About

Clay M. Johnson has served as an independent director since December 2025. He brings over 25 years of digital and technology leadership, having served as Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Yum! Brands from 2019 to 2024, as CIO and Executive Vice President of Global Business Services at Walmart from 2017 to 2019, and as CIO at GE Power and GE Digital.

Roles

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.
Independent Director · Current role
December 2025–present
Yum! Brands
Chief Digital and Technology Officer
October 2019 - April 2024
Yum! Brands
Senior Advisor
April 2024 - April 2025
Walmart
Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President, Global Business Services
January 2017 - October 2019
General Electric Power and GE Digital
Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President and Corporate Officer
July 2014 - January 2017
Boeing, Dell, Nortel Networks, FedEx, U.S. Coast Guard
Various senior leadership positions
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External Roles

Sealed Air Corporation
Director (Audit Committee)
May 2023 - May 2025

Director Compensation

FY 2025
Fees Earned or Paid in Cash
$17,033
NoteProrated; joined the Board December 1, 2025
Stock Awards (RSUs)
$86,626
Total
$103,659

Also at Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

Colleague
Ken Hicks
Chairman of the Board
Colleague
Beryl Raff
Independent Director
Colleague
Jeff Tweedy
Independent Director

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