FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cargill’s Page Elected to GMA Board of Directors
Contact:
Scott Openshaw, Director, Communications, 202-295-3957
Brian Kennedy, Director, Communications, 202-639-5994
January 12, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today announced that Cargill, Incorporated Chairman, President and CEO Gregory R. Page was elected to its board of directors at its January 11 board meeting. Five new member companies were also welcomed to the association at the meeting held in conjunction with the Food Marketing Institute’s Mid-Winter Conference in Orlando, Florida.
“The association is fortunate to have a proven leader and industry veteran like Greg Page seated at its board table,” said Pamela Bailey, GMA president and CEO. “His expertise will serve the membership well as the consumer packaged goods industry navigates a challenging economy and pursues an ambitious agenda.”
Page joined Cargill in 1974 as a trainee assigned to its feed division. He went on to hold a number of positions in the United States and abroad, including working with the start-up of a poultry processing operation in Thailand and Cargill’s financial markets group. In June 2000, Page was elected Cargill’s president and was elected chairman and CEO in 2007. Page is also a member of Eaton Corporation’s board of directors and chairs the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
The GMA Board also added a diverse cross-section of companies to its ranks by approving the membership applications of: American Italian Pasta Company, Giant Eagle Corporation, Perfect Puree of Napa Valley, LLC, Syngenta Corporation and Teradata Corporation.
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Based in Washington, D.C., the Grocery Manufacturers Association is the voice of more than 300 leading food, beverage and consumer product companies that sustain and enhance the quality of life for hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the globe. Founded in 1908, GMA is an active, vocal advocate for its member companies and a trusted source of information about the industry and the products consumers rely on and enjoy every day. The association and its member companies are committed to meeting the needs of consumers through product innovation, responsible business practices and effective public policy solutions developed through a genuine partnership with policymakers and other stakeholders. In keeping with its founding principles, GMA helps its members produce safe products through a strong and ongoing commitment to scientific research, testing and evaluation and to providing consumers with the products, tools and information they need to achieve a healthy diet and an active lifestyle. The food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry in the United States generates sales of $2.1 trillion annually, employs 14 million workers and contributes $1 trillion in added value to the economy every year.
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