M. Shân Atkins

M. Shân Atkins, NACD.DC and ICD.D. is a business executive with extensive experience in retail strategy and operations, consumer goods, food distribution, accounting and finance, and private investment. She has been a director of SpartanNash since 2013 and was a director of Spartan Stores from 2003 until the merger with Nash Finch. She presently chairs the Audit Committee of SpartanNash and formerly chaired the Audit Committee of Spartan Stores.

In addition to her service on the Board of SpartanNash, Atkins is currently a director of Darden Restaurants, Inc., an owner and operator of full-service restaurants, where she serves on the Audit and Nominating/Governance Committees; and Aurora Cannabis, a leading Canadian integrated cannabis producer, where she chairs the Audit Committee and serves on the Human Resources and Compensation Committee.

In her service as an independent director, Atkins has served on 10 North American public company boards, including SunOpta, Inc., a manufacturer of natural and organic beverages and snacks, where she chaired both the Audit and Compensation Committees; LSC Communications, a provider of print and digital services; True Value Hardware, a leading hardware wholesaler where she served as Chair of the Audit Committee; The Pep Boys — Manny, Moe and Jack, an auto parts and service retailer, where she served terms as both Audit Committee chair and Compensation Committee chair; Shoppers Drug Mart, Canada’s leading drugstore retailer, where she chaired the Audit Committee; and Tim Hortons, Inc., Canada’s leading quick serve restaurant chain, where she served as a director until its sale to Burger King/3G.

Atkins is a former partner in the global consumer and retail practice at Bain & Company, the major international consulting firm. At Bain, she spent 13 years serving clients in a variety of consumer goods categories (food, health and beauty, household products, apparel and footwear) and retailers of various types including supermarkets, chain drug stores, mass merchants and specialty retailers. In her executive career she spent five years with Sears Roebuck & Company in a variety of senior roles, including general management responsibility for a $2.3 billion hardlines business which she led to record results, and running foreign sourcing for both Sears Roebuck (USA) and Sears Canada through a network of overseas sourcing offices and staff.

Atkins started her career as a public accountant with Price Waterhouse Canada. She maintains current registration as both a certified public accountant (USA) and chartered accountant/chartered public account (Canada) and has served as an SEC-designated financial expert on all of her audit committees. She holds the highest certification as a professional independent director in both the USA (NACD.DC) and Canada (ICD.D) and is a regular speaker at corporate governance programs across North America.

Atkins’ qualifications as a director include her expertise in finance and accounting, her extensive experience as a director of other publicly traded corporations, and her experience in developing and executing strategic plans for major retail organizations.