Timothy P. Smucker

Chairman & Co-CEO

The J. M. Smucker Company

Timothy P. Smucker is Chairman & Co-CEO of The J.M. Smucker Company, makers of jams, jellies, ice cream toppings, juices, and other food products. He is the great-grandson of J.M. (Jerome Monroe) Smucker, who founded the company bearing his name in Orrville, Ohio in 1897. The Company’s headquarters are still located in Orrville.

After graduating from The College of Wooster in 1967 with a Bachelor's degree in Economics, Tim graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Commerce & Finance with an M.B.A. in Marketing in 1969. He then joined the Company on a full-time basis, working first on the Marketing Staff.

In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of the Smucker Company, Tim is a member of the Board of Huntington BancShares, Incorporated, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc., and Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc. He is the immediate past Chairman of the Ohio Business Roundtable as well as the immediate past Chairman of the Uniform Code Council. He is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the Uniform Code council and is co-Chairman of their Global Policy Committee. Tim is also on the Board of Trustees of The College of Wooster and is a member of the Steering Committee of Heartland Education Community, Inc., an Orrville community education reform effort.

He is married to the former Jennifer Coddington and they have three grown children and one grandson.