Leadership

Philip Krim has served as Casper Sleep Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since October 2013. Prior to Casper, Mr. Krim was Chief Executive Officer of Vocalize Mobile, a mobile search advertising platform for small businesses, from 2010 to 2013 and Chief Executive Officer of The Merrick Group from 2003 to 2009. Since 2016, Mr. Krim has served on the Emerging Leadership Council of the 92nd Street Y, and has served as a Director of the Travis Manion Foundation since 2019, and as a member of the Leadership Council of the Robin Hood Foundation since 2019. He received a B.B.A. in Marketing from Red McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Emilie Arel has served as Casper Sleep Inc.'s Chief Commercial Officer and President since July 2019. Previously, Ms. Arel served as the Chief Executive Officer of FULLBEAUTY Brands, a portfolio of brands in the plus-size apparel space, from 2017 to 2019 leading its turn-around out of bankruptcy. She also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Quidsi Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon LLC, from 2015 to 2017, and Senior Vice President of Retail at Quidsi Inc. from 2014 to 2015. Between 2007 and 2014, Ms. Arel held a variety of executive and leadership roles at Gap Inc., including Vice President of Stores at Old Navy. Before joining Gap, Inc., Ms. Arel served in various positions at Target Corporation from 2001 to 2007. Ms. Arel received a dual M.B.A. from the Columbia School of Business in New York, New York and the Haas School of Business in Berkeley, California, as well as a B.A. in Marketing from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Michael Monahan has served as Casper Sleep Inc.’s Chief Financial Officer since August 2020. Previously, Mr. Monahan served as the Chief Financial Officer of Nutrisystem, Inc. from 2013 to 2019 where he oversaw the growth of the company’s market capitalization from approximately $250 million to $1.3 billion and subsequently, the successful sale of the business. Mr. Monahan has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of both Hexo Corp. and PetroChoice Holdings, Inc. Earlier in his career, he served in financial roles at Exelon Corp., Accenture and Arthur Andersen. Mr. Monahan received an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and a B.A. from Villanova University.

Jeffrey Chapin has served as Casper Sleep Inc.'s Chief Product Officer since October 2013. Prior to Casper, he founded Common Made LLC, a platform for designers to address societal issues, and served as Principal from 2013 to 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Chapin was a Designer at IDEO LP, an international design and consulting firm, from 2003 to 2013. Mr. Chapin received an M.S. in Product Design from Stanford University and a B.S.E. in Civil Engineering from Princeton University.

Neil Parikh has served as Casper Sleep Inc.'s Chief Strategy Officer since November 2018 and as a member of our board of directors since October 2013. Mr. Parikh was the Chief Operating Officer of Casper Sleep Inc. from October 2013 to November 2018. Mr. Parikh received a B.A. in Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship from Brown University.

Jonathan Truppman has served as Casper Sleep Inc.'s General Counsel and Secretary since February 2017 and previously served as Casper’s VP Business Development & Legal from 2015 to 2017. Prior to joining Casper, Mr. Truppman was an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, an international law firm from 2013 to 2015 and 2010 to 2012, and he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Victor Marrero of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 2012 to 2013. Mr. Truppman received a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Columbia University.

Elizabeth Wolfson has served as Casper Sleep Inc.'s Chief People Officer since June 2017. Previously, she served as a Human Resources Consultant for Casper from 2016 to 2017. Prior to joining Casper, Ms. Wolfson served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Talent at fashion label Tory Burch LLC from 2015 to 2016 and as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Kate Spade New York from 2012 to 2014, where she built the company's global Human Resources organization beginning in 2007. Prior to that, from 1996 to 2006, Ms. Wolfson held a variety of Human Resources leadership roles at fashion label Ralph Lauren Corporation. Ms. Wolfson received her B.A. from University of Maryland College Park.