Former Government Relations Group VP to also Head Public Affairs, CSR Efforts and Giving

(BLACK PR WIRE) (August 3, 2010) PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) today announced that it has appointed 16-year veteran Jonathan Mayes to Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Public Affairs, Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy.
Jonathan is an exceptional leader and has successfully represented the company and its stakeholders in his role as our key Government Affairs person, said Larree Renda, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategist and Administrative Officer. Certainly he will bring the same level of excellence and commitment to these other functions that interact on a daily basis with our customers and communities.

Mayes, 52, joined Safeway in 1994 as a Senior Attorney focused on employment law, business litigation, and consumer protection matters. In 1996, he joined the company’s Government Relations team as a director and was promoted to Vice President of that function in 1999. In 2008, Mayes was named Group Vice President of Government Relations in charge of the team of professionals that focus on local, state and federal government matters in the geographies in which Safeway operates in the United States and Canada.

Before joining Safeway, Mayes was Senior Corporate Counsel for Lucky Stores, and an attorney at Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP. He is on the Executive Committee and Board of the California Grocers Association, and a member of the Board of Directors of the California Retailers Association. He formerly has served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Warner Pacific College; Chairman of the Board of Law Center For Families; President of the Charles Houston Bar Association; Chairman of the Food Marketing Institute Government Relations Committee; Chairman of the California Grocers Association Government Relations Committee; and board member of Bay Farm Community Church where he currently serves as Music Director. He has been honored by both the Bay Area Minority Bar Coalition and the Charles Houston Bar Association for his exemplary service to the legal community.

Mayes received his Juris Doctorate degree from Willamette University College of Law, in Salem, Oregon.

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