Board of Directors

Cheryl A. Bachelder has served as a director of US Foods since October 2018.

Ms. Bachelder is the retired Chief Executive Officer of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., a multinational restaurant operator and franchisor, serving in this role from October 2007 to March 2017, and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Pier 1 Imports, Inc., a home furnishings and decor retailer, serving in this role from December 2018 to November 2019.  Pier 1 Imports filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2020. Prior to her role with Popeyes and Pier 1 Imports, Ms. Bachelder served as President and Chief Concept Officer of KFC restaurants, a division of Yum! Brands, Inc. Ms. Bachelder’s earlier career included brand leadership roles at Domino’s Pizza, RJR Nabisco, Gillette, and Procter & Gamble, including the advisory board of Proctor & Gamble’s franchising venture, Tide Cleaners . Ms. Bachelder currently serves on the board of directors, as Lead Director, of Chick-fil-A, Inc., a family-owned and privately held restaurant chain.

Ms. Bachelder is an accomplished executive, with extensive experience in the food industry and a track record of creating strong brand value. Her expertise provides valuable insights as US Foods executes on its Great Food. Made Easy strategy. Ms. Bachelder is an experienced public company director, with expertise in human capital management, including oversight of incentive compensation.

Public Company and Other Key Directorships:

• Chick-Fil-A Inc. (2019 – Present)
• Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (2012 – 2020)
• Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. (2006 – 2017)

Education:

• Bachelor of Science (Marketing and Finance) from Indiana University
  • Master of Business Administration from Indiana University

David E. Flitman has served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of US Foods since January 2023.

Prior to joining US Foods, Mr. Flitman was President and Chief Executive Officer of Builders FirstSource, the largest U.S. supplier of building products, prefabricated components, and value-added services with annual revenues of approximately $20 billion, serving from April 2021 to November 2022. Mr. Flitman also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BMC Stock Holdings, from September 2018 until the merger of the two companies.  Prior to BMC, Mr. Flitman served as Executive Vice President of Performance Food Group Company, a family of leading foodservice distributors, and President and Chief Executive Officer of its Performance Foodservice division from January 2015 to September 2018. Prior to Performance Food Group, Mr. Flitman served as Chief Operating Officer and President, USA & Mexico of Univar Corporation, a global chemical distributor, from January 2014 to December 2014 after joining Univar in December 2012 as President USA with additional responsibility for Univar’s Global Supply Chain & Export Services teams. He had also served as Executive Vice President and President, Water and Process Services at Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services, from November 2011 to September 2012, and previously Senior Executive Vice President of Nalco Holding Company from August 2008 until it was acquired by Ecolab in November 2011. From February 2005 to July 2008, Mr. Flitman served as President of Allegheny Power System, an electric utility that served customers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. Prior to this, Mr. Flitman had nearly 20 years in operational, commercial, and global business leadership positions at DuPont, a science and technology-based company.

Mr. Flitman brings a wealth of global business leadership, executive management skills and extensive commercial distribution experience, along with significant expertise in operational excellence, supply chain, and general management with more than 35 years of experience in manufacturing and distribution across multiple industries, including food distribution.  Mr. Flitman has a proven track record of driving operational excellence, profitable growth, shareholder returns and a people-centric, high-performing culture. He has a substantial experience as a public company director, including as chair of a compensation committee. Mr. Flitman’s role as our Chief Executive Officer provides valuable information about our operations and brings a management perspective to the deliberations of the Board.

With a son, Josh, serving as a U.S. Army CAV Scout, Dave is passionate about serving members and veterans of the U.S. military forces and other charitable causes.

Public Company and Other Key Directorships:

• Veritiv Corporation (2017 – 2023), Audit and Finance Committee; Compensation and Leadership Development Committee (Chair)
• Builders FirstSource, Inc. (2021 – 2022)
• BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (2018 – 2021)

Education:

• Bachelor of Science (Chemical Engineering) from Purdue University

Marla Gottschalk has served as a director of US Foods since March 2022.

Ms. Gottschalk is the former Chief Executive Officer of The Pampered Chef Ltd., the premiere direct seller of high-quality kitchen and entertaining products, serving in the role from 2006 to 2013.  Prior to her role as Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Gottschalk served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Pampered Chef from 2003 to 2006.  Prior to The Pampered Chef, Ms. Gottschalk served in a variety of senior roles at Kraft Foods, one of the largest global food and beverage company, including as Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Investor Relations, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Post Cereal division, and Vice President of Marketing and Strategy of the Kraft Cheese Division. 

Ms. Gottschalk is an accomplished executive with more than 25 years of experience in Consumer Products.  Ms. Gottschalk is an experienced public company director and is a Chartered Professional Accountant and financial expert.

Public Company and Other Key Directorships:

• Reynolds Consumer Products (2020 – Present)
• Big Lots, Inc. (2015 – Present)
• UL Solutions, Inc. (2009 – Present)
• Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. (2015 – 2022)
• Potbelly Inc. (2009 – 2022)

Education:

• Bachelor of Science (Accounting) from Indiana University
• Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management

Sunil Gupta has served as a director of US Foods since March 2018.

Prof. Gupta is the Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, serving in the role since 2007.  Prof. Gupta currently serves as Co-Chair of the Driving Digital Strategy executive program at Harvard Business School, serving in the role since 2013.  Prof. Gupta previously served as the Chair of the General Management Program for senior executives at Harvard Business School from 2013 to 2019 and, prior to that, served as the Chair of Harvard Business School’s Marketing Department from 2008 to 2013.  Before joining Harvard Business School, Prof. Gupta held a number of positions at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, including serving as the Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business from 2000 to 2006.

Prof. Gupta has over 30 years of research, teaching, and consulting experience in marketing and strategy, including over 10 years in digital marketing, and brings expertise in finance and risk assessment to the US Foods board.

Education:

• Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology
• Master of Business Administration (Marketing) from Indian Institute of Management
• PhD (Marketing) from Columbia Business School

Carl Andrew “Andy” Pforzheimer has served as a director of US Foods since January 2017.

Mr. Pforzheimer is the co-Chief Executive Officer of Tastemaker Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose corporation formed to make investments in the restaurant and hospitality industry, and an instructor at Harvard Business School.  Previously, Mr. Pforzheimer founded Barteca Holdings, LLC, a multi-location restaurant group, where he served as Chief Executive Officer from 1995 until August 2016.  Mr. Pforzheimer currently serves on the board of directors of Tastemaker Acquisition Corp. and previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Barteca from March 2012 until 2018.  Mr. Pforzheimer currently serves, and has served, on the boards of directors of several private restaurant companies throughout the United States, including as Lead Director at Wisely, Inc., a restaurant technology company serving leading fast casual and full-service restaurant chains across the country, until its acquisition by Olo Inc., a leading on-demand commerce platform, at the end of 2021.  Mr. Pforzheimer is a member of the Education Policy Committee of the Culinary Institute of America and has also served on the board of directors of the Connecticut Restaurant Association. 

Mr. Pforzheimer is a successful restauranteur with significant food industry leadership and customer service experience, providing the US Foods board with unique insights into the restaurant and hospitality industries. Mr. Pforzheimer has substantive experience in sustainability, risk management and human capital management, and provides the US Foods board with valuable perspectives in these areas and others based on his executive leadership experience with independent restaurants.

Public Company and Other Key Directorships:

• Tastemaker Acquisition Corp. (2020 – Present)
• Wisely Inc. (2019 – 2021)
• Barteca Holdings (2012 – 2018)

Education:

• Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) from Harvard University

Quentin Roach has served as a director of US Foods since March 2022.

Mr. Roach is the Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at the Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., a leading prestige beauty company with a worldwide reputation for elegance, luxury and superior quality, working across the Global Value Chain (Supply Chain Management and Research & Development) and leading luxury brands to deliver innovation, customer enthusiasm and sustainable value-creation.  Previously, Mr. Roach served as Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at Mondelēz International, Inc., an American multinational confectionery, food, holding, and beverage and snack food company, from 2020-2022, overseeing company-wide expenditures, working capital management, risk mitigation processes, supply chain ESG initiatives, supplier performance management and innovation improvements.  Prior, he was the Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Supplier Management and Workplace Enterprise Services at Merck & Co., Inc., a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, serving in the role from 2016-2020, and various other leadership roles at Merck & Co., from 2011-2016, the Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at Bristol Myers Squibb, a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, serving in the role from 2008 to 2011.  From 2002 to 2008, Mr. Roach served in positions of increasing responsibility, including those related to supply chain management, at Bausch & Lomb, Strong Health, Delphi Corporation and General Motors Corporation.

Mr. Roach brings more than two decades of global supply chain executive leadership experience to the US Foods board.  Mr. Roach also has extensive knowledge of risk management and business planning to improve organizational growth prospects.  Mr. Roach also has deep expertise in supplier relationship management, sourcing strategies and material procurement, as well as governance experience gained as an independent director on the board of ARMADA Supply Chain Solutions, a leading provider of supply chain management services for the foodservice industry.

Public Company and Other Key Directorships:

• Armada Supply Chain Solutions (2017 – Present)

Education:

• Bachelor of Science (Engineering) from Purdue University
• Master of Science from Arizona State University

David M. Tehle has served as a director of US Foods since July 2016.

Mr. Tehle is the retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dollar General Corporation, a publicly traded retailer, serving in the role from 2004 to 2015 to.  Prior to Dollar General, Mr. Tehle was Chief Financial Officer of Haggar Corporation from 1997 to 2004 and held finance positions at several companies, including Ryder System, Inc., a transportation and logistics company, and Texas Instruments Incorporated, a semiconductor design and manufacturing company.  Mr. Tehle currently serves on the board of directors of National Vision Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded optical retail company.  He previously served on the boards of directors of Jack in the Box, Inc., a publicly traded fast-food burger chain and Genesco, Inc., a publicly traded footwear focused specialty retail company.

Mr. Tehle has extensive knowledge of financial reporting, internal controls and procedures, and risk management. Mr. Tehle brings significant public company experience and human capital management experience to the US Foods Board, in addition to significant experience as a public company chief financial officer.

 Public Company and Other Key Directorships:

• National Vision Holdings, Inc. (2017 – Present)
• Jack in the Box Inc. (2004 – 2024)
• Genesco Inc. (2016 – 2019)

Education:

• Bachelor of Science (Economics) from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
• Master of Business Administration (Finance and Accounting) from University of Michigan

Ann E. Ziegler has served as a director of US Foods since January 2018.

Ms. Ziegler is the former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CDW Corporation, a technology solutions provider, serving in the role from 2008 to 2017.  From 2005 until 2008, Ms. Ziegler served as Senior Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Sara Lee Food and Beverage, a division of Sara Lee Corporation, a global consumer goods company.  Form 2003 until 2003, Ms. Ziegler served as Chief Financial Officer of Sara Lee Bakery Group.  From 2000 until 2003, Ms. Ziegler served as Senior Vice president, Corporate Development of Sara Lee.  Prior to joining Sara Lee, Ms. Ziegler was a corporate attorney at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.  Ms. Ziegler has served on the boards of directors of Hanesbrands Inc., a publicly traded apparel company, since 2008, and Reynolds Consumer Products Inc., a leading provider of household products and publicly traded company, since 2020, as well as the Supervisory Board of the board of directors of Wolters Kluwer N.V., a global provider of information software and services, since 2017.  Ms. Ziegler also serves on the Board of Governors of the Smart Museum of Art of the University of Chicago.  Ms. Ziegler previously served on the board of directors of Groupon, Inc., a publicly traded local marketplace company.

Ms. Ziegler brings significant executive leadership experience in the food and technology industries. In addition, Ms. Ziegler has extensive knowledge of financial reporting, internal controls and procedures, risk management, corporate development and mergers and acquisitions.  Ms. Ziegler brings significant public company experience to the US Foods Board, in addition to significant experience as a public company chief financial officer.

Public Company and Other Key Directorships:

• Reynolds Consumer Products (2020 – Present)
• Wolters Kluwer N.V. (2017 – Present)
• Hanesbrands, Inc. (2008 – Present)
• Groupon, Inc. (2014 – 2020)

Education:

• Bachelor of Science (Economics) from College of William and Mary
• Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago Law School