Kane Calamari

Kane Calamari is the Vice President, Human Resources, Organizational Development & Communications at Ace Hardware Corporation.  He is also the President of the Ace Foundation.

Kane rejoined Ace in May 2008 as vice president of Retail Operations. Ace has grown to include more than 4,800 stores in 50 states and 65 countries. Yet one thing has remained unchanged — Ace's commitment to deliver quality, friendly and helpful hardware service to consumers.

Kane is a member of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Board of Governors. The Ace Foundation provides support and philanthropic opportunities to its consumers, retail store owners, vendors and team members to give back to local communities through fundraising efforts for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and American Red Cross Disaster Relief.

Kane also is a Board Member for the U. S. Chamber and serves on the Small Business Council.

Kane holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.