Independent | Age: 70 | Director Since: 2011 Board Committees: Audit Other Public Company Boards Within Past Five Years: ENDI Corp (2022 2025) Credit Suisse Asset Management Income Fund, Inc. (2018 Present) Business Experience: Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School Faculty (1990 present) Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management (2004 present) Dean (2005 2016) Senior Associate Dean (2003 2005) QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERTISE: Distinguished financial management expert and thought leader, currently serving as the Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Gupta has served on the Olin Business School faculty since 1990, including as Dean for over a decade, and his research has been published in leading academic journals in the U.S. and abroad. He has served on several editorial boards, including The Accounting Review, The Journal of Management Accounting Research, Canadian Accounting Review, and Accounting Horizons. He holds a Ph.D. in accounting from Stanford University. Mr. Gupta provides the Caleres Board with actionable insights that draw upon his extensive expertise and research in management accounting and cost management and control. Visionary builder of world-class academic programs . At the Olin Business School, Dr. Gupta spearheaded a $90-million expansion that more than doubled Olin s space on the Danforth Campus, including the construction of two LEED Gold-certified buildings dedicated in 2014. He expanded the Executive MBA program beyond St. Louis and Shanghai to additional campuses including Mumbai, establishing the first U.S.-India joint Executive MBA program in cooperation with IIT Bombay. Dr. Gupta carefully managed the financial position of the school during his tenure as dean, including the period of the Great Recession of 2008, ensuring the school s profitability each year of that crisis. In recognition of his leadership, Dr. Gupta was named Executive of the Year by the Asian American Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis. Extensive board and audit committee experience , including as a Trustee and Chair of the Audit Committee of mutual funds of Credit Suisse Asset Management, and as a director and member of the audit committee of First Bank and ENDI Corp. Dr. Gupta also contributes to the St. Louis community through his service on the not-for-profit boards of directors of the Foundation for Barnes Jewish Hospitals, Barnes Jewish Hospitals, and the Oasis Institute.