Hormel Foods Appoints Lynn Egner Vice President of Retail Sales – West

Egner will be responsible for the company’s retail sales strategy and execution with the company’s customers in the Western Region of the United States. Egner replaces Natosha Walsh, who was recently named vice president of marketing for Convenient Meals and Proteins in the company’s Retail business.

“Lynn has been instrumental in building valuable relationships with our customer partners across the Retail sales organization,” said Jim Snee, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Hormel Foods. “Lynn is a proven people leader who will continue to build a team that brings a strategic, dynamic and analytical approach to the marketplace with our portfolio of leading brands.”

“With her considerable sales experience and focus on customer-centric relationships, Lynn brings exceptional leadership to this position,” said PJ Connor, group vice president of Retail sales. “I look forward to the important role she will play in the continued strategic growth of our Retail sales organization.”

Egner joined Hormel Foods in 1997 in the Foodservice sales organization and was quickly promoted to positions of increasing authority and reach, including at the national level. In 2014, she was promoted to director of distributor trade development for Foodservice and was named director of sales for Hormel Foods Deli Solutions in 2018. She assumed her current role of assistant vice president of Retail sales – West in 2022.

Egner graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor’s degree in business. She is active in the community and in industry organizations.