OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2013--
ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG), one of North America's leading food
companies, today announced the appointment of Thomas “Tony” K. Brown to
its Board of Directors, effective Oct. 15. With the addition of Brown,
ConAgra Foods’ Board of Directors has increased from 11 to 12 members.
Currently also a member of 3M’s Board of Directors, Brown, 57, most
recently led Ford Motor Co.’s Global Purchasing Team, where he managed
approximately $90 billion of production and non-production goods and
services for operations worldwide. Prior to joining Ford in 1999, he
held a variety of senior supply chain and purchasing leadership
positions, including vice president of Supply Chain Management for
United Technologies Corp. and executive director of Purchasing and
Transportation for QMS, Inc.
Brown is a graduate of American International College, where he earned a
Bachelor of Business Administration.
As an active member of the nonprofit business community, Brown has
served on the board of directors for the Michigan Minority Supplier
Development Council, the American Red Cross and Business for Social
Responsibility. He is currently chairman of the Michigan Disabled
Veterans Roundtable and on the executive advisory boards of Focus: HOPE
and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Detroit.
“I am thrilled to welcome Tony to our board,” said Steven Goldstone,
non-executive chairman of ConAgra Foods. “His extensive expertise and
insight in global supply chain operations will be a valuable asset as
ConAgra Foods continues to grow its international footprint.”
About ConAgra Foods
ConAgra
Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) is one of North America's largest packaged
food companies with branded and private branded food found in 99 percent
of America’s households, as well as a strong commercial foods business
serving restaurants and foodservice operations globally. Consumers can
find recognized brands such as Banquet®, Chef Boyardee®, Egg Beaters®,
Healthy Choice®, Hebrew National®, Hunt's®, Marie Callender's®, Orville
Redenbacher's®, PAM®, Peter Pan®, Reddi-wip®, Slim Jim®, Snack Pack® and
many other ConAgra Foods brands, along with food sold by ConAgra Foods
under private brand labels, in grocery, convenience, mass merchandise,
club and drug stores. Additionally, ConAgra Foods supplies frozen potato
and sweet potato products as well as other vegetable, spice, bakery and
grain products to commercial and foodservice customers. ConAgra Foods
operates ReadySetEat.com,
an interactive recipe website that provides consumers with easy dinner
recipes and more. For more information, please visit us at www.conagrafoods.com.
Source: ConAgra Foods, Inc.
ConAgra Foods
Lanie Friedman, 630-857-1086
lanie.friedman@conagrafoods.com
www.conagrafoods.com
