Vitamin Shoppe voted to expand the size of the board to twelve directors and appointed Tracy Dolgin and Alexander W. Smith as members of the board of directors, both qualifying as independent directors. Both Dolgin and Smith will stand for re-election at the upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders. At the same time, two longer term directors, Catherine Buggeln and Richard Markee, will not stand for re-election. As a result, immediately following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the board will return in size to ten directors. Tracy Dolgin has been associated with the YES Network since 2004 when he joined as President in CEO. He was named non-executive Chairman in 2016 and transitioned to board member in January 2017. Alexander Smith most recently served as President and CEO of Pier 1 Imports. a specialty home furnishings retailer.