Company: SENEA
Filing Date: 2025-07-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-022256
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Company: Seneca Foods Corp
Filing Date: 2025-07-07
Form: DEF 14A
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 Nelson has over 30 years of experience in financial and operational management. Ms. Nelson currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer for IDI Billing Solutions, Inc., which is an independent software vendor that designs and hosts operations, billing, and point of sale solutions for communications service providers. Prior to that, Ms. Nelson was a financial executive consultant, holding a senior leadership position for select organizations and on various acquisition and merger due diligence teams evaluating opportunities for both large-scale private equity firms and local entrepreneurs. From 2011 to 2013, Ms. Nelson held the role of Chief Financial Officer for First American Equipment Finance. Prior to that, Ms. Nelson was with Birds Eye Foods, Inc. for 15 years in increasingly responsible financial roles, reaching the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary in 2008.

Donald J. Stuart,age 69 – Mr. Stuart has been a director since November 2020. Mr. Stuart is a Senior Advisor / Founder at Cadent Consulting Group. Prior to Cadent, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Kantar Retail. Mr. Stuart was a founding partner of Cannondale Associates in 1992, as well as Managing Director and CEO / President. Before Cannondale, he had a strong finance and marketing background from his management positions at Glendinning Associates and Pillsbury / Green Giant. He has extensive experience in sales and marketing consulting for consumer manufacturers across multiple retail channels. Mr. Stuart received his B.A. in Economics from St. Lawrence University and his M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Keith A. Woodward, age 61 – Mr. Woodward has been a director since July 2018. Mr. Woodward is the former Chief Financial Officer of Tennant Corporation. He is also a former Senior Vice President, Finance for General Mills, Inc. where he worked for 26 years from 1991-2017. From 2006-2009, he was the representative of General Mills appointed to serve as a board advisor to the Company’s Board of Directors pursuant to the Green Giant Alliance Agreement. Mr. Woodward has his M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing, and a B.S. in Accounting both from Indiana University. Mr. Woodward is currently a board member of Phillips Distilling Company in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Independent Directors

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