COMPANY

Food wholesaler/retailer, founded in 1871 as the Winston and Newell Company. It adopted the name Supervalu in 1954.

Official Website:
http://www.supervalu.com/

Industry:
Food

Ticker:
NYSE:SVU

Corporate headquarters:
Eden Prairie, MN

Sales:
$19.9B (2006)

Employees:
52,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alec C. Covington	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Nash Finch
Daniel A. DeMatteo	Business	c. 1948		Vice Chairman and COO of Gamestop
Jeffrey C. Girard	Business	c. 1946		Vice Chairman of ShopKo, 2002-04
Jeffrey Noddle	Business	1947		CEO of Supervalu
Michael W. Wright	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Supervalu, 1981-2001

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
A. Gary Ames	Business	c. 1946		CEO of MediaOne, 1990-2000
Irwin Cohen	Business	c. 1941		Former Retail Partner, Deloitte & Touche
Ronald E. Daly	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Oce USA Holding
Lawrence A. Del Santo	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Vons, 1994-97
Susan E. Engel	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Lenox Group, 1996-2007
Philip L. Francis	Business	c. 1946		CEO of PetSmart
Edwin C. Gage	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Carlson Companies, 1989-91
Garnett L. Keith, Jr.	Business	c. 1936		Vice Chairman of Prudential, 1984-96
Charles M. Lillis	Business	c. 1945		President of MediaOne, 1995-2000
Jeffrey Noddle	Business	1947		CEO of Supervalu
Marissa T. Peterson	Business	c. 1961		Former EVP, Sun Microsystems
Steven S. Rogers	Educator	c. 1955		Finance Profesor, Northwestern University
Wayne Sales	Business	28-Dec-1949		CEO of Canadian Tire, 2000-06
Kathi P. Seifert	Business	c. 1949		Former EVP Personal Care, Kimberly-Clark

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael W. Wright	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Supervalu, 1981-2001

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Isaiah Harris, Jr.	Business	c. 1952		Former BellSouth executive

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