CINCINNATI, Sept. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger Co.
(NYSE: KR) today named Jessica C.
Adelman to serve as Kroger's group vice president of
corporate affairs, effective November
1.
"Jessica brings a wealth of public affairs leadership experience
and deep knowledge of the food supply chain," said Rodney McMullen, Kroger's chairman and chief
executive officer. "We look forward to welcoming her to our senior
leadership team."
Ms. Adelman, 40, has 20 years of experience as a public affairs
executive in the food industry, most recently as senior vice
president of corporate affairs for Syngenta North America, a
leading agriculture company, since 2008. In this role she was
responsible for corporate brand oversight, government affairs,
media relations, crisis and issues communications, litigation
communications, internal communications and employee engagement,
corporate social responsibility and giving. Ms. Adelman has held
several strategic leadership roles with other companies, including
director of Cargill Government Solutions.
Ms. Adelman graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College as a Russian Area Studies major
and lived in the former Soviet
Union for several years in the 1990s. She earned an M.B.A.
from The Wharton School and an M.A. in international relations from
the University of Pennsylvania, as well
as an executive certificate in trade policy from the Harvard
Kennedy School of Government.
As group vice president of corporate affairs, Ms. Adelman will
focus on reputation management, including external communications
and brand public relations; media; government and regulatory
affairs; corporate social responsibility and environmental
sustainability; community relations; crisis management;
cause-marketing and corporate philanthropy.
Ms. Adelman will relocate with her husband and three children to
Cincinnati from greater
Washington, D.C., where she
currently resides.
Kroger, one of the world's largest retailers, employs nearly
400,000 associates who serve customers in 2,626 supermarkets and
multi-department stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia under two dozen local
banner names including Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less,
Fred Meyer, Fry's, Harris Teeter, Jay C, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs
and Smith's. The company also operates 780 convenience
stores, 327 fine jewelry stores, 1,342 supermarket fuel centers and
37 food processing plants in the U.S. Recognized by Forbes as
the most generous company in America, Kroger supports hunger
relief, breast cancer awareness, the military and their families,
and more than 30,000 schools and community organizations. Kroger
contributes food and funds equal to 200 million meals a year
through more than 100 Feeding America food bank partners. A leader
in supplier diversity, Kroger is a proud member of the Billion
Dollar Roundtable and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber's Million
Dollar Club.
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SOURCE The Kroger Co.