• WHOLE FOODS MKT INC Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 422,206.00
    John P. Mackey, 54, co-founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since 1980. Mr. Mackey also served as President from June 2001 to October 2004.
    Total Compensation: $ 940,922.00
    A.C. Gallo has served as Co-President of the Company since September 2004 and as Chief Operating Officer since December 2003. Mr. Gallo has held various positions with the Company and with Bread & Circus, Inc., which was acquired by the Company in October 1992, including Vice President and President of the North Atlantic Region, and Executive Vice President of Operations.
    Total Compensation: $ 957,026.00
    Walter Robb has served as Co-President of the Company since September 2004 and as Chief Operating Officer since December 2003. Since joining the Company in 1991, Mr. Robb has also served as Store Team Leader, President of the Northern Pacific Region, and Executive Vice President of Operations.
    Total Compensation: $ 942,984.00
    Glenda Chamberlain has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since December 1988.
    Jeff Turnas - President, Geographical
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Jeff Turnas was named President of the North Atlantic Region in November 2007. Mr. Turnas has held various positions with the Company and with Merchant of Vino, which was acquired by the Company in December 1997, including Associate Store Team Leader, Regional Specialty Coordinator, Vice President of Purchasing for the Midwest Region, and Vice President of Purchasing for the Northeast Region.
    Shahid M. (Hass) Hassan - Director/Other Corporate Officer
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Hass Hassan, 60, has served as a director of the Company since June 2005. Mr. Hassan is a General Partner of Greenmont Capital, an investment firm. Mr. Hassan founded Fresh & Wild, Ltd., an organic food retailer in the United Kingdom. Mr. Hassan served as President and Executive Chairman of Fresh & Wild from 1999 until 2004 when the company was acquired by Whole Foods Market.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Dr. Ralph Z. Sorenson, 74, has served as a director of the Company since December 1994. Dr. Sorenson is Managing Partner of the Sorenson Limited Partnership, a venture investment partnership. Dr. Sorenson is President Emeritus of Babson College (1974-1981) and Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the University of Colorado College of Business Administration (1992-present) and former Chairman and CEO of Barry Wright Corporation, a NYSE company (1981-1989). Dr. Sorenson also serves on the board of Boulder Securities, Gold Systems, Inc., Global Cooling-Japan and Xyleme, Inc.
    Morris J. Siegel - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Morris J. Siegel, 58, has served as a director of the Company since September 2003. Mr. Siegel is currently self-employed, operating Capitol Peaks, an investment firm. Mr. Siegel was the co-founder of Celestial Seasonings, Inc., serving as Chairman and CEO from 1970 until 2002. Celestial Seasonings merged with The Hain Food Group forming The Hain Celestial Group of which Mr. Siegel served as Vice Chairman from 2000 until retiring in 2002. Mr. Siegel also serves on the board of Camelback, Inc.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Dr. John B. Elstrott, 59, has served as a director of the Company since February 1995. Dr. Elstrott is a Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and the founding director of the Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship at Tulane University's Freeman School of Business, which was started in 1991. He has been on the faculty at Tulane since 1982.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Gabrielle E. Greene, 47, has served as a director of the Company since September 2003. Ms. Greene has served as a principal of a diversified investment fund, Rustic Canyon/Fontis Partners, LP, since its inception in October 2005. In addition, Ms. Greene previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Villanueva Companies, a private holding company with diverse investment interests, and as CFO of Crown Services, a construction services company. Ms. Greene also serves on the board of Bright Horizons Family Solutions.
    Lee Valkenaar - Divisional Executive VP
    Total Compensation: $ 986,505.00
    Lee Valkenaar has served as Executive Vice President of Global Support since September 2004. Mr. Valkenaar has held various positions with the Company since 1987, including Store Team Leader, Vice President and President of the Southwest Region, and President of the Mid-Atlantic Region.
    Mark Dixon - Geographical President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mark Dixon has served as President of the Southwest Region since October 2004. Mr. Dixon has held various positions with the Company since 1984, including Store Team Leader and Vice President of the Southwest Region.
    Patrick Bradley - Geographical President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Patrick Bradley has served as President of the Midwest Region since November 2004. Mr. Bradley has held various positions with the Company and with Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Markets, Inc., which was acquired by the Company in September 1993, including Store Team Leader and Vice President of the Southern Pacific Region.
    Scott Allshouse - Geographical President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Scott Allshouse has served as President of the South Region since November 2004. Mr. Allshouse has held various positions since joining the Company in 2000, including Store Team Leader and Vice President of the South Region.
    Christina Minardi - Geographical President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Christina Minardi has served as President of the Northeast Region since September 2005. Ms. Minardi has held various positions with the Company and with Fresh Fields Market, which was acquired by the Company in August 1996, including Store Team Leader and Vice President of the North Atlantic Region.
    James P. Sud - Divisional Executive VP
    Total Compensation: $ 936,358.00
    James P. Sud has served as Executive Vice President of Growth and Business Development since February 2001. Mr. Sud joined the Company in May 1997 and served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer until February 2001. Mr. Sud served as a director of the Company from 1980 to 1997.
    Michael Besancon - Geographical President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Michael Besancon has served as President of the Southern Pacific Region since February 2001. Mr. Besancon has held various positions with the Company since 1994, including Purchasing Director, Vice President of the Southern Pacific Region and President of the Mid-Atlantic Region.
    Anthony Gilmore - Geographical President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Anthony Gilmore has served as President of the Northern California region since September 2004. Mr. Gilmore has held various positions with the Company since 1996, including Store Team Leader, Vice President and President of the Southwest Region, and President of the Midwest Region.
    David Lannon - Geographical President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    David Lannon was named President of the Northern California Region in October 2007. Mr. Lannon has held various positions with the Company and with Bread & Circus, Inc., which was acquired by the Company in October 1992, including Store Team Leader, Director of Store Operations and Vice President of the North Atlantic Region, and President of the North Atlantic Region.
    Juan Nunez - Geographical President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Juan Nunez has served as President of the Florida Region since September 1998. Mr. Nunez has held various positions with the Company and with Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Markets, Inc., which was acquired by the Company in September 1993, including Store Team Leader, Director of Store Operations and Vice President of the Southwest Region.
    Kenneth Meyer - Geographical President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Kenneth Meyer has served as President of the Mid-Atlantic Region since October 2004. Mr. Meyer has held various positions with the Company and with Fresh Fields Market, which was acquired by the Company in August 1996, including Store Team Leader, Vice President of the Southwest Region, and President of the South Region.
    Ron Megahan - Geographical President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Ron Megahan has served as President of the Pacific Northwest Region since September 2004. Mr. Megahan has held various positions with the Company since 1989, including Store Team Leader and President of the Northern Pacific Region.
    William Paradise - Geographical President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    William Paradise has served as President of the Rocky Mountain Region since September 2004. Mr. Paradise has held various positions with the Company since 1990, including Store Team Leader, Vice President of the Northern Pacific Region, and Vice President and President of the Southwest Region.