Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> March 7, 2005

Michael Valentine – John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc (jbss)

MICHAEL J. VALENTINE, Executive Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of John b. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., has been employed by the company since 1987 and in January 2001 was named Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Valentine was elected as a director of the company in April 1997. Prior to holding his current position, Mr. Valentine served as the company's Senior Vice President of Operations and Secretary. Mr. Valentine received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1984. Mr. Valentine was registered as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois in 1984. Profile
TWST: Would you start us off with an overview of John B. Sanfilippo &

Son?

Mr. Valentine: The company is the nation's second largest nut company,

with sales at the end of our fiscal 2004