Greg Ferrara

President & CEO

Greg Ferrara is the President and CEO of the National Grocers Association (NGA). NGA, headquartered in Washington, DC, is the national trade association that is the voice of the retail and wholesale companies which comprise the independent sector of the supermarket industry, as well as those companies 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 to develop and implement a strategic vision which advances the Association’s efforts and public policy positions in support of the independent supermarket industry.

Prior to being appointed President and CEO, Mr. Ferrara served as NGA’s Executive Vice President and chief lobbyist, responsible for representing the Association and its members before Members of Congress, federal agencies, and the executive branch on a wide-variety of issues while also overseeing the NGA’s political and grassroots affairs, including the NGA Grocers PAC.

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), is a graduate of the NGAF Executive Leadership Development Program at Cornell University and is an Eagle Scout. He and his wife Nicole are the proud parents of two children, Matthew and Katelyn.