Greg Ferrara, National Grocers Association
Greg Ferrara, National Grocers Association, Indoor Ag-Con Advisory Board and Indoor Ag-Con 2021 Conference Speaker.
Greg Ferrara is the President and CEO of the National Grocers Association (NGA). NGA, headquartered in Arlington, VA, is the national trade association that is the voice of the retail and wholesale companies. These companies comprise the independent sector of the supermarket industry.
The companies also include those that provide products and services to the industry. In his role as President and CEO, Mr. Ferrara is responsible for working closely with NGA’s Board of Directors.
Together, Ferrara and the Board develop and implement a strategic vision which advances the Association’s efforts and public policy positions in support of the independent supermarket industry.
Prior Roles With NGA
Prior to being appointed President and CEO, Mr. Ferrara served as NGA’s Executive Vice President and chief lobbyist. In this role, Ferrara was responsible for representing the Association and its members before Members of Congress, federal agencies, and the executive branch on a wide-variety of issues. He did this while also overseeing the NGA’s political and grassroots affairs, including the NGA Grocers PAC. In addition, he had responsibility for NGA’s communications, marketing and membership departments. Mr. Ferrara was also responsible for working closely with and maintaining an excellent relationship between NGA and its national and state trade association partners.
Extensive Grocery Industry Experience
Having first joined NGA in November 2005, Mr. Ferrara brings a wealth of experience in the grocery industry having managed his family’s century-old supermarket in New Orleans before the store was ultimately destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. Greg holds a BA in Political Science from Loyola University New Orleans and is a fellow of the prestigious Institute of Politics at Loyola University. He is a graduate of the US Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management (IOM) and is a graduate of the NGA Executive Leadership Program at Cornell University. Mr. Ferrara is also an Eagle Scout and is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys camping and cooking. Ferrara and his wife Nicole are the proud parents of two children, Matthew and Katelyn.