Guy M. Harkless
Guy M. Harkless, 57, was appointed to our board in July 2023. Mr. Harkless is the Chief Operating Officer of ANIMA Inc., an innovative sustainable footwear company. Previously, from October 2023 through February 2025, Mr. Harkless had been the President & CEO of Blink Fitness (a division of Equinox Holdings), a premium quality, value-based fitness brand headquartered in New York, New York.
From August 2015 to April 2023 Mr. Harkless served in an Executive level leadership capacity with Foot Locker Inc., in operating and strategy roles. Most recently, from July 2020 to April 2023, Mr. Harkless led the North American operations as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Champs Sports division, following roles leading Foot Locker’s Canadian subsidiary from October 2017 to June 2020 and as the Global head of corporate strategy from August 2015 to September 2017. Mr. Harkless has held commercial leadership, category and operational roles for industry leading athletic apparel and footwear brands, Nike, Inc. and Puma SE, including leading Puma’s subsidiary for the Benelux countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg from January 2011 to January 2014. Prior to these roles, Mr. Harkless was a founding partner and a member of the executive team of AND 1 Basketball, a basketball performance and lifestyle brand, including leading the international expansion for the European and Asia-Pacific regions and he led, with the management team, the sale of AND 1 to American Sporting Goods in 2005. Mr. Harkless holds a BA in Political Science from Howard University, graduating Magna Cum Laude.