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Rob Marsh will transition from a 27-year career in the grocery business to take the helm of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame as its executive director and CEO. He will also oversee the Price Cutter Charity Championship golf tournament run by the MSHOF.

Marsh, currently chief operating officer of Pyramid Foods, will begin with the MSHOF Jan. 6. Pyramid Foods operates the Price Cutter supermarket chain, and in comments to affiliated charities and media on Dec. 17, Marsh said the career change was a huge decision, but also an easy one.

“I’ve been so involved with the tournament and the Hall of Fame for so many ways, and helping the kids and the charities have just been a huge passion of mine,” he said.

When he learned of the problems the MSHOF and the tournament were facing, he said he called Dan Nelson, chair of the MSHOF board, and Jerald Andrews, interim executive director and CEO, and asked how he could help.

“We dove right in,” he said. “There was just no way I was going to let this go down. Too many legends – too many historic figures – have been honored, and then the impact that this has had on the community.”

He went through 10 years of financials to look at what went wrong and what worked, he said, and he has already begun to put a plan together.

Marsh said he was excited to take on the role of CEO.

“I think I bring a huge asset in the expense side,” he said. “If you know the grocery business, you watch your pennies – so on top of the revenue side, I’ll be really working the expense side and making sure that every one of our donors and everyone that contributes to charities that that money goes to where it’s supposed to go.”

His priorities, he said, will be to take care of the community and continue to put on a first-class event.

Marsh said the transition was also bittersweet.

“This was, as you can imagine, an interesting conversation that I had with Price Cutter, but they are a huge believer in this tournament,” he said, noting the company had been involved for 25 years and recently agreed to sponsor it for another five.

Andrews will remain in a consulting role with the organization for most of 2025, according to a news release from the MSHOF.

Marsh is a longtime member of the MSHOF governing board, Nelson said, and because of this, he has invaluable insights into the operations of the Hall of Fame and the PCCC tournament.

“His business acumen and relationships in the community will be instrumental in our organization’s future success,” he said.

Marsh previously worked for Smitty’s and Albertson’s. Within Price Cutter, he rose through the ranks from assistant manager to store manager, district manager, director of planning and development, director of operations and vice president of sales and merchandising.