Charlean Gmunder is Vice President, Manufacturing, Prepared Meat for Maple Leaf Foods. In
this role, she is responsible for eleven prepared meat manufacturing plants located throughout
Canada. Charlean has over 30 years of global manufacturing experience in the food industry
including beverages, confectionery, food ingredients, meat processing, and produce. While
Charlean started her career with Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, a large portion of her career was
spent with the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in a variety of leadership roles in Manufacturing,
Engineering, Quality Assurance, Logistics, and Sales. As President of the wholly-owned
subsidiary, L. A. Dreyfus Company, Charlean was also responsible for global gum base
operations for the Wrigley Company. Subsequent to this, Charlean has held leadership
responsibilities in both large multinationals and smaller North American food processing
operations. She currently serves on the Advisory Board for Uncle Charley’s Sausage.