Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. Announces Appointments of Gail Moody-Byrd and María Fernanda Mejía to the Board of Directors
January 19 2021 - 4:15PM
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: GO) (“Grocery Outlet” or the
“Company”) today announced that it has expanded the Company’s Board
of Directors to 12 members with the appointments of Gail Moody-Byrd
and María Fernanda Mejía effective January 18, 2021.
Ms. Moody-Byrd brings more than 35 years of experience in B2B
technology marketing and retail/wholesale industry consulting,
merchandising and planning. She currently serves as Chief Marketing
Officer of Noodle.ai, an artificial intelligence software company,
where she oversees the entire marketing stack, including category
and brand awareness, demand generation, digital marketing and
business development. She is also a member of the Board of
Directors of Juma Ventures, a non-profit that strives to break the
cycle of poverty by paving the way to work, education, and
financial capability for youth across America. Prior to joining
Noodle.ai, she worked for SAP SE, the market leader in enterprise
software applications, for ten years, most recently as Vice
President of Web Marketing. Her retail industry experience includes
roles with divisions of Macy’s Inc. and Target Corporation, with
Levi, Strauss & Co. and as a Retail consultant with McKinsey
& Company and Walter K. Levy Associates. Ms. Moody-Byrd
graduated with her MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business
Administration and received her BA in Economics from Spelman
College in Atlanta, GA.
Ms. Mejía’s global career extends more than 30 years in general
management and operations. She brings expertise in strategic
planning, brand management, customer development, supply chain,
digital engagement, M&A and talent development. She most
recently served as Senior Vice President at The Kellogg Company and
President of Kellogg Latin America. During her tenure, she led the
growth and transformation of Kellogg’s Latin America business and
organization including the development of a long-term strategy to
accelerate growth in the core and emerging core segments. She was
also a talent leader and diversity champion of Kellogg’s corporate
and regional initiatives. Prior to Kellogg, she served as Corporate
Vice President and General Manager of Global Personal Care at
Colgate-Palmolive Company where she had direct oversight of
strategy category and brand development, consumer insights,
R&D, and supply chain. Ms. Mejía currently serves as a
Non-Executive Director at Bunzl PLC, a FTSE 100 Global Distribution
Company. She recently served as a Non-Executive Director of
International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), a FTSE 100 airline
group, where she was a member of the Remuneration and the Audit and
Compliance Committees. Ms. Mejía graduated from Texas A&M
University College of Engineering with a BS in Industrial
Distribution.
Erik Ragatz, Chairman of the Board, said, “We are pleased to be
welcoming Gail and María Fernanda to our Board of
Directors. Both are highly accomplished in their fields and
bring tremendous experience to the organization. Gail’s background
in brand awareness, technology and data-driven consumer marketing
and retail industry consulting, combined with María Fernanda’s
experience in strategic planning, supply chain and customer
engagement further strengthen our board. Importantly, Gail and
María Fernanda are champions of diversity and strongly align with
Grocery Outlet’s culture. We look forward to benefiting from their
expertise, creativity and enthusiasm as we continue to advance our
long term growth strategies.”
About Grocery Outlet:Based in Emeryville,
California, Grocery Outlet is a high-growth, extreme value retailer
of quality, name-brand consumables and fresh products sold through
a network of independently operated stores. Grocery Outlet has more
than 375 stores in California, Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Idaho and Nevada.
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