Jon Seltzer began working with The Food Industry Center in 1997. He has contributed his industry expertise to various TFIC projects including the Retail Benchmark Survey, the Agricultural Conversion Factors project, and as the Project Manager for the Supermarket Panel. As the Project Manager he supported the design, delivery and review of the Supermarket Panel project. He also plays an active role in the annual TFIC spring conference as well as working with students to develop their food indstury careers.

Jon is a part-time lecturer at the Carlson School of Management where he is teaching a course on Marketing Channels and Distribution. He has also led the FMI course, Managing the Total Store presented at the University of Minnesota.

Before starting Corporate Resource, Jon was the Vice President of Industry and Government Relations at SUPERVALU where he was responsible for Federal, State and Local government affairs. Previous responsibilities at SUPERVALU included acquisition evaluation and revising the company's freight and fee schedules. He is the past chair of The Food Marketing Institute Government Relations Committee, the past Co-Chair of Food Distributors' International Government Relations Committee, and a frequent speaker at food industry conventions and seminars.

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Instructor (Marketing Channels and Distribution) - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  
• Visiting Instructor (Operations & Strategic Management) - IAV Hassan II Rabat, Morocco/University of MN
  
• Visiting Instructor (Operations & Strategic Management) - Olsztyn University, Poland/University of MN
  
• Adjunct Instructor (Introductory Accounting) - University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
  
• Adjunct Instructor (Managerial Economics) - University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
  
• Instructor (Macro/Micro Economics) - Kotz School of Business, Bloomington, MN
• MBA (Finance, Marketing and Accounting) - University of Chicago, Chicago, IL - 1978
• BA (Political Science) - Lawrence University, Appleton, WI - 1972

Board Service and Volunteer Activities

• Food Industry Crusade Against Hunger
• Taste of the NFL
• Minnesota News Council
• Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
• Project for Pride in Living
• Mentor for Minnesota 100
• United Way of Minneapolis- fund-raiser New and High Potential Committee

Professional Affiliations

• Past Chair - Food Marketing Institute Government Relations Committee
• Past Co-Chair - Food Distributors' International Government Relations Committee

Previous work includes:

• Developing a crisis management planning process for a publicly traded food manufacturer.
• See "Lessons Learned," (Progressive Grocer, February 1998)
• Energy and Whole Health staff specialist for the National Grocers Association (Reston, Virginia). Responsible for developing legislative position papers, preparing articles on electric deregulation and leading workshops, to help grocers make the transition from "ratepayers" to "buyers of electric services." See "New Market ... New Energy Management," (National Grocer, Fall 1999) and "The Energy Line," (August 1998).
• Designed, developed and implemented the Whole Health convention floor activities at the 2000 and 2001 N.G.A. conventions. See "Healthy Living Store."
• Responsible for the market development component of a two-year project that is designed to stimulate trade in fresh and processed fruits and vegetables, and the equipment and services associated with these enterprises, between the U.S. and Senegal.