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SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
13
Executive Officers of the Registrant (continued)
Name and all positions with the Company Year first elected
Held at March 3, 2006 Age Officer Present office
Melissa C. Plaisance (7)
Senior Vice President
Finance and Investor Relations
46 2004 2004
Kenneth M. Shachmut
Senior Vice President
Reengineering and Marketing Analysis
57 1994 1999
David R. Stern (8)
Senior Vice President
Planning and Business Development
51 1994 2002
Jerry Tidwell (9)
Senior Vice President
Supply Operations
54 2001 2003
Donald P. Wright
Senior Vice President
Real Estate and Engineering
53 1991 1991
(1) Brian C. Cornell was named Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the Company in April 2004. Prior to joining
Safeway, he was President of Pepsi Cola North America's (PCNA) Food Services Division and Senior Vice President (SVP) of Sales for
PCNA, a role he assumed in March 2003. Prior to joining PCNA, Mr. Cornell was Regional President of PepsiCo Beverages
International's European business, with the additional responsibility as SVP Non Carb Beverage Marketing. Mr. Cornell joined PepsiCo,
Inc. when it acquired Tropicana from the Seagram Company in 1998. Mr. Cornell serves as a director and member of the Audit
Committee of OfficeMax. He is Chairman of the Board and a member of the Compensation Committee of GroceryWorks Holdings,
Inc., Safeway’s online grocery channel.
(2) Robert L. Edwards was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company in March 2004. Prior to that,
he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Maxtor Corporation from September 2003 to March 2004. Prior to
joining Maxtor, Mr. Edwards was, from 1998 to August 2003, an officer at Imation Corporation, a developer, manufacturer and
supplier of magnetic and optical data storage media, where for most of that period he held the position of Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. He is a director of Casa Ley, in which Safeway has a 49% ownership interest.
(3) Bruce L. Everette has been an Executive Vice President of Safeway Inc. since December 2001. While serving in that position, he was
also President of Dominick’s Finer Foods, LLC, a subsidiary of Safeway, from October 2004 through November 2005. He held the
positions of President and Division Manager, Northern California Division of Safeway Inc. from 1998 to 2001, and President, Phoenix
Division, from 1995 to 1998.
(4) David F. Bond has been Senior Vice President, Finance and Control, of Safeway since July 1997. In this capacity, he also serves as the
Company’s Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Safeway, he was a partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP from June 1988 to July
1997.
(5) Dick W. Gonzales held the positions of Group Vice President, Human Resources, and Senior Vice President, Human Resources, at The
Vons Companies, Inc. from 1993 to 1998. He is a director of The Safeway Foundation.
(6) Robert A. Gordon has been a Senior Vice President since May 1999 and General Counsel since June 2000. In September 2005, he
also became Secretary. Prior to 2000, he was Deputy General Counsel from May 1999 to June 2000.
(7) Melissa C. Plaisance was Senior Vice President, Finance and Public Affairs, of Safeway Inc. from 1995 through 2000, and Senior Vice
President, Finance and Investor Relations from 2000 to December 2003. She returned to Safeway in her current position in October
2004 from Del Monte Foods Company, where she had held the position of Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate
Communications, since January 2004.
(8) David R. Stern held the position of Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, at Safeway from December 1994 until his election
as Senior Vice President in 2002.
(9) Jerry Tidwell held the position of Vice President of Milk and Beverage Manufacturing from 2001 to 2003 and director of grocery
business unit from 2000 to 2001. Mr. Tidwell joined Safeway in 1998 after a 24-year career with the Pepsi Cola Company.