Melissa Kidd - Director | LAKELAND INDUSTRIES (LAKE) Executive Profile & Compensation

About Melissa Kidd

Melissa Kidd, 57, is an independent Class I director of Lakeland Industries (LAKE) serving since 2023, with a current term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting . She is Senior Vice President, Sales at Atkore Inc. (NYSE: ATKR) since 2019; she joined Atkore as Vice President/General Manager in July 2017 . Her prior roles include Vice President at AMETEK Brookfield and President of Faradyne Motors; she holds an MBA from Virginia Polytechnic University and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University . LAKE’s Board has affirmatively determined she is independent under Nasdaq/SEC rules .

Past Roles

Organization	Role	Tenure	Committees/Impact
AMETEK Brookfield	Vice President	Not disclosed	Industrial R&D and quality instrumentation leadership
Faradyne Motors (JV of ITT and Pentair)	President	Not disclosed	Led operations at pump motor JV

External Roles

Organization	Role	Tenure	Committees/Impact
Atkore Inc. (NYSE: ATKR)	Senior Vice President, Sales	2019–present	Executive leadership in electrical raceway products
Atkore Inc.	Vice President/General Manager	Jul 2017–2019	General management prior to SVP role

Board Governance

Independence: Board determined Ms. Kidd independent; 6 of 7 directors are independent .
Committees: Member, Compensation Committee; member, Nominating & Governance Committee (not a chair) .
Attendance: In FY2025 (year ended Jan 31, 2025) the Board met 9 times; Comp Committee 7; Nominating & Gov 5. Each director attended at least 75% of Board and respective committee meetings .
Annual Meeting Attendance: All directors then in office attended the June 13, 2024 annual meeting .
Executive Sessions: Independent directors meet in executive session generally no less than twice a year .
Leadership/Checks: CEO and Chair roles are combined; Board has a Lead Independent Director (Thomas J. McAteer) to chair independent sessions and balance leadership .

Fixed Compensation

Structure (FY2025): $70,000 annual cash retainer; committee fees of $3,750 (Compensation member) and $3,000 (Nominating & Governance member) apply; Audit member fee is $7,500; chair fees vary by committee .
Effective Feb 1, 2025 changes: Annual RSU grant increased to $75,000; Lead Independent Director receives $85,000 additional cash retainer and $30,000 additional RSUs; one-time 3,000 RSUs for Technology Committee members at 2025 AGM (Ms. Kidd is not on Tech Committee) .

Fiscal Year	Cash Fees ($)	Notes
FY2025 (ended Jan 31, 2025)	76,750	Comprised of $70,000 Board retainer + $3,750 Compensation Committee member fee + $3,000 Nominating & Governance member fee (matches reported fees)

Performance Compensation

Directors receive time-based RSUs; no performance-vested equity is disclosed for directors .
FY2025 (post-2024 AGM) grant: Each non-employee director received 2,842 RSUs on June 13, 2024; vest in full on the first anniversary of grant . Ms. Kidd’s FY2025 director equity fair value was $64,997 .

Grant Date	Instrument	Units/Shares	Vesting	Grant-Date Fair Value ($)
Jun 13, 2024	RSUs	2,842	Vest 1-year from grant	64,997

Other Directorships & Interlocks

Category	Details
Current public company boards	None disclosed in LAKE’s proxy biography for Ms. Kidd .
Committee roles at other public companies	Not disclosed .
Interlocks with customers/suppliers/competitors	Not disclosed; LAKE reported no related-party transactions in FY2024–FY2025 .
Compensation committee interlocks	None; no LAKE executive serves on another company’s comp committee with LAKE comp committee members .

Expertise & Qualifications

Senior commercial leader with extensive product sales and business leadership experience at a public industrial manufacturer (Atkore) .
Prior executive roles in industrial instrumentation and JV leadership; experience aligns with LAKE’s safety/industrial end-markets .
Education: MBA (Virginia Polytechnic University); B.S. Biomedical Engineering (Marquette University) .

Equity Ownership

As of	Beneficial Ownership (Shares)	% of Outstanding	Notes
Mar 31, 2025	3,452	<1%	Director-level holdings (beneficial)
Jan 31, 2025	2,842 unvested RSUs held by each non-employee director (including Ms. Kidd)	—	From Jun 13, 2024 grant; vests 1-year post-grant

Stock ownership guidelines: Directors must own shares equal to 2x annual cash retainer; dispositions restricted until compliance; anti-hedging and anti-pledging policy prohibits hedging/pledging of company securities .
Pledging: Prohibited by policy; no pledging disclosed for Ms. Kidd .
Alignment note: Ms. Kidd’s FY2025 director compensation mix approximates 54% cash ($76,750) and 46% equity ($64,997), underscoring equity alignment through annual RSUs .

Governance Assessment

Strengths: Independent status; active roles on Compensation and Nominating & Governance committees; Board/committee attendance met policy thresholds; no related-party transactions; robust anti-hedging/pledging and ownership guidelines; independent compensation consultant (Willis Towers Watson) supports market-aligned pay practices .
Oversight architecture: All committees are fully independent; independent directors hold executive sessions; presence of a Lead Independent Director mitigates combined CEO/Chair structure risk .
Compensation alignment: Director pay includes meaningful equity via time-based RSUs; structure adjusted in 2025 to increase RSU value (broader board alignment), with incremental retainers tied to enhanced leadership duties (Lead Independent Director) .
Potential risks/RED FLAGS: None disclosed specific to Ms. Kidd (no attendance shortfalls, interlocks, or related-party dealings reported). The combined CEO/Chair structure warrants continued monitoring, though mitigated by independent committees and lead independent director .

Summary signal: Ms. Kidd appears to be a fully independent, engaged director with relevant industrial/commercial expertise and clean conflict profile; compensation and ownership policies indicate solid alignment, with no disclosed red flags impacting investor confidence .