Hy-Vee gives executives new leadership roles

Gosch, Wiese, Tweeten, Sherlock and Van Gundy promoted

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee CEO Jeremy Gosch was named vice chairman of Hy-Vee’s board of administrators, in 1 of 5 management variations announced by Hy-Vee executive chairman of the board and executive director Randy Edeker at the company’s annual stockholder’s assembly here.

Randy Edeker

Other leadership changes announced at the meeting:

• Longtime Hy-Vee govt Donna Tweeten was named president, Hy-Vee, Inc., and will oversee Hy-Vee’s non-public brand names, merchandising, advertising and marketing and digital initiatives. She will also oversee the functions of Hy-Vee’s new retail media network Red Media. Tweeten’s promotion marks the to start with time a girl has been named president of Hy-Vee.
• Hy-Vee executive Aaron Wiese was named president, Hy-Vee, Inc., and will now be accountable for the operations of all Hy-Vee’s healthcare and retail pharmacy places, as nicely as Hy-Vee’s latest subsidiary Hy-Vee Healthcare, LLC. Wiese will also oversee new engineering initiatives for the business and proceed his management of overseeing several Hy-Vee subsidiaries, along with Hy-Vee’s supply chain and distribution operations across the company’s location.
• Longtime Hy-Vee government Kevin Sherlock will serve as chief operating officer, spearheading Hy-Vee’s retail grocery operations.
• Georgia Van Gundy was promoted to chief of staff, in addition to govt vice president and main client officer. Van Gundy will also provide as the main administrative officer for the organization, which contains oversight of human methods, governing administration relations, local community relations, communications, client care, DEI initiatives, risk management, teaching and instruction, and food items protection.

All the executives have a long time of leadership expertise with the Midwestern retailer.

Jeremy Gosch

Gosch started out his Hy-Vee profession in 1996 as a section-time clerk at the Coralville, Iowa, retail store and was named retail store director at Eldora, Iowa, in 2002. He held retail outlet management positions in numerous communities in advance of becoming a member of Hy-Vee’s executive management group in 2012 as assistant vice president, operations, for Hy-Vee’s northeast region. He was promoted by numerous executive leadership roles in merchandising, internet marketing, technique and functions ahead of staying named president, chief running officer, in December 2021. Considering the fact that then, he has fulfilled quite a few executive leadership roles in preparing for this marketing.

Donna Tweeten

Tweeten’s vocation with Hy-Vee started in 2006 as assistant vice president of communications. She was promoted to assistant vice president of advertising in 2009, and in 2011, she was selected as vice president of manufacturer picture. Tweeten was promoted to vice president of advertising and marketing/communications in 2013, and in 2014 she was named senior vice president, chief advertising officer. In early 2016, she was promoted to govt vice president and elected to Hy-Vee’s board of directors, and afterwards that calendar year she became government vice president, chief marketing and advertising officer/main buyer officer. In 2017, Donna started overseeing model knowledge for Hy-Vee, and in 2020, she was also named main of staff members.

Aaron Wiese

Wiese’s Hy-Vee career commenced in 1993 as a large faculty university student. Immediately after graduation, he managed Hy-Vee Care just before starting to be director, well being/wellness strategic setting up in 2013. He held different positions of rising responsibility in Hy-Vee’s health and wellness functions as perfectly as at Hy-Vee subsidiary Amber Specialty Pharmacy. In 2019, he was promoted to vice president, Hy-Vee, Inc. president, Amber Specialty Pharmacy, and then senior vice president, Hy-Vee, Inc. president, Amber Specialty Pharmacy. Wiese was promoted a number of moments in 2020 and became president, digital development, co-chief functioning officer in April 2021. In December that yr, he was named president, subsidiaries/provide chain. In 2022, he was named president, Hy-Vee Healthcare, LLC.

Kevin Sherlock

Sherlock’s Hy-Vee profession commenced in 1986 as a section-time courtesy clerk at the North Dodge Road Hy-Vee in Iowa Metropolis. Right after doing the job in a number of markets, he was named Assistant Director at the Company Road Hy-Vee in Burlington, Iowa. He was presented his first retailer director assignment in 1999 in Canton, Illinois. He then went on to lead merchants in Cedar Rapids and Iowa Metropolis before getting named assistant vice president, operations, for Hy-Vee’s western district in 2014. The following 12 months, he was promoted to vice president, organization growth. He was promoted all over again in 2016 to senior vice president, merchandising/business improvement, and in 2017 he was promoted to government vice president, southeast region. In 2018, he was named government vice president, merchandising/advertising and marketing, prior to moving to PDI in early 2019 as government vice president, PDI, commissaries. Later that 12 months, Kevin transitioned back again into operations as executive vice president, east location. In 2020, he included non-foods to his obligations and, afterwards that 12 months, he was named govt vice president, main retail officer. In June 2022, Kevin was named govt vice president and chief merchandising officer, ahead of formally currently being named main working officer previously this 12 months.

Georgia Van Gundy

Van Gundy joined the Hy-Vee leadership crew in 2019 as senior vice president, administration, marketplace & government relations. She was promoted to senior vice president, main administrative officer in June 2020. Van Gundy was promoted to govt vice president, main purchaser/expertise officer in September 2020, and shortly right after named executive vice president, main administrative officer, main shopper officer. Prior to Hy-Vee, she served as executive director of the Iowa Small business Council (IBC), an firm manufactured up of CEOs and leading executives from the 23 premier businesses in Iowa. Prior to her role at the IBC, she led world strategies for a Fortune 250 business and labored in the retail field in numerous capacities for virtually 10 decades. Van Gundy also has experience in federal government relations, finance and financial growth.