Primary Job Title Former President and Chief Executive Officer Primary Organization 
Unified Grocers
Location Los Angeles, California, United States Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Bob Ling is President and Chief Executive Officer of Unified Grocers and has served in this role since May 2013. In 2011, Bob was named President of the Company. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, in which he was responsible for the Company’s Human Resources, Labor Relations, Real Estate and Government
Relations functions.
Prior to joining Unified in 1996 (Unified was then known as Certified Grocers of California, Ltd.), Bob held senior level positions with retail drugstore and supermarket companies. He was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for MegaFoods Stores, Inc., in Mesa, Arizona and also served as Acting President and CEO of MegaFoods. Bob also had a similar position with Reliable Drug Stores, Inc., in Indianapolis, Indiana. Earlier in his career, he was a partner in the law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, concentrating his practice in employment and labor law.
Bob currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Grocers Association and was Chairman of the Board of the California Grocers Association (CGA) in 2009 and recently served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the CGA Educational Foundation for four years. Previously, he served on CGA's Executive Committee, was a member of the Government Relations Committee and the Association’s Political Advisory Committee. Bob is a Board Member and Public Affairs Committee Member of the California Retailers Association. He also is a member of the California Business Roundtable and the Government Relations Committee of the Food Marketing Institute.
A graduate of Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Bob holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School.
