technology investment fund, where she was also Acting CEO of Secured Services, a publicly-traded software firm. She has been a General Partner at Columbia Capital, an IT and communications fund, and she was President, CEO and Co-Founder of TORSO, Inc., an enterprise software company. Prior to that she served as Investment Officer, at the International Finance Corp., a private investment arm of the World Bank. Dietze started her career as a financial analyst in mergers and acquisitions with Goldman, Sachs & Co. During the course of her investment management career, Dietze has served as a board member or observer of Adjoined Consulting, Approva, Netuitive, Pihana Pacific, Affinity Internet, Spaceworks, Relera, Digital Paper, Intersect, and Secured Services. She is a supporter of Half the Sky Foundation, a non-profit organization nurturing China's orphaned children. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |