Smucker Family Bios
Timothy P. Smucker
Chairman of the Board and Co-CEO
The J. M. Smucker Company
Timothy P. Smucker is Chairman of the Board and Co-CEO of
The J. M. Smucker Company and the great-grandson of
J. M. (Jerome Monroe) Smucker, founder of the company bearing his name. Tim shares the office of the Chief Executive Officer with his brother, Richard, who is also the Company's Executive Chairman.
Tim graduated from The College of Wooster in 1967 with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and received his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Before being named Chairman in 1987, he held various marketing and operational positions with the Company, including President and Chief Operating Officer.
In addition to serving on the Board of Smucker's, Tim is a director of Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc., and Hallmark Cards, Inc. He is Chairman Emeritus of the GS1 Management Board, a global standards organization, a member of the Board of Governors of GS1 US, a member of the Board of Trustees of The College of Wooster, and a member of the Steering Committee of Heartland Education Community, Inc., an Orrville community education reform effort.
He is married to the former Jennifer Coddington, and they have three children and five grandchildren.
Richard K. Smucker
Executive Chairman and Co-CEO
The J. M. Smucker Company
Richard K. Smucker is Executive Chairman and Co-CEO of
The J. M. Smucker Company, which has a family of brands holding the number one market position in ten categories in grocery stores across North America. He is the great-grandson of
J. M. (Jerome Monroe) Smucker, who founded the company bearing his name in Orrville, Ohio in 1897.
Richard graduated from Miami University (Ohio), and received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Before being named President in 1987, he held various financial and operational positions with the Company, including Treasurer, Executive Vice President, and Chief Administrative Officer.
In addition to serving on the Board of Smucker's, Richard is a director of The Sherwin-Williams Company; a trustee of the Cleveland Orchestra; and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Miami University of Ohio. He has also served on various charitable organizations.
He married the former Emily Delp, also a Miami graduate (class of 1970), and they have one married daughter and a grandson.