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Leadership biographies

Ann W.H. Simonds

Senior Vice President;
President, Pillsbury USA

Ann Simonds is the president of the General Mills Pillsbury USA Division, where she is responsible for the profitable growth of the Pillsbury and Totino's brands..

Education Smith College, bachelor's degree, economics Harvard, MBA, 1990

Simonds was named a corporate officer in 2002 and was named president in 2006. 

Simonds’ career spans leadership roles of brands such as Betty Crocker, Cheerios, Wheaties, Yoplait as well as the role of general manager of the Brands on the Go bakery and convenience store businesses and Bakery Products.   

Simonds is an active member of the General Mills community including stewardship of the United Way Campaign and the Women’s forum.  She represents the company at the National Association of Female Executives and is a member of the Young Presidents Organization. 

Her career passion has been strategic philanthropy-building programs such as the Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories literacy program, the Stirring Up Wishes campaign for the Make a Wish Foundation and Bake the Change, a Betty Crocker program that inspires people to make a difference in the world through baking.  

Simonds spent five years as a marketer for Johnson & Johnson in the U.S. and Europe before joining General Mills in 1995.

 

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Christopher D. O'Leary
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Roderick A. Palmore
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Ann W.H. Simonds
Senior Vice President; President, Pillsbury USA

Vijay K. Sood
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Anton Vincent
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Sean N. Walker
Vice President; President, Latin America and South Africa

Keith A. Woodward
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Jerry Young
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Mike Zechmeister
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