Mark A. Coffey
Vice President
Affiliated Business Units, Refrigerated Foods
As vice president of affiliated business units in the Refrigerated Foods division at Hormel Foods, Mark A. Coffey oversees Farmer John, Burke Marketing Corp., Dan’s Prize Inc., Saag’s Specialty Meats and Precept Foods.
Coffey started his career with Hormel Foods as a relief supervisor at the Ottumwa (Iowa) Plant in 1985. He held a variety of positions at several locations before moving to the Corporate Office (Austin, Minn.) in 1991 as product manufacturing manager for cured and smoked meats. Coffey was promoted to plant manager at the Houston (Texas) Plant in 1995 and held this position at Dold Foods (Wichita, Kan.), Osceola (Iowa) Food and the Fremont (Neb.) Plant before being named plant manager of the Austin (Minn.) Plant in 2005. He was named to his current position in 2011.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business and systems management from Central College in Pella, Iowa.
Coffey serves on the board of directors of Farmer John, Dan’s Prize Inc., Burke Marketing Corp. and Precept Foods.