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11
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
b oa r ds .฀S he฀w a s฀i n duc t ed ฀i nto ฀th e฀Y WC A฀Ac a de my฀o f฀Wo me n฀Ac h ie ve rs .
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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.
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