Jeffrey Martin Ettinger[1] (born October 18, 1958)[2] is an American corporate executive, businessman, philanthropist, politician, and attorney who served as the interim President of the University of Minnesota from 2023 to 2024.
[3] Ettinger now runs the corporate Hormel Foundation, which gives millions of dollars to charitable causes in Austin, Minnesota, and serves on the boards of several other companies.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles.
[4] Ettinger served as a law clerk to Judge Arthur Alarcón of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
[4] He has worked at Hormel since 1989, fulfilling roles such as senior corporate attorney (1989–1993), treasurer (1998–1999), and president of Jennie-O (1999–2003).