Ric Jurgens, Vice Chair

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Hy-Vee, Inc.

Ric Jurgens has spent his entire business career with Hy-Vee, Inc. serving as: Store Manager, District Manager, Regional Manager, President of Perishable Distributors of Iowa, Ltd. (PDI), Sr. Vice President, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, President, and currently as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President.

Jurgens presently serves on the board of Hy-Vee, Inc. and on the boards of its subsidiaries: Perishable Distributors of Iowa, Lomar, Florist Distributing and Hy-Vee/Weitz. He also serves as Trustee of the     Hy-Vee Employees Profit Sharing Trust. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Topco Associates, LLC, as well as Chairman of the Food Marketing Institute. He is a member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors, the Iowa State Business College Dean’s Advisory Council, and the Iowa State University Order of the Knoll. Jurgens is also a member of the Iowa Business Council and serves on the Greater Des Moines Committee. He has received the Governor’s Volunteerism Award, the Citation of Achievement Award, and the John D. DeVries Service Award from Iowa State University’s College of Business, as well as the Heart Award, Variety-the Children’s Charity’s highest honor.
 
Jurgens formerly served on the boards of the Food Bank of Iowa, the Variety Club of Iowa, Iowa Prison Industries, the Ankeny Industrial Development Corporation, Food Distributors International, the Iowa Games, the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, and the YMCA of Greater Des Moines.
 
Jurgens received a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University.