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Ellen R. Marram is the president of The Barnegat Group LLC a firm that provides business advisory services. She was a Managing Director at North Castle Partners L.L.C. from 2000 to 2005 and is currently an advisor to the firm. Prior to joining North Castle she served briefly as the CEO of a start-up B2B exchange for the food and beverage industry.
From 1993 through 1998 Ms. Marram was President and Chief Executive Officer of Tropicana and the Tropicana Beverage Group. She steadily grew revenue and earnings and nearly doubled margins as she transformed Tropicana from a Florida juice company to a market driven health-focused global juice business number 1 in worldwide sales and profits. During Ms. Marram's tenure Tropicana nearly tripled its shareholder value and was sold to PepsiCo in 1998 for $3.3 billion.
From 1988 to 1993 Ms. Marram was President and CEO of the Nabisco Biscuit Company the largest operating unit of Nabisco Inc. Under her leadership the company significantly increased sales and margins and had one of the most successful new product records in the food industry. Ms. Marram's vision and direction led to the 1992 launch of SnackWell's cookies and crackers which pioneered low fat snacking and is considered one of the most successful new products of the 1990s.
From 1987 to 1988 Ms. Marram was President of Nabisco's Grocery Division. From 1970 to l986 she held a series of marketing positions at Nabisco/Standard Brands Johnson & Johnson and Lever Brothers.
Ms. Marram is a member of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company and The New York Times Company as well as several private companies. She is a Trustee of the Conference Board and also serves on the boards of The New York & Presbyterian Hospital Lincoln Center Theater Families and Work Institute and Citymeals-on-Wheels. She is a past member of the Board of Associates of Harvard Business School.
She is a 1968 graduate of Wellesley College and earned an MBA in 1970 from Harvard Business School and has received Alumni Achievement Awards from both institutions. She was named one of the Top 25 Managers of the Year by Business Week in January 1998. | 