Rick Lenny currently serves as the non-executive chairman of Conagra Brands, Inc. and is the lead independent director of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. He’s an executive advisory partner with Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm. He served as the non-executive chairman of Information Resources, Inc., the leading market research firm, from 2013-2018. From 2001 through 2007, he served as chairman, president, and chief executive officer of The Hershey Company. Prior to joining Hershey, Rick was president, Nabisco Biscuit Company. Rick joined Nabisco in 1998 from the Pillsbury Company where he was president of Pillsbury, North America. Prior to this, he was at Kraft Foods, Inc., where he held a number of senior marketing and sales positions. Rick serves on the board of directors of Conagra Brands, Inc. (human resources committee, executive committee and chairs the nominating and corporate governance committee) and Illinois Tool Works Inc. (governance and nominating committee and chairs the compensation committee). In 2005, BARRON’s named Rick one of the 30 “World’s Most Respected CEOs”. Also in this year, FOOD PROCESSING MAGAZINE named him one of its 11 most influential people in the food industry. Rick was awarded Georgia State University’s 2005 Alumni Achievement Award. For 2004, he was named BRANDWEEK’S “Marketer of the Year.”