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Conagra Appoints Former Tyson Prepared Foods Exec to EVP Role

April 30, 2024
Noelle O’Mara will lead Conagra’s New Platforms and Acquisitions business after leading Tyson’s Prepared Foods division for several years.

Conagra Brands Inc. has appointed former Tyson Prepared Foods executive Noelle O’Mara to be its new executive vice president & president, New Platforms and Acquisitions, according to a release from the company.

O’Mara, who will step into the role effective May 6, 2024, will identify and scale new, organic growth platforms and acquisitions, spanning strategy, product innovation, commercialization, synergy capture and in-market execution.

She brings more than 20 years of CPG industry experience, having most recently served as group president of Prepared Foods for Tyson Foods, a position she had held since 2019. O’Mara joined Tyson Foods in 2016 as its vice president, new business models, and worked her way up to general manager and senior vice president of the Tyson and Jimmy Dean business units, and eventually chief marketing officer just prior to earning the group president, Prepared Foods, role.

Prior to her time at Tyson Foods, O’Mara had held senior level general manager positions at Kraft Foods.

About the Author

Andy Hanacek | Senior Editor

Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.

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