John Lunde Bio

John Lunde is SJ Partner’s food distribution operating partner. He serves as the lead director at SJP portfolio company Native Maine, a transaction he sourced. Over the course of his thirty-five-year career, Mr. Lunde has served as a senior executive in wide-ranging capacities at Kraft/Alliant Foodservice, US Foodservice, and Kayem Foods. While at Kraft/Alliant, Mr. Lunde’s roles included serving as a member of the company’s executive committee and as President of its 1,200 employee Northeast Division where he oversaw seven distribution business units with sales in excess $1 billion and integration of two major acquisitions. Mr. Lunde holds an M.BA. and a B.S. in marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University.