B&G Foods Elects Debra Martin Chase to the Board of Directors
July 15 2020 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
— Announces Establishment of Corporate
Social Responsibility Committee —
B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) announced today that its Board
of Directors has elected Debra Martin Chase to the Board of
Directors.
B&G Foods also established a Board-level Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) Committee, which Ms. Chase will chair. The CSR
Committee will be responsible for overseeing, among other things,
social and public policy issues; diversity and inclusion efforts;
environmental and sustainability efforts; philanthropic activities;
charitable contributions; and community relations. Ms. Chase was
also appointed to the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee.
The election of Ms. Chase to B&G Foods’ Board of Directors,
which is effective immediately, increases the size of the Board to
ten members, including eight independent directors.
Dennis M. Mullen, Chairman of the Nominating and Governance
Committee, said, “We are delighted that Debra Martin Chase has
agreed to join B&G Foods. Debra is a remarkably talented
television and film producer with very strong leadership, business
and legal skills. We are confident that Debra will complement the
existing strengths of our Board, while also bringing fresh ideas
and new perspectives to our Board discussions.”
Stephen C. Sherrill, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said,
“Debra Chase is a trailblazer in her field and an inspiration to
women and people of color in the film and television production
industry. With her strong business acumen and legal skills and her
commitment to diversity and inclusion, Debra will be an excellent
addition to our Board. She will help to lead and inspire all of our
employees to achieve great business results while doing so with a
keen sense of social purpose.”
Ms. Chase, an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning
television and motion picture producer, is an entertainment
industry icon and trailblazer as the first African American female
producer ever to have a production deal at a major studio, and the
first African American woman to produce a film that grossed over
$100 million. To date, her films have grossed over a half billion
dollars.
Ms. Chase serves on the boards of the New York City Ballet,
where she chairs the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and the
Second Stage Theatre in Manhattan, where she chairs the Artistic
Committee. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the
advisory boards of the African American Film Critics’ Association
and The Mayor’s Fund of New York City. She is also a long-serving
co-chair of the Athena Film Festival in New York City, one of the
largest film festivals in the United States dedicated to films by
and about women.
Ms. Chase graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from
Mount Holyoke College and Harvard Law School. Prior to entering the
entertainment industry, Ms. Chase practiced corporate law in New
York and Houston.
About B&G Foods, Inc.
Based in Parsippany, New Jersey, B&G Foods and our
subsidiaries manufacture, sell and distribute high-quality, branded
shelf-stable and frozen foods across the United States, Canada and
Puerto Rico. With B&G Foods’ diverse portfolio of more than 50
brands you know and love, including Back to Nature, B&G,
B&M, Cream of Wheat, Dash, Green Giant, Las Palmas, Le Sueur,
Mama Mary’s, Maple Grove Farms, New York Style, Ortega, Polaner,
Spice Islands and Victoria, there’s a little something for
everyone. For more information about B&G Foods and our brands,
please visit www.bgfoods.com.
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