C. Frederick Lankford

C. Frederick Lankford is Senior Vice President of Distribution Services for the Sysco Corporation.  Previously, he was President of SYSCO Eastern Maryland, a SYSCO Corporation subsidiary located in Pocomoke, Maryland. He began his career in food service at the founding of the S.E. Lankford, Jr. Produce, Co. in 1964, the company which merged with SYSCO in 1981 and became the present Lankford SYSCO Food Services, LLC. He joined the company full time after completing a B.S. degree from North Carolina State University in 1972. Since that time, he has held positions in operations, merchandising and sales. Mr. Lankford has served on SYSCO’s Merchandising Services Council, SYSCO’s Operation Council, SYSCO’s Director’s Council and SYSCO’s eBusiness Management Council. He also is on the University of Delaware HRIM Advisory Board, the University Of Maryland Eastern Shore Board Of Visitors, the Somerset County, Maryland Economic Development Commission, and the Delaware Restaurant Association. SYSCO is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away for home. The company operates 177 distribution facilities serving approximately 400,000 customers. For the fiscal year 2011 that ended July 2, 2011, the company generated record sales of more than $39 billion.  He resides in Rehobeth, Maryland and Houston, Texas with his wife Pamela.