FORT WAYNE – Vera Bradley Inc.’s board of directors has unanimously elected Karen Kaplan as a director. She is president of Hill Holliday, one of the nation’s largest marketing agencies.

She currently is chairman of the Greater Boston Chamber of commerce, serves on the board of governors of the Chief Executives Club of Boston and the board of the Massachusetts Conference for Women.

Kaplan was recently honored as one of the 100 most influential women in advertising by Advertising Age magazine.