Former trade group leader helped transform the Grocery Manufacturers Association into a major political player in D.C. Koch George Koch, the association CEO who turned the Grocery Manufacturers Association into a potent political force, died at Jan. 26 at the ManorCare Health Services facility in Potomac, Md. He was 87. The cause was coronary heart disease, the family told The Washington Post. Koch led GMA from 1966 to 1990, when the group was Grocery Manufacturers of America. In that role, he not only transformed the organization, overseeing a move from New York City to Washington, D.C., but helped jumpstart the careers of many future CEOs, including Stephen Gold of… Read More