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10
Name
Professional
Occupation (1) Age
Director
Since
Susan J. Kropf Ms.฀Kropf฀was฀President฀and฀Chief฀Operating฀Officer฀of฀Avon฀Products฀
Inc.,฀ a฀ manufacturer฀ and฀ marketer฀ of฀ beauty฀ care฀ products,฀ from฀
2001 until her retirement in January 2007. She joined Avon in 1970.
Prior฀to฀her฀most฀recent฀assignment,฀Ms.฀Kropf฀had฀been฀Executive฀
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Avon North America and
Global฀ Business฀Operations฀from฀1998฀ to฀ 2000.฀From฀1997฀to฀ 1998฀
she฀ was฀ President,฀ Avon฀ U.S.฀ Ms.฀ Kropf฀ was฀ a฀ member฀ of฀ Avon’s฀
Board of Directors from 1998 to 2006. She currently is a member of
the฀ Board฀ of฀ Directors฀ of฀ Coach,฀ Inc.,฀ MeadWestvaco฀ Corporation,฀
and Sherwin Williams Company. She is a member of the Audit and
Financial Policy Committees.
Ms.฀Kropf฀has฀gained฀a฀unique฀consumer฀insight,฀having฀led฀a฀major฀
beauty care company. She has extensive experience in manufacturing,
marketing,฀ supply฀ chain฀ operations,฀ customer฀ service,฀ and฀ product฀
development, all of which assist her in her role as a member of
Kroger’s฀Board.฀Ms.฀Kropf฀has฀a฀strong฀financial฀background,฀and฀has฀
served on compensation, audit, and corporate governance committees
of other boards. She was inducted into the YWCA Academy of
Women Achievers.
64 2007
John T. LaMacchia Mr.฀LaMacchia฀served฀as฀Chairman฀of฀the฀Board฀of฀Tellme฀Networks,฀
Inc.,฀a฀provider฀of฀voice฀application฀networks,฀from฀September฀2001฀
to฀May฀2007.฀From฀September฀2001฀through฀December฀2004฀he฀was฀
also฀ Chief฀ Executive฀ Officer฀ of฀ Tellme฀ Networks.฀ From฀ May฀ 1999฀
to฀May฀ 2000฀ Mr.฀LaMacchia฀ was฀ Chief฀Executive฀Officer฀of฀ CellNet฀
Data Systems, Inc., a provider of wireless data communications.
From October 1993 through February 1999, he was President and
Chief Executive Officer of Cincinnati Bell Inc. He is a member of the
Compensation฀and฀Corporate฀Governance฀Committees.
Mr.฀ LaMacchia฀ brings฀ to฀ Kroger฀ his฀ tenure฀ leading฀ both฀ large฀ and฀
small companies. He has developed expertise in compensation and
governance issues through his experience on compensation and
corporate governance committees of Kroger and other boards.
71 1990
David B. Lewis Mr.฀Lewis฀is฀a฀shareholder฀and฀director฀of฀Lewis฀&฀Munday,฀a฀Detroit฀
based฀law฀firm฀with฀offices฀in฀Washington,฀D.C.฀and฀New฀York฀City.฀
He฀ is฀ a฀ director฀ of฀ H&R฀ Block,฀ Inc.฀ and฀ STERIS฀ Corporation.฀ He฀ is฀
a member of the Financial Policy Committee and vice chair of the
Public Responsibilities Committee.
In฀addition฀to฀his฀background฀as฀a฀practicing฀attorney฀and฀expertise฀
in฀bond฀financing,฀Mr.฀Lewis฀brings฀to฀Kroger’s฀Board฀his฀ financial฀
expertise฀ gained฀ while฀ earning฀ his฀ MBA฀ in฀ Finance฀ as฀ well฀ as฀ his฀
service and leadership on Kroger’s audit committee and the board
committees฀of฀other฀publicly฀traded฀companies.฀Mr.฀Lewis฀has฀served฀
on฀the฀Board฀of฀Directors฀of฀Conrail,฀Inc.,฀LG&E฀Energy฀Corp.,฀M.A.฀
Hanna, TRW, Inc., and Comerica, Inc. He is a former chairman of the
National Association of Securities Professionals.
68 2002