Jack Laurendeau

Vice Chairman

Jack Laurendeau brings more than 25 years of diverse industry experience to his role as Acosta's vice chairman. A former director of national food sales for Welch's, where he spent nine years working in corporate and field sales positions of increasing responsibility, Laurendeau also has served Coca-Cola foods as district manager - New England and has worked for Scott Paper Company. In 1993 Laurendeau became vice president of grocery sales for MAI-Alper Inc., serving in various leadership capacities before being named as its president and chief operating officer in 1996. He became part of the Acosta family in 1999 when Acosta acquired MAI and has played an instrumental role in the company's most recent successes. Laurendeau is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross. He has held a seat on the Acosta Board of Directors since the MAI acquisition and is also a member of the The Genesis Fund Board of Directors.