The board of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company announced that Sam Martin has been appointed the company’s new president and CEO and will succeed Ron Marshall, who has left the company. Martin joins A&P from OfficeMax, where he was COO since 2007.
People’s United Financial, a diversified financial services company, announced that it has named John P. Barnes as president, CEO and a member of the board effective immediately. Barnes was also named president, CEO and a director of the company’s subsidiary, People’s United Bank. He has served as interim president and CEO since the departure of former CEO Philip R. Sherringham in April.
Force Energy has appointed Tim DeHerrera president, CEO and a director of the company. DeHerrera has been president, chairman or on the board of directors of several publicly traded and private entities during his career in corporate finance.
Red Lion Hotels announced that its board voted to expand its membership from seven to eight directors and appointed Melvin L. Keating to fill the new director position. In accordance with the company’s bylaws, Keating was appointed to serve until the company’s next annual meeting of shareholders.
Sam Martin (A&P)–
(I will know whether Sam gets this message)
My first job — 40 years ago in my summer breaks was with A&P as a picker/packer night shift guy out of Elmsford NY.
I attended Colgate University on a A&P/Football SCHP and and after 30 years as a A&P (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.) loyal customer…became a #1 Editor and Editor in Chief of Prentice Hall. Tonight –in Woodcliff Lakes, N.J., I went to spend $ at my beloved A&P. I wanted to get a ‘hero’ at the deli counter… They had to beg the guy “Lee” to make it for me. With 30 million+ Americans looking for work…and perhaps me in the next 6 months…put the micrsocope on this activity so that I feel comfortable going back to my beloved A&P after 40 years. Today, I work at Hackensack University Medical Center.