Tractor Supply Company announced that Meg Ham has been appointed an independent member of its Board of Directors, effective August 2, 2023. Ms. Ham brings a distinguished 35-year career in the retail industry and currently serves as president of Food Lion. With the addition of Ms. Ham, Tractor Supply?s Board of Directors now consists of a total of nine members.

She joins eight current Tractor Supply board members with extensive expertise and experience across multiple industries. Meg Ham has served as president of Food Lion since 2014. Under her leadership, the company?s 82,000 associates serve nearly 10 million customers each week across its 10-state operating footprint of more than 1,100 grocery stores.

During her 35-year tenure at Food Lion parent company Ahold Delhaize USA, Ms. Ham has also served at the helm of Bottom Dollar Food, the company?s former discount banner, as well as in executive leadership roles in both retail operations and merchandising functions at Food Lion and Hannaford. Ms. Ham has a strong passion for serving the community. Since 2014, Food Lion Feeds, the company?s hunger-relief platform, has donated more than one billion meals to neighbors experiencing food insecurity.

Ms. Ham earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management and Marketing from Cornell University. She previously served on the board of directors for the Network of Executive Women (NEW) and Easter Seals, and on the board of governors for Saint Joseph's University's Food Marketing Education Foundation.