Sanderson Farms Inc. announced that Edith Kelly-Green was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective September 20, 2018. She will serve as a Class B director until the annual meeting of shareholders in 2019 and will, if re-elected at that meeting, serve for a term expiring in 2021.
Kelly-Green is a partner in The KGR Group, whose primary interests are investments in Lennys Grill and Subs restaurant franchises located in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to starting this business in 2005, she worked for FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation, where she served in many roles including Vice President and Chief Sourcing Officer. She also served as Vice President-Internal Audit of FedEx Corporation. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Applied Industrial Technology, a NYSE-listed company that manufactures and distributes industrial parts and products. Kelly-Green is also a member of the Board of Directors of BULAB Holdings, Inc., a privately owned specialty chemical company. She previously served as a director of Paragon National Bank and was a senior auditor for Deloitte in Memphis.