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Dean Foods Company
Gregg L. Engles
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Dean
Foods Company
Engles was elected to the Board of Directors in October 1994. He
served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive
Officer from October 1994 to December 2001. He served as Chief
Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board from December 2001
to April 2002, when he resumed the Chairman's role upon Howard
Dean's retirement. Prior to the formation of the current Dean
Foods, Engles served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of certain predecessor companies.
Lewis M. Collens
Professor of Law
President Emeritus
Illinois Institute of Technology
Collens was elected to the Board of Directors in December 2001 in
connection with Suiza Foods' acquisition of the former Dean Foods
Company. He served on the Board of the former Dean Foods from
1991-2001. Collens is President of Illinois Institute of Technology
and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IIT Research Institute,
and has served in such capacity since 1990. Collens was Dean of IIT
Chicago-Kent College of Law from 1974 to 1980 and has been a
director of AMSTED Industries (a manufacturer of components for the
railroad and construction industries) since 1991.
Tom C. Davis
Managing Partner
Gryphon Special Situations Fund L.P.
Davis was elected to the Board of Directors in March 2001. He has
served as Chief Executive Officer of The Concorde Group, a private
investment firm, since March 2001. Davis was the managing partner
and head of banking and corporate finance for the Southwest
division of Credit Suisse First Boston (formerly DLJ) from March
1984 to February 2001.
Stephen L. Green
General Partner
Canaan Capital Partners, L.P.
Green was elected to the Board of Directors in October 1994. He
has served as a general partner of Canaan Capital Partners, L.P.,
the general partner of Canaan Capital Limited Partnership and
Canaan Capital Offshore Limited Partnership, C.V., former principal
stockholders of our company, since November 1991. From October 1985
until November 1991, Green served as Managing Director of GE
Capital's Corporate Finance Group.
Joseph S. Hardin, Jr.
Retired
Former Chief Executive Officer
Kinko's, Inc.
Hardin was elected to the Board of Directors in May 1998 and
serves as the company's Lead Director. He served as Chief Executive
Officer of Kinko's, Inc. from May 1997 until his retirement in
January 2001. From 1986 to April 1997, Hardin held a variety of
positions with increasing responsibility at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,
ultimately as an Executive Vice President and as the President and
Chief Executive Officer of SAM's Club, the wholesale division of
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Janet Hill
Vice President
Alexander & Associates
Hill was elected to the Board of Directors in December 2001 in
connection with Suiza Foods' acquisition of the former Dean Foods
Company. She served on the Board of the former Dean Foods from 1997
to December 2001. She is Vice President of Alexander &
Associates (a corporate consulting firm) and has served in such
capacity since 1981.
Ronald Kirk
Partner
Vinson & Elkins
Kirk was elected to the Board of Directors in February 2003. He
was the Mayor of Dallas from 1995-2001, and former Texas Secretary
of State (1994). He is a Partner at Vinson and Elkins LLP, and also
currently serves on the Board of Directors for Brinker
International and Petsmart, Inc. In addition, Kirk has more than 20
years experience as legislative counsel for numerous public and
private entities. He previously served on the legislative staff of
U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen and is a former Assistant City Attorney
for Governmental Relations for the City of Dallas.
John R. Muse
Chairman
HM Capital Partners LLC
Muse was elected to the Board of Directors in November 1997. Prior
to the formation of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst in 1989, he
headed the investment/merchant banking activities of Prudential
Securities for the southwest region of the United States from 1984
to 1989. Muse was a member of the Board of Directors of The
Morningstar Group Inc. prior to acquisition of that company in
November 1997.
Hector M. Nevares
Managing Partner
Suiza Realty SE
Nevares was elected to the Board of Directors in 1994. He was
President of Suiza Dairy (Puerto Rico) from June 1983 until
September 1996, having served in additional executive capacities at
Suiza Dairy (Puerto Rico) since June 1974. He served as a
consultant for Suiza Foods from March 1998 until April 2000.
Pete Schenkel
Former Vice Chairman
Dean Foods Company
Schenkel was elected to the Board of Directors in January 2000 and
became Vice Chairman in January 2006. He previously served as
President of Dean Dairy Group. Schenkel joined the company in
January 2000 in connection with our acquisition of Southern Foods
Group. From 1959 to December 31, 1999, Schenkel served in various
capacities at Southern Foods Group (now part of Dean Dairy Group),
including Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from
1994 through 1999, and President from 1987 to 1994.
Jim L. Turner
Principal
JLT Beverages
Turner was elected to the Board of Directors in November 1997. He
currently serves as Principal of JLT Beverages. Prior to this role,
he served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Dr Pepper Bottling Holdings, Inc. and Dr Pepper Bottling Company of
Texas since 1985. Turner was a member of the Board of Directors of
The Morningstar Group Inc., prior to acquisition of that company in
November 1997.
Gregg L. Engles
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer
Gregg Engles is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dean Foods
Company (NYSE: DF), one of the nation's leading food and beverage
companies with reported revenues of more than $11 billion in
2007.
Engles is considered to be the primary architect in the
consolidation of the fragmented dairy industry and is responsible
for transforming Dean Foods into the largest processor and
distributor of milk in the United States.
A lawyer by training, Engles chose never to practice law but
instead decided to pursue entrepreneurship. His first significant
endeavor was the purchase of Reddy Ice Group, a producer of
packaged ice. This ultimately led him into the dairy industry and
in 1993, Engles and his partners acquired Suiza Dairy in San Juan,
Puerto Rico. The company became public in 1996 and five years
later, Suiza Foods Corporation acquired Dean Foods Company and
officially changed its name to Dean Foods Company. Engles was named
Chairman when Howard Dean retired in April 2002.
Engles currently serves on the board of directors of a number of
charitable and industry organizations, including the Grocery
Manufacturers of America, Southern Methodist University Tate
Lecture Series, Dallas Citizens Council and TreeHouse Foods. He is
also a member of Dartmouth President's Leadership Council, Dallas
CEO Roundtable and the Young Presidents Organization. He received
his Bachelor's Degree at Dartmouth College and his law degree at
Yale University.
Jack F. Callahan, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Callahan joined Dean Foods in 2006 as Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer. From 1996 to 2006, he held a number of
positions with PepsiCo and Frito-Lay, including Senior Vice
President of Corporate Strategy and Development for PepsiCo and
Chief Financial Officer for Frito-Lay International. Before joining
PepsiCo, he held various positions at General Electric and McKinsey
& Company.
Kelly Duffin-Maxwell
Executive Vice President, Research &
Development
Duffin-Maxwell joined Dean Foods in 2008 as Executive Vice
President, Research & Development. She brings 20 years of
experience from Kraft Foods, most recently as Senior Vice
President, Breakthrough Innovation, where she created original
platforms to accelerate the growth of Kraft Foods. She has worked
throughout the Kraft organization including in the Cheese,
Convenient Meals and Grocery categories, as well as serving as
Director, Basic Flavor and Ingredient Research for North America.
She also worked in Germany for seven years, where she led R&D
efforts on some of Europe's leading chocolate brands including
Milka and Toblerone.
Steven J. Kemps
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
Kemps has full responsibility for the day-to-day management of the
legal department. Kemps joined Dean Foods Company in February 2006
as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel and became
Executive Vice President in August 2008. Prior to joining Dean
Foods, Kemps held various positions with Kimberly-Clark Corporation
from 1997 to 2006. From 1993 to 1997, he was an associate attorney
with Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, and from 1991 to 1993, he served as
a law clerk to Judge Paul A. Magnuson of the United States District
Court, Minnesota.
Harrald F. Kroeker
President, DSD Group
Kroeker is responsible for the company's dairy business, including
fluid milk and ice cream. Most recently, Kroeker was Chief
Operating Officer of the company's direct store delivery milk
business. Kroeker joined Dean Foods in November 2006 as Senior Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Kroeker served
in multiple executive capacities at Pepsi Bottling Group, most
recently as Vice President and General Manager, Great West Business
Unit. He also held key leadership roles that included start-up and
international acquisition transition operations. Additional
management positions at Pepsi Bottling included Senior Vice
President of Customer Initiatives, Vice President of Selling and
Delivery Operations and Vice President of Operations. In addition
to his experience with Pepsi Bottling, Kroeker held leadership
positions in sales with Polaroid and Proctor & Gamble.
Gregory A. McKelvey
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and
Transformation Officer
McKelvey is responsible for the Company's strategic planning
process. McKelvey joined Dean Foods in 2005 as Senior Vice
President, WhiteWave Strategy and Marketing Services after a
long-term engagement with the company as a strategy consultant from
Bain & Company.
Paul T. Moskowitz
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Moskowitz joined Dean Foods in June 2007 as Executive Vice
President, Human Resources. Prior to this role, he served as Chief
People Officer for Pizza Hut, a division of Yum! Brands. In
addition to his tenure at Pizza Hut, Moskowitz served in various
Human Resources roles with Yum! Brands, Darden Restaurants, Brinker
International and Towers Perrin.
Joseph E. Scalzo
President and Chief Executive Officer,
WhiteWave-Morningstar
Scalzo joined WhiteWave Foods Company as President and CEO in
October 2005. Prior to joining WhiteWave Foods, Scalzo served in
various executive roles at The Gillette Company, including Group
President, Personal Care and Global Value Chain, and President,
Personal Care products. Before joining Gillette, Scalzo served in a
number of roles at The Coca-Cola Company including Chief Marketing
Officer for the Minute Maid Division; Vice-President, Global Core
Brand Development, Carbonated Beverages; and Vice President and
Managing Director, U.S. Refrigerated Products. He began his career
at Procter & Gamble where he held numerous positions in
marketing and product supply.
Gregg A. Tanner
Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain
Officer
Tanner joined Dean Foods in November 2007 as Executive Vice
President and Chief Supply Chain Officer. Before joining our
company, he served as Senior Vice President, Global Operations, at
The Hershey Company. Prior to his role at Hershey, he worked as
Senior Vice President, Retail Supply Chain at ConAgra Foods as well
as various positions at the Quaker Oats Company and Ralston
Purina.
Deborah B. Carosella
Senior Vice President, Innovation
Carosella joined Dean Foods in April 2007 as Senior Vice
President, Innovation. Prior to joining Dean Foods, Carosella
worked at ConAgra Foods as Vice President, Strategic Marketing and
Innovation. In addition to her food industry experience, she worked
in the biotechnology and nutrition arenas where she oversaw
business development for new product platforms at Monsanto Company.
Carosella's experience also includes extensive advertising agency
and consulting work for companies including J. Walter Thompson,
Anheuser-Busch, Eagle Snacks, Nestle Confections, Kraft and M&M
Mars.
Rick Fehr
Senior Vice President, Business
Optimization
Fehr served as Chief Operating Officer of the Southeast Region
from February 1998 through December 2005. He became Chief Operating
Officer of the East Region in January 2006 after a regional
realignment, and moved into his current role in November 2006.
Prior to joining Suiza Foods in November 1996 as Vice President of
Operations, he served in various capacities with The Morningstar
Group, Inc. beginning in 1988.
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