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
Nestlé 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