Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. Names Stephen Gibbs Vice President/Chief Accounting Officer

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) announced the appointment of Stephen L. Gibbs as its vice president and chief accounting officer effective immediately. This newly created position has been established to strengthen GMCR's accounting function and overall financial control environment. In his role at GMCR, Gibbs will provide strategic leadership for the accounting operations including financial reporting, accounting, tax, financial systems, policies and controls and will report to Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Frances G. Rathke.

Gibbs joins GMCR with more than 15 years of experience in increasingly responsible leadership accounting and finance positions at public companies. Most recently, Gibbs served as vice president, chief accounting officer and corporate controller of Scientific Games Corp. where he was responsible for all aspects of accounting and reporting for domestic and international operations. Prior to Scientific Games Corp., Gibbs was manager of accounting research at The Coca-Cola Co. and was controller at TRX, Inc. Gibbs, a certified public accountant, began his career with Arthur Andersen LLP and Deloitte & Touche LLP after receiving his B.S. in Accounting from Florida A&M University.