Stephen D. Milligan joins as Director on Ross Stores Board

Stephen D. Milligan has joined Ross Stores as Director on its Board, effective immediately. Milligan has served since 2013 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Digital Corporation, a 15.1 billion dollars data storage solutions provider.

Commenting on the development, Michael Balmuth, Executive Chairman of Ross Stores, stated, “We are delighted to have Steve Milligan join our Board of Directors. We are confident that the three decades of in-depth financial and technology management and consulting experience he brings to our board will be valuable to our company and our shareholders.”

Milligan rejoined Western Digital in 2012 as President following the company's acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), where he was Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2012 and Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to 2009. Prior to his tenure at Hitachi GST, Milligan had been with Western Digital from 2002 to 2007, including serving as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he spent five years with Dell in senior finance roles after starting his career with Price Waterhouse. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from The Ohio State University.