Dean Foods COO Featured in Boyden Leadership Series

Dean Foods COO Ralph Scozzafava was featured in a recent issue of the "Leadership Series" of executive search firm Boyden. In the in-depth interview Scozzafava discussed leadership and continuous personal growth, Dean Foods’ business strategy and approach to corporate social responsibility, how the digital revolution has changed the consumer packaged goods industry, and his “no jerks” policy.

Boyden’s Leadership Series presents discussions with business and thought leaders from organizations across the globe. The series focuses on topical issues that offer executives, political leaders and the media insight into current trends in business and talent management in the global marketplace.

Scozzafava joined Dean Foods in October 2014 as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. He was promoted to his current position in October 2015. In this role, Scozzafava oversees the commercial functions of Sales, Marketing and R&D, along with Operations and Procurement and Logistics. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Stage Stores, Inc. where he is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee.

Scozzafava previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Furniture Brands International, Inc. This followed several leadership positions at Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, including Vice President - Worldwide Commercial Operations and Vice President & Managing Director - North America/Pacific. Earlier in his career Scozzafava held sales, marketing and merchandising positions at Campbell Soup Company, Clorox Company, and Johnson & Johnson.

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Previous editions of Boyden’s Leadership Series include interviews with Svein Rennemo, Chairman of Statoil; Ümran Beba, former Region President for Asia Pacific for PepsiCo and currently Senior VP and CHRO at PepsiCo; Alec Ross, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and author of the New York Times number one bestseller The Industries of the Future; Bill Ingham, Vice President, Global Human Resources of Visa; Warren Harris, CEO of Tata Technologies; Dawn Hudson, Chief Marketing Officer of the National Football League (NFL); Mark Devadason, Global Head of Sustainability of Standard Chartered Bank; Chris Clark, Group Executive, Asia-Pacific at Visa; Noor Menai, President & CEO of CTBC Bank USA; António Mexia, CEO of EDP-Energias de Portugal; Stephan Winkelmann, President & CEO of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.; David Gergen, Director of Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership and a former presidential advisor; and Robert Reich, currently Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and a former US Secretary of Labor. All are available on Boyden’s website.