Crown Crafts, Inc.

Leading By Example

With decades of collective industry experience, our leaders help ensure we're always providing the highest quality products and services around.

Our Leadership Team

Crown Crafts’ management and board of directors is composed of seasoned veterans from infant and juvenile products, textiles, luxury brand apparel and finance.

Management

Olivia Elliott, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Ms. Elliott, a Certified Public Accountant, assumed the role of President and Chief Operating Officer in January 2021 after serving as the Company's Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since September 2008. Ms. Elliott joined the Company as Treasurer in November 2001. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Elliott served as Corporate Controller of Amedisys, Inc., a public home healthcare company, from May 1999 to November 2001, and served in various positions at United Companies Financial Corporation, a public lending company, from January 1995 to May 1999. She began her career in public accounting in 1991 with Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she worked for more than three years.

Claire Spencer, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Spencer, a Certified Public Accountant, joined the Company in the role of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in June 2025 after serving as the Director of SEC Reporting for H&E Equipment Services, Inc., a Nasdaq listed equipment rental company, from July 2021 to June 2025. She began her career in public accounting in 2013 with KPMG LLP, where she served in audit roles for various public companies from October 2013 to May 2017 and then worked as a Financial Reporting Manager for HRI Properties, LLC, a real estate development company, from May 2017 to June 2019 and at H&E Equipment Services, Inc. from July 2019 to July 2021 before being promoted to Director. Ms. Spencer earned a Master of Science in Accounting and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Southern Methodist University. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as both the Texas and Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Directors

Zenon S. Nie, Chairman of the Board

Zenon S. Nie is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the CEO Advisory Board LLC, a management consulting firm he founded in 2000, and since 2001 has also been an operating partner in Tri-Artisan Partners, which merged with Morgan Joseph to form Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC in January 2011. From 1993 to 2000, he was Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Simmons Company, a billion-dollar international manufacturer and distributor of mattresses. From 1991 to 1993, he was President of the Consumer Home Fashion division of the Bibb Company, which included the Juvenile Products textile division. Prior to that, he was President of Serta Incorporated and held other senior executive positions at both Serta and Sealy Incorporated over the previous 13 years. Mr. Nie has earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight for directors from the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and is a National Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”) Leadership Fellow.

Michael Benstock, Director

Michael Benstock is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Superior Group of Companies (“SGC”), a position he has held since 2003, and has been a member of their board since 1985. He has held multiple positions within SGC since joining in 1979, including Executive Vice President of Manufacturing. Mr. Benstock previously served as a director with USAmeriBank, Inc. from 2007 until its sale in 2017 and for multiple charitable organizations.

Ixchell C. Duarte, Director

Ixchell C. Duarte founded and serves as Chief Executive Officer of ICD Strategic Advisors LLC, a strategic finance advisory firm focused on helping organizations strengthen financial operations, improve compliance, and build scalable financial infrastructure. She served as Chief Financial Officer (previously served as Chief Accounting Officer), Treasurer and Senior Vice President of CNL Healthcare Properties, Inc., a public non-traded REIT, from January 2012 through its sale in March 2026. Ms. Duarte also previously served as Chief Financial Officer (and previously as Chief Accounting Officer), Treasurer and Senior Vice President of CNL Healthcare Properties II, Inc., a public non-traded REIT, from its formation and registration process in July 2015 until its dissolution in March 2020. Ms. Duarte oversaw accounting operations, financial reporting and compliance across multiple public non-traded REITs, serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., CNL Growth Properties, Inc., and Global Income Trust, Inc. from January 2012 through their respective dissolutions between 2015 and 2017. She also served as Chief Accounting Officer of CNL Investment Management Company from January 2012 through May of 2019, where she oversaw accounting and financial reporting for debt and equity investment portfolios. Prior to rejoining CNL affiliates in January 2012, Ms. Duarte served as Controller at GE Capital – Franchise Finance from February 2007 through January 2012. She served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Trustreet Properties, Inc., an NYSE-listed REIT, from 2005 until its acquisition by GE Capital in February 2007. Ms. Duarte served as Controller of various CNL affiliates from September 1995 through February 2005. Ms. Duarte spent seven years working as an external financial auditor starting in the New York City audit practice of KPMG and then for the Orlando, Florida audit practice of Coopers & Lybrand. She is a Certified Public Accountant.

Olivia Elliott, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Ms. Elliott, a Certified Public Accountant, assumed the role of President and Chief Operating Officer in January 2021 after serving as the Company's Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since September 2008. Ms. Elliott joined the Company as Treasurer in November 2001. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Elliott served as Corporate Controller of Amedisys, Inc., a public home healthcare company, from May 1999 to November 2001, and served in various positions at United Companies Financial Corporation, a public lending company, from January 1995 to May 1999. She began her career in public accounting in 1991 with Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she worked for more than three years.

Tatiana G. Ferreira, Director

Tatiana G. Ferreira founded HarmonIQ Consulting & Advisory LLC, which provides executive-level guidance and strategic collaboration, in June 2024, and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. She also founded Tati Ferreira LLC, a consulting company, in February 2023, where she serves as Founder and Chief Executive Officer. She previously served as Senior Vice President of Retail, Customer Experience Operations at Neiman Marcus Group, a department store holding company, from 2019 to 2023. Ms. Ferreira also served as Vice President of Operations and Customer Experience (Retail Development) at Louis Vuitton America, from 2015 to 2018. Ms. Ferreira has also served as an Advisory Board Member of StoreOS Corp, a retail technology company, since 2025, and a member of the Board of Directors of Dream.org, a non-profit which expands access to technology education and economic opportunity in underserved communities, since 2023. Ms. Ferreira holds the National Association of Corporate Directors Directorship Certification.