Founder of Checkerboard Ltd., Sharon Price John currently is President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. and President & Chief Executive Officer at Build-A-Bear Workshop UK Ltd. (a subsidiary of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.). Ms. John is also on the board of Jack in the Box, Inc., The Bear Factory Ltd., KaBOOM!, Inc. and Build-A-Bear UK Holdings Ltd.

In the past Ms. John was Chief Executive Officer for Checkerboard Ltd., General Manager & Senior VP-Global Preschool Unit at Hasbro, Inc., President for Stride Rite Children's Group LLC and Vice President-US Toy Division at Vtech Industries, Inc.

Ms. John received an undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee and an MBA from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York.