WEST DES MOINES, IA – Hy-Vee has appointed Jay Marshall, a 34-year company veteran, as its Chief Operating Officer. He will retain his current title of Executive Vice President as he assumes this new role.
Marshall will oversee all retail operations and store development initiatives while assuming responsibility for all merchandising areas in the coming months, according to a press release.
During his career with the retailer, Marshall has been a Store Director, Vice President of Center Store, Senior Vice President of Marketing/Merchandising, and Executive Vice President of Hy-Vee’s eastern region.
Marshall is the fourth person in the company’s history to hold the title as COO.
Hy-Vee also announced its Board of Directors for 2016 at the year-end stockholders’ meeting last month. The 17-member board includes eight new directors who were elected to a yearlong term. The full Board of Directors is as follows:
- Randy Edeker (Chairman, CEO, and President)
- Andy McCann (Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President, Chief Administration Officer)
- Mike Skokan (Executive Vice President, CFO, Treasurer)
- Jon Wednel (Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer)
- Jay Marshall (Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer)
- Sheila Laing (Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer)
- Brett Bremser (Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer)
- Darren Baty (Executive Vice President of Hy-Vee’s western region)
- Mic Jurgens (Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel)
- Kristin Williams (Senior Vice President, Pharmacy Operations)
- Jamie Franck (District Vice President of Hy-Vee’s eastern district)
- Martin Strokes (Store Director at the Peony Park Hy-Vee in Omaha, Nebraska)
- Matt Schweizer (Store Director at the Muscatine Mainstreet Hy-Vee in Muscatine, Iowa)
- Kevin Mills (Store Director at the Lincoln Center Hy-Vee in Ames, Iowa)
- Jennifer Knesel (Store Director at the Winona Hy-Vee in Winona, Minnesota)
- Todd Wagner (Store Director at the Blue Springs Hy-Vee in Blue Springs, Missouri)
- Dan Vondrak (Store Director at the Hilltop Hy-Vee in Mankato, Minnesota)
Hy-Vee operates more than 235 stores located in eight Midwestern states, including Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.