Macys.com CEO joins The Knot’s board of directors

Peter Sachse, chairman and CEO of Macys.com, is among three new members of the board of directors at The Knot Inc., an online retailer and publisher serving brides and grooms. Also joining the board are Eileen Naughton, a former Time Group president who is now regional director in charge of sales and marketing at Google Inc., and Ira Carlin, chairman-international of MAGNA Global Worldwide, a media unit of the Interpublic Group of Companies.

“Ms. Naughton, Mr. Carlin and Mr. Sachse each bring a unique set of skills and knowledge that further strengthens The Knot’s board of directors as we expand as a lifestage media company,” says The Knot CEO and co-founder David Liu. The Knot is No. 343 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide to Retail Web Sites.

Sachse has also served as president of corporate marketing at Macy’s, a unit of Federated Department Stores Inc., and is a former president and chief operating officer of The Bon Marche, now known as Macy’s Northwest.

Naughton is a former president of Time Group, which includes the global publishing operations of Time magazine, Time.com and Life magazine. She has also served as president of Time Inc. Interactive, where she developed an operating platform for several of the company’s online brands, including Time.com, SI.com, People.com.

Carlin is a former chairman and CEO of Universal McCann, the media arm of global advertising agency McCann-Erickson Worldwide.

The Knot also reports that Matthew Strauss and Ann Winblad have resigned from its board.