Jeff Ettinger

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since November 21, 2006; President and Chief Executive Officer from January 1 to November 20, 2006; President and Chief Operating Officer from 2004 to 2006; Group Vice President from 2001 to 2004; Chief Executive Officer of Jennie-O Turkey Store, Inc. from 2003 to 2004; President of Jennie-O Turkey Store, Inc. from 2000 to 2003. Member of the Board of Directors of the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota, Grocery Manufacturers of America, Washington, D.C., American Meat Institute, Washington, D.C., Minnesota Business Partnership. Jeff Ettinger (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022. Ettinger also ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the special general election on August 9, 2022.