Lumber Liquidators Taps Jill Witter as Chief Compliance & Legal Officer

Toano, VA, August 19, 2015—Lumber Liquidators has announced the hiring of Jill Witter as the company's chief compliance and legal officer.

Witter will report directly to founder and acting chief executive officer, Thomas D. Sullivan, and has been consulting and advising the company's compliance team since early July.

Witter brings with her a deep background in compliance and legal experience in forest products, serving as general counsel at Rayonier Inc. and the forest resources division of the International Paper Company.

Under her leadership as general counsel and ethics and compliance officer at Novation LLC, the company earned the Ethics Inside Certification from the Ethisphere Institute and was named to Ethisphere's lists of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the past three years.

Witter's duties will include directing all aspects of legal matters, including complex litigation management, compliance and compliance program development, quality assurance and public affairs for the company.