BIG HEART PET BRANDS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Partner
- Member of Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee
- Ohio Strategic Relationship Partner / Squire Patton Boggs US LLP
Age: 73
Director Since: 2009
Member of Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee
Professional Experience
Mr. Shumate is a Senior Partner and the Ohio Strategic Relationship Partner of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, where he has practiced law since February 1988. He was the North American Managing Partner of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP from January 2012 to January 2021. Mr. Shumate is a sponsoring director for Adelphi Bank, a Minority Depository Institution. He previously served as a director and Chair of the Board of CyrusOne Inc., a publicly traded provider of data center consulting services, from January 2013 until its acquisition in March 2022, and a director of Cincinnati Bell, Inc., a publicly traded provider of voice and data telecommunications products and services, from 2005 to 2013. Mr. Shumate also served as a member of the boards of several non-profit organizations, including three separate terms on The Ohio State University Board of Trustees.
Job Titles:
- Controller
- Senior Vice President, Finance
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- Senior Vice President, Information Services, Transformation and Portfolio Operation
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- Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sweet Baked Snacks and Pet
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Retired Vice Chairman, Client Service / PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Age: 67
Director Since: 2016
Member of Audit Committee
Professional Experience
Mr. Henderson retired as Vice Chairman, Client Service at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PricewaterhouseCoopers") in June 2016, a position he held since 2007. He also served as PricewaterhouseCoopers' Managing Partner of the Greater Chicago Market from 2003 through 2013. During his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mr. Henderson gained significant experience working with the boards and audit committees of Fortune 500 companies and has managed major client relationships across multiple markets and industry sectors. He is the lead director, chair of the audit committee, and a member of the corporate governance, capital governance, human capital and compensation, and executive committees of Northern Trust Corporation, a publicly traded financial holding company, where he has served since July 2016, and a director, chair of the audit committee, and member of the finance committee of Illinois Tool Works Inc., a publicly traded global multi-industrial manufacturer of specialized industrial equipment, consumables, and related service businesses, where he has served since August 2016. Mr. Henderson is also a member of the boards of several non-profit organizations.
Job Titles:
- Chief Legal Officer
- Secretary
Job Titles:
- Chief Legal Officer
- Secretary
Jerome Monroe Smucker founds The J.M. Smucker Company, selling homemade cider and apple butter door to door from the back of his horse-drawn wagon. Each stone crock is hand-signed as his personal guarantee of quality.
The J.M. Smucker House is built. J.M. and his family live here from 1907 to 1948. The house remains on our Orrville campus acting as a constant reminder of the Company's unwavering commitment to the highest quality.
The J.M. Smucker Company is incorporated.
Smucker's® introduces a line of ice cream toppings.
Job Titles:
- Chief People and Company Services Officer
Job Titles:
- Member of the People and Compensation Committee
Age: 57
Director Since: 2022
Member of People and Compensation Committee
Professional Experience
Mr. Johnson was the Chief Executive Officer of Overstock.com, Inc., an online home furnishings retailer. Prior to his role at Overstock.com, Mr. Johnson held several positions, of increasing capacity, including General Counsel, Senior Vice President, President, Executive Vice Chairman, Chairman, and Interim Chief Executive Officer. Between August 2016 and April 2021, Mr. Johnson served as the director and president of Medici Ventures, the corporate venture arm and former Overstock.com subsidiary. Prior to joining Overstock.com, Mr. Johnson was with TenFold Corporation, a software and services company, from May 1999 to September 2002 where he held various positions, including General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- President
- Member of Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee
- President and Chief Executive Officer / Circana, Inc.
Age: 56
Director Since: 2017
Member of Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee
Professional Experience
Mr. Perry has been the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Circana, a global provider of technology, data, and predictive analytics for the consumer, retail, and media sectors, since May 2021. Prior to joining Circana, he spent seven years as the President, Brand Solutions of Google Inc. and twenty-three years with P&G, where he held several positions of increasing responsibility in marketing and general management roles, including President, Global Family Care from May 2011 to December 2013. Mr. Perry is a board member of Chick-Fil-A, Inc., a privately-owned restaurant company, since August 2022. He previously served as a director of e.l.f. Beauty, a publicly traded cosmetics company, from September 2016 to November 2022, and Hillerich & Bradsby Co. (Louisville Slugger), a privately owned sporting goods manufacturer, from September 2013 to August 2016. He is also a member of the boards of several non-profit organizations.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Mark Smucker - CEO, Chairman, President
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Chief Executive Officer
- President
- Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer / the J.M. Smucker Company
Mark Smucker is named CEO, becoming the fifth generation of Smucker family leadership.
Mark passionately leads the pursuit of the Company's purpose: Feeding Connections That Help Us Thrive - Life Tastes Better Together.
Age: 53
Director Since: 2009
Professional Experience
Mr. Smucker has been our Chair of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer since August 2022. Prior to that time, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer, from May 2016 through August 2022; President and President, Consumer and Natural Foods, from April 2015 through April 2016; President, U.S. Retail Coffee, from May 2011 through March 2015; and President, Special Markets, from August 2008 through April 2011. He is a director and member of the management development and compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a publicly traded global company that manufactures and sells consumer products, where he has served since September 2019. Mr. Smucker is the son of Timothy P. Smucker, who serves as a Chairman Emeritus of the Board, and the nephew of Richard K. Smucker, who serves as a Director but will transition to a Chairman Emeritus of the Board at our 2023 annual meeting of shareholders.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Deputy Chief Commercial Officer of Cartier
Ms. Abramo has been the Deputy Chief Commercial Officer of Cartier, an international chain of jewelry boutiques since March 2023. Prior to her current role at Cartier, Ms. Abramo held several positions of increasing responsibility, including President and Chief Executive Officer; Vice President, Retail, North America; Assistant Vice President, Retail, New York Region; and Director, Fifth Avenue Mansion, United States Flagship. Prior to joining Cartier, Ms. Abramo spent five years with Tiffany & Co. in various Director positions and six years with various luxury hotels in management roles. Ms. Abramo is a founding member of Chief, a private network designed specifically for women leaders to strengthen their experience in the C-suite and effect change from the top down.
CEO Paul Smucker shares his address to the Company: "Our Commitment to Each Other." Paul's letter continues to inspire the daily activities of every Smucker employee.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Operations
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President and General Manager, Frozen Handheld and Spreads
Job Titles:
- Chairman Emeritus / the J.M. Smucker Company
Richard Smucker are selected as Market Watch's "CEO of the Year."
Mr. Smucker has been our Executive Chairman since May 2016. He served as Chief Executive Officer from August 2011 through April 2016, Co-Chief Executive Officer from February 2001 through August 2011, Executive Chairman from August 2008 through August 2011, and President from August 1987 through April 2011. He was a director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, a publicly traded manufacturer of coatings and related products, from September 1991 through April 2016. Mr. Smucker also served as a director of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank from January 2010 through December 2015. Mr. Smucker is the brother of Timothy P. Smucker, who serves as a Director of the Company, and the uncle of Mark T. Smucker, who serves as a Director and executive officer of the Company.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Head of Sales and Sales Commercialization
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- Senior Vice President and General Manager, Coffee and Procurement
Ms. Chapman-Hughes retired as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Global Head of Digital Capabilities, Transformation, and Operations, Global Commercial Services of American Express Company, a financial services corporation, in February 2021, a position she held since February 2018. Prior to this role, Ms. Chapman-Hughes served in several Senior Vice President level positions since joining American Express Company in 2010, including Senior Vice President, US Large Market, Global Corporate Payments from December 2014 through February 2018; Senior Vice President, US Account Development, Global Corporate Payments from November 2013 through December 2014; and Senior Vice President, Global Real Estate and Workplace Enablement from July 2010 through November 2013. She is also a director, the chair of the compensation committee, and a member of the nominating and governance committee of Toast, Inc., a publicly traded cloud-based restaurant software company, since February 2021. In addition, Ms. Chapman-Hughes served as a director, the chair of the compensation committee, and a member of the nominating and governance committee of Potbelly Corporation, a publicly traded restaurant company, from May 2014 through June 2020.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Amin has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. ("e.l.f. Beauty"), a publicly traded cosmetics company since August 2015. He took the company public in 2016 in one of the most successful initial public offerings in the beauty industry. Mr. Amin also served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of e.l.f. Beauty from February 2014 through July 2015. Prior to joining e.l.f. Beauty, he was President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Schiff Nutrition International, a publicly traded nutritional supplements company, from March 2011 through March 2013 and held various leadership roles at The Clorox Company ("Clorox") and The Procter & Gamble Company ("P&G"). Mr. Amin has been a director of Pharmavite, LLC, a dietary supplements company, since January 2020 and served as a director of Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, a natural and organic snack brand, from June 2014 through October 2017.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President and General Manager, Away from Home, Canada and International