Walgreens Names Alejandro Silva to Board of Directors

Alejandro Silva, Chairman and CEO of Chicago-based Evans Food Group, Ltd., has been elected to Walgreens (NYSE:WAG)(NASDAQ:WAG) board of directors as an independent director, effective Jan. 9. The company also announced that James J. Howard is retiring from the board.

“We welcome to the board Alejandro’s experience in building a successful consumer products company over the past 22 years,” said Walgreens Chairman and CEO Jeffrey A. Rein. “His ideas and insight will help us stay abreast of changing consumer habits.”

Silva entered the food business in Mexico in 1972 as operations manager of KIR Alimentos S.A. Seven years later, he founded a business venture, Alimentos Finos del Norte, in Saltillo, Mexico, before acquiring Evans Food Group in 1985 with his brother and another partner. Today, Evans Food Group is the world’s largest pork rind snack manufacturer and the largest Hispanic-owned business in Chicago.

Silva is active in numerous civic and charitable organizations, and is a director of PrivateBankcorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PVTB) and the Chicago Transit Authority. He is also the recipient of several awards: the Double Eagle Award from the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce; the Latino Globalist Award; Chicago United Business Leaders of Color member; Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame member; and the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Enterprises Development Agency Award.”*

*From: http://www.businesswire.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

Stumble it! | |

Other posts that may interest you

Alejandro Silva Named to PrivateBancorp, Inc. Board of Directors

Marketer Adriana Eiriz becomes first Hispanic female on ERA board of directors - Hispanic MPR

Hillenbrand Industries Appoints Jose A. Mejia to Its Board of Directors

Jornaleros Project seeks funding - Spring Valley, New York

First Hispanic Female Executive to serve on the Electronic Retailing Association’s (ERA) Board of Directors

Media Moves: Pamela Silva joins morning team at WLTV-23 - Miami

Steve Salazar elected to National League of Cities Board of Directors ...Councilmember Pauline Medrano elected to HELO board of directors

Hispanic nonprofit names new officers, directors. Kansas City, Missouri

Felix Danciu and Juan Pablo Santos Join Fuego Entertainment's Board of Directors

Dallas Attorney Angel Reyes Named to DART Board of Directors