Whole Foods Market

Leadership & Staff

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Jason Buechel Will become CEO of Whole Foods Markets on September 1 2022

• CEO *

William Earl Jordan

• Regional President (Sep '14→?)

Patrick E Bradley

• Regional President

James P Sud

• Executive (Business Develop)

Brooke Buchanan Global vice president of communications, Whole Foods; Former communications director for John McCain, Williams-Sonoma and Theranos

• SVP, Communications and Goverment Affairs (Sep '16→?)

Glenda Jane Flanagan Whole Foods Market

• EVP, CFO and Secretary (Dec '88→?) [+2]

• Chief Financial Officer

• Executive Vice President

Omar Gaye

• Regional President (Jun '12→?)

William Paradise

• Regional President

Scott A Allshouse

• Regional President

David Lannon

• Regional President

Owners

Jonathan D Sokoloff Managing Partner, Leonard Green & Partners, LP

• Insider

Amazon.com, Inc. Online retail giant

• Owner (Aug 28 '17→?)

Jonathan A Seiffer Partner, Leonard Green & Partners, L.P

• Insider (Dec '08→?)

Green Equity Investors V, L.P.

• Institutional investor

Oak Investment Partners Venture Capital and Investment Firm

• Owner

Board Members

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Mary Ellen Coe VP of Global Sales Operations & Strategy, Google Inc.

• Board Member ('17→?)

Gabrielle Sulzberger Private equity executive, married to Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. - chairman and publisher of The New York Times

• Director ('03→?)

Stephanie Kugelman Former Vice Chairman and Chief Strategic officer of Young & Rubicam Inc,

• Board Member (Dec '08→?)

Jonathan A Seiffer Partner, Leonard Green & Partners, L.P

• Board Member (Dec '08→?)

William A Tindell CEO, Container Store

• Board Member (Dec '08→?)

Mo Siegel Founded Celestial Seasonings in 1970

• Director (Sep 11 '03→?) [+1]

• Director ('03→?)

John Mackey Co-Founder, CEO - Whole Foods Market - will step down September 1 2022

• Administration Team [+1]

• Co-Founder, CEO ('80→Sep 1 '22)

Dr Ralph Z Sorenson Dean, University of Colorado College of Business Administration

• Director ('94→?)

Walter E Robb IV President, Whole Foods

• Board Member

Dr John B Elstrott

• Director ('95→?)

Donations

Fonkoze Micro Finance in Haiti

• Donation · 1,000,000 USD (?→'10)

American Red Cross

• Donation · 1,000,000 USD (?→'05)

Conscious Capitalism

• Donation/Grant

Playworks

• Donation/Grant

Cato Institute Libertarian think tank based in Washington, DC

• Grant ('09)

Holdings

Gaiam.com Natural Lifestyle Retailer

• Owner

Services & Transactions

Colorado Correctional Industries Colorado prison-based manufacturing, services

• Service/Transaction

Covington & Burling LLP Business and corporate law firm with offices in the District of Columbia, New York, and San Francisco, as well as London and Brussels.

• Lobbying Firm ('08)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Teens for Food Justice

• Affiliation