Jeffrey (Jeff) Noddle was the executive

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of SuperValu, the third-largest grocery retail company in the United States (as of 2008) and a leading food distributor. He was

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from June 2001 to June 2009 and has been with SuperValu since 1976. In addition to this role, Noddle serves on several industry and corporate boards. He is a member of the boards of directors of

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, Inc.,

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, Inc., The Food Industry Center at the

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, Chairman of the governance committee of the board of directors of the Independent Grocers Alliance, Inc. (IGA), and the Academy of Food Marketing at Saint Joseph’s University. In addition, he is a member of

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stores and warehouses during the summer while a student at the University of Iowa, where he graduated with a business degree with an emphasis on marketing. He has also attended the

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's Executive Advanced Management Program and the Levinson Institute. He married Linda on September 1, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa in 1969. He started out by following his two older brothers through school and into the grocery business in Omaha area. Harlan Noddle was chairman of Noddle Development Co., which developed shopping centers all over the United States. He was an Omaha business and civic leader before his death from pancreatic cancer in December at age 69. Allan Noddle, was on the executive board of

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, a Netherlands-based, international food service and supermarket company. Before retiring and returning to Omaha in 2002, Allan oversaw Ahold's stores in Central America, Latin America, Asia and the Asia Pacific. He started his grocery management career at Grocer Sales, Western Division, Supermarkets Interstate moving from a trainee to director between 1971-1976.

At SuperValu

Jeff joined SuperValu as director of retail operations in 1976 and worked for their J.M. Jones division in Champaign, Ill. During his time there, he held a number of positions, including Director of Merchandising and Vice President of Marketing. Between 1982 and 1985, Mr. Noddle served as President of SuperValu's Fargo division and its former Miami division. After 1985, he served as the Corporate Executive Vice President of merchandising. Hitting his stride in 1995, he then served as President and

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of Wholesale Food Companies (SuperValu), until 2000. Mr. Noddle served as President of SuperValu, from 2000 to June 2005 while also serving as COO from 2000 to 2001 and as Chairman since May 2002.

In the industry

He served as Chairman of the board of directors of The

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(FMI).

Outside the industry

Mr. Noddle has been an Independent Director of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. since September 30, 2005. He has been Director of Donaldson Company Inc., since 2000. He served as a Director of General Cable Corp., from 1998 to December 2, 2004. As a supporter of the Jewish Foundation, Noddle is also the 2009 chair for the Twin Cities United Way's fundraising effort.

Awards

* 2008 Executive of the Year * 2009 Herbert Hoover * SuperValu Executive Chairman Jeff Noddle has been named the Network of Executive Women's Outstanding Champion for 2009. Noddle will receive the award on August 31 during a consumer products industry luncheon at the Grocery Manufacturers Association Executive Conference in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Outstanding Champion award is presented each year to a senior-level consumer products industry leader who has consistently championed the mission of the Network of Executive Women (NEW), created diverse, high-performance work teams, demonstrated the business imperative of diversity and inclusion, and challenged the industry to remain an employer of choice. * In August 2009, Jeff was inducted into the Minnesota Grocers Association's Hall of Fame.

References

Sources

Forbes: regarding compensation

U of Iowa Speaker

Speaker at Network of ExecutiveWomen Conference

USA Today Search

Spoke Jobs background
- Need to find a better source.
Election to board
- But seems like an archive site for Supervalu?

External links

Official Biography at SuperValu
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