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Biography: Jeff Noddle
Chairman of the Board
Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Noddle is chairman and chief executive officer of Minnesota-based SUPERVALU INC.®, the third-largest grocery retail company and leading food distributor in the United States. He has held this position since 2002.
Prior to his present position, he held a number of leadership positions across SUPERVALU’s retail and supply chain operations, including president and chief operating officer; corporate executive vice president and president and chief operating officer of SUPERVALU’s supply chain company; and corporate vice president, Merchandising.
In addition to his role as chairman of the SUPERVALU board of directors, Noddle serves on a number of industry and corporate boards. He is the immediate past chairman of the board of directors of The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and serves as a member of the boards of directors of Donaldson Company, Inc., Ameriprise Financial, Inc., The Food Industry Center at the University of Minnesota, the Independent Grocers Alliance, Inc. (IGA), and the Academy of Food Marketing at Saint Joseph’s University. In addition, he is a member of The Business Council, a national organization of CEOs.
Noddle is also active in Minneapolis civic affairs, currently serving on the Greater Twin Cities United Way board of directors and executive committee, the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management’s Board of Overseers, and as a member of the executive committee of the Minnesota Business Partnership.
May 2007