THE HERSHEY COMPANY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director since April 2011 / Lead Independent Director since May 2020
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TropicSport
Qualifications, Attributes and Skills:
Mr. Palmer is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TropicSport, a natural and environmentally friendly e-commerce suncare and skincare products company, a position he has held since April 2019. Prior to founding TropicSport, Mr. Palmer held key leadership positions at Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a multinational personal care company, including serving as President, Global Brands and Innovation, from April 2012 to April 2019. Prior to Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Mr. Palmer served in various leadership positions at The Kellogg Company, a multinational food manufacturing company, and the Coca-Cola Company, a multinational beverage company. Having spent most of his career in the consumer-packaged goods industry, Mr. Palmer contributes to the Board through his insight in several key strategic areas for the Company, including fast-moving consumer-packaged goods, emerging markets, marketing and human resources.
Education
Bachelor's degree in business from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia
Masters of Business Administration degree, with distinction, from the International Management Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
Board Committees
Audit (ex-officio)
Compensation
Executive
Finance and Risk Management (ex-officio)
Governance (ex-officio)
Job Titles:
- Member of Horizons for Youth
- President, U.S. Confection
Charles (Chuck) Raup leads Hershey's flagship U.S. core confection business, expanding portfolio across the marketing, sales and go-to-market teams. He guides the transformation of our commercial capabilities to create value through holistic and integrated planning of our commercial and category-leading expertise including through innovation and R&D, media, creative and intelligence and analytics.
Raup has broad experience leading snacking operations across candy, mint and gum. He has served in increasing roles of responsibility throughout his tenure with the company, most recently leading the turnaround of the core U.S. business. Before that, he was Vice President/General Manager of Hershey Mexico, improving its operations and performance.
Raup joined Hershey in 2009 after 13 years at Kraft Foods. He served seven years in the United States Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer.
He has a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a bachelor's in business from Penn State University.
Raup is an active member of Horizons for Youth, an organization that provides scholarships, mentoring and enrichment programs for children in low-resource areas of Chicago.
Job Titles:
- Chief Human Resources Officer
- Senior Vice President
Chris Scalia is responsible for the company's people and culture vision, strategy and execution. He brings a strong business acumen and passion for how talent and culture drive performance.
He has previously operated in senior executive roles leading Hershey's global HR operations and business partner teams. He has also been responsible for talent planning and development, data and analytics, operational effectiveness as well as the strategic planning of Human Resources.
His leadership roles at Hershey have included Chief Talent Officer and Vice President, HR Business Partner of Global Functions as well as Senior Director, HR Business Partner of Global Supply Chain.
Scalia joined the company in 2005 in the legal department with an expertise in labor relations and transitioned to Human Resources in 2011.
He began his career in the HR Law Practice Group at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, the world's leading HR law practice. Scalia earned a Master of Human Resources from Cornell University, a Juris Doctorate from Penn State University, and a bachelor's from Juniata College. He remains a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania.
Outside of work, Scalia actively mentors and advocates for children at risk, suicide prevention and the expansion of educational opportunities.
Job Titles:
- Board Member of CONMEXICO
- Senior Vice President, Chief Global Business Platforms and Process Optimization Officer
Hector De La Barreda is responsible for leading enterprise business systems and commercial processes. As a seasoned senior executive with deep operational and general management experience, he guides the strategic direction of ways of working and process optimization for our teams around the world.
His record of success in Hershey's international markets includes leading the growing Mexico business for many years and most recently leading Hershey Canada, the company's second largest market, through a business transformation. He also led the company's International Regional Markets (Latin America, Asia, Europe, Middle East & Africa). De la Barreda was most recently the President of fast-growing Amplify Snacks Brands - a key growth driver for Hershey.
Prior to joining Hershey, he served as CEO of a Coca-Cola joint venture that specialized in the dairy business. Before that, he led the Latin America Commercial Development team for Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest Coca-Cola Bottler in the world.
De la Barreda has been a Board member of CONMEXICO, Enactus Mexico and recently in Food & Consumer Products of Canada. He holds a bachelor's in actuarial sciences and post-graduate degree in Finance, both from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM).
Job Titles:
- Electrical Technician - West
- Mechanical Technician - West
Job Titles:
- Director of Hershey Trust Company
- Director since May 2018
Qualifications, Attributes and Skills:
Mr. Katzman is a director of Hershey Trust Company and a member of the Board of Managers of Milton Hershey School, a position he has held since April 2017. He is also the Senior Vice President of Business Development for General Electric Company, a global company focused on aviation, healthcare and energy, a position he has held since October 2021. As one of three representatives of Hershey Trust Company and Milton Hershey School currently serving on the Board. Mr. Katzman provides valuable perspectives as a representative of our largest stockholder and the school that is its sole beneficiary. Having previously served as a partner in Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a multinational investment bank, he also contributes to the Board through his extensive experience in corporate financial matters and merger and acquisition transactions, which assists the Board in overseeing the Company's financial stewardship and transformation into an innovative snacking powerhouse.
James Turoff - Chief Legal Officer, SVP
Job Titles:
- General Counsel
- Secretary
- Senior Vice President
James Turoff is responsible for all legal department activities and strategies, including corporate governance, litigation, labor and employment, intellectual property and enterprise risk management, as well as ethics and compliance, government relations and security.
Turoff joined Hershey in March 2014 and has held multiple positions within the legal department during his tenure. Most recently, he served as Acting General Counsel. From March 2019 through December 2020, he served as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, where he had oversight responsibility for multiple commercial and corporate functions within the legal department. From March 2018 through February 2019, Turoff was the Vice President, SEC, Corporate Governance & Compliance and helped oversee all commercial and corporate Legal functions globally while Hershey searched for and transitioned to a new general counsel. Prior to that, he served as Associate General Counsel, Securities & Governance and Business Transformation and as Associate General Counsel, AEMEA and Securities & Governance.
Prior to Hershey, Turoff was the Assistant General Counsel, Corporate and Securities at Harsco Corporation.
Turoff holds a bachelor's in political science and economics from Ashland University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law. He and his family reside in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Job Titles:
- Director of Hershey Trust Company
- Director since May 2017
Qualifications, Attributes and Skills:
Mr. Brown is a director of Hershey Trust Company and a member of the Board of Managers of Milton Hershey School, positions he has held since February 2016. As one of three representatives of Hershey Trust Company and Milton Hershey School currently serving on the Board. Mr. Brown provides valuable perspectives as a representative of our largest stockholder and the school that is its sole beneficiary. He has significant experience in finance, private equity and venture capital, having previously served as a partner in SCP Private Equity Partners, a diversified, multi-stage venture capital firm. Mr. Brown also has extensive government relations and public policy experience from serving as Chief of Staff in U.S. federal and Pennsylvania state governments. His familiarity with policy and government operations, as well as his experience as an investor in, and director of, both public and private companies, make him an important addition to the Board on matters of finance, government relations, strategy and risk management.
Job Titles:
- Chief Supply Chain Officer
- Senior Vice President
Jason Reiman is responsible for all global supply chain-related strategies and activities including procurement, manufacturing, quality and regulatory, engineering, logistics, supply chain planning, as well as network strategy and optimization.
In his previous role as Vice President, Supply Chain Operations, Reiman worked directly with commercial business partners to drive superior quality, customer service, margin expansion and growth for the business. As Vice President, U.S. Supply Chain Operations and Vice President, AEMEA Supply Chain Operations, he was responsible for all supply chain activities for the regional businesses. He has also held roles including Vice President, Global Logistics, where he led the insights-driven supply chain as and eCommerce supply chain. Other previous roles at Hershey include Vice President, Global Customer Service, Planning & Logistics and Senior Director, Sales & Operations Planning, as well as a variety of positions in the areas of customer service, demand planning, production planning and inventory management. Before joining Hershey in 1996, Reiman worked as a supply chain consultant with Manugistics, Inc.
Reiman holds a bachelor's degree in business logistics from Penn State University. He has also served on the board of directors for the Elizabethtown Public Library and co-chaired Hershey's United Way Campaign. Jason was recognized with the 2015 Dr. Robert Pashek Award in Supply Chain, 2014 Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) Visionary Award as well as the Smeal College of Business 2013 Undergraduate Distinguished Achievement Award.
Job Titles:
- Line Technician
- Reliability Lead
- Team Lead
Job Titles:
- Director since May 2019
- Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Salesforce.Com, Inc
Qualifications, Attributes and Skills:
Mr. Perez is the Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Salesforce.com, Inc., a global leader in customer relationship management technology, a position he has held since April 2022. Prior to joining Salesforce, he spent 32 years at United Parcel Service, Inc. ("UPS"), a multinational package delivery and supply chain management company, where he held a succession of leadership positions, including serving as Chief Information Officer and Engineering Officer from April 2017 to March 2022. Prior to those roles, Mr. Perez served as UPS' Vice President of Technology and as Vice President, Engineering. Through his varied roles, he has developed a broad range of commercial, human resources, operational planning, logistics and technological expertise. In addition to his overall leadership experience, Mr. Perez brings significant strength in the areas of supply chain management and logistics, digital technology, information security, innovation and data analytics to the Board.
Education
Bachelor of Science in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Southern California
Masters of Science in computer and manufacturing from the University of Southern California
Board Committees
Executive
Finance and Risk Management
Governance (Chair)
Job Titles:
- Chief Development Officer
Kris Meulen is responsible for driving cross-functional M&A capability and delivery, C7 ventures and inorganic growth platforms. He brings more than 20 years of start-up and large cap operational, financial and corporate development experience across the food, beverage and technology industries.
Prior to his current position, he was the Vice President, M&A and Disruptive Growth at Hershey and has held senior leadership roles in Hershey's Amplify Snacks and ONE Brands businesses.
Meulen has experience in Product Management and Business Development with CCC Information Services (now CCC Intelligent Solutions), Investment Banking experience with UBS and Morgan Stanley, where he was an Executive Director, and ABI InBev, where he was a Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions and Disruptive Growth with responsibility for its venture arm.
Meulen received bachelor's degrees in mathematics, economics and statistics from the University of Chicago. He also received a Master of Business Administration, Finance and Accounting from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
Kristen Riggs is responsible for building and scaling our salty snacks business - a key growth driver for Hershey.
Riggs is a dynamic Hershey veteran with marketing, sales and commercial operations experience leading billion-dollar businesses across brand marketing and sales. She has a proven track record of transforming operations and cultures to drive growth and profitability. As Vice President and General Manager of Commercial Planning, she led U.S. Volume Planning and Integrated Business Management along with a range of commercial strategic planning responsibilities.
Riggs joined Hershey in 2005 and has held a range of leadership roles including Chief Growth Officer, as well as roles in brand marketing, shopper marketing, global marketing, sales, the Reese's brand and was Vice President/General Manager of Brand Commercialization.
Before joining Hershey, Riggs worked as an engineer for Samsung Semiconductor in Austin, Texas. Riggs holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School and a bachelor's from Purdue University.
Job Titles:
- Territory Sales Associate
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Hershey Trust Company
- Director since May 2017
Qualifications, Attributes and Skills:
Ms. Koken is Chairman of the Board of Hershey Trust Company and Milton Hershey School, positions she has held since December 2020. She has also served as director of Hershey Trust Company and a member of the Board of Managers of Milton Hershey School since December 2015. As Chairman of the Boards and one of three representatives of Hershey Trust Company and Milton Hershey School currently serving on the Board, Ms. Koken brings to the Board valuable insights from our largest stockholder and the school that is its sole beneficiary. For more than 15 years, Ms. Koken has also served as a legal/regulatory consultant. She previously served as Insurance Commissioner of Pennsylvania for three governors and in other leadership roles during her 22-year career at Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company, a national life insurer, that culminated in her serving as its Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Ms. Koken served as a previous president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. She contributes to the Board through her significant expertise in insurance, risk management and regulatory affairs, as well as her experience in legal operations and corporate governance.
Job Titles:
- Director since August 2013
Ms. Haben is the former President, North America, of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, a leading confectionery company, a position she held from October 2008 until her retirement in February 2011. She served in several other senior management positions during her time at Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, including as Group Vice President and Managing Director, North America. She also held a succession of leadership positions in her 27-year career at Kraft Foods, Inc., a grocery manufacturing and processing conglomerate. Throughout her career, Ms. Haben gained extensive experience managing businesses in the consumer-packaged goods industry and developed a track record of growing brands and developing new products. Her knowledge of and ability to analyze the overall consumer-packaged goods industry, evolving market dynamics and consumers' relationships with brands make her a valuable contributor to the Board and the Company.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Chief Executive Officer
- President
- Director since March 2017
Michele Buck brings more than 25 years of consumer packaged goods experience to her role as Hershey's Chairman of the Board of Directors and 12th President and Chief Executive Officer. She has proven success transforming businesses and organizations to accelerate profitable growth and is motivated by harnessing others' strengths, expertise and perspectives.
Buck has held several senior leadership roles within the company. She served as Chief Operating Officer, leading Hershey's day-to-day North American operations and overseeing Hershey's operations in Central and South America. And prior, she was President, U.S. and Chief Growth Officer.
Before joining Hershey in 2005, Buck served 17 years at Kraft/Nabisco in numerous senior positions and at the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo.
She serves on the Board of Directors at New York Life, and as a Benefit Co-Chair for the Children's Brain Tumor Foundation. A native of central Pennsylvania, Buck earned a bachelor's at Shippensburg University and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Buck was recognized on Fortune's Most Powerful Women list each year from 2017-2021. She has two important roles - mom and business leader - that fulfill her life.
Qualifications, Attributes and Skills:
As Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, a position she has held since October 2019, Ms. Buck is responsible for all day-to-day global operations and commercial activities of the Company. She previously served the Company in a variety of executive roles, including as President and Chief Executive Officer from March 2017 to October 2019 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from June 2016 to March 2017. Having served at the Company for more than 17 years and as an executive in the consumer-packaged goods industry for more than 30 years, Ms. Buck contributes to the Board in the areas of marketing, consumer products, strategy, supply chain management and mergers and acquisitions. Her presence in the boardroom also ensures efficient communication between the Board and Company management.
Milton Hershey was looking for the ideal location for his new chocolate factory and turned to central Pennsylvania, with its clean water, pastoral beauty and access to farm fresh milk. Today, The Hershey Company is still headquartered in Hershey, PA with additional state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities across the U.S. and around the world.
Our founder, Milton Hershey, had a vision to make chocolate accessible to everyone. His dedication to creating a better world continues to inspire our mission statement or as we call it, our purpose, of making more moments of goodness.
Qualifications, Attributes and Skills:
Ms. Arway is the former President, Japan/Asia Pacific/Australia Region, of American Express International, Inc., a global payments, network and travel company, a position she held from October 2005 until her retirement in January 2008. Ms. Arway held multiple leadership positions during her 21-year career with American Express Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including as Chief Executive Officer, American Express Australia Ltd., and as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Corporate Travel North America. Ms. Arway contributes to the Board through the experience in finance, marketing, international business, government affairs, consumer products and human resources she developed throughout her career.
Job Titles:
- Territory Sales Associate
Job Titles:
- Director since August 2020
Qualifications, Attributes and Skills:
Mr. Dutkowsky is the former Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tech Data Corporation, a wholesale distributor of technology products, a position he held from June 2018 until his retirement in June 2020. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Tech Data from October 2006 to June 2018, including as Chairman of the Board from June 2017 until his appointment as Executive Chairman in June 2018. Prior to joining Tech Data, Mr. Dutkowsky served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of two software companies, Egenera, Inc. and J.D. Edwards & Co., Inc. Having spent most of his career in the technology industry, Mr. Dutkowsky brings to the Board broad operational experience and a deep understanding of the technology industry and how technology and digital capabilities drive growth and resiliency. The experiences and skills he developed as a senior executive at multiple technology and software businesses also allow Mr. Dutkowsky to provide the Board with insights related to finance, management, operations, risk management and governance.
Job Titles:
- Director since December 2011
Qualifications, Attributes and Skills:
Mr. Malcolm is the former President, Global Marketing, Sales & Innovation, of Diageo PLC, a leading premium drinks company, a position he held from June 2002 until his retirement in December 2008. Prior to that position, Mr. Malcolm spent 24 years at The Procter & Gamble Company in various leadership positions, including as Vice President - General Manager Beverages, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Vice President - General Manager, Arabian Peninsula. He is a globally recognized expert in strategic marketing and is currently Executive in Residence, Center for Customer Insight and Marketing Solutions, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas. Mr. Malcolm brings to the Board significant experience in emerging markets and in the marketing and sales of consumer products, including consumer-packaged goods and fast-moving consumer goods.
Rohit Grover is responsible for leading Hershey's international business including its scale markets, focused emerging markets, and export priorities.
Grover has held a variety of senior management roles within The Hershey Company, including most recently as Vice President and General Manager, Greater China. Previously, he was General Manager of Hershey Canada and prior to this role, he was General Manager of Southeast Asia. He was also General Manager of the Middle East and led Hershey's entry into the region.
Grover began his career in marketing at Colgate Palmolive and MTV in India and has since worked in nearly all of Hershey's international markets.
A native of India, he holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from the University of Miami. In addition, he has attended several executive programs at the University of Chicago and Harvard Business School.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Senior Vice President
Steve Voskuil oversees the global finance organization, including financial planning and analysis, accounting and reporting, tax, treasury, internal audit and investor relations.
Prior to joining Hershey in May 2019, Voskuil was Chief Financial officer at Avanos Medical, a $700 million global medical device company, where he served since 2014. Avanos was previously branded as Halyard Health, Inc. before the sale of its $1 billion supplies division. Voskuil was also Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Halyard for four years where he led its successful spinoff from Kimberly-Clark. He previously served more than two decades as a finance executive at Kimberly-Clark and demonstrated strategic, operational and transformative leadership in addition to his deep financial expertise.
Voskuil has a bachelor's degree from University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a Master of Science in management from Stanford Graduate School of Business, Palo Alto.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Director since May 2020
Qualifications, Attributes and Skills:
Mr. Crawford is currently the Chief Executive Officer, Pharmaceutical Segment, of Cardinal Health, Inc., a global healthcare services and products company, a position he has held since November 2018. Mr. Crawford has held senior management positions at several companies across the food and beverage, hospitality and healthcare services industries. He held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer, Healthcare, Education and Business Dining, at Aramark Corporation, a global provider of food, facilities and uniform services, from September 2012 to October 2018. Mr. Crawford also held senior management positions at PepsiCo, Inc., a multinational food, snack and beverage company. Mr. Crawford contributes to the Board through his broad range of experience in digital transformation, fast moving consumer goods, logistics and supply chain management, as well as his valuable insights in emerging markets, consumer retail and finance.
Job Titles:
- Director since December 2017
Qualifications, Attributes and Skills:
Ms. Schoppert is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sleep Number Corporation, a bedding manufacturer, marketer and retailer, a position she held from June 2011 until her retirement in February 2014. As Chief Financial Officer for Sleep Number Corporation, Ms. Schoppert gained extensive experience leading all finance functions, including financial planning and analysis, accounting, tax, treasury, investor relations, decision support and IT. Prior to joining Sleep Number in 2005, Ms. Schoppert led U.S. Bank's Private Asset Management team and served as its Head of Product, Marketing and Corporate Development. She began her career in the airline industry, serving in various financial, strategic and general management leadership positions at American Airlines, Northwest Airlines and America West Airlines. Ms. Schoppert contributes to the Board through her extensive financial leadership experience, public company reporting expertise and retail experience across finance, IT, digital and marketing.