corporate officers Joel W. Johnson * Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey M. Ettinger * President and Chief Operating Officer Michael J. McCoy * Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Gary J. Ray * Executive Vice President Steven G. Binder Group Vice President Richard A. Bross Group Vice President/President Hormel Foods International Ronald W. Fielding Group Vice President James A. Jorgenson Senior Vice President Mahlon C. Schneider Senior Vice President – External Affairs and General Counsel (retired December 31, 2004) Thomas R. Day Vice President Forrest D. Dryden, Ph.D. Vice President Jody H. Feragen Vice President and Treasurer Dennis B. Goettsch Vice President Daniel A. Hartzog Vice President Kurt F. Mueller Vice President Gary C. Paxton Vice President Larry J. Pfeil Vice President Douglas R. Reetz Vice President James N. Sheehan Vice President and Controller William F. Snyder Vice President James M. Splinter Vice President Joe C. Swedberg Vice President Michael D. Tolbert Vice President/President Jennie-O Turkey Store, Inc. Larry L. Vorpahl Vice President James W. Cavanaugh Corporate Secretary (Effective January 1, 2005,  Mr. Cavanaugh assumes the duties  of Senior Vice President of External  Affairs and General Counsel.) Roland G. Gentzler Assistant Controller Kevin C. Jones Assistant Secretary *Director 2004 Annual Report 47