Sector: Consumer Staples
Director information for HORMEL FOODS CORP (data for year 2025)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER J. POLICINSKI | Chief Executive Officer of CJP Leadership Partners, LLC | 67 | ["Chief Executive Officer of CJP Leadership Partners, LLC", "Former Chief Executive Officer of VitaKey, Inc.", "Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Land O\u2019Lakes, Inc.", "Former Chief Operating Officer of Dairy Foods business unit at Land O\u2019Lakes, Inc.", "Former Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Land O\u2019Lakes, Inc.", "Various management positions at Kraft General Foods Corporation", "Experience at Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.", "Experience at Pillsbury Company", "Expertise in agri-business, consumer product marketing, and corporate development"] | [] | 2025 |
| DEBBRA L. SCHONEMAN | President of Piper Sandler Companies | 57 | ["President of Piper Sandler Companies since 2018", "Former Chief Financial Officer of Piper Sandler Companies", "Former Treasurer of Piper Sandler Companies", "Various finance roles from 1990 to 2006", "Member of the Board of Directors of Allina Health", "Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of St. Thomas", "Experience as active President of a publicly held company", "financially literate", "audit committee financial expert"] | ["Audit Committee", "Governance Committee"] | 2025 |
| Elsa A. Murano | [] | ["Governance Committee"] | 2025 | ||
| ELSA A. MURANO, Ph.D. | Director | 66 | ["Director of the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, Texas A&M AgriLife since 2014", "President Emerita since 2009", "Professor, Department of Animal Science since 2001", "Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Strategic Initiatives, Texas A&M AgriLife from August 2021 to June 2022", "Interim Director of the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture from 2012 to 2014", "President of Texas A&M University from 2008 to 2009", "Vice Chancellor and Dean of Agriculture, Director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station from 2005 to 2007", "Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture from 2001 to 2004", "Member of the Board of Directors of Blue Bell Creameries USA, Inc.", "Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Livestock Research Institute", "Preeminent food safety expertise", "Significant experience in agri-business and regulatory affairs"] | [] | 2025 |
| GARY C. BHOJWANI | Chief Executive Officer of CNO Financial Group, Inc.; Chair | 57 | ["extensive expertise in risk management", "finance", "consumer product marketing", "ongoing experience as the active Chief Executive Officer of a publicly held company"] | ["Governance Committee"] | 2025 |
| Jacinth C. Smiley | Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | [] | [] | 2025 | |
| James P. Snee | Former President and Chief Executive Officer | [] | [] | 2025 | |
| JEFFREY M. ETTINGER | Interim Chief Executive Officer and Board Member | 67 | ["practical finance", "marketing", "legal expertise", "deep knowledge of the Company and food industry"] | [] | 2025 |
| JOHN F. GHINGO | President and Board Member | 53 | ["Executive leadership experience", "Broad marketing expertise", "Sales expertise", "International business expertise", "In-depth knowledge of the Company and food industry"] | [] | 2025 |
| MICHAEL P. ZECHMEISTER | Director | 59 | ["Former Chief Financial Officer of C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.", "Chief Financial Officer of United Natural Foods, Inc.", "Various finance executive roles at General Mills, Inc.", "Expertise in finance, treasury and related functions", "Knowledge of corporate development, logistics and the food industry", "financially literate", "audit committee financial expert"] | ["Audit Committee"] | 2025 |
| SALLY J. SMITH | Director; Chair | 67 | ["Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.", "Chief Financial Officer from 1994 to 1996 at Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.", "Controller from 1984 to 1987 and Chief Financial Officer from 1987 to 1994 at Dahlberg, Inc.", "Experience with KPMG LLP", "Member of the Board of Directors of The Marvin Companies and the National Restaurant Association", "Extensive expertise in finance, corporate development, and the foodservice industry", "financially literate", "audit committee financial expert"] | ["Audit Committee"] | 2025 |
| STEPHEN M. LACY | Director | 71 | ["Extensive expertise in finance", "Corporate development", "Consumer product marketing", "Experience as Chief Executive Officer of a company traded on the NYSE", "financially literate", "audit committee financial expert"] | ["Audit Committee"] | 2025 |
| STEVEN A. WHITE | Director | 64 | ["Experience as President, Special Counsel to CEO Comcast Cable", "President, Comcast West Division", "Regional Senior Vice President at Comcast", "Regional Vice President of AT&T Broadband, LLC", "Regional Vice President of Telecommunications, Inc.", "Various marketing positions with Colgate-Palmolive Company", "Expertise in digital commerce and consumer product marketing"] | ["Governance Committee"] | 2025 |
| WILLIAM A. NEWLANDS | President and Chief Executive Officer | 67 | ["extensive expertise in innovation", "consumer product marketing", "corporate development", "international business", "active Chief Executive Officer of a publicly held company"] | ["Governance Committee"] | 2025 |
