The Schwan Food Company CEO and leadership

In October 2013, Dimitrios Smyrnios was named chief executive officer of Schwan's Company. He is the sixth CEO since the company's founding in 1952.

Earlier, Dimitrios began his career with the Frito Lay division of PepsiCo, where he spent eight years in progressive roles with sales and marketing teams. In 1993, he joined Nestle Waters North America in southern California. During his tenure, he had accepted roles of increasing responsibility and eventually was named executive vice president and general manager of the Nestle Waters Home & Office Division and the Retail Division. Later, he served as president of Nestle Dreyer's Ice Cream Division.

Carrie Ferris is an Executive Assistant to the EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer at Schwan Food Co. and is based in Shakopee, Minnesota. She has worked as Executive Assistant to Chairman and CEO at EVINE Live Inc and Executive Assistant to President/Owner/Managing Partner at McCaffery & Associates, Inc.. Carrie works or has worked as Executive Assistant to the Chairman and CEO at Minnesota Wire and Religious Education Teacher at St. Mark Parish School. She studied at University of St. Thomas between 1988 and 1995.

Kathy Persian joined the company in 2016 as its senior vice president and chief information officer. She is responsible for the strategic direction and execution of the company’s Information Services Department.

Kathy has more than 25 years of experience in information delivery. Prior to joining Schwan's Company, she served as senior vice president of business transformation and chief information officer for Sports Authority, where she was responsible for corporate strategy development, the information services team, e-commerce, and enterprise program and process capabilities. Earlier, she served in several finance and information technology leadership roles at Supervalu, including chief information officer. She has also held leadership roles at Best Buy.

In October 2013, Dimitrios Smyrnios was named chief executive officer of Schwan's Company. He is the sixth CEO since the company's founding in 1952.

Earlier, Dimitrios began his career with the Frito Lay division of PepsiCo, where he spent eight years in progressive roles with sales and marketing teams. In 1993, he joined Nestle Waters North America in southern California. During his tenure, he had accepted roles of increasing responsibility and eventually was named executive vice president and general manager of the Nestle Waters Home & Office Division and the Retail Division. Later, he served as president of Nestle Dreyer's Ice Cream Division.