Ariane Daguin
D’Artagnan
CEO
Years With company: 28 Years
Education degrees and professional/volunteer organizations:: French Baccalaureat mention Bien. Some college. Organizations: James Beard Foundation, City Harvest, Share our Strength, Les Dames de l’Escoffier.
Mentors and how have they assisted you in your career: My father, André Daguin and Roger Duffour who taught me everything about the culinary traditions of Gascony. Julia Child who counseled and encouraged the beginning of D’Artagnan.
What are you most proud of in your career achievements? Do you have a defining moment of your career to date?: Last June end of our 28th year, realizing that at $70 million sales, we are debt free and achieved efficiencies both in Chicago and in Newark to continually improve profitability while growing sales.
Most challenging part of your job: Sourcing. Not compromising the quality of the meats we provide means that we have to constantly identify, convince and add farmers to our group.
Advice for upcoming younger executives: Surround yourself with people smarter than you.
Hobbies: Cooking, traveling, music.
2014
- Gayle Alfreds
- Darcy Anderson
- Deborah Belfiore
- Sarah Binney
- Sara Rosenberg Bittorf
- Trudy Bourgeois
- Karen Bremer
- Julie A. Caswell
- Nancy M. Childs
- Diane Colgan
- Perry Cohen
- Irene Cook
- Carmela Crawford
- Selena Cuffe
- Ariane Daguin
- Peggy S. Davies
- Lisa DeRosa
- Diane Dietz
- Lena DiGenti
- Lora Dikun
- Shelley F. Doak
- Sue Duhamel
- Sharon Falvey
- Anna Lisa Famania
- Meaghan Mayer Fitzgerald
- Jennie Fotovich
- Julie Gordon
- Kelly Green
- Lisa Hatch
- Annette Hater
- Kirsten Hogan
- Kim Imbornone
- Kate Jaspon
- Sue Klug
- Sheila M. Laing
- Diane Lawless
- Deborah LeBlanc
- Ruth A. Levy
- Julie Libby
- Angela Liu
- Sharon Lykins
- Christine Lyle
- Donna C. Maglio
- Kimberlee Andrews Marsh
- Cynthia Martin
- Kathy Means
- Holly Migliore
- Susan Morris
- Jac Moskalik
- Lorelei N. Mottese
- Cindy Murphy
- Marybeth Murphy
- Sally A. Myers
- Lorraine Nealon
- Kathryn O’Brien
- Janet Oak
- Chris Ornelas
- Pam O’Neil
- Tamara Polmanteer
- Denny Marie Post
- Wendy Rice
- Cathy Riegler
- Roxanne M. Kanne-Roush
- Kimberly Senter
- Megan Servello
- Courtney Jo Schoenbaechler
- Lisa Shattuck
- Kathy Sheets
- Rhonda Siltman
- Terri Snyder
- Laureen J. Schroeder
- M. Michele (“Shelly”) Sponholz
- Kimberly Taylor
- Laura B. Trust
- Marta Jones Turner
- Katie Wagner
- Jessica C. Winship