Board of Directors
 | Don Tyson Don Tyson, 78, retired as Senior Chairman of the Board in 2001. He served as Senior Chairman from 1995 until 2001. Mr. Tyson has been a member of the Board since 1952. |
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| John Tyson John Tyson, 55, is Chairman of the Board of the Company, having held his current title since May 2006. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2001 until May 2006, as Chairman, President and CEO from 2000 to 2001, as Chairman from 1998 to 2000, and in other executive capacities prior to 1998. Mr. Tyson has been a member of the Board since 1984. |
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| Barbara A. Tyson Barbara A. Tyson, 59, was a Vice President of the Company from 1988 until 2002. Ms. Tyson has been a member of the Board since 1988. |
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| Lloyd V. Hackley Lloyd V. Hackley, 68, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lloyd V. Hackley and Associates, Inc., which provides programs for the development of ethics and character, and has served in that capacity since 1997. He served as the Interim Chancellor of Fayetteville (North Carolina) State University from July 2007 to June 2008. Dr. Hackley served as Interim Chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from June 2006 to July 2007. Dr. Hackley is also a director of Branch Banking and Trust Corporation, headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Hackley has been a member of the Board since 1992. |
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| Jim Kever Jim Kever, 56, is the Founding Partner of Voyent Partners, LLC, an investment partnership. Previously, Mr. Kever served as a director of Quintiles Transnational and had served as CEO of Envoy Corporation, a subsidiary of Quintiles. Mr. Kever has been a member of the Board since 1999. |
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| Jo Ann R. Smith Jo Ann R. Smith, 69, is President of Smith Associates, an agricultural marketing business. Previously, Ms. Smith served as Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She is a former President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and has chaired the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. She was a director of IBP from 1993 to 2001. Ms. Smith has been a member of the Board since 2001. |
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| Albert C. Zapanta Albert C. Zapanta, 67, is President and CEO of the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Zapanta is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. He is Chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, an independent policy adviser to the Secretary of Defense. He is also Chairman of the Board of the U.S.-Mexico Cultural and Educational Foundation. Mr. Zapanta has been a member of the Board since 2004. |
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| Kevin McNamara Kevin McNamara, 52, is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of HealthSpring, Inc. He has been in his current position since 2005. He previously served as CFO of HCCA International, Inc. and as CEO and director of Private Business, Inc. Mr. McNamara has been a member of the Board since 2007. |
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| Brad T. Sauer Brad T. Sauer, 49, is executive vice president of 3M Health Care Business. He has been with 3M since 1981 and currently is responsible for the company's worldwide healthcare business. He served in a variety of other positions including executive vice president of the Electro Communications Business, president and managing director of 3M Korea and new business development director of the Commercial Graphics Division. Mr. Sauer has been a member of the Board since September 2008. |
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| Robert C. Thurber Robert C. Thurber, 61, is the former vice president of purchasing for Sysco Corporation and held various executive positions with Sysco from 1983 until he retired in 2007. He directed Sysco's entry into the fresh produce business and helped increase the company's fresh produce revenues from $14 million in 1983 to $3.5 billion in 2007. He helped facilitate numerous acquisitions of distribution, specialty meat and produce distribution companies. He also serves on the board of directors for Capstone Bancshares, Inc. of Tuscaloosa. Mr. Thurber has been a member of the Board since February 2009. |
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