Hawthorne L. Proctor

Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Hawthorne L. “Peet” Proctor has been a director of the Company since the merger and served as a director of Nash Finch since 2007. His experience includes over 30 years in food distribution and more than 15 years in retail and consumer goods.

Proctor currently serves as Managing Partner of Proctor & Boone LLC Consulting, a business consulting firm. He previously served as Senior Logistics Consultant in the Department of Defense (“DOD”) Business Group of Intelligent Decisions, Inc. from 2006 to 2016.

Proctor served for nearly 35 years in the United States Army, where he performed with distinction in numerous senior logistics management roles, including Commander, Defense Personnel Support Center and later Commander, Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia, 46th Quartermaster General of the United States Army, and J3, or Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Defense Logistics Agency. While a Commander at the Defense Supply Center, Proctor led the way in revolutionizing the customer supply chains in food, clothing, medical supplies, equipment and pharmaceuticals. Innovations included initiating the DOD Mail-Order Pharmacy Program; expanding the use of existing commercial supply chains; establishing e-Commerce portals; and reducing the DOD supply chain footprint and the cost of doing business for food, clothing, pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and equipment.

Proctor’s qualifications to serve as a director include his extensive service with the military as an innovative logistician that was exhibited through his prior leadership of a $3.2 billion enterprise that provided food, clothing, pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to DOD organizations.