CAL-MAINE FOODS INC - FORM 8-K - EX-99.1 - March 11, 2021

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Exhibit 99.1
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Contacts:
Dolph Baker, Chairman and CEO
Max P. Bowman,
 
Vice President and CFO
(601) 948-6813
 
CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC. NAMES CAMILLE YOUNG
TO COMPANY’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
JACKSON, Miss. (March 11, 2021)
—
 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) today announced that Camille
Young was
 
appointed to
 
the Company’s
 
Board of
 
Directors as
 
an independent
 
director, effective
 
March 11,
 
2021.
She will join the Audit,
 
Compensation, Nominating and Long-Term
 
Incentive Plan Committees.
 
Ms. Young brings more than two decades
 
of experience in the
 
practice of state and
 
federal government
affairs and expertise in diversity and inclusion practices to Cal-Maine Foods. She
 
currently serves as Principal
and Director of Cornerstone Government
 
Affairs, a full-service, bipartisan consulting firm
 
specializing in federal
and
 
state
 
government
 
relations,
 
public
 
affairs
 
and
 
strategic
 
communications, and
 
advisory
 
services.
 
In
 
this
position,
 
she
 
has
 
developed
 
deep
 
relationships
 
with
 
government
 
officials,
 
business
 
leaders
 
and
 
community
influencers across
 
the state of
 
Mississippi. At Cornerstone,
 
she also serves
 
as the co-chair
 
of the firm’s
 
diversity
and
 
inclusion
 
working
 
group.
 
Prior
 
to
 
joining
 
Cornerstone,
 
she
 
spent
 
10
 
years
 
as
 
a
 
government
 
affairs
representative with
 
one of
 
Mississippi’s leading
 
law firms,
 
Watkins Ludlam
 
Winter &
 
Stennis, P.A. She previously
worked for the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation in several capacities, including communications specialist,
director of
 
media relations
 
and government
 
relations specialist,
 
and she
 
also held
 
a position
 
with the
 
United
States Department of Agriculture as an outreach
 
and public affairs specialist.
Ms. Young
 
is
 
an
 
active member
 
of the
 
Jackson, Mississippi,
 
community and
 
currently serves
 
on the
inaugural
 
Diversity
 
and
 
Inclusion
 
Committee
 
of
 
the
 
Madison
 
County
 
Business
 
League
 
and
 
Foundation, and
previously served
 
as
 
a member
 
of the
 
Greater Jackson
 
Chamber Partnership
 
Board of
 
Directors, the
 
Junior
League of Jackson Sustainers, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
 
Incorporated and the Mississippi 4-H Foundation.
She also
 
served as
 
President of
 
the Mississippi
 
State University
 
National Alumni
 
Association from
 
2012 to
 
2013.
 
Her
 
numerous
 
professional
 
and
 
civic
 
awards
 
include
 
being
 
named
 
as
 
one
 
of
 
Mississippi
 
Business
Journal’s Top 50 Business Women, Top 40 Under 40, Woman of Distinction by
 
the Girl Scout Council
 
of Middle
Mississippi
 
and
 
Alumnus
 
of
 
the
 
Year
 
by
 
the
 
Central
 
Mississippi
 
Chapter
 
of
 
the
 
Mississippi
 
State
 
University
Alumni Association. She also
 
is a member of the
 
Mississippi Power Company
 
Board of Directors, the
 
BankFirst
Board of Directors and the inaugural class
 
of Top 50 Most Influential People in Mississippi.
 
Ms. Young
 
has a Bachelor of Arts
 
Degree and Master’s Degree from Mississippi State
 
University, and
holds a Diversity and Inclusion certificate
 
from Cornell University.
 
Commenting on
 
the announcement,
 
Dolph
 
Baker,
 
chairman and
 
chief executive
 
officer
 
of Cal
 
-Maine
Foods,
 
Inc.
 
said,
 
“We
 
are
 
delighted
 
to
 
welcome
 
Camille
 
Young
 
to
 
our
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
as
 
our
 
fourth
independent director and seventh member.
 
Her long tenure as a consultant with
 
Cornerstone and expertise in
diversity and inclusion activities
 
will complement the work
 
and experience of our
 
other members. Additionally,
we will
 
benefit from
 
her strong
 
relationships with
 
Mississippi government
 
and community
 
leaders. Her
 
impressive
history of public service and community leadership
 
aligns well with our corporate culture. We are confident
 
she
will make
 
an immediate
 
contribution to
 
the work
 
of the
 
Cal-Maine Foods’
 
Board of
 
Directors, and
 
we look
 
forward
to working together as we continue to execute
 
our growth strategy.”
 
Cal-Maine
 
Foods,
 
Inc.
 
is
 
primarily
 
engaged
 
in
 
the
 
production,
 
grading,
 
packing
 
and
 
sale of
 
fresh
shell eggs, including conventional, cage-free, organic and nutritionally
 
enhanced eggs. The Company, which is
headquartered
 
in Jackson,
 
Mississippi,
 
is
 
the
 
largest
 
producer
 
and
 
distributor
 
of
 
fresh
 
shell
 
eggs
 
in
 
the
United States
 
and
 
sells the majority
 
of
 
its
 
shell
 
eggs
 
in
 
states
 
across
 
the
 
southwestern,
 
southeastern,
 
mid-
western and mid-Atlantic regions of the United
 
States.
 

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