Johnsonville introduced the retirement of Leader Govt Officer Nick Meriggioli, efficient December 31, 2023.
Don Fussner, who these days serves as Johnsonville’s Leader Monetary Officer and Leader Running Officer, will prevail Meriggioli as CEO on January 1, 2024, introduced Johnsonville Proprietor and Chairperson Shelly Stayer.
Meriggioli (pictured best proper) was once appointed Johnsonville’s CEO in 2015 through Proprietor Ralph Stayer, who had served as CEO since 1968. All the way through Meriggioli’s tenure, the corporate’s U.S. retail, foodservice and world companies gadgets grew considerably. Stayer mentioned Meriggioli’s management all over – and after the pandemic – was once particularly treasured, in concurrently holding our production participants protected and operations staffed to proceed serving our customers.
She additionally known Meriggioli’s people-first method in keeping up the corporate’s sturdy tradition. “If our tradition remained a concern, top member engagement and trade expansion would apply. Nick has modeled that and has been a robust recommend for our Johnsonville Means tradition, and we’re particularly thankful for his management.”
Succeeding Meriggioli is Don Fussner, who’s been with Johnsonville since 2019. He was once employed as the corporate’s CFO and in 2022, added COO tasks to his position, main Johnsonville’s finance and end-to-end provide chain groups. In his time at Johnsonville serving in the ones two roles, Don championed many transformational methods throughout trade making plans, operational applied sciences and strategic sourcing.
Previous to becoming a member of Johnsonville, Fussner had a a success 24-year occupation at Kraft Meals and its Oscar Mayer trade. But even so main the Oscar Mayer trade, he held a number of cross-functional and government management roles in finance, operations and advertising and marketing. “Don is a strategic and operational chief with confirmed luck throughout all of the worth chain. He is a robust trainer and people-focused chief who will proceed to prioritize Johnsonville’s distinctive tradition,” mentioned Stayer.