Also in This Section:Latest News: Listen: | DirectorsDavid A. Burwick
Class A Director
Member Since: 2005
In May, 2010, Mr. Burwick became President, North America, of Weight Watchers International, Inc., a publicly-held company based in New York City and a leading provider of weight management services. Until September 2009, Mr. Burwick was Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of PepsiCo – North American Beverages, headquartered in New York. Before assuming that position in April 2008, he had been Executive Vice President, Commercial, of PepsiCo International and President of Pepsi-QTG Canada, headquartered in Toronto, a position he held from November 2005 to March 2008. Mr. Burwick held several positions with Pepsi-Cola North America, including serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer from June 2002 immediately prior to his move to Pepsi-QTG Canada.
Compensation Committee(Chairman), Nominating/Governance Committee
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| Pearson C. Cummin, III
Class A Director
Member Since: 1995
Mr. Cummin served as a general partner of Consumer Venture Partners, a Greenwich, Connecticut based venture capital firm, from January 1986 to December 2002. Mr. Cummin also serves as a Director and a member of the Compensation and Nominating/Governance Committees of Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.
Audit Committee (Chairman), Compensation Committee
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| C. James (Jim) Koch
Chairman
Class B Director
Member Since: 1995
Jim Koch founded the Company in 1984 using his great-great grandfather's recipe and revolutionized the American beer industry. Samuel Adams Boston Lager® helped pave the way for the craft brewing movement, bringing rich full-flavored beer back to the American beer landscape. Mr. Koch began brewing in his kitchen and carrying his beer door-to-door to local bars in Boston. The beer caught on and today the Company brews over 18-distinctive styles of beers. Mr. Koch currently serves as the Chairman of the Company. Until January 2001, Mr. Koch also served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer.
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| Charles Joseph Koch
Class B Director
Member Since: 1995
Charles Joseph Koch, Jr., brewmaster, now retired, worked for many years brewing traditional full-flavored beers. He studied at the Siebel Institute for Brewing Studies at a time when there were more than 600 breweries in the United States, but he left the industry in the late 1950s as Americans’ taste for full-flavored beers waned. Mr. Koch founded Chemicals, Inc., a distribution company of brewing and industrial chemicals, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked until he retired. It was Charles Koch who gave his son, Jim, the recipe for the brew that became Samuel Adams Boston Lager®, a beer his great grandfather brewed in the middle of the 19th century.
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| Jay Margolis
Class B Director
Member Since: 2006
Mr. Margolis currently is an independent investor. He serves as a Director for MacGregor/Greg Norman Sports Apparel Company, Godiva Chocolatier, Inc., and Burlington Coat Factory. From October 2005 through July 2007, Mr. Margolis served as the President and CEO of the Apparel Group of Limited Brands. Before assuming that position, he had been President and Chief Operating Officer Reebok, Inc. since 2001.
Compensation Committee, Nominating/Governance Committee
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| Martin F. Roper
Chief Executive Officer
Class B Director
Member Since: 1999
Mr. Roper was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Company in January 2001, after having served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since December 1999. Mr. Roper joined the Company as Vice President of Manufacturing and Business Development in September 1994 and became the Chief Operating Officer in April 1997.
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| Gregg A. Tanner
Class B Director
Member Since: 2007
Mr. Tanner is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer of Dean Foods Company of Dallas, TX, a position he has held since November 2007. From July 2006 through October 2007, Mr. Tanner was Senior Vice President, Global Operations for The Hershey Company of Hershey, PA. He was with ConAgra Foods of Omaha, NE from September 2001 through July 2005, holding the position of Senior Vice President, Retail Supply Chain from June 2002 through July 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Tanner held positions of increasing responsibility at the Quaker Oats Company and Ralston Purina Company.
Audit Committee
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| Jean-Michel Valette
Class A Director
Member Since: 2003
Mr. Valette is Chairman and a member of Peet's Coffee and Tea Inc., a California-based specialty coffee retailer, and serves as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Select Comfort Corporation, a Minneapolis-based bed retailer. Mr. Valette also serves as an independent advisor to select branded consumer companies. Mr. Valette served variously as President and Managing Director of Robert Mondavi Winery from October 2004 to October 2006. From 1998 to 2000, he was President and CEO of Franciscan Estates Inc., a California wine company.
Audit Committee, Nominating/Governance Committee (Chairman)
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