As executive vice president for the Refrigerated Foods group at Hormel Foods, Deanna Brady is responsible for the general management of the business unit. Hormel Foods is a global branded food company with over $9 billion in annual revenues across 75 countries worldwide. Its brands include SKIPPY®, SPAM®, Hormel® Natural Choice®, Applegate®, Justin’s®, Columbus®, Wholly® Guacamole, Hormel® Black Label® and more than 30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, has been named one of “The 100 Best Corporate Citizens” by Corporate Responsibility Magazine for 12 years in a row, and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts.
In September 1996, Brady started her career with Hormel Foods as a foodservice territory manager in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., and held various foodservice sales positions throughout the United States. In 2003, Brady was promoted to foodservice regional manager in Los Angeles, Calif. She was promoted to vice president, foodservice sales in 2007. Brady advanced to group vice president, foodservice in October of 2013 and was named president of consumer products sales in October 2015. She assumed her current position in October 2019.
Brady is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), where she received a bachelor of science degree in dietetics and food administration. She is a registered dietitian.
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