Meet Our Management Team
At Hormel Foods, we are fortunate to have great depth of leadership.
Thanks to the efforts of the management team and their willingness to
mentor others, Hormel Foods is positioned to build on the company’s
long tradition of success.
Roland G.
Gentzler
Vice President, Finance
Treasurer
Dennis B.
Goettsch
Vice President, Marketing
Foodservice
Daniel A.
Hartzog
Vice President
Senior Vice President, Sales
Consumer Products Sales
David P.
Juhlke
Vice President
Human Resources
Donald H. Kremin
Vice President, Sales
Consumer Products Sales
Phillip L. Minerich,
Ph.D.
Vice President
Research and Development
Kurt F.
Mueller
Vice President
Senior Vice President,
Business Planning
Consumer Products Sales
Larry J.
Pfeil
Vice President
Engineering
Russell C.
Potter
Vice President, Operations
Grocery Products
Douglas R.
Reetz
Vice President
Senior Vice President, Sales
Consumer Products Sales
Bruce R.
Schweitzer
Vice President, Operations
Refrigerated Foods
James N.
Sheehan
Vice President and Controller
James M.
Splinter
Vice President, Marketing
Consumer Products and
Refrigerated Foods
Joe
C. Swedberg
Vice President
Legislative Affairs and
Marketing Services
Robert A.
Tegt
Vice President
Specialty Foods
Brian D. Johnson
Corporate Secretary
Meet our Board of Directors
Hormel
Foods recognizes the importance of the contributions made by the Board
of Directors. We are always pleased to welcome new members, and we
thank everyone on our Board for helping us to meet the challenge of
balancing creativity and discipline in an effort to manage well.
Board of Directors –
John R.
Block
Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Senior
Legislative Advisor,
Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C.
Director since October 1997
Jeffrey M. Ettinger
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Director
since May 2004
E. Peter Gillette,
Jr.
Senior Advisor to U.S. Trust Company
Retired
President, Piper Trust Company
Director since July
1996
Luella G. Goldberg
Trustee, University of Minnesota Foundation
Member, Board of
Overseers,
University of Minnesota
Carlson School
of Management
Trustee and Chair Emerita, Wellesley
College
Past Board Chair,
University of Minnesota
Foundation
Director since September 1993
Susan I. Marvin
President, Marvin Windows
and Doors
Trustee, University of Minnesota
Foundation
Director since July 2002
Michael J. McCoy
Retired
Director since May 2000
John
L. Morrison
Managing Director, Goldner Hawn
Johnson
& Morrison Incorporated
Chairman, Callanish Capital
Partners
Director since November 2003
Elsa A. Murano, Ph.D.
Texas A&M
University Vice Chancellor
and Dean of Agriculture
Professor, Department of Animal Science
Director
since September 2006
Robert C.
Nakasone
Chief Executive Officer,
NAK Enterprises,
LLC
Director since September 2006
Dakota A. Pippins
President and Chief
Executive Officer,
Pippins Strategies, LLC
Director since January 2001
Gary J. Ray
President Protein Business Units
Director since November 1990
Hugh C. Smith, M.D.
Professor of Medicine,
Mayo
Clinic College of Medicine
Consultant in the Cardiovascular
Division
at Mayo Clinic
Director since
September 2006
John G. Turner
Chairman, Hillcrest Capital Partners
Director Since March 2000