Biography

Symancyk has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of PetSmart LLC, a large specialty pet retailer, since June 2018. From 2015 to June 2018, Symancyk was the Chief Executive Officer of Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc., a sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer. Symancyk has over 25 years of industry experience managing complex retail organizations, including with roles of increasing responsibility with each of Academy Sports + Outdoors, Meijer and Walmart Stores. Symancyk also served on the board of directors of Chewy, Inc., an online retailer for pet products, supplies and prescriptions, from April 2019 through July 2021, and GameStop Corp., from March 2020 to June 2021.