Safeway Appoints New Board Members

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Safeway Inc. announced the appointment of Frank Herringer and Kenneth Oder to the company’s board of directors, expanding the board from nine to 11 members. Herringer is the chairman and former chief executive officer of Transamerica Corp., a financial services company. He joined Transamerica in 1979 and held various positions before becoming CEO in 1991 and chairman in 1995. Transamerica was acquired by Aegon in 1999. He currently serves on the board of Amgen Inc. and the Charles Schwab Corp. Oder was Safeway’s executive vice president of labor relations, human resources, legal and public affairs from 1993 to 2000. Prior to joining Safeway, he was a partner at Latham & Watkins, a Los Angeles law firm. Since 2000, he has served as a director and board president of Los Angeles Public Counsel, a pro bono organization.

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