• Former CEO and General Counsel of Associated Grocers (“AG”) with over 30 years of legal/business experience

• Attorney-In Fact, Trustee and Executor Experience

• Large law firm experience handling complex transactions and litigation

• Responsible for managing all legal and business aspects relating to dissolution, liquidation and winding up business and affairs of AG

• Lead Negotiator in Numerous lawsuits and business transactions including $150 million sale of Associated Grocers, Inc. (“AG”)

• Managed and disposed of Billion Dollar-100 site lease portfolio

• For Profit and Non-Profit Leadership and Board experience

• Prior tenured law professor with emphasis on corporate and contract law

• J.D. from Cornell Law School, magnum cum laude

• Skilled at understanding, synthesizing, and explaining complex matters

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Collaborative and inclusive, a person of integrity and perspective, innovative and creative, strategic and tactical, a consensus builder, a skilled and effective communicator, persistent and result-oriented, a team builder and team supporter, respectful of all people.

• Lives in Newcastle with his wife of 20 years, Becca, a cat, and enjoys his step-children and grand babies, who also live in the area.

• For more detailed information, see my linkedin page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-palm/