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HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/

Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/hormel-foods-corp-de

Entity: Public listing published
Primary listing: NYSE: HRL
Verification: Partially verified
Last reviewed: 2026-10-15T04:45:29.753374+00:00

Overview

Alpha's canonical identity and public leadership record for Hormel Foods.

Canonical AEGIS identity graph

Executive leadership

Current, confirmed roles are shown only when both the person Profile and supporting source record satisfy the public projection boundary. A missing role is not evidence that it does not exist.

Executive team

4 public records

Colleen R. Batcheler

Senior Vice President, External Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

State: confirmed
Effective: From Dec 17, 2025
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: HRL DEF 14A executive officersDec 17, 2025

Jeffrey M. Ettinger

Interim Chief Executive Officer and Board Member

State: confirmed
Effective: From Dec 17, 2025
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: HRL DEF 14A executive officersDec 17, 2025

John F. Ghingo

President and Board Member

State: confirmed
Effective: From Dec 17, 2025
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: HRL DEF 14A executive officersDec 17, 2025

Swen Neufeldt

Group Vice President, Hormel Foods International

State: confirmed
Effective: From Dec 17, 2025
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: HRL DEF 14A executive officersDec 17, 2025

Governance leadership

Boards & Committees

Board and committee assignments appear only when the canonical public projection retains a current role and supporting source. Unpublished records are not interpreted as absence.

Record as of Oct 15, 2026. Chair, executive office, Lead Independent Director and committee appointments retain their separate source roles. A complete board composition denominator and committee charters are not established by a partial roster.

Board roles

11 public records

William A. Newlands

Chair

Board chairIndependence not statedAuditGovernance

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2018
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation director board sourceJan 1, 2018

Christopher J. Policinski

Director

Independence not statedCompensation

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2012
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation director board sourceJan 1, 2012

D. Scott Aakre

Director

Independence not stated

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2025
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation director board sourceJan 1, 2025

Debbra L. Schoneman

Director

Independence not statedAuditGovernance

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2024
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation director board sourceJan 1, 2024

Elsa A. Murano

Director

Independence not statedGovernance

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2006
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation director board sourceJan 1, 2006

Jeffrey M. Ettinger

Director

Independence not stated

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2025
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation director board sourceJan 1, 2025

John F. Ghingo

Director

Independence not stated

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2025
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation director board sourceJan 1, 2025

Michael P. Zechmeister

Director

Independence not statedAuditCompensation

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2023
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation director board sourceJan 1, 2023

Sally J. Smith

Director

Independence not statedAudit · ChairCompensation

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2014
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation director board sourceJan 1, 2014

Stephen M. Lacy

Director

Independence not statedAuditCompensation · Chair

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2011
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation director board sourceJan 1, 2011

Steven A. White

Director

Independence not statedAuditGovernance

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2014
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation director board sourceJan 1, 2014

Committees

3 public records

Membership and chair roles are projected from current board seats. A chair is shown only when a stored chair flag says so.

Audit

Chair: Sally J. Smith
Members: Sally J. Smith (Chair); Debbra L. Schoneman; Michael P. Zechmeister; Stephen M. Lacy; Steven A. White; William A. Newlands

Compensation

Chair: Stephen M. Lacy
Members: Stephen M. Lacy (Chair); Christopher J. Policinski; Michael P. Zechmeister; Sally J. Smith

Governance

Chair: Gary C. Bhojwani
Members: Gary C. Bhojwani (Chair); Debbra L. Schoneman; Elsa A. Murano; Steven A. White; William A. Newlands

Source record

Alpha canonical company public projection

Supports Company identity, Published leadership, Entity status boundary

Reviewed 2026-10-15T04:45:29.753374+00:00

HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ Form 10-K (filed 2025-12-05)

Supports Official website

Reviewed 2026-08-29T22:27:47Z