Henry Jolly
President & CEO, Sysco Kansas City, Inc.
Jolly began his Sysco career in 1983 as a produce specialist for Mid-Central/Sysco, the predecessor company to Sysco's Kansas City subsidiary. In 1985, he was named produce manager at Sysco's Memphis, Tennessee operation and in 1989 he transferred to the Houston operating company as director of merchandising. He relocated to Dallas in 1997 to serve as senior vice president of merchandising at Sysco's Dallas broadline distribution company and in 2000 he was named president of FreshPoint Value Added Services, the fresh repackaging division of FreshPoint, Inc., Sysco's specialty produce subsidiary. In August, 2001, Jolly returned to the Kansas City operation as executive vice president and in 2005 he served as president and chief executive officer of Sysco’s Little Rock, Arkansas operation. In 2006, he returned to Kansas City to his current position.
Sysco Corporation (Sysco), along with its subsidiaries and divisions, is a North American distributor of food and related products primarily to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry. The Company provides products and related services to approximately 400,000 customers, including restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers. For more information about Sysco visit the company's Internet home page at www.sysco.com.
Henry holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Avila University, with a concentration in hotel and restaurant management.