Joan Chow

Joan Chow was appointed to our Board in April 2021. Since February 2016, Ms. Chow has served as Chief Marketing Officer of the Greater Chicago Food Depository. From 2007 to August 2015, Ms. Chow was the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) one of North America’s leading packaged food companies. Prior to joining ConAgra in 2007, Ms. Chow was employed for nine years with Sears Holdings Corporation in various marketing positions of increasing responsibility, having served as Senior Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer of Sears Retail immediately prior to taking the position with ConAgra. Prior to that, she served in executive positions with Information Resources Inc. and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc. Ms. Chow currently serves on the board of Feeding America, a leading hunger-relief charity in the United States. Ms. Chow led ConAgra's global marketing team, including integrated marketing planning, advertising, digital, social media, consumer insights, brand design, and multicultural marketing. Ms. Chow has extensive experience in marketing, advertising, branding, consumer insights, and digital/social marketing. Ms. Chow holds a B.A. in linguistics from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.