Ellen R. Marram
Ellen Marram has spent more than 30 years building profitable brands and companies. She has played several key leadership roles for major food and health related corporations, including working as CEO of Tropicana and CEO of Nabisco Biscuit Company. Ellen is currently an Operating Advisor to North Castle Partners, where she was formerly Managing Director. She served as Chairman of North Castle's portfolio companies, Avalon and HDS Cosmetics Lab. She is currently a director of Red Door Spas.
Ellen was President and Chief Executive Officer of Tropicana and the Tropicana Beverage Group from 1993 through 1998. During Ellen's tenure, Tropicana nearly tripled its shareholder value and was sold to PepsiCo in 1998 for $3.3 billion. From 1988 to 1993, Ellen was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Nabisco Biscuit Company, the largest operating unit of Nabisco, Inc. Ellen's vision and direction led to the 1992 launch of SnackWell's cookies and crackers, which pioneered low-fat snacking and is considered one of the most successful new products of the 1990s.
Ellen was President of Nabisco's Grocery Division from 1987 to 1988, and from 1970 to 1986 she was in marketing management at Nabisco/Standard Brands, Johnson & Johnson and Lever Brothers. Ellen serves as a director of Ford Motor Company, The New York Times Company and Eli Lilly. She is a member of the Healthcare Executive Leadership Network, serves on a number of non-profit boards including The New York-Presbyterian Hospital, City Meals-on-Wheels, Lincoln Center Theater and The Families and Work Institute and has served as a Trustee of the Conference Board and as a member of the Board of Associates of Harvard Business School. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.