Blue Nile Announces Appointment of New Board Member

Blue Nile, Inc. NILE today announced the addition of Chris Bruzzo to its Board of Directors. Mr. Bruzzo is the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Seattle's Best Coffee, a subsidiary of Starbucks Corporation. In his current role he oversees all global brand strategy, product innovation and category management, communications, advertising, and digital strategy across all channels for the SBC brand. Prior to his current role, Mr. Bruzzo was the Vice President of Global Advertising & Digital Marketing at Starbucks Corporation. He was instrumental in building Starbucks' online presence, which currently includes more than 30 million fans on Facebook, more than 1.5 million Twitter followers and over 110,000 ideas submitted to MyStarbucksIdea.com, an innovative online idea community that Mr. Bruzzo designed and implemented.