Corporate Governance

Gregg L. Engles

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Dean Foods Company

Engles was elected to the Board of Directors in October 1994. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer from October 1994 to December 2001. He served as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board from December 2001 to April 2002, when he resumed the Chairman's role upon Howard Dean's retirement. Prior to the formation of the current Dean Foods, Engles served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of certain predecessor companies.

Tom C. Davis

Managing Partner
Gryphon Special Situations Fund L.P.

Davis was elected to the Board of Directors in March 2001. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of The Concorde Group, a private investment firm, since March 2001. Davis was the managing partner and head of banking and corporate finance for the Southwest division of Credit Suisse First Boston (formerly DLJ) from March 1984 to February 2001.

Stephen L. Green

General Partner
Canaan Capital Partners, L.P.

Green was elected to the Board of Directors in October 1994. He has served as a general partner of Canaan Capital Partners, L.P., the general partner of Canaan Capital Limited Partnership and Canaan Capital Offshore Limited Partnership, C.V., former principal stockholders of our company, since November 1991. From October 1985 until November 1991, Green served as Managing Director of GE Capital's Corporate Finance Group.

Joseph S. Hardin, Jr.

Retired
Former Chief Executive Officer
Kinko's, Inc.

Hardin was elected to the Board of Directors in May 1998 and serves as the company's Lead Director. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Kinko's, Inc. from May 1997 until his retirement in January 2001. From 1986 to April 1997, Hardin held a variety of positions with increasing responsibility at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., ultimately as an Executive Vice President and as the President and Chief Executive Officer of SAM's Club, the wholesale division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Janet Hill

Vice President
Alexander & Associates

Hill was elected to the Board of Directors in December 2001 in connection with Suiza Foods' acquisition of the former Dean Foods Company. She served on the Board of the former Dean Foods from 1997 to December 2001. She is Vice President of Alexander & Associates (a corporate consulting firm) and has served in such capacity since 1981.

Wayne Mailloux

Retired
Senior Vice President Global Sales
PepsiCo, Inc.

Mailloux was elected to the Board of Directors in May 2009. From 1986 to 2004, he served in various roles with PepsiCo, including Senior Vice President Global Sales in Purchase NY, President of Pepsi Cola Europe/Africa in London, and President of Pepsi Cola Canada Beverages in Toronto. Mailloux also served as President, Seven-Up Montreal Bottling, and President, Seven-Up Canada. He also held leadership positions at Grey Advertising, Cadbury Schweppes Powell Canada, Fromageries Bel and General Foods.

John R. Muse

Chairman
HM Capital Partners LLC

Muse was elected to the Board of Directors in November 1997. Prior to the formation of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst in 1989, he headed the investment/merchant banking activities of Prudential Securities for the southwest region of the United States from 1984 to 1989. Muse was a member of the Board of Directors of The Morningstar Group Inc. prior to acquisition of that company in November 1997.

Hector M. Nevares

Managing Partner
Suiza Realty SE

Nevares was elected to the Board of Directors in 1994. He was President of Suiza Dairy (Puerto Rico) from June 1983 until September 1996, having served in additional executive capacities at Suiza Dairy (Puerto Rico) since June 1974. He served as a consultant for Suiza Foods from March 1998 until April 2000.

Jim L. Turner

Principal
JLT Beverages

Turner was elected to the Board of Directors in November 1997. He currently serves as Principal of JLT Beverages. Prior to this role, he served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dr Pepper Bottling Holdings, Inc. and Dr Pepper Bottling Company of Texas since 1985. Turner was a member of the Board of Directors of The Morningstar Group Inc., prior to acquisition of that company in November 1997.

Doreen Wright

Retired
Chief Information Officer
Campbell Soup Company

Wright was elected to the Board of Directors in May 2009. From 2001 to 2008, she served as Chief Information Officer at Campbell Soup Company. Prior to joining Campbell, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Nabisco. She also has held leadership positions in operations and information technology in the financial services industry including Prudential, Bankers Trust Company and Merrill Lynch.

 

Gregg L. Engles

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Gregg Engles is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF), one of the nation's leading food and beverage companies, with reported revenues of more than $12.5 billion in 2008.

A lawyer by training, Engles chose never to practice law but instead decided to pursue entrepreneurship. His first significant endeavor was the purchase of Reddy Ice Group, a producer of packaged ice. This ultimately led him into the dairy industry and in 1993, Engles and his partners acquired Suiza Dairy in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The company became public in 1996 and five years later, Suiza Foods Corporation acquired Dean Foods Company and officially changed its name to Dean Foods Company. Engles was named Chairman when Howard Dean retired in April 2002.

Engles currently serves on the board of directors of a number of charitable and industry organizations, including the Grocery Manufacturers of America, Southern Methodist University Tate Lecture Series, Dallas Citizens Council, Children's Medical Center Dallas and TreeHouse Foods. He is also a member of Dartmouth President's Leadership Council, Dallas CEO Roundtable and the Young Presidents Organization. He received his Bachelor's Degree at Dartmouth College and his law degree at Yale University.

Joseph E. Scalzo

Chief Operating Officer

Scalzo joined Dean Foods as President and CEO of its WhiteWave Foods division in October 2005. He moved to his current role as Chief Operating Officer for Dean Foods in November 2009.  In this role, Scalzo oversees the company's operating businesses, including U.S.-based Fresh Dairy Direct, WhiteWave Foods and Morningstar Foods, as well as Alpro®, the European leader in branded soy food products, and a joint venture with the Switzerland-based Hero Company.

Prior to joining WhiteWave Foods, Scalzo served in various executive roles at The Gillette Company, including Group President, Personal Care and Global Value Chain, and President, Global Personal Care. Before joining Gillette, Scalzo served in a number of roles at The Coca Cola Company and its Minute Maid Division. He began his career at Procter & Gamble where he held numerous positions in marketing and product supply.

Jack F. Callahan, Jr.

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Callahan joined Dean Foods in 2006 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 1996 to 2006, he held a number of positions with PepsiCo and Frito Lay, including Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development for PepsiCo and Chief Financial Officer for Frito Lay International. Before joining PepsiCo, he held various positions at General Electric and McKinsey & Company.

Kelly Duffin-Maxwell

Executive Vice President, Research & Development

Duffin-Maxwell joined Dean Foods in 2008 as Executive Vice President, Research & Development. She brings 20 years of experience from Kraft Foods, most recently as Senior Vice President, Breakthrough Innovation, where she created original platforms to accelerate the growth of Kraft Foods. She has worked throughout the Kraft organization including in the Cheese, Convenient Meals and Grocery categories, as well as serving as Director, Basic Flavor and Ingredient Research for North America. She also worked in Germany for seven years, where she led R&D efforts on some of Europe's leading chocolate brands including Milka and Toblerone.

Steven J. Kemps

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Kemps has full responsibility for the day-to-day management of the legal department. Kemps joined Dean Foods Company in February 2006 as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel and became Executive Vice President in August 2008. Prior to joining Dean Foods, Kemps held various positions with Kimberly-Clark Corporation from 1997 to 2006. From 1993 to 1997, he was an associate attorney with Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, and from 1991 to 1993, he served as a law clerk to Judge Paul A. Magnuson of the United States District Court, Minnesota.

Harrald F. Kroeker

President, DSD Group

Kroeker is responsible for the company's dairy business, including fluid milk and ice cream. Most recently, Kroeker was Chief Operating Officer of the company's direct store delivery milk business. Kroeker joined Dean Foods in November 2006 as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Kroeker served in multiple executive capacities at Pepsi Bottling Group, most recently as Vice President and General Manager, Great West Business Unit. He also held key leadership roles that included start-up and international acquisition transition operations. Additional management positions at Pepsi Bottling included Senior Vice President of Customer Initiatives, Vice President of Selling and Delivery Operations and Vice President of Operations. In addition to his experience with Pepsi Bottling, Kroeker held leadership positions in sales with Polaroid and Proctor & Gamble.

Gregory A. McKelvey

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

McKelvey is responsible for the Company's strategic planning process. McKelvey joined Dean Foods in 2005 as Senior Vice President, WhiteWave Strategy and Marketing Services after a long-term engagement with the company as a strategy consultant from Bain & Company.

Paul T. Moskowitz

Executive Vice President, Human Resources

Moskowitz joined Dean Foods in June 2007 as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to this role, he served as Chief People Officer for Pizza Hut, a division of Yum! Brands. In addition to his tenure at Pizza Hut, Moskowitz served in various Human Resources roles with Yum! Brands, Darden Restaurants, Brinker International and Towers Perrin.

Gregg A. Tanner

Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer

Tanner joined Dean Foods in November 2007 as Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer. Before joining our company, he served as Senior Vice President, Global Operations, at The Hershey Company. Prior to his role at Hershey, he worked as Senior Vice President, Retail Supply Chain at ConAgra Foods as well as various positions at the Quaker Oats Company and Ralston Purina.

Deborah B. Carosella

Senior Vice President, Innovation

Carosella joined Dean Foods in April 2007 as Senior Vice President, Innovation. Prior to joining Dean Foods, Carosella worked at ConAgra Foods as Vice President, Strategic Marketing and Innovation. In addition to her food industry experience, she worked in the biotechnology and nutrition arenas where she oversaw business development for new product platforms at Monsanto Company. Carosella's experience also includes extensive advertising agency and consulting work for companies including J. Walter Thompson, Anheuser-Busch, Eagle Snacks, Nestle Confections, Kraft and M&M Mars.