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12
Name
Professional
Occupation(1) Age
Director
Since
David B. Lewis Mr.฀ Lewis฀is฀Of฀Counsel฀to฀and฀a฀former฀ 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.฀Mr.฀Lewis฀is฀a฀member฀of฀the฀Corporate฀Governance฀and฀
Financial฀Policy฀Committees.
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.
70 2002
W. Rodney McMullen Mr.฀McMullen฀was฀elected฀Chief฀Executive฀Officer฀of฀Kroger฀in฀January฀
2014฀and฀Chairman฀of฀the฀Board,฀effective฀January฀1,฀2015.฀Prior฀to฀this,฀
he฀served฀as฀President฀and฀Chief฀Operating฀Officer฀from฀August฀2009฀to฀
December฀2013.฀Prior฀to฀that,฀Mr.฀McMullen฀was฀elected฀Vice฀Chairman฀
in฀2003,฀Executive฀Vice฀President฀in฀1999,฀and฀Senior฀Vice฀President฀in฀
1997.฀Mr.฀McMullen฀is฀a฀director฀of฀Cincinnati฀Financial฀Corporation.
Mr.฀ McMullen฀ has฀ broad฀ experience฀ in฀ the฀ supermarket฀ business,฀
having฀spent฀ his฀ career฀ spanning฀ over฀ 35฀ years฀ with฀ Kroger.฀He฀has฀
a฀strong฀financial฀background,฀having฀served฀as฀our฀CFO,฀and฀played฀
a฀major฀role฀as฀architect฀of฀Kroger’s฀strategic฀plan.฀His฀service฀on฀the฀
compensation,฀ executive,฀ and฀ investment฀ committees฀ of฀ Cincinnati฀
Financial฀Corporation฀adds฀depth฀to฀his฀extensive฀retail฀experience.
54 2003
Jorge P. Montoya Mr.฀Montoya฀was฀President฀of฀The฀Procter฀&฀Gamble฀Company’s฀Global฀
Snacks฀&฀Beverage฀division,฀and฀President฀of฀Procter฀&฀Gamble฀Latin฀
America,฀from฀1999฀until฀his฀retirement฀in฀2004.฀Prior฀to฀that,฀he฀was฀
an฀Executive฀Vice฀President฀of฀Procter฀&฀Gamble,฀a฀provider฀of฀branded฀
consumer฀packaged฀goods,฀from฀1995฀to฀1999.฀Mr.฀Montoya฀is฀a฀director฀
of฀The฀Gap,฀Inc.฀He฀is฀chair฀of฀the฀Public฀Responsibilities฀Committee฀
and฀a฀member฀of฀the฀Compensation฀Committee.
Mr.฀ Montoya฀ brings฀ to฀ Kroger’s฀ Board฀ over฀ 30฀ years฀ of฀ leadership฀
experience฀at฀a฀premier฀consumer฀products฀company.฀He฀has฀a฀deep฀
knowledge฀of฀the฀Hispanic฀market,฀as฀well฀as฀consumer฀products฀and฀
retail฀ operations.฀Mr.฀Montoya฀ has฀ vast฀ experience฀in฀marketing฀ and฀
general฀management,฀including฀international฀business.฀He฀was฀named฀
among฀the฀50฀most฀important฀Hispanics฀in฀Business฀&฀Technology,฀in฀
Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology Magazine.
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