C. Manly Molpus

C. Manly Molpus is the president of the Molpus Advisory Group, where he provides strategic counsel on industry and public affairs to the CPG industry. From 1990 to 2006, he served as president and chief executive officer of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), which represents the world’s leading branded food, beverage, and consumer products companies. The association is the leading advocate for its members on international and domestic public policy issues and industry-wide productivity enhancement in collaboration with the supermarket industry. In 2008, he returned to GMA as Interim CEO for a four-month period.

Prior to joining GMA, Mr. Molpus was president and chief executive officer of the American Meat Institute.  He also served as vice president of Corporate Affairs for the Kroger Company, the nation’s largest supermarket chain, where he directed the company’s government and public affairs activities.

Mr. Molpus received the Food Marketing Institute’s 2007 William H. Albers Award for Industry Relations. In 2006, he received both the GMA Hall of Achievement Award and the American Meat Institute’s Richard E. Lying Award for Public Service. Other honors include selection by Supermarket News to the “Power 50 List” among CPG leaders in the food and beverage wholesale and retail industries. 

Mr. Molpus is also a former appointee to the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy, and he served on the USDA/USTR Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade. He currently serves on the board of SPAR Group; the CPG Advisory Board of ICG Commerce; and is a Director of Park City Group.