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Industry Collaboration Education and Conferences Committee

Mission: Develop roadmaps for industry collaboration, improve engagements and learnings and drive knowledge-sharing. Role: -Annual education issue development & planning -Develop new ways to transfer knowledge before, during, and after events -Innovation around the format, structure and timing of events -Improve the value of networking and interaction between attendees -Implement best practices; develop talking points to engage retailer participation

		Mr. Dave Jones (Chair) Kellogg Company Battle Creek, MI
		Mr. Joseph Bivona (Vice-Chair) Time/Warner Retail Sales & Marketing Stratford, CT
		Mr. Dennis J. Belcastro Hillshire Brands Company Chicago, IL
		Mr. Thomas J. Blischok Booz & Co. San Francisco, CA
		Mr. Rick Brindle Mondelez International Chesterfield, VA
		Mr. Vince Burke Hallmark Cards, Inc. Kansas City, MO
		Mr. Paul D. Cooke Nestl� Purina PetCare Company St. Louis, MO
		Mr. Bernie Ellis
		Mr. Rick A. Fuelling LearnSomething, Inc. Tallahassee, FL
		Mr. William S. Kies Kies Consulting, LLC Chicago, IL
		Mr. Brian Lernihan Unilever Englewood Cliffs, NJ
		Mr. Bob Richardson The Clorox Company Irving, TX
		Mr. Peter Thompson Colgate-Palmolive Company New York, NY
		Mr. Tim Tillia American Greetings Corporation Cleveland, OH
		Mr. Juha K. Veijalainen Ecolab, Inc. Wallisellen, Switzerland
		Ms. Lisa Walsh PepsiCo, Inc. Purchase, NY
		Ms. Carol Abel (Staff Coordinator) Food Marketing Institute Arlington, VA