Published mark
Hormel Foods
HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
NYSE: HRL. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b
- SEC CIK
- 0000048465
- Website
- www.hormelfoods.com Open
- Record version
- vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 15, 2026
- Newest evidence
- Dec 17, 2025
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Jeffrey M. EttingerSince Dec 17, 2025
- Chair
- William A. Newlands
- Independent
- Not published11 directors published
- Published claims
- 424 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 190 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 4 distinct sources and 19 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
GC CHANGED
Colleen R. Batcheler executive of Hormel Foods, effective 2025-12-17.
EffectiveEffective Dec 17, 2025E14
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Vice President, External Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | Colleen R. Batcheler | Dec 2025 | current | Source reportedE14 |
| Interim Chief Executive Officer and Board Member | Jeffrey M. Ettinger | Dec 2025 | current | Source reportedE15 |
| President and Board Member | John F. Ghingo | Dec 2025 | current | Source reportedE16 |
| Group Vice President, Hormel Foods International | Swen Neufeldt | Dec 2025 | current | Source reportedE17 |
Board of directors
Evidence11 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher J. Policinski | Independence not published | 2012 | Compensation | Source reportedE4 |
| D. Scott Aakre | Independence not published | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE5 |
| Debbra L. Schoneman | Independence not published | 2024 | AuditAudit; GovernanceGovernance | Source reportedE6 |
| Elsa A. Murano | Independence not published | 2006 | Governance | Source reportedE7 |
| Jeffrey M. Ettinger | Independence not published | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE8 |
| John F. Ghingo | Independence not published | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE9 |
| Michael P. Zechmeister | Independence not published | 2023 | AuditAudit; CompensationCompensation | Source reportedE10 |
| Sally J. Smith | Independence not published | 2014 | Audit, chairAudit · Chair; CompensationCompensation | Source reportedE11 |
| Stephen M. Lacy | Independence not published | 2011 | AuditAudit; Compensation · ChairCompensation, chair | Source reportedE12 |
| Steven A. White | Independence not published | 2014 | AuditAudit; GovernanceGovernance | Source reportedE13 |
| William A. Newlands | Independence not publishedChair | 2018 | AuditAudit; Governance, chairGovernance | Source reportedE3 |
| Gary C. Bhojwani | Independence not published | Not published | Governance, chair | Source reportedE18 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Sally J. Smith | Sally J. Smith, Debbra L. Schoneman, Michael P. Zechmeister, Stephen M. Lacy, Steven A. White, William A. Newlands | Not described in the published record |
| Audit · Chair; Compensation | Not published | Sally J. Smith | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation | Not published | Michael P. Zechmeister | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation · Chair | Not published | Stephen M. Lacy | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Governance | William A. Newlands | William A. Newlands, Debbra L. Schoneman, Steven A. White | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation | Stephen M. Lacy | Stephen M. Lacy, Christopher J. Policinski, Michael P. Zechmeister, Sally J. Smith | Not described in the published record |
| Governance | Gary C. Bhojwani | Gary C. Bhojwani, Debbra L. Schoneman, Elsa A. Murano, Steven A. White, William A. Newlands | Not described in the published record |
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Sally J. Smith; Members Sally J. Smith (Chair); Debbra L. Schoneman; Michael P. Zechmeister; Stephen M. Lacy; Steven A. White; William A. Newlands
Committee AppointmentSally J. Smith: chair, Audit
Committee AppointmentDebbra L. Schoneman: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentMichael P. Zechmeister: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentStephen M. Lacy: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentSteven A. White: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentWilliam A. Newlands: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation: Chair Stephen M. Lacy; Members Stephen M. Lacy (Chair); Christopher J. Policinski; Michael P. Zechmeister; Sally J. Smith
Committee AppointmentStephen M. Lacy: chair, Compensation
Committee AppointmentChristopher J. Policinski: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentMichael P. Zechmeister: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentSally J. Smith: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentGary C. Bhojwani: chair, Governance
Committee AppointmentDebbra L. Schoneman: member, Governance
Committee AppointmentElsa A. Murano: member, Governance
Committee AppointmentSteven A. White: member, Governance
Committee AppointmentWilliam A. Newlands: member, Governance
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Principal executive officerJeffrey M. Ettinger, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, from Dec 17, 2025
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceIndex MembershipS&P 500 (SPX)
Security ListingHRL (NYSE)
Index memberships1 membership attached to a specific security and listing.Announcements, effective dates, and removals remain distinct states; Alpha does not infer membership from company size, exchange, or reputation.
SPX
Source reportedAs of Oct 15, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
| Index | Security | Status | Effective | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 (S&P Dow Jones Indices) | NYSE: HRL | current | Mar 4, 2009 | inferred | Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license) |
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameHORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Official Websitehttps://www.hormelfoods.com
Published FactUS
Published FactDE
Published FactConsumer Staples
Published Facthttps://www.hormelfoods.com
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Colleen R. BatchelerSenior Vice President, External Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretarycompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:20
- Jeffrey M. EttingerInterim Chief Executive Officer and Board Member; Directorcompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:21, company:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:14
- John F. GhingoPresident and Board Member; Directorcompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:22, company:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:15
- Swen NeufeldtGroup Vice President, Hormel Foods Internationalcompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:23
- Christopher J. PolicinskiDirectorcompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:10
- D. Scott AakreDirectorcompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:11
- Debbra L. SchonemanDirectorcompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:12
- Elsa A. MuranoDirectorcompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:13
- Michael P. ZechmeisterDirectorcompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:16
- Sally J. SmithDirectorcompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:17
- Stephen M. LacyDirectorcompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:18
- Steven A. WhiteDirectorcompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:19
- William A. NewlandsChaircompany:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:leadership_role:9
- Gary C. BhojwaniDirector (committee appointment)company:3f19d81c-f3c1-4e32-919c-24345b65d37b:committee_record:36
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 19 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 15, 2026. Cited by 6 Claims.
- E2HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ Form 10-K (filed 2025-12-05). SEC filing. Retrieved Aug 29, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
- E3sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E4sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E7sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E8sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E9sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E10sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E11sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E12sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E13sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E14sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E15sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E16sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E17sec filing. Published Dec 17, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E18board_seats. board seats. Cited by 18 Claims.
- E19Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license). index provider. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 15, 2026- Colleen R. Batcheler executive of Hormel Foods, effective 2025-12-17.
- Jeffrey M. Ettinger executive of Hormel Foods, effective 2025-12-17.
- John F. Ghingo executive of Hormel Foods, effective 2025-12-17.
- Swen Neufeldt executive of Hormel Foods, effective 2025-12-17.
- D. Scott Aakre seat on Hormel Foods, effective 2025-01-01.
- Jeffrey M. Ettinger seat on Hormel Foods, effective 2025-01-01.
- John F. Ghingo seat on Hormel Foods, effective 2025-01-01.
- Debbra L. Schoneman seat on Hormel Foods, effective 2024-01-01.
- Debbra L. Schoneman member of Audit; Governance, effective 2024-01-01.
- Michael P. Zechmeister seat on Hormel Foods, effective 2023-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation committee of Hormel Foods, effective 2023-01-01.
- Michael P. Zechmeister member of Audit; Compensation, effective 2023-01-01.
- William A. Newlands seat on Hormel Foods, effective 2018-01-01.
- William A. Newlands chairs board Hormel Foods, effective 2018-01-01.
- Audit; Governance committee of Hormel Foods, effective 2018-01-01.
- William A. Newlands chairs Audit; Governance, effective 2018-01-01.
- Sally J. Smith seat on Hormel Foods, effective 2014-01-01.
- Steven A. White seat on Hormel Foods, effective 2014-01-01.
- Audit · Chair; Compensation committee of Hormel Foods, effective 2014-01-01.
- Sally J. Smith member of Audit · Chair; Compensation, effective 2014-01-01.
- Steven A. White member of Audit; Governance, effective 2014-01-01.
- Christopher J. Policinski seat on Hormel Foods, effective 2012-01-01.
- Christopher J. Policinski member of Compensation, effective 2012-01-01.
- Stephen M. Lacy seat on Hormel Foods, effective 2011-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation · Chair committee of Hormel Foods, effective 2011-01-01.
- Stephen M. Lacy member of Audit; Compensation · Chair, effective 2011-01-01.
- Elsa A. Murano seat on Hormel Foods, effective 2006-01-01.