10 Kroger executives
Half of this Kroger group works at the corporate level: CFO David Kennerley and the chiefs for merchandising and marketing, people, legal and procurement. The other half hold president or senior vice president titles over Kroger Personal Finance, the PBM at Kroger Prescription Plans, retail operations, and the Mid-Atlantic and Texas divisions. Suppliers and partners pitching Kroger can ask them how a proposal is weighed at corporate and in a division.
Professionals to explore
Calvin Kaufman
LinkedInExperience: Sr VP of Retail Operations · The Kroger Company
Calvin Kaufman holds two current titles at Kroger: Sr VP of Retail Operations at The Kroger Company (since 2017) and Division President at The Kroger Co. (since 2013). Calvin is a fit for questions on how a store program is rolled out and judged at the store operations level.
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David Kennerley
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Kroger
David Kennerley has been Chief Financial Officer at Kroger since 2025, and was Chief Financial Officer, Europe at PepsiCo from 2020 to 2025. David's earlier PepsiCo titles include Vice President, Finance, North America Beverages (2015-2018) and Senior Finance Director and Head of FP&A, PepsiCo Americas Beverages (2014-2015), a fit for questions on how finance screens new investments at Kroger.
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Emilee De Martino
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer · Kroger
Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer at Kroger since 2026, Emilee De Martino was Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer, International Markets at McDonald's from 2022 to 2026. Emilee's McDonald's titles also include Vice President, Center HR & People Experience (2021-2022) and Vice President, People Strategy & Alignment (2019-2021), useful for questions on workforce plans that come with a new store program.
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George Vincent
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary · The Kroger Co
George Vincent has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at The Kroger Co since 2025, and was Managing Partner at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP (2007-2026). The general counsel role makes George a fit for questions on the legal review a supplier or partner agreement goes through at Kroger.
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James Kirby, PharmD, BCPS, FAPhA
LinkedInExperience: President, PBM and Enterprise Growth · Kroger Prescription Plans, Inc.
Kroger's PBM and integrated healthcare platform is the business James Kirby, PharmD, BCPS, FAPhA describes taking responsibility for, covering its strategy, expansion and transformation, as President, PBM and Enterprise Growth at Kroger Prescription Plans, Inc. since 2026. James was Chief Commercial Officer at Kroger Health (2022-2026) and Sr Director, Business Development there (2021-2022), which suits questions on healthcare partnerships with Kroger.
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Jeff Talbot
LinkedInExperience: Former President, Kroger Personal Finance · The Kroger Co
In 2022 Jeff Talbot became President, Kroger Personal Finance at The Kroger Co, after Corporate Vice President, New Business Development, Strategic Partnerships at Kroger (2019-2022). Jeff was also Division Vice President, Operations (2017-2019) and held Corporate Vice President titles at Kroger Personal Finance from 2007 to 2011, a fit for questions on how strategic partnerships get evaluated.
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Kate Mora
LinkedInExperience: President - Kroger Mid-Atlantic Division · Kroger
President - Kroger Mid-Atlantic Division since 2024, Kate Mora was Vice President of Merchandising - Kroger Michigan Division (2023-2024) and Vice President on Special Assignment Produce E2E - Kroger (2022-2023). With merchandising and division leadership roles, Kate fits questions on how a division chooses which local suppliers and programs to carry.
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Mary Ellen Adcock
LinkedInExperience: Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer. · Kroger
Merchandising and marketing sit with Mary Ellen Adcock, Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer at Kroger since 2024 and a member of the executive management team reporting to the Chairman and CEO. Before this role, Mary Ellen served as Senior Vice President of Operations at Kroger (a title dated from 2019), which makes Mary Ellen a fit for questions on how merchandising decisions meet store operations.
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Rudy DiPietro
LinkedInExperience: President Kroger Texas · Kroger
Omnichannel planning runs through the background of Rudy DiPietro: Vice President Commercial Program - Omnichannel Planning at Ahold Delhaize USA (2022-2025), and at Stop & Shop Senior Vice President Operations (2019-2020) and Vice President Merchandising Planning & Execution (2020-2022). Rudy has been President Kroger Texas since 2025, after President Dallas Division at Kroger earlier in 2025, useful for questions on omnichannel and merchandising planning in a division.
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Ryan Verbecken
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer, Vice President · Kroger
Direct and indirect spend, domestically and internationally, is the responsibility of Ryan Verbecken as Chief Procurement Officer at Kroger since 2022 (titled Chief Procurement Officer, VP, then Chief Procurement Officer, Vice President from 2025). Ryan was Vice President Enterprise Sourcing (2020-2022) and Enterprise Sourcing Director (2018-2020) at Kroger, the closest fit here for questions on how Kroger sources and selects suppliers.
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Choose the right perspective
If you are selling into the stores, Mary Ellen Adcock (merchandising and marketing) and Ryan Verbecken (procurement) are the corporate view, while Kate Mora, Rudy DiPietro and Calvin Kaufman show how a division decides. Partnership ideas in financial services or pharmacy benefits fit Jeff Talbot or James Kirby; David Kennerley, Emilee De Martino and George Vincent cover finance, people and legal approvals.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01When a new supplier or store program is proposed, which parts get decided at Kroger corporate and which are left to a division president?
- 02What evidence does Kroger procurement or merchandising want before a pilot can move to more stores?
- 03How do partner businesses such as personal finance or pharmacy benefits get evaluated next to the stores?
About this directory
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