2008-2009 WAFC OFFICERS

PRESIDENT
John Eagan
Vice President,

Sr. General Merch. Manager

Costco Wholesale

Garden Grove, CA

VICE-PRESIDENT
 Pete Van Helden
 Executive Vice President / President, Retail West

SUPERVALU, Inc.

Eden Prairie, MN

TREASURER
Mike Proulx
 President & COO

Bashas' Markets
Chandler, AZ

SECRETARY
Karl Schroeder
 President, No. Cal

Safeway Inc.
Pleasanton, CA

EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT

Carole Christianson
WAFC

Lakewood, CA

 

2008-2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
William Coyne
President & COO
Raley's Food & Drug Stores
West Sacramento, CA		 Joseph C. Detro
VP, Sales & Operations
Foodland Super Markets
Honolulu, HI		 Russ Dispense
 President
King Soopers, Inc.
Denver, CO 		Mike Donnelly
 President
Ralphs
Compton, CA

Bruce Everette
 Exec. Vice President

Safeway Inc.

Pleasanton, CA
Donna Giordano
 President
QFC
Bellevue, WA

Oscar Gonzalez
COO
 Northgate Markets

Anaheim, CA

Lynn Gust
Exec. VP, Merch. & Adv.
Fred Meyer, Inc.

Portland, OR

Richard R. Haggen
Co-Chairman
Haggen, Inc.
Bellingham, WA		 Jim Hallsey
President
Smith's Food & Drug Stores
Salt Lake City, UT
Tom Keller
President
Vons - A Safeway Co.
Arcadia, CA

Bryan Kaltenbach
Sr. V.P. Store Operations

Food 4 Less

Compton, CA

Darioush Khaledi
Chairman & CEO
K.V. Mart Co.
Carson, CA		 Richard King
Vice President
Associated Foods
Salt Lake City, UT		 Sue Klug
President, Southern California
Albertson's, Inc.
Fullerton, CA
Sam Masterson
Exec. VP, Operations
Bristol Farms
Carson, CA		 Dennis McIntyre
Exec. VP, Marketing
Stater Bros. Markets
 San Bernardino, CA		 Dan Murphy
Sr. Vice President
Unified Grocers
Commerce, CA		 Robert Piccinini
Chairman & CEO
Save Mart Supermarkets
Modesto, CA

Mike Provenzano
President
 Pro & Son's

Ontario, CA

John Runyan
Executive Advisor to the President & CEO
 Unified Grocers

Commerce, CA

 Joey Scolari
President, CEO
Scolari's Food & Drug
Sparks, NV		 Mike Stigers
President
PW Supermarkets Inc.
San Jose, CA		 Jeff Wood

Exec. V.P. & COO

Haggen Inc.

Bellingham, WA

 

 

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

 
CHAIRMAN
Jim Lee
President & COO
Stater Bros. Markets
San Bernardino, CA

Dale Henley
President & CEO
Haggen, Inc.

Bellingham, WA

Dave Hirz
 President
Food 4 Less

Compton, CA

Kevin Davis
 Chairman & CEO
Bristol Farms
Carson, CA

Rojon Hasker
President & GM Lifestyle

Safeway, Inc.
Pleasanton, CA

 

DIRECTORS EMERITUS

 
Byron Allumbaugh
Chairman (Retired)
Ralphs Grocery Co.
Compton, CA

Donald I. Baker
President, COO (Retired)
Stater Bros. Markets
San Bernardino, CA

Jack H. Brown
Chairman, CEO
Stater Bros. Markets
San Bernardino, CA

James W. Brown

Exec. V.P./Director Emeritus
WAFC
Los Angeles, CA

 John J. Cairns
Chairman (Retired)
Carr-Gottstein Foods Co.
Anchorage, AK

William S. Davila
President Emeritus (Retired)

The Vons Companies

Arcadia, CA

Don Gallegos
President (Retired)
King Soopers, Inc.
Denver, CO

Richard E. Goodspeed
President, COO (Retired)
The Vons Companies
Arcadia, CA

 Donald E. Haggen
Co-Chairman
Haggen, Inc.
Bellingham, WA		 Ed Hill
Exec. VP (Retired)
WAFC
Los Angeles, CA

Roger K. Hughes
Partner
HOWS Markets
Glendale, CA

Dan Kourkoumelis
President, CEO (Retired)
Quality Food Centers, Inc.
Bellevue, WA

 William MacAloney
President, CEO
Jax Markets
Anaheim, CA		 Wayne Manning
President (Retired)
Bashas' Markets
Chandler, AZ		 Alfred A. Marasca
President, COO (Retired)
Ralphs Grocery Co.
Compton, CA
Kenneth Olsen
President (Retired)
The Vons Companies
Arcadia, CA		 A. Gayle Paden
Group Sr. VP (Retired)
Stater Bros. Markets
 San Bernardino, CA		 S. Donley Ritchey
Chairman (Retired)
Lucky Stores, Inc.
Danville, CA		 Orville N. Roth
Chairman
Roth's Family Markets
Salem, OR 		Ben Schwartz
Chairman, CEO
Schwartz Consulting
Los Angeles, CA

Gary Smith
President, CEO
Encore Associates, Inc.
San Ramon, CA

 George Wong
Member/Board of Directors
Bel Air Markets
Sacramento, CA		      

 

Last Revised On:  December 21, 2008