UNFI Elects Gloria Boyland to its Board of Directors
January 14 2021 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Former FedEx executive adds complementary
transformation and operations experience
United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE: UNFI) (“UNFI”) today announced
it has appointed Ms. Gloria Roberts Boyland, a seasoned operations
executive, to its Board of Directors effective January 14, 2021.
This appointment reflects UNFI’s ongoing commitment to Board
refreshment, adding significant large-scale supply chain expertise
to the collective experience of the existing Board in areas that
advance UNFI’s long-term strategic objectives.
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Ms. Gloria Roberts Boyland will join
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“Gloria’s extensive experience leading operational
transformation at global companies, coupled with her leading-edge,
future-focused logistics and supply chain knowledge, make her a
valuable addition to our Board,” said Steven L. Spinner, UNFI
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “As the largest and most
diverse grocery wholesale distributor in North America, UNFI will
continue to strategically invest in our distribution network,
operations and logistics capabilities to further enhance our
ability to best serve our retail customers. Gloria’s knowledge will
be a tremendous benefit in helping guide these efforts.”
Ms. Boyland currently serves as a strategic advisor of Aurora
Technologies, LLC, a position she has held since June 2020. Prior
to that, Ms. Boyland served as Staff Vice President (beginning in
2004) and Corporate Vice President (beginning in 2015) at FedEx
Corporation where she was responsible for evaluation and leadership
of advanced operations technology initiatives, service quality and
customer experience improvements, and new service offerings for the
company. Prior to her tenure at FedEx, Ms. Boyland held leadership
positions in various functions at GE Capital Corporation, including
Six Sigma Quality, mergers and acquisitions and acquisition
integration. She also practiced for eight years as a commercial
transactions and investment attorney at GE. Ms. Boyland currently
serves on the boards of directors of Chesapeake Energy Corporation
and Vontier Corporation and previously served as a member of the
board of UMRF Ventures, Inc. In 2016, Ms. Boyland was appointed to
the U.S. DOT Advisory Committee on Automation in
Transportation.
Ms. Boyland was named to National Black MBA Magazine’s Top 50
under 50, Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Black Corporate
Directors, Black Enterprise’s 2017 Most Powerful Corporate
Executives, and Black Enterprise’s 2019 List of Most Powerful Women
in Corporate America. She is a STEVIE Silver Award winner.
UNFI’s Board continuously evaluates the appropriate skills,
experience and perspective necessary to meet the evolving strategic
needs of the Company, which most recently occurred following the
unprecedented events of 2020 and strategic evolution as a result of
the global pandemic. With the addition of Ms. Boyland, UNFI’s Board
now consists of 10 highly engaged directors, eight of whom are
independent. The composition of the UNFI Board reflects UNFI’s
commitment to diversity and inclusion. With the addition of Ms.
Boyland, the Board now consists of 40% female directors and 20%
people of color. UNFI directors serve one-year terms. In the last
two years, UNFI has brought on three new directors in furtherance
of its Board refreshment objectives.
About United Natural Foods
UNFI is North America’s premier food wholesaler delivering the
widest variety of products to customer locations throughout North
America including natural product superstores, independent
retailers, conventional supermarket chains, ecommerce retailers,
and food service customers. By providing this deeper ‘full-store’
selection and compelling brands for every aisle, UNFI is uniquely
positioned to deliver great food, more choices, and fresh thinking
to customers everywhere. Today, UNFI is the largest publicly-traded
grocery distributor in America. To learn more about how UNFI is
Moving Food Forward, visit www.unfi.com.
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