Jeff Noddle

Jeff Noddle
Born (1946-06-01) June 1, 1946 (age 78)[1]
Alma materUniversity of Iowa (BA)
Titleformer CEO, SuperValu
SpouseLinda (m. 1968)
Children2

Jeffrey Noddle is a former executive chairman of SuperValu, the third-largest grocery retail company in the United States (as of 2008) and a leading food distributor.[2] He was CEO from June 2001 to June 2009 and has been with SuperValu since 1976.

In addition to this role, Noddle is on several industry and corporate boards. He is a member of the boards of directors of Donaldson Company, Inc., Ameriprise Financial, Inc., The Food Industry Center at the University of Minnesota, chairman of the governance committee of the board of directors of the Independent Grocers Alliance, Inc. (IGA), and the Academy of Food Marketing at Saint Joseph’s University. In addition, he is a member of The Business Council, a national organization of CEOs.

Noddle is also active in Minneapolis civic affairs; on the Greater Twin Cities United Way board of directors and executive committee, the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management’s board of overseers, and as a member of the executive committee of the Minnesota Business Partnership.[3]

  1. ^ "Black Book: Minnesotans You Should Know". Twin Cities Business. Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  2. ^ "Biography of Jeff Noddle". SuperValu. May 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  3. ^ "Business Week:Business Biography:Jeff Noddle". Business Week. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-02.