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11
Name
Professional
Occupation(1) Age
Director
Since
Robert D. Beyer Mr.฀ Beyer฀ is฀ Chairman฀ of฀ Chaparal฀ Investments฀ LLC,฀ a฀ private฀
investment฀firm฀and฀holding฀company฀that฀he฀founded฀in฀2009.฀From฀
2005฀to฀2009,฀Mr.฀Beyer฀served฀as฀Chief฀Executive฀Officer฀of฀The฀TCW฀
Group,฀Inc.,฀a฀global฀investment฀management฀firm.฀From฀2000฀to฀2005,฀
he฀served฀as฀President฀and฀Chief฀Investment฀Officer฀of฀Trust฀Company฀
of฀ the฀ West,฀ the฀ principal฀ operating฀ subsidiary฀ of฀ TCW.฀ Mr.฀ Beyer฀
is฀ a฀ member฀ of฀ the฀ Board฀ of฀ Directors฀ of฀ The฀ Allstate฀ Corporation฀
and฀ Leucadia฀ National฀ Corporation.฀ He฀ is฀ chair฀ of฀ the฀ Corporate฀
Governance฀Committee,฀a฀member฀of฀the฀Financial฀Policy฀Committee,฀
and฀our฀Lead฀Director.
Mr.฀ Beyer฀ brings฀ to฀ Kroger฀ his฀ experience฀ as฀ CEO฀ of฀ TCW,฀ a฀ global฀
investment management firm serving many of the largest institutional
investors฀in฀the฀U.S.฀He฀has฀exceptional฀insight฀into฀Kroger’s฀financial฀
strategy,฀and฀his฀experience฀qualifies฀him฀to฀serve฀as฀a฀member฀of฀the฀
Board.฀While฀at฀TCW,฀he฀also฀conceived฀and฀developed฀the฀firm’s฀risk฀
management฀ infrastructure,฀ an฀ experience฀ that฀ is฀ useful฀ to฀ Kroger’s฀
Board฀ in฀ performing฀ its฀ risk฀ management฀ oversight฀ functions.฀ His฀
abilities฀ and฀ service฀ as฀ a฀ director฀ were฀ recognized฀ by฀ his฀ peers,฀
who฀ selected฀ Mr.฀ Beyer฀ as฀ an฀ Outstanding฀ Director฀ in฀ 2008฀ as฀ part฀
of฀ the฀ Outstanding฀ Directors฀ Program฀ of฀ the฀ Financial฀ Times.฀ His฀
strong insights into corporate governance form the foundation of his
leadership฀role฀as฀Lead฀Director฀on฀the฀Board.
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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.
66 2007