John has over 30 years experience in the retail grocery business with Hannaford Supermarkets. He has held various leadership positions over this time, including his current role as the Director of Asset Protection. In this role, his responsibilities consist of mitigating external and internal fraud, leading the brand’s crisis team which includes workplace violence and crisis communication, monitoring, and responding to severe weather events, and managing Hannaford’s continuity plans. John works closely with various state, national and global Retail and Asset Protection associations sharing best practices and insight. John was the 2023 recipient of Hannaford’s top leadership award, The John J Russell Award for Excellence.