David I. Fuente, former chairman and CEO of Office Depot, has resigned from the board of Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc., according to an SEC filing. Dick’s SG said Fuente resigned to “pursue other interests.”

On May 27 he
also resigned from the board of Ryder System, Inc., where he had served
since 1998, for the same reason.

The Dick’s board appointed Lawrence J. Schorr to serve as the presiding
non-management director and Larry D. Stone to serve as Chair of the
Compensation Committee.

Fuente had served on the Dick’s board since 1993. He was chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Boca Raton, Fla.-based Office Depot, Inc. from 1987 to December 2001. Prior to Office Depot, he served eight years as President of the Paint Stores Group at Sherwin-Williams Co. He is a member of the board of the University of Miami and Boca Raton Community Hospital Inc., and is a director of OPEN Sports Network Inc. and a trustee of Baron Select Funds – Baron Partners Fund.