JOHN B SANFILIPPO AND SON INC (JBSS)
Sector: Consumer Staples
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Consumer Staples
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Director information for JBSS
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JBSS | ["Consumer packaged goods experience", "Brand management, strategy and sales experience", "Public company board experience", "NACD Certified Board Director and Board Leadership Fellow", "Industry (Consumer Packaged Goods)", "Executive (C-Suite) and other Leadership and Strategy Experience", "Sales and Marketing Experience", "Innovation and New Product Development Experience", "Risk Management Experience", "M&A Experience, including Integration"] | [] | 2025 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Ms. Taaffe is a senior brand management and strategy executive who has held leadership roles across several industries, including over two decades in consumer-packaged goods. Since 2016, she has been a clinical professor of Management and Organizations at Northwestern University s Kellogg School of Management, where she teaches leadership courses and coaches MBA and Executive Education students. In addition to her governance and academic work, she is a keynote and TEDx speaker, executive advisor and coach, and award-winning author. Previously, Ms. Taaffe was President of Ravel, formerly Smith-Dahmer Associates LLC, a research and brand strategy consulting firm, where she served from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that, Ms. Taaffe was Vice President of Brand Marketing and a Corporate Officer of the Whirlpool Corporation from 2007 to 2009. Prior to the Whirlpool Corporation, Ms. Taaffe served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Officer of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. from 2005 to 2007. Previously, Ms. Taaffe served as Vice President of Health and Wellness Strategy and Programming at PepsiCo from 2003 to 2005. She was Vice President of Marketing for Frito-Lay s Convenience Foods Division of PepsiCo, following PepsiCo s acquisition of the Quaker Oats Company in 2001, where she served as Vice President of Marketing for Snacks and Side Dishes. At Quaker, Ms. Taaffe held numerous positions in Brand Management and Sales Management from 1984 to 2001. In 2015, Ms. Taaffe was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the Hooker Furniture Corporation, where she serves on their Compensation and Human Resources Committee, Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, which she chaired from 2016 to 2023. In 2018, Ms. Taaffe joined the Board of Directors of AARP Services Inc., where she is Board Chair, and serves on their Compensation and Talent Management Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee, which she chaired from 2020 to 2024. Ms. Taaffe joined our Board of Directors in January 2011 and is Lead Independent Director of the Board, the Chairperson of our Compensation and Human Resources Committee, a member of our Audit Committee, and a member of our Nominating and Governance Committee, which she previously chaired. She was named a Board Leadership Fellow by the NACD in 2016 and was recognized as NACD Directorship Certified in 2022 to present.