board of directors front row, left to right: Joel W. Johnson, Jeffrey M. Ettinger back row, left to right: Dr. Robert R. Waller; John R. Block; E. Peter Gillette, Jr.; Michael J. McCoy;  Luella G. Goldberg; Gary J. Ray; John G. Turner; Dakota A. Pippins; Susan I. Marvin; John L. Morrison; James W. Cavanaugh (corporate secretary); Dr. John W. Allen John W. Allen, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Food Marketing, Partnership for Food Industry Development Michigan State University Director since October 1989 John R. Block Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Executive Vice President of Food  Marketing Institute and President of its Wholesale Division Director since October 1997 Jeffrey M. Ettinger President and Chief Operating Officer Director since May 2004 E. Peter Gillette, Jr. Senior Advisor to U.S. Trust Company Retired President, Piper Trust Company Director since July 1996 Luella G. Goldberg Trustee, University of Minnesota Foundation Member, Board of Overseers, University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Trustee and Chair Emerita, Wellesley College Past Board Chair, University of  Minnesota Foundation Director since September 1993 Joel W. Johnson Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Director since June 1991 Susan I. Marvin President, Marvin Windows and Doors Trustee, University of Minnesota Foundation Director since July 2002 Michael J. McCoy Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Director since May 2000 John L. Morrison Managing Director, Goldner Hawn Johnson  & Morrison Incorporated Chairman, Callanish Capital Partners Director since November 2003 Robert R. Waller, MD President Emeritus, Mayo Foundation Professor of Ophthalmology, Mayo Medical School Director since January 1993 John G. Turner Chairman, Hillcrest Capital Partners Retired Chairman and CEO of  ReliaStar Financial Corp. Director since March 2000 Gary J. Ray Executive Vice President Director since November 1990 Dakota A. Pippins President and Chief Executive Officer, Pippins Strategies, LLC Adjunct Assistant Professor,  New York University Director since January 2001 48 Hormel Foods Corporation