Ron Hodge accepts NEW Outstanding Champion award
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Ron Hodge, CEO of
Delhaize America Operations, accepted the Network of Executive Women’s
Outstanding Champion Award at a reception in the company’s honor during
FMI 2010 May 11 in Las Vegas.
More than 135 food industry executives, including two
dozen representatives from Delhaize America, watched Hodge receive the
award, which recognizes diversity leadership in the consumer products
and retail industry.
"I can’t say enough about the importance of NEW,”
Hodge said, after receiving the award from NEW President Alison Kenney
Paul, a principal at Deloitte. "We are doing the right thing for our
business by supporting women – I think it gives us a competitive
advantage.”
"Delhaize America invests in its associates and
makes advancement and training a core corporate value,” Paul said. "They
not only believe in diversity, integrity, embracing differences and a
strong work ethic -- they act on these values.” Five members of the
Delhaize America’s executive committee are women and three of them serve
as banner presidents, Paul noted.
Cathy Green, president of the Food Lion Family, is a
Network board member and one of Delhaize America’s many active NEW
supporters. Delhaize America executives have helped organize regional
Network groups in the Carolinas, Florida and New England, and have
spoken at numerous Network events. Hodge noted that he participated in a
panel discussion recently at a Network event outside Boston. "The panel
was called ‘Let’s Hear It from the Guys,’ and we [male executives] were
able to give advice to a large group of women in our business.”
This is the first time NEW has recognized an entire
company with its Outstanding Champion award. Past winners of the award
include SuperValu CEO Jeff Noddle and Jamba Juice CEO James White,
formerly of Safeway.
The Network of Executive Women is the consumer
products and retail industry’s largest diversity organization, with more
than 2,700 members representing 400 companies and 63 national sponsors.
Delhaize America is a member of the Brussels-based
Delhaize Group and one of the largest supermarket chains in the United
States. The company operates under the names of Food Lion, Bloom, Bottom
Dollar, Hannaford Brothers, Harveys, Reid’s and Sweetbay.
Network of Executive Women President Alison Kenney
Paul (left) presented the Network's 2010 Outstanding Champion Award to
Delhaize America CEO Ron Hodge May 11 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las
Vegas. More than 100 food industry executives were present as Paul
saluted Delhaize America for its leadership in the advancement of women
executives and its support of NEW.
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