Primary Job Title Chairman of the Board & Founder Primary Organization 
United Natural Foods
Location Providence, Rhode Island, United States Regions East Coast, New England, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Michael S. Funk has served as Chair of the Board since September 2008 and has been a member of our Board of Directors since February 1996. Mr. Funk served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from October 2005 to September 2008. Mr. Funk also served as Chair of our Board of Director from January 2003 to December 2003, as Vice Chair of our
Board Directors from February 1996 until December 2002, as our Chief Executive Officer from December 1999 until December 2002, and as our President from October 1996 until December 1999. Since its inception in July 1976 until April 2001, Mr. Funk served as President of Mountain People’s Warehouse, Inc., one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries. Mr. Funk currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Traditional Medicinals, World Finer Foods, and the Non-GMO Project. He also serves on the Advisory Board of The Organic Center, an industry-focused, non-profit organization.
