Management Team

Steven L. Spinner has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since September 2008. Mr. Spinner has been a member of our Board of Directors since September 2008. Prior to joining the Company in September 2008, Mr. Spinner served as a director and as Chief Executive Officer of Performance Food Group Company (“PFG”) from October 2006 to May 2008, when PFG was acquired by affiliates of The Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management. Mr. Spinner previously served as PFG’s President and Chief Operating Officer beginning in May 2005. Mr. Spinner served as PFG’s Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer – Broadline Division from February 2002 to May 2005 and as PFG’s Broadline Division President from August 2001 to February 2002. Mr. Spinner has also served on the Board of Directors for Arkansas Best Corporation, a public company and the parent of ABF Freight System, Inc., since July 2011.

Danielle M. Benedict has served as our Senior Vice President Human Resources since May 2016. Mrs. Benedict previously served as our National Vice President Human Resources from August 2014 to May 2016 and as our Director Compensation & Benefits from April 2013 to August 2014. Prior to joining us, Mrs. Benedict was Vice President Human Resources & Leadership Development at Clean Harbors Environmental Services from 2007 to 2013. She began her career with Dunkin Brands, Inc. in 1999.

Eric A. Dorne was appointed as our Chief Administrative & Information Officer in September 2016. Mr. Dorne previously served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer from September 2011 to September 2016. Prior to joining us, Mr. Dorne was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., the parent company of the A&P, Pathmark, SuperFresh, Food Emporium and Waldbaum's supermarket chains located in the Eastern United States from January 2011 to August 2011, and Vice President and Chief Information Officer from August 2005 to January 2011. In his more than thirty years at The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Mr. Dorne held various executive positions including Vice President of Enterprise IT Application Management and Development, Vice President of Store Operations Systems and Director of Retail Support Services.

Paul S. Green has served as our President, Pacific Region since August 2016. Mr. Green previously served as our Senior Vice President, Operations from June 2014 to August 2016 and as our Vice President, Operations from May 2010 to June 2014. Prior to joining us, Mr. Green was Vice President of Sales for PFG-Springfield, MA from 2008 until 2010 and Vice President of Operations for PFG-Springfield, MA from 2005 until 2008. Mr. Green held various other leadership positions in his 10 years at PFG. He began his career with Fleming Foods and held several positions over 16 years.

Sean Griffin has served as our Chief Operating Officer since September 2014. Mr Griffin previously served as our Senior Vice President, Group President from June 2012 to September 2014 and as our Senior Vice President, National Distribution from January 2010 to June 2012. Prior to joining us, Mr. Griffin was East Region Broadline President of PFG. Previously he served as President of PFG—Springfield, MA from 2003 until 2008. He began his career with Sysco Corporation in 1986 and has held various leadership positions in the foodservice distribution industry with U.S. Foodservice, Alliant Foodservice and Sysco Corporation.

John M. Hummel has served as our President, Central Region, since August 2016. Mr. Hummel previously served as our Vice President of Distribution, Central Region, from May 2013 until July 2016. Prior to joining us, he was Corporate Vice President of Operations for Reinhart FoodService, LLC, a division of Reyes Holdings, LLC, from 2005 until 2013. In his 24 years at Reinhart, he held other key divisional leadership roles, including Director of Physical Distribution for their largest location in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He began his career with Walter's Food Service, Inc., in 1987 and has held various key leadership positions in other large scale food service distribution organizations such as PepsiCo Food Systems/AmeriServe and Institution Food House.

Jill E. Sutton has served as our SVP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary since May 2018. Prior to joining us, Ms. Sutton was Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at General Motors and as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Tim Hortons, Inc. Jill holds a JD, a Master of Health Administration, and a BA, all from The Ohio State University. In addition to being licensed to practice law in the U.S., Jill is admitted to the bar in Canada as a barrister and solicitor.

Christopher P. Testa has served as our President, Atlantic Region since August 2016. Mr. Testa previously served as President, Woodstock Farms Manufacturing since September 2012 and President, Blue Marble Brands since August 2009. Prior to joining us, Mr. Testa served as Vice President of Marketing for Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages from August 2002 to May 2005 and as CEO of Wild Waters, Inc. from May 2005 to August 2009.

Mike Zechmeister joined UNFI and became Chief Financial Officer in October, 2015. During his tenure he has led finance transformation including implementation of Shared Services and enhancements to Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting & Control, Internal Audit, Treasury, Investor Relations, Corporate Strategy, Credit and Continuous Improvement. In 2016, general management of Blue Marble Brands, the Company’s branded and private label products business, was added to his responsibilities.

Prior to joining UNFI, Mike spent 25 years at General Mills, Inc. Mike held a variety of operating finance roles across manufacturing, marketing, sales, corporate services and strategy. In 2005, Mike was named Vice President, Finance for the Pillsbury division. In 2007, he was appointed Vice President of Finance, U.S. Retail Sales, and in 2011 he was named Treasurer of General Mills.

Mike received his BSB degree from the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. In 2003, Mike earned a MBA in Marketing, Finance and Strategy from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He serves on the Board of Overseers for the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and the Foundation Board of Directors for Rhode Island Hospital.