Conn's, Inc. Appoints Karen Hartje to the Board of Directors and Audit Committee and Its Credit Risk Committee

On March 22, 2023, Conn's, Inc. announced the appointment of Ms. Karen Hartje to its Board of Directors, effective as of March 21, 2023. Ms. Hartje has been named to serve on the Board's Audit Committee and its Credit Risk Committee. Ms. Hartje is expected to stand for re-election at the annual stockholder meeting in May 2023.

Ms. Hartje has served as Chief Financial Officer of Sezzle, Inc. From April 2016 until joining Sezzle, Ms. Hartje operated her own financial consulting business, Grand Group LLC. Prior to her own financial consulting business, Ms. Hartje occupied finance and credit management roles at Bluestem Brands, a retail finance company that was a reboot of Fingerhut Direct Marketing and generated well over $1 billion in retail sales. Ms. Hartje was on the founding team of Bluestem Brands, where she led the finance department reporting to the President of Bluestem Brands.

During her tenure, Ms. Hartje led financial planning and analysis, management of credit policies, and forecasting. Before Bluestem Brands, Ms. Hartje started her career with KPMG and has held senior leadership positions at US Bank and Lenders Trust. Ms. Hartje has served on the not-for-profit board of Saint Paul Figure Skating Club, Inc. since 2015, and was previously a member of the board of Upworks from 2016 to 2018.

Ms. Hartje has a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the University

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