Mike Mitchell Hometown: Arcadia, California Position: Director ('03-'06 term) Monogram Earned: Basketball

Former Notre Dame basketball guard Mike Mitchell ('82) - now president of the sales division with Nestlé USA - began his three-year term on the Monogram Club board of directors in June 2003. As president of the Nestle sales division, Mitchell is responsible for retail sales to supermarkets, mass merchandising, discounters, club stores, drug stores and the military - after previously serving as president/general manager for Nestle's beverage division.

He joined the Nestle beverage division in '91, as general manager of club, drug and mass merchandising, and was promoted to divisional VP of grocery sales for the Western U.S. He then was promoted in '94 to VP/GM of roast and ground coffee and moved to Nestle food services in '95, as senior VP for sales (directing a staff of 180, with annual sales of $1.1 billion).

Mitchell added marketing responsibilities to his role as senior VP for sales and marketing in '98, with food services achieving record sales for three consecutive years. He then became senior VP for marketing in 2000, creating a stronger focus on strategic development and long-term growth for leading brands and new business ventures.

Prior to joining Nestlé, Mitchell worked nine years at Lederle Laboratories in several sales and marketing positions.

A four-year basketball monogram winner and senior team captain with the Irish, Mitchell started in the backcourt alongside John Paxson while averaging 6.4 points per game in '81-'82. The San Francisco-area native received his degree in marketing from Notre Dame in '82.

Mitchell and his wife Barbara (an '82 ND grad) have four children: Erin (16, as of June 1, 2005), 14-year-old twins Kevin and Brendan (who have been coached by their father on the hardcourt) and Ellen (10).