Bobbie Gaunt, Maureen B. Tart-Bezer Elected to A&P Board.Business Editors MONTVALE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2001 The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P, NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GAP) announced the election yesterday of Bobbie Gaunt and Maureen B. Tart-Bezer to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ms. Gaunt recently retired as President & Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motor Company of Canada Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited is the manufacturing and sales arm of Ford Motor Company for Canada. It was founded in 1904 in Walkerville, Ontario by Gordon McGregor as President and Henry Ford as Vice-President. Ltd., after a career with Ford spanning nearly 30 years, in positions including Director, General Marketing - North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Director of Marketing Research, and General Sales Manager of the Lincoln-Mercury Division. In 1999, she was elected an officer of the parent company, Ford Motor Co. Ms. Tart-Bezer is Executive Vice President & General Manager, U.S. Consumer Charge Group, of the American Express Co., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . She joined the company in March 2000 as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of the Traveler's Division. Previously, she spent 23 years with AT&T Corp., most recently as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of its Consumer Services Group. "I am pleased with the addition of these outstanding executives to our Board of Directors," said Christian Haub, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer. "Their knowledge, experience and stature in the business community will be tremendous assets as we work together to guide our Company into the future." Mr. Haub said yesterday's elections mark the continuing evolution of A&P's Board, with five new members added within the past two years as previous Directors have retired. The others are Richard L. Nolan Richard L. Nolan is currently William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is a notable pioneer on the topic of large scale IT management, authoring some of the earliest known systematic treatments of this topic (e.g. , Professor of Management Technology at the Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. ; Dan Kourkoumelis, former President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Quality Food Centers, and Edward Lewis, Chairman & CEO of Essence Communications, one of the nation's most successful African-American-owned communications companies. "Our Board now reflects an array of senior executives from within and outside our industry, spanning many vital disciplines," Mr. Haub said. "Their collective counsel will be invaluable as we complete A&P's Great Renewal, and chart our course for the future." Founded in 1859, A&P was one of the nation's first supermarket chains, and is today one of North America's 10 largest. The Company operates over 750 stores in 16 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and Ontario, Canada under the following trade names: A&P, Waldbaum's, Food Emporium, Super Foodmart, Super Fresh, Farmer Jack, Kohl's, Sav-A-Center, Dominion, The Barn Markets, Food Basics and Ultra Food & Drug. |
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