Total Compensation: $ 1.17 M
J. Clinton Rivers, 49, previously served as chief operating officer since October 2004. He served as Executive Vice President of Prepared Foods Operations from November 2002 to October 2004. Mr. Rivers was the Senior Vice President of Prepared Foods Operations from 1999 to November 2002, and was the Vice President of Prepared Foods Operations from 1992 to 1999. From 1989 to 1992, he served as Plant Manager of the Mount Pleasant, Texas Production Facility. Mr. Rivers joined Pilgrim's Pride in 1986 as the Quality Assurance Manager, and he has also held positions at Perdue Farms and Golden West Foods. On March 5, 2008 elected J. Clinton Rivers as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Wright, 53, has served as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing since June 2004. He served as Executive Vice President of the Company's turkey division from October 2003 to June 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Wright served as President of Butterball Turkey Co. for five years. Prior to leading Butterball, he held various leadership positions at Cargill, Inc., including Vice President of Operations - Worldwide Poultry, General Manager - Broiler Division, and Director of Operations and Engineering. On March 26, 2008, Pilgrim's Pride Corporation promoted Robert A. Wright to Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
Total Compensation: $ 1.20 M
Richard A. Cogdill, 47, has served as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer (our Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) since January 1997. He became a Director in September 1998. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller, from August 1992 through December 1996 and as Vice President, Corporate Controller, from October 1991 through August 1992. Prior to October 1991, he was a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young LLP. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Total Compensation: $ —
Blake D. Lovette, 65, was appointed a Director in November 2003. He has served as a consultant to companies serving the food industry and has been a private investor since July 2002. From 1998 to June 2002, he was President of ConAgra Poultry Company, a fully-integrated chicken processing business engaged in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh and frozen chicken products. Mr. Lovette has served as a poultry company executive for many years. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of Valmac Industries from 1979 to 1985. From 1985 to 1988, Mr. Lovette led the Shenandoah Products Corporation operations of Perdue Farms. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of poultry operations of Holly Farms Corporation from 1988 to 1990, and was with the Lovette Company from 1990 to 1998.
Total Compensation: $ —
Charles L. Black, 78, was previously a Director of the Company from 1968 to August 1992 and has served as a Director since his re-election in February 1995. He was Senior Vice President, Branch President of NationsBank, Mt. Pleasant, Texas, from December 1981 to his retirement in February 1995.
Total Compensation: $ —
Donald L. Wass, Ph.D., 75, was elected a Director in May 1987. He has been President of the William Oncken Company of Texas, a time management consulting company, since 1970. Dr. Wass is also President of TECTexas DFW, a firm that specializes in the continued development of Presidents/CEOs.
Total Compensation: $ —
James G. Vetter, Jr., 73, has served as a Director since 1981. Mr. Vetter has practiced law in Dallas, Texas, since 1966. He is of counsel to the Dallas law firm of Godwin Pappas Ronquillo, LLP. Mr. Vetter is a Board-Certified Tax Law Specialist and served as a lecturer and author in tax matters.
Total Compensation: $ 3.22 M
Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim, 79, has served as Senior Chairman of the Board since July 2007. He served as Chairman of the Board from our organization in July 1968 until July 2007. He also served as Chief Executive Officer from July 1968 to June 1998. Prior to our incorporation, Mr. Pilgrim was a partner in our predecessor partnership business founded in 1946.
Total Compensation: $ 588,887.00
Lonnie Ken Pilgrim, 49, has served as Chairman of the Board since July 2007. He served as Executive Vice President, Assistant to Chairman from November 2004 until July 2007, and he served as Senior Vice President, Transportation from August 1997 to November 2004. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Transportation. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since March 1985, and he has been employed by Pilgrim's Pride since 1977. He is a son of Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim. On December 17, 2007, the Board elected Lonnie Ken Pilgrim, Chairman of the Board, to serve as interim President of the Company until the Board elects a new President and Chief Executive Officer.
Total Compensation: $ 1.59 M
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Total Compensation: $ —
S. Key Coker, 50, was appointed a Director in September 2000. Since 1992, he has served as Executive Vice President of Compass Bank, a subsidiary of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, a $600 billion bank with offices in 36 countries. He is a career banker with 28 years of experience in banking.
Total Compensation: $ —
Vance C. Miller, Sr., 74, was elected a Director in September 1986. Mr. Miller has been Chairman of Vance C. Miller Interests, a real estate development company formed in 1977, and has served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Henry S. Miller Cos., a Dallas, Texas, real estate services firm, since 1991. Mr. Miller was appointed by the President of the United States to serve as Director of Fannie Mae from 1986 to 1989.
Total Compensation: $ —
Linda Chavez, 60, was appointed a Director in July 2004. She has been Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a non-profit public policy research organization in Sterling, Virginia, since January 1, 2006 and previously served as its President from 1995 until her election as Chairman. Previously, she served as Chairman, National Commission on Migrant Education from 1988 to 1992 and White House Director of Public Liaison in 1985. She also serves on the board of directors of ABM Industries, Inc., a facilities service contractor, as well as on the boards of several non-profit organizations.
Total Compensation: $ —
Keith W. Hughes, 61, was appointed a Director in September 2004. He was Chairman and CEO of Dallas-based Associates First Capital from 1994 to 2000 when it merged with Citigroup, and he served as Associates First Capital's President and Chief Operating Officer from 1991 to 1994. Prior to joining Associates, he held various roles in the financial services industry, working for Continental Illinois Bank in Chicago, Northwestern Bank in Minneapolis and Crocker Bank in San Francisco. Mr. Hughes also serves as a director and audit committee member of Texas Industries, Inc., a producer of cement, concrete and aggregate construction material, and Fidelity National Information Services. He is a former Vice Chairman and member of the Board of Directors of Citigroup.
Total Compensation: $ 721,428.00
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