Jeff Ettinger

Jeff Ettinger
Interim President of the University of Minnesota
In office
June 10, 2023 – July 1, 2024
Preceded byJoan Gabel
Succeeded byRebecca Cunningham
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey Martin Ettinger

(1958-10-18) October 18, 1958 (age 66)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLeeAnn
Children4
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD)

Jeffrey Martin Ettinger[1] (born October 18, 1958)[2] is an American corporate executive, businessman, philanthropist, politician, and attorney who served as the interim President of the University of Minnesota from 2023 to 2024.

He was previously CEO of Hormel Foods. As Hormel's CEO from 2005 until 2016, he led the company through a period of major growth in market value.[3] Ettinger now runs the corporate Hormel Foundation, which gives millions of dollars to charitable causes in Austin, Minnesota, and serves on the boards of several other companies.[3]

  1. ^ "Jeffrey Martin Ettinger Profile | Austin, MN Lawyer | Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "Jeffrey M Ettinger, Born 10/18/1958 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "'Jeff from town': How a former Hormel CEO came to be a Democratic candidate for a U.S. House seat in southern Minnesota". MinnPost. April 27, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.