CEO and President
Festival Foods | De Pere
Third-generation grocer Mark Skogen has been full time with his family’s business, Festival Foods, since 1992. After working in a variety of positions across the company, including department manager and store director, he was named president and chief executive officer in 2006.
Mark’s grandfather, Paul Skogen, opened the family’s first grocery store in Onalaska, and Mark’s parents, Dave and Barbara, grew the small chain of stores in the 70s and 80s and then introduced Festival Foods’ current large-store format in 1990. Today, Festival operates 42 stores across the state. It employs more than 8,000 full- and part-time employees. The chain also sponsors the Green Bay Marathon, Christian music festival Lifest, and Grocers on the Green Golf Outing.
Skogen personally owns the Green Bay Rockers, a Northwoods League baseball team, and EPIC Event Center, a concert venue located near the Rockers’ Ashwaubenon stadium. Earlier this year, he purchased an empty lot near the stadium for $3 million with plans to build a five-story, 152-apartment building.
Skogen serves on the boards of the Green Bay Packers and Food Marketing Institute.
He has been recognized as the Wisconsin Grocer Association’s Grocer of the Year and received multiple awards for his entrepreneurship.
Education: Bachelor’s, Viterbo University
