Colleen Wegman

Wegmans Food Markets announced Wednesday afternoon March 29 2017 that Colleen Wegman, 45, has been named president and chief executive officer of the 92-store Gates-based chain. Her father, 70-year-old Danny Wegman, will remain chairman of the grocery store chain, the company said in a news release. Colleen Wegman becomes the top executive of the chain as it continues to expand within its six-state footprint and plans to break ground in North Carolina for the first time. Danny Wegman's other daughter, Nicole, is a senior vice president. Colleen Wegman joined the company in 1991, where she worked her way up the ranks in a variety of roles that included Irondequoit store manager, director of e-commerce, vice president and then being named president by the late Robert B. Wegman, her grandfather, in 2005. Colleen Wegman graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in sociology and later earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of Rochester. She also has served as chairman of United Way of Greater Rochester’s board of directors and was chairman of its 2010 annual campaign.