Jeff Wells

He oversaw all human resources and training functions. Circuit City operates over 600 stores in the United States. Total Sales for Circuit City in FY'05 were approximately $10 billion. Circuit City employs over 43,000 associates within the USA.

Previously, Mr. Wells served as Senior Vice President and Vice President, Human Resources, for Toys "R" Us, Inc. from 1984 to 1996. His career with Toys "R" Us encompassed responsibilities for all human resource activities for Toys - USA; corporate, international, and indirectly, for Kids "R" Us. During his association with TRU, he had seen the company grow from one billion dollars to over $10.0 billion in 1996.

Prior to joining Toys "R" Us, Mr. Wells served as SVP, Human Resources, for Gimbels-Pittsburgh for 7 years, a division of Batus Retail Group. Before that time he spent 10 years with Sears Roebuck where he began his career as an Executive Trainee. During his time with Sears, Mr. Wells served in assignments as varied as Department Manager to Territorial Payroll Tax Manager.

Mr. Wells serves as Chairman of the Committee on Employment Law of the National Retail Federation. He is Chairman Emeritus of the New Jersey Retail Merchants Association. He serves on the Commonwealth of Virginia Blind and Visually Impaired Rehabilitation Advisory Council and is Chairman of the Board of INROADS, Virginia. In addition he serves on the Corporate Advisory Board at the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. Mr. Wells has also serves on the Board of the NRF Foundation Education & Advancement Committee formerly known as the Sales and Service Voluntary Partnership. In addition, Mr. Wells also serves on the Editorial Review Board of Chief Learning Magazine, the corporate advisory board of UniCru corporation, and has been recently invited to serve as a Human Resource Thought Leader for the Human Capital Institute.

After retiring from Circuit City Stores, Mr. Wells founded his own company, Human Capabilities LLC . His mission is to assist companies in maximizing the capabilities of the Human Capital.