Conagra Brands CEO and leadership

Sean M. Connolly is President and Chief Executive Officer of Conagra Brands. Sean joined Conagra Brands, formerly known as ConAgra Foods, in March 2015.

Prior to joining Conagra Brands, Sean was President and CEO of The Hillshire Brands Company from the time of its formation as an independent company in 2012 to its sale to Tyson Foods in August 2014. Prior to his Hillshire Brands leadership, Connolly was CEO for Sara Lee North American Retail and Foodservice, as well as President, Campbell Soup North America. He also managed numerous brands in the food and beverage division at Procter & Gamble. Sean has used his general management, marketing and innovation skills to improve business performance across a diverse range of food and beverage categories and channels of trade, with a focus on innovation and disciplined execution.

Sean earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Vanderbilt University, and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. He serves on the Northwestern Memorial HealthCare board of directors and The Economic Club of Chicago board of directors.

David Marberger is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Conagra Brands. As CFO, David oversees the company's finances and information technology in their entirety. He joined Conagra Brands, formerly known as ConAgra Foods, in August 2016. David brings more than 30 years of finance and leadership experience to Conagra Brands, including significant consumer packaged goods expertise. Prior to joining Conagra Brands, David served as Chief Financial Officer at Prestige Brands, a provider of over-the-counter health care products with a portfolio of over 80 brands. Prior to joining Prestige Brands, David served as Chief Financial Officer of Godiva Chocolatier for seven years, where he was responsible for the finance, accounting, audit, tax and IT functions, in addition to overseeing the company's worldwide strategic planning process. At Godiva, David was instrumental in spearheading efforts to establish the company as a stand-alone business under new ownership and in delivering significant improvements in overall performance. Prior to joining Godiva, David served as Chief Financial Officer at Tasty Baking Company (then NASDAQ listed) and spent 10 years at Campbell Soup Company, where he held finance roles with increasing responsibility. He began his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. David holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a B.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts.

Darren Serrao is Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer for Conagra Brands. In this role, he has oversight of the Research & Development, Demand Science, and Precision Marketing functions. He joined Conagra Brands, formerly known as ConAgra Foods, in August 2015 as Chief Growth Officer, responsible for enhancing the company’s capabilities to drive growth through insights, innovation, research and development, and marketing.

Darren brings more than 30 years of experience in marketing, general management and leadership to Conagra Brands. Prior to joining Conagra Brands, he spent 15 years with Campbell’s Soup in a variety of business leadership roles with increasing responsibility. Most recently, Darren served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer at Campbell’s Soup, where he led Campbell’s U.S. consumer business and all commercial aspects of this $4.3 billion portfolio. Prior to joining Campbell’s, Darren held various brand leadership roles with PepsiCo and Unilever. He earned his bachelor's degree from Carleton University.

Derek De La Mater is Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer for Conagra Brands. In this role, he leads the company’s Customer Leadership Organization in serving its retail customers, driving sales growth in grocery chains, broadline distributors, membership clubs, dollar and drug stores, c-stores and non-traditional outlets. Derek joined Conagra Brands, previously ConAgra Foods, in 1993 and has held a variety of customer-facing, sales operations and business development leadership roles, including President of Customer Development, and Executive Vice President and President of Sales.

Derek and Conagra Brands’ sales teams are dedicated to understanding the needs of retail customers and developing joint business plans that sustain shared value creation. Business plans are designed by leveraging Conagra Brands’ strength in consumer demand science, category leadership platforms, marketing services, e-commerce and collaborative product development with customers in all retail channels. Derek graduated from State University of New York with a Bachelor of Science in business administration.

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Named one of the world’s leading communications experts, Jon Harris is presently the Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for Conagra Brands. He is responsible for the strategic development, direction and implementation of corporate communication and reputation management programs across the organization. Jon also oversees the Conagra Brands Foundation, as well as corporate giving efforts. Jon joined Conagra Brands, formerly known as ConAgra Foods, in August 2015.Jon is the former Chief Communications Officer and Senior Vice President at Hillshire Brands where he oversaw all aspects of integrated communications. He had previously served as Senior Vice President, Global Communications for Sara Lee Corporation, where he was responsible for leading worldwide business and marketing communications for the company's core food and beverage brands and oversaw the spin-off of the company into two pure-play, publicly-held entities. Prior to Sara Lee, Jon held leadership positions at Bally Total Fitness Corporation, PepsiCo, Ketchum Public Relations and Medicus Public Relations. Jon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Rutgers University and is an adjunct professor for PR & Marketing at the University of Chicago's Graham School.

Sean M. Connolly is President and Chief Executive Officer of Conagra Brands. Sean joined Conagra Brands, formerly known as ConAgra Foods, in March 2015.

Prior to joining Conagra Brands, Sean was President and CEO of The Hillshire Brands Company from the time of its formation as an independent company in 2012 to its sale to Tyson Foods in August 2014. Prior to his Hillshire Brands leadership, Connolly was CEO for Sara Lee North American Retail and Foodservice, as well as President, Campbell Soup North America. He also managed numerous brands in the food and beverage division at Procter & Gamble. Sean has used his general management, marketing and innovation skills to improve business performance across a diverse range of food and beverage categories and channels of trade, with a focus on innovation and disciplined execution.

Sean earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Vanderbilt University, and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. He serves on the Northwestern Memorial HealthCare board of directors and The Economic Club of Chicago board of directors.