CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards

35 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards 2018 USA www.conagrabrands.com COLLEEN BATCHELER Executive Vice President of Conagra Brands FIRM PROFILE Conagra Brands (NYSE: CAG) is an approximately $8 billion company that combines a rich heritage of making great food with a sharpened focus and entrepreneurial spirit. We’re transforming the way we operate to fulfill what consumers and customers want, in a smart, simple way. We’re modernizing our iconic food brands, leveraging fresh opportunities and adapting to a changing landscape – all with a culture that’s ready to capture growth and drive shareholder value. CONAGRA BY THE NUMBERS • Headquarters Location: Chicago, IL • Number of Locations: Approximately 40, including offices in Chicago, IL, and Omaha, NE • Number of Employees: More than 13,000 • Over $8 billion company VISION Conagra Brands has the most energized, highest-impact culture in food. We persistently challenge and disrupt marketplace/business conventions and we are respected for our great brands, great food, great margins and consistent results. BRANDS Our portfolio of iconic and emerging brands continues to evolve to offer contemporary choices for every occasion. Some of our most iconic and emerging brands include: Healthy Choice, Hunt’s, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, Alexia, Blake’s, Frontera, Bertolli, P.F. Chang’s and Marie Callender’s. CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP Conagra Brands builds on a legacy of commitment to being a good corporate citizen. Highlights include: • Projects from our annual Sustainable Development Awards diverted more than 8,700 tons of waste from landfills, conserved more than 245 million gallons of water and reduced our greenhouse gas emissions by more than 2,100 metric tons. • One hundred percent of Conagra Brands full-time production facilities continue to be certified by Global Food Safety Initiative standards. • Each year we dedicate a month to community service. During this month, more than 2,300 passionate employees volunteered more than 6,800 hours to help reduce hunger in their communities. This represents 89 projects, each organized by teams of employees, across 14 states and three countries. As a result, more than 430,000 meals were packed for those suffering from food insecurity in our communities. ABOUT COLLEEN BATCHELER Colleen Batcheler is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Conagra Brands. In this role, Colleen oversees all legal and governmental affairs activity for the company. Colleen joined Conagra Brands, formerly known as ConAgra Foods, in June 2006 as Vice President and Chief Securities Counsel and, in September 2006, added Corporate Secretary responsibilities. She was promoted to General Counsel in 2008. Prior to joining Conagra Brands, Colleen was Vice President and Corporate Secretary at Albertson’s, Inc., associate counsel with The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and an associate with the law firm of Jones Day®. Her practice has focused on securities regulation, corporate governance, executive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, and other general corporate matters. Colleen serves as a member of the board of directors of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She is an emeritus director of Case Western Reserve University and serves on the CWRU School of Law Visiting Committee. She earned a B.A., magna cum laude, in political science from the State University of New York College at Fredonia, and her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University, where she graduated Order of the Coif and served as executive notes editor of the Law Review.