CHICAGO -- Food Marketing Institute introduced its four new vice chairmen for the 2003-2004 term at the recently held FMI Show here. In addition, FMI named 13 new directors and re-elected 18 to the board.
s elected vice chair, finance; William J. Grize, president and CEO, Ahold USA, Chantilly, Va., who was re-elected vice chair, industry relations; and Steven C. Smith, president and CEO, K-VA-T Food Stores, Abingdon, Va., who was elected vice chair, public affairs.
The newly elected directors are Stephen Bosker, president and CEO, White Rose Foods, Carteret, N.J.; J.H. Campbell, president and CEO, Associated Grocers, Baton Rouge, La.; William Coyne, president and CEO, Raley's, West Sacramento, Calif.; William E. Crenshaw, president, Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Fla.; Joseph V. Fisher, president and CEO, Penn Traffic Co., Syracuse, N.Y.; Paul Gannon, CEO, Shaw's Supermarkets, West Bridgewater, Mass.; Boyd L. George, chairman and CEO, Alex Lee Inc., Hickory, N.C.; W. Henry Johnson Jr., president, W. Lee Flowers & Co., Lake City, Fla.; Brandt Louie, president and COO, H.Y. Louie Co., Vancouver, British Columbia; Robert Mariano, chairman and CEO, Roundy's, Pewaukee, Wis.; J. Christopher Michael, president and CEO, Associated Wholesalers, Reading, Pa.; and Eileen Scott, CEO, Pathmark Stores, Carteret, N.J.
Joseph A. Pichler, chairman and CEO, Kroger Co., Cincinnati, was a chairman's appointee to the board.
Re-elected to the board were Marie Aarthun, owner and CEO, Knowlan's Super Markets, St. Paul, Minn.; Steven A. Burd, chairman, president and CEO, Safeway, Pleasanton, Calif.; Gregory B. Calhoun, president and CEO, Calhoun Enterprises, Montgomery, Ala.; James S. Clemens, president and CEO, Clemens Family Markets, Kulpsville, Pa.; Richard Cohen, chairman and CEO, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Brattleboro, Vt.; Roger Croshaw, president, Bert's Red Apple Markets, Seattle; John A. DeJesus, president, Foodmaster Super Markets, Chelsea, Mass.; Donald Haggen, co-chairman, Haggen Inc., Bellingham, Wash.; Robert P. Ingle II, president, retail operations, Ingles Markets, Black Mountain, N.C.; Angel Losada Moreno, executive president, Grupo Giganti, Mexico City; Tokutaro Masui, president and CEO, Kinokuniya Co., Tokyo; Bill McEwan, president and CEO, Sobey's, Stellarton, Nova Scotia; Hank Meijer, co-chairman and CEO, Meijer Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich.; Gary L. Phillips, president and CEO, Associated Wholesale Grocers, Kansas City, Kan.; Alfred A. Plamann, president and CEO, Unified Western Grocers, Los Angeles; Richard L. Riesbeck, president and CEO, Riesbeck Food Markets, St. Clairsville, Ohio; Joey E. Scolari, president and CEO, Scolari's Food and Drug Co., Reno, Nev.; and Danny Wegman, president, Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester, N.Y.
