People: United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Michael Funk	58	2008	Chairman of the Board
Steven Spinner	52	2008	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Mark Shamber	43	2009	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Treasurer
Thomas Grillea	56	2012	President - Select Nutrition Distributors and Earth Origins Market
Donald McIntyre	57	2012	President, Western Region
Craig Smith	53	2010	President, Eastern Region
Christopher Testa	42	2012	President - Blue Marble Brands and Woodstock Farms Manufacturing
Eric Dorne	51	2011	Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Joseph Traficanti	61	2009	Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
David Matthews	47	2012	Senior Vice President - National Sales, President of UNFI International
Thomas Dziki	51	2010	Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resource, Sustainability Officer
Sean Griffin	53	2012	Senior Vice President, Group President - Supply Chain, Distribution and National Sales
Gordon Barker	66	2012	Lead Independent Director
Mary Burton	60	2010	Independent Director
Denise Clark	55	2013	Independent Director
Gail Graham	61	2002	Independent Director
James Heffernan	66	2000	Independent Director
Peter Roy	56	2007	Independent Director
Richard Schnieders	63	2012	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Michael Funk	Mr. Michael S. Funk is Chairman of the Board of United Natural Foods, Inc., since September 2008. He was Chairman of the Board from January 2003 to December 2003, and has been a member of the Board since February 1996. Mr. Funk served as President and Chief Executive Officer from October 2005 to September 2008. Mr. Funk also served as Vice Chair of the Board from February 1996 until December 2002, as Chief Executive Officer from December 1999 until December 2002 and as President from October 1996 until December 1999. From its inception in July 1976 until April 2001, Mr. Funk served as President of Mountain People's Warehouse, Inc., one of wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Steven Spinner	Mr. Steven L. Spinner is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of United Natural Foods Inc., since September 2008. Mr. Spinner also served as Interim President of the Eastern Region from September 2010 to December 2010. Prior to joining the Company in September 2008, Mr. Spinner served as a director and as Chief Executive Officer of Performance Food Group Company ("PFG") from October 2006 to May 2008, when PFG was acquired by affiliates of The Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management. Mr. Spinner previously had served as PFG's President and Chief Operating Officer beginning in May 2005. Mr. Spinner served as PFG's Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer—Broadline Division from February 2002 to May 2005 and as PFG's Broadline Division President from August 2001 to February 2002. Mr. Spinner has served as a Director of Arkansas Best Corporation since July 2011.
Mark Shamber	Mr. Mark E. Shamber is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Treasurer of United Natural Foods Inc., since October 2006. Mr. Shamber previously served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from January 2006 until October 2006, as Vice President and Corporate Controller from August 2005 to October 2006 and as Corporate Controller from June 2003 until August 2005. From February 1995 until June 2003, Mr. Shamber served in various positions of increasing responsibility up to and including senior manager within the assurance and advisory business systems practice at the international accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP.
Thomas Grillea	Mr. Thomas Grillea is President - Select Nutrition Distributors and Earth Origins Market of United Natural Foods Inc. He has served as President of Earth Origins Market since May 2008 and President of Select Nutrition Distributors since September 2007. Mr. Grillea also served as President of Woodstock Farms Manufacturing from May 2009 to September 2012. Mr. Grillea served as General Manager for Select Nutrition Distributors from September 2006 to September 2007. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Grillea served in a management capacity for Whole Foods Market from 2004 through 2005, and in various management capacities for American Health and Diet Centers and the Vitamin Shoppe from 1998 through 2003.
Donald McIntyre	Mr. Donald P. McIntyre is President, Western Region of United Natural Foods Inc., since July 2012. Prior to joining the company, Mr. McIntyre served as President and CEO of Claridge Foods from March 2006 to January 2012. Mr. McIntyre also held several senior positions within subsidiaries of Sara Lee Corporation, including President and CEO of Sara Lee Coffee & Tea from April 2004 to March 2006, and CFO of Sara Lee Coffee & Tea from August 2002 to March 2004.
Craig Smith	Mr. Craig H. Smith is President, Eastern Region of United Natural Foods Inc., since December 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Smith was Atlantic Region President of U.S. Foodservice, a broadline foodservice distributor of national, private label, and signature brand items in the United States from May 2008 to December 2010. In his seventeen years at U.S. Foodservice, Mr. Smith held various executive positions including SVP Street Sales, North Region Zone President, Detroit Market President and Boston Market President. Prior to U.S. Foodservice, Mr. Smith held several positions at food service industry manufacturer and distributor Rykoff-Sexton, Inc. from 1982 until 1993.
Christopher Testa	Mr. Christopher P. Testa is President - Blue Marble Brands and Woodstock Farms Manufacturing of United Natural Foods Inc. He has served as President of Woodstock Farms Manufacturing since September 2012 and President of Blue Marble Brands since August 2009. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Testa served as Vice President of Marketing for Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages from August 2002 to May 2005 and as CEO of Wild Waters, Inc. from May 2005 to August 2009.
Eric Dorne	Mr. Eric A. Dorne is Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer of United Natural Foods Inc., since September 2011. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Dorne was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., the parent company of the A&P, Pathmark, SuperFresh, Food Emporium and Waldbaum's supermarket chains located in the Eastern United States from January 2011 to August 2011, and Vice President and Chief Information Officer from August 2005 to January 2011. In his more than thirty years at The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Mr. Dorne held various executive positions including Vice President of Enterprise IT Application Management and Development, Vice President of Store Operations Systems and Director of Retail Support Services.
Joseph Traficanti	Mr. Joseph J. Traficanti is Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of United Natural Foods Inc., since April 2009. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Traficanti served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of PFG from November 2004 until April 2009.
David Matthews	Mr. David Allen Matthews is Senior Vice President - National Sales, President of UNFI International of United Natural Foods Inc. He has served as Senior Vice President, National Sales since July 2012, and President of UNFI International with responsibility for Canadian and other international operations since September 2010. From June 2009 to September 2010 he was President of the Eastern Region. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Matthews served as President and CEO of Progressive Group Alliance ("ProGroup"), a wholly owned subsidiary of PFG from January 2007 to May 2009, as Chief Financial Officer of ProGroup from December 2004 to January 2007, and as Senior Vice President of Finance and Technology of ProGroup from July 2000 to December 2004.
Thomas Dziki	Mr. Thomas A. Dziki is Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resource and Sustainability Officer of United Natural Foods Inc., since August 2010. Prior to August 2010, Mr. Dziki served as Senior Vice President of Sustainable Development since January 2010, as Vice President of Sustainable Development since June 2009, and as National Vice President of Real Estate and Construction since August 2006. Prior to that time, Mr. Dziki had served as President of Woodstock Farms Manufacturing and Select Nutrition from December 2004 until August 2006, Corporate Vice President of Special Projects from December 2003 to November 2004 and as Manager of Special Projects from May 2002 to December 2003. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Dziki served as a private consultant to company, subsidiaries, Woodstock Farms Manufacturing, Earth Origins, Albert's, and predecessor company, Cornucopia Natural Foods, Inc., from 1995 to May 2002.
Sean Griffin	Mr. Sean F. Griffin is Senior Vice President, Group President - Supply Chain, Distribution and National Sales of United Natural Foods Inc. He has served as Senior Vice President, Group President for Supply Chain, Distribution and National Sales since June 2012, and as Senior Vice President, National Distribution from January 2010 to June 2012. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Griffin was East Region Broadline President of PFG. Previously he served as President of PFG—Springfield, MA from 2003 until 2008. He began his career with Sysco Corporation in 1986 and has held various leadership positions in the foodservice distribution industry with U.S. Foodservice, Alliant Foodservice and Sysco Corporation.
Gordon Barker	Mr. Gordon D. Barker is Lead Independent Director of United Natural Foods, Inc. He is member of the Board since September 1999. Mr. Barker serves as Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Barker served on the Board of Directors of The Sports Authority, Inc. from April 1998 to May 2006. Mr. Barker served as a contract Chief Executive Officer for QVL Pharmacy Holdings, Inc., a privately-held entity, from October 2004 until February 2007. Mr. Barker served as Chief Executive Officer of Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc. from October 1999 to March 2004. Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2003 and emerged from this filing in March 2004. Mr. Barker has served as President of Barker Holdings, LLC since January 2004. Mr. Barker has served as the principal of Barker Enterprises, an investment and consultant firm, since January 1997.
Mary Burton	Ms. Mary Elizabeth Burton is Independent Director of United Natural Foods, Inc., since August 2010. Ms. Burton serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Ms. Burton served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Zale Corporation, a specialty jewelry retailer, from January 2006 to July 2006 and as President and Chief Executive Officer from July 2006 to December 2007. Ms. Burton also has been the Chief Executive Officer of BB Capital, Inc., a retail advisory and management services company, since 1992. Prior directorships include The Sports Authority, Inc. from 1999 to 2006, Aeropostale, Inc. from 2000 to 2006, Rent-a-Center, Inc from 2002 to 2007 and Zale Corporation from 2003 to 2007. Ms. Burton served on the board of directors of Staples, Inc., from June 1993 to June 2012.
Denise Clark	Ms. Denise M. Clark has been appointed as the Independent Director of United Natural Foods Inc. She has served as Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer for The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. since November 2012. Prior to that role, Ms. Clark served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Hasbro Inc. from October 2007 to November 2012. Ms. Clark also served at Mattel, Inc., where she was Global Chief Technology Officer and later Chief Information Officer for the Fisher Price brand between January 2000 and February 2007. Ms. Clark's previous experience includes two other consumer goods companies, Warner Music Group, formerly a division of Time Warner Inc., and Apple Inc.
Gail Graham	Ms. Gail A. Graham is Independent Director of United Natural Foods, Inc., since October 2002. Ms. Graham serves as a member of Compensation Committee. Ms. Graham has served as the General Manager of Mississippi Market Natural Foods Cooperative, a consumer owned and controlled cooperative in St. Paul, Minnesota, since October 1999. Ms. Graham served as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Blooming Prairie Cooperative Warehouse from November 1994 until October 1998 and from November 2000 until October 2002. Ms. Graham served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Blooming Prairie Cooperative Warehouse from November 1998 until October 2000. Ms. Graham resigned from the Board of Directors of Blooming Prairie Cooperative Warehouse in October 2002, concurrent with purchase of the cooperative and her appointment to the Board.
James Heffernan	Mr. James P. Heffernan is Independent Director of United Natural Foods, Inc., since March 2000. Mr. Heffernan serves as Chair of Compensation Committee and as a member of Audit Committee. Mr. Heffernan has served as a Director for the New York Racing Association since November 1998. Mr. Heffernan has served as a Director of Solutia, Inc. since February 2008 and as a Director of Command Security Corp. since October 2010. Mr. Heffernan has previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Columbia Gas System, Inc. from January 1993 until November 2000.
Peter Roy	Mr. Peter A. Roy is Independent Director of United Natural Foods, Inc., since June 2007. Mr. Roy is a member of Nominating and Governance Committee and Compensation Committee. Mr. Roy is an entrepreneur and since 1999 has been a strategic advisor to North Castle Partners. In connection with his role as a strategic advisor to North Castle Partners, Mr. Roy served on the boards of Avalon Natural Products, Inc. and Naked Juice Company. Additionally, Mr. Roy currently serves on the board of directors of West Marine, Inc. From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Roy served as President of Whole Foods Market, Inc. and, for five years prior to that, served as President of that company's West Coast Region.
Richard Schnieders	Mr. Richard J. Schnieders is Independent Director of United Natural Foods, Inc., since February 2, 2012. Mr. Schnieders served as a director of Sysco Corporation ("Sysco") from July 1997 through June 2009, including as executive Chairman of the Board from January 2003 through June 2009. Mr. Schnieders also previously served as Sysco's Chief Executive Officer from January 2003 through March 2009. Prior to that role, Mr. Schnieders served as Sysco's Chief Operating Officer beginning in January 2000 and as President beginning in July 2000, each through December 2002. Mr. Schnieders also served as President from July 2005 until he stepped down from that position on July 1, 2007. Since 2009, Mr. Schnieders has focused on sustainable solutions that increase access to fresh food, provide nutritional education, and empower local communities and recently co-founded a new venture to provide healthy, affordable food to underserved communities.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Michael Funk	887,572
Steven Spinner	4,721,470
Mark Shamber	1,384,210
Thomas Grillea	--
Donald McIntyre	--
Craig Smith	1,178,990
Christopher Testa	--
Eric Dorne	--
Joseph Traficanti	1,228,400
David Matthews	822,557
Thomas Dziki	--
Sean Griffin	1,560,510
Gordon Barker	--
Mary Burton	--
Denise Clark	--
Gail Graham	--
James Heffernan	--
Peter Roy	--
Richard Schnieders	--

As Of 27 Jul 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Michael Funk	153,300	2,540,749
Steven Spinner	34,811	437,859
Mark Shamber	47,250	703,111
Thomas Grillea	0	0
Donald McIntyre	0	0
Craig Smith	0	0
Christopher Testa	0	0
Eric Dorne	0	0
Joseph Traficanti	6,685	162,192
David Matthews	0	0
Thomas Dziki	0	0
Sean Griffin	3,695	92,006
Gordon Barker	0	0
Mary Burton	0	0
Denise Clark	0	0
Gail Graham	0	0
James Heffernan	0	0
Peter Roy	0	0
Richard Schnieders	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
TRAFICANTI JOSEPH J	2,888	$0.00
TRAFICANTI JOSEPH J	935	$49.85
SCHNIEDERS RICHARD J	1,064	$0.00
CLARK DENISE M	1,064	$0.00
GRIFFIN SEAN F	2,462	$0.00
GRIFFIN SEAN F	943	$54.15
DZIKI THOMAS A	1,780	$54.97
SMITH CRAIG HARDER	1,830	$0.00
SMITH CRAIG HARDER	594	$53.18
CIANCIOLO JOSEPH M	7,093	$54.22
CIANCIOLO JOSEPH M	2,660	$24.30
CIANCIOLO JOSEPH M	2,660	$33.90
CIANCIOLO JOSEPH M	1,773	$37.82
SPINNER STEVEN L	25,000	$0.00
DZIKI THOMAS A	668	$0.00
DZIKI THOMAS A	217	$51.77
SMITH CRAIG HARDER	1,372	$36.61
GRILLEA THOMAS JOHN	4,895	$60.23
GRILLEA THOMAS JOHN	563	$24.54
SMITH CRAIG HARDER	1,500	$37.82
SMITH CRAIG HARDER	5,459	$60.08
SPINNER STEVEN L	26,000	$59.56
DORNE ERIC	1,228	$59.43
MATTHEWS DAVID ALLEN	1,327	$59.25
GRAHAM GAIL A	2,660	$59.51

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