Michael Funk

CEO, United Natural Foods, Inc.

Michael Funk, 52, founded Mountain Peoples Warehouse in 1976. As one of the pioneers of the natural food industry, and President of MPW ,he built the company into the leading natural food wholesaler in the west. In 1996, he co-founded United Natural Foods , to form the largest natural food distributor in the country. As President and CEO of UNFI, Michael has led the company to sales of over 2.5 billion dollars. Michael is active in numerous industry and trade groups, including the The Center for Organic Education and Promotion, the Campaign to label genetically engineered foods, and the Coalition to keep California GE Free. He also serves on the Boards of several environmental non-profit groups such as the Sierra Fund and the South Yuba River Citizens League.

Project Exhibits with UNFI at Expo East

The Natural Products Expo East, held this past October in Boston, afforded some very productive outreach for the Project, thanks largely to the generosity of UNFI, who gave the Project a corner of their centrally-located booth to exhibit from and hold meetings at.