2014 Midwinter Executive Conference: Registered Attendees
The following list shows all attendees as of April 11, 2026. Click on each column header to sort by that category.
| Attendee Name | Title | Company |
| Stacy Baas | - | |
| Jay Sweeney | Account Executive | Relex Solutions |
| Boudicca Todi | Account Manager & Information Architect | |
| Dick Boer | Advisor | Ahold Delhaize |
| Carla Cooper | Advisor | |
| Jerry Garland | Advisor | |
| Joel Rampoldt | Advisor | |
| Gordon Campbell | Advisor to the Board | SPAR International |
| William Kies | Advisor to Wakefern | Kies Consulting, LLC |
| Richard Martino | Area Vice President | |
| Kevin Jordan | Area Vice President, Central | |
| David Burns | Area Vice President, South | Mondelez International |
| Alison Brandt | Assistant Vice President, American Channel Sales | |
| Ruth Comer | Assistant Vice President, Media Relations | |
| Mary Colon | Associate | |
| Monique Heijn | Associate | |
| Joy Mead | Associate Director, Marketing | Procter & Gamble |
| Bill Pettit | Associate Publisher | |
| Steven Werner | Associate Publisher | |
| Jessica Vander Schauw | Associate Publisher & Director of Content | |
| Ronald Hodge | Board Director | ReposiTrak, Inc. |
| Pat Peters | Board Director | |
| Rich Juliano | Board Member | |
| Robert Edwards | Board of Directors | Target Corporation |
| Terry Peets | Board of Directors | |
| Joseph Crocker | Business Consultant | Hometown Coffee Company |
| Tom Sullivan | Business Development | Compass Marketing |
| Brian Grohe | Business Development Manager | |
| Richard Sturgill | Buyer | |
| Melvin Landis | CCO | |
| J.K. Symancyk | CEO | |
| Brian Cornell | Chair and Chief Executive Officer | Target Corporation |
| Mark Batenic | Chairman | IGA, INC. |
| Rudy Dory | Chairman | Newport Avenue Market/Rudy’s Markets Inc. |
| Ron Edenfield | Chairman | Wayfield Foods, Inc. |
| Boyd George | Chairman | |
| Thomas Haggai | Chairman | |
| Donald Knauss | Chairman | The Clorox Company |
| Jeremy Reid | Chairman | PINCHme |
| Kimberly Ruiz Beck | Chairman | |
| Patrick Tracy | Chairman | |
| Randall Fields | Chairman & CEO | ReposiTrak, Inc. |
| Thom Blischok | Chairman and CEO | The Dialogic Group, LLC |
| Chris Coborn | Chairman and CEO | Coborn's, Inc. |
| James Cohen | Chairman and CEO | Hudson News Distributors, LLC |
| Anthony Hucker | Chairman and CEO | The Winn-Dixie Company |
| Lawrence Inserra Jr. | Chairman and CEO | Inserra Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Russell Lund III | Chairman and CEO | Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys) |
| William MacAloney | Chairman and CEO | |
| Judy Spires | Chairman and CEO | |
| Winston Weber | Chairman and CEO | |
| Todd Schnuck | Chairman and CEO - 1939 Group/Schnuck Markets/Festival Foods | Schnuck Markets, Inc. |
| Louie Gentine | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Sargento Cheese Inc. |
| Chuck Wall | Chairman and Founder | |
| Craig Schnuck | Chairman Emeritus | |
| Neil Golub | Chairman Emeritus of the Golub Corporation | Price Chopper Supermarkets |
| John Bilbrey | Chairman of the Board | |
| Dennis Eidson | Chairman of the Board | |
| Larry McCurry | Chairman of the Board | |
| Scott Schnuck | Chairman of the Executive Committee | |
| Edward Salzano | Chairman StoreBrands USA | Private Label Manufacturers Association |
| David Ball | Chairman, President and CEO | Balls Food Stores |
| Michael Bozzuto | Chairman, President and CEO | Bozzuto's Inc. |
| Michele Buck | Chairman, President and CEO | The Hershey Company |
| William Mayo | Chief Administrative Officer | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Thomas Kazas | Chief Business Strategist | Barrie House Coffee Company |
| Joe Cavaliere | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Julie Francis | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Trish Lukasik | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Jim Norred | Chief Commercial Officer | VusionGroup |
| Todd Tillemans | Chief Commercial Officer | Perdue Farms |
| Michael Hayes | Chief Customer Officer | Newell Brands |
| Dan Kelly | Chief Customer Officer | Musco Family Olive Co. |
| Beau Mainous | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Todd Mitchell | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Scott Salmon | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Ned Bardic | Chief Customer Officer and President of Enterprise Solutions | EnsembleIQ |
| Scott Anderson | Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Sales & Marketing |
| Jim Athey | Chief Executive Officer | L&R Distributors |
| Gerard Bridi | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Tanya Domier | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Benno Dorer | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Jeff Dunn | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Dennis Gipson | Chief Executive Officer | Hussmann Corporation |
| Mario Gosselin | Chief Executive Officer | Kruger Products USA |
| Frank Grossi | Chief Executive Officer | The Partnering Group |
| Dean Janeway | Chief Executive Officer | Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc. |
| Brian Kelley | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Jim Kelly | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Joe Kirby | Chief Executive Officer | Imperial Distributors, Inc. |
| Norman Mayne | Chief Executive Officer | Dorothy Lane Market, Inc. |
| James McCann | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Robin Michel | Chief Executive Officer | |
| David Mounts | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Felix Musco | Chief Executive Officer | Musco Family Olive Co. |
| Robert Palmer | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Arthur Potash | Chief Executive Officer | Potash Markets |
| Gary Rodkin | Chief Executive Officer | |
| David Schmidt | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Paul Smucker Wagstaff | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Harry Stagnito | Chief Executive Officer | Stagnito Associates |
| David Staples | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Michael Sullivan | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Richard Tarrant | Chief Executive Officer | Mi9 Retail |
| Ryan Wall | Chief Executive Officer | FHI |
| Lisa Walsh | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Sandy Douglas | Chief Executive Officer and President | UNFI |
| Thomas Greco | Chief Executive Officer, Frito-Lay North America | |
| Albert Carey | Chief Executive Officer, North America | |
| Larry McWilliams | Chief Executive Officer, Powershelf | Compass Marketing |
| Ned Gladstein | Chief Financial Officer | Sunrise ShopRite, Inc. |
| Donna Patterson | Chief Global Fundraising Officer | Enactus |
| Scott Cousins | Chief Information Officer | Roadrunner Transportation Systems |
| Cheryl Williams | Chief Information Officer | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Diane Teer | Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, Global Food and Beverage | |
| Todd Turner | Chief Membership Officer | |
| Wes Jackson | Chief Merchandising Officer | United Supermarkets, LLC |
| Dewayne Rabon | Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Bill Bradshaw | Chief Operating Officer | Federated Group, Inc. |
| Ronald Clark | Chief Operating Officer | Hudson News Distributors, LLC |
| Michael Forgione | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Michael Hsu | Chief Operating Officer | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
| George Knobloch | Chief Operating Officer | Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc. |
| Jerry LeClair | Chief Operating Officer | Brookshire Grocery Company |
| Phil Lombardo | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Blaine McPeak | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Michael Pellegrino | Chief Operating Officer | Sargento Cheese Inc. |
| Sylvain Perrier | Chief Operating Officer | Mercatus |
| Terry Wood | Chief Operating Officer | SpartanNash Company |
| Mike Kaskie | Chief Operating Officer, Retail Client Solutions | |
| Curtis Funk | Chief Retail Officer | Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys) |
| Susan Dunn | Chief Revenue Officer | NielsenIQ |
| David Gottlieb | Chief Revenue Officer | Trax Retail |
| Chris Williams | Chief Sales Officer, Anheuser-Busch/Keurig JV | |
| Kristina Cole | Chief Sales, Customers & Commercial Officer US | Danone North America |
| Brenda Hambleton | Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer | |
| Dan Hooker | Chief Supplier Officer | |
| Bill Thomas | Chief Supply Chain Officer | |
| Gabriel Gabaldon | Chief Technology Officer | |
| James Flannery | Chief Transformation Officer | Department of Defense Commissary Agency |
| Bob Mariano | Co-Chairman | |
| Robert Ukrop | Co-Chairman | Threads Uniform Agency |
| Jerel Golub | Co-Chairman of the Board | Northeast Grocery, Inc. |
| Thomas McGough | Co-Chief Operating Officer | Conagra Brands |
| Fred Ruiz | Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus | |
| Karen James | Co-Publisher and Editor-In-Chief | Grocery Business |
| Kevin Smith | Co-Publisher; Advertising Manager | Grocery Business |
| Michael Bargmann | Consultant | Burris Logistics |
| Rick Brindle | Consultant | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Trish Brynjolfsson | Consultant | |
| Tony Fernandez | Consultant | |
| Alexander Fu | Consultant | |
| Matthew Saunders | Consultant | Media Solutions Corporation |
| Joseph Sheridan | Consultant and Executive Vice President | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Bill Lecznar | CSO- Chief Strategy Officer | Tactiq |
| Ed Slagle | Customer Team Leader | Alliance Sales & Marketing |
| Geoff Kuzio | Customer Vice President, Kroger | |
| Amy Hancock | Deputy General Counsel | |
| Gordon Cooper | director | TCC Retail Marketing Inc. |
| Danielle Faris | Director | American Express |
| Robert Hermanns | Director Food Industry Programs | |
| Annie Oh | Director of Business Analysis | |
| Elin Larson | Director of Business Development | |
| Patrick Sullivan | Director of International and Strategic Business Development | Briggs Equipment |
| Rick Nechio | Director Retail Development, Trade Relations, Communications and Media | |
| Edward McLaughlin | Director, Food Industry Management Program | |
| Tim McNamara | Director, Category | |
| James Dudlicek | Director, Communications and External Affairs | |
| Joanie Taylor | Director, Consumer Affairs and Community Relations | |
| Peter Thompson | Director, Customer and Industry Development | |
| Alec Lenenfeld | Director, Customer Solutions - Grocery | |
| Amy Reibrich | Director, Field Sales | Haleon |
| John Metzger | Director, Global Food Industry Dairy | Elanco |
| Scott Khwaja | Director, Grocery Channel | |
| John Hamacher | Director, Marketing | |
| Brian Lindell | Director, National Accounts | Rehrig Pacific Company |
| Devin Fogleman | Director, Retail Channel Sales | Dot Foods, Inc. |
| Bart Butler | Director, Retail Sales US and Canada | |
| John Bowers | Director, Sales Communications and Administration | |
| Mark Wilhite | Director, Sales, Retail Grocery | |
| Bob Flores | Director, Strategic Accounts | |
| Thea McDevitt | Director, Supermarket and Drugstore Industries | American Express |
| Mark Ahlstrom | Director, True Grocery | |
| Chris Rowley | Division Vice President, Sales | |
| Tim Tillia | Divisional Vice President, Sales | |
| John Karolefski | Editor in Chief | CPGmatters |
| Jennifer Acevedo | Editor-In-Chief | |
| Marc Adams | EVP, Commercial Digital Solutions | Ecolab, Inc. |
| Jim Brennan | EVP, National Retail Sales, US Region | |
| Carole Christianson | Executive Advisor | Western Association of Food Chains |
| Steve Ramsey | Executive and Practice Leader | Circana |
| John Torru | Executive Chair & Co-Founder | Simpactful LLC |
| Brandon Barnholt | Executive Chairman | KeHE Distributors |
| Richard Cohen | Executive Chairman | C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. |
| James Gillis | Executive Chairman | |
| Todd Jones | Executive Chairman | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Anthony Longo | Executive Chairman | Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc. |
| Hendrik Meijer | Executive Chairman | Meijer, Inc. |
| Richard Smucker | Executive Chairman | The J.M. Smucker Company |
| Bill Tauscher | Executive Chairman | |
| John White | Executive Chairman | Compass Marketing |
| Charles D'Amour | Executive Chairman of the Board | Big Y Foods, Inc. |
| John Saidnawey | Executive Chairman of the Board | JOH |
| Michael Sleeper | Executive Chairman of the Board | Imperial Distributors, Inc. |
| Randy Edeker | Executive Chairman of the Board, Executive Director of Hy-Vee, Inc | |
| Erik Keptner | Executive Consultant | C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. |
| Robert Higgins | Executive Director, Academy of Food Marketing | |
| John McGuire | Executive Director, Retail Leader | Stagnito Media |
| Mario Medina | Executive Director, Specialty | Alliance Sales & Marketing |
| Ann Raider | Executive Global Retail | Circana |
| Steve Dollase | Executive in Residence, Wake Forest University | |
| Kevin Davis | Executive Vice Chairman, LFHI Board of Directors | Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys) |
| Frank Bishop | Executive Vice President | |
| Charles Crotwell | Executive Vice President | Allen & Barbour LLC |
| Robert Goldin | Executive Vice President | Technomic Inc. |
| Jamie Gronowski | Executive Vice President | |
| Christopher Lane | Executive Vice President | |
| James Nolan | Executive Vice President | |
| Robert Taylor | Executive Vice President - Senior Advisor | |
| Terry Thomas | Executive Vice President and CCO | |
| Kirk Stoa | Executive Vice President and CFO | Festival Foods |
| Chris Boever | Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Derek De La Mater | Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer | Conagra Brands |
| Mark Schreiber | Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Scott Welman | Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer | |
| Larry Stablein | Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Marketing Officer | |
| Jon Wendel | Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Geoff White | Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Michael Donnelly | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | The Kroger Co. |
| Michael Carter | Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer | |
| Paul Matthews | Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer | |
| Susan Klug | Executive Vice President and CMO | |
| David Krause | Executive Vice President and CMO | |
| Nick Vlahos | Executive Vice President and COO, Household, Lifestyle and Core Global Functions | The Clorox Company |
| Ian Friendly | Executive Vice President and COO, U.S. Retail | |
| Suzanne Allford Wade | Executive Vice President and Corporate Communications | |
| Janel Haugarth | Executive Vice President and President, Independent Business and Supply Chain Services | |
| Glen Walter | Executive Vice President and President, North America | |
| Bhavdeep Singh | Executive Vice President of New Formats | |
| Michael Grindstaff | Executive Vice President of Sales | |
| Dennis Brian Moore | Executive Vice President, Analytics | |
| Brett Bremser | Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Karl Kruse | Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Tom Watson | Executive Vice President, Chief Retail Officer | |
| James DiFilippo | Executive Vice President, Consumer and Retail Practice | DHR International, Inc. |
| Ritchie Davis | Executive Vice President, Corporate Development | SellEthics Marketing Group, Inc. |
| Tony Dunning | Executive Vice President, Customer Development | |
| Gary Rosenthal | Executive Vice President, General Manager Metro Division | JOH |
| Russ Dunham | Executive Vice President, Global Client Strategy | |
| Gary Cofer | Executive Vice President, Global Retail | |
| George Roeth | Executive Vice President, Household and Lifestyle | |
| Carl Johnson | Executive Vice President, Marketing and Chief Growth Officer | |
| Larry Pierce | Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
| Peter Whitsett | Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
| Steven Heggelke | Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Procurement | Bozzuto's Inc. |
| Sean Reid | Executive Vice President, North America | Jack Links Protein Snacks |
| Ron Taylor | Executive Vice President, Operations, Northern Region | |
| Giannella Alvarez | Executive Vice President, Pet Business Unit | |
| Mary Sophos | Executive Vice President, Policy and Strategic Planning | |
| Tracy Moore | Executive Vice President, Procurement and Merchandising | |
| Frank Tataseo | Executive Vice President, Professional Products, Mergers and Acquisitions and IT | |
| Albert Bolles | Executive Vice President, Research, Quality and Innovation | |
| George Motel | Executive Vice President, Retail Development | Bozzuto's Inc. |
| Theodore Adornato | Executive Vice President, Retail Operations | |
| Frederick Morganthall II | Executive Vice President, Retail Operations | The Kroger Co. |
| Brett Featherston | Executive Vice President, Sales | |
| Mike McDonald | Executive Vice President, Sales | |
| Tony True | Executive Vice President, Sales | |
| Jaylon Hutton | Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing | Niagara Bottling, LLC |
| Kevin Schwab | Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing and CCO | The Pictsweet Company |
| Derek Jones | Executive Vice President, Smart & Final Stores LLC, and President, Smart Foodservice | US Foods CHEF'STORE |
| Jim Rund | Executive Vice President, US Media | |
| Kevin Gallagher | Feature Writer | |
| Kevin Garvey | Field Sales Director | |
| Theresa Payton | Former Whitehouse CIO, Cyber Security Authority and Identity Theft Expert | |
| Rajeev Sharma | Founder & CEO | VideoMining Corporation |
| Justin Dye | Founder and CEO | Dye Capital & Company |
| Arthur Smith | Founder and CEO | |
| Craig Underwood | Founder and CEO | Sports Loyalty International, Inc. |
| Phil Lempert | Founder and Editor | Supermarket Guru |
| Drew Facer | Founder and Principal | Tuilytics |
| John Haggerty | Founder and Strategist | |
| Wendy Liebmann | Founder, CEO & Chief Shopper | WSL Strategic Retail |
| Jonathan Berger | General Manager | The Consumer Goods Forum |
| Michael Nugent | General Manager and CEO | |
| Michael Faherty | General Manager of Baking, Cooking and Spreading | |
| Kim Reed | General Manager, Grocery | |
| Sally Lyons Wyatt | Global EVP & Chief Advisor | Circana |
| John Lewis | Global President | |
| Erica Kuhlmann | Group Head | Managing Director - Food, Consumer and Agribusiness Group | |
| Mike Scolaro | Group Head, Managing Director | BMO |
| Daniel Bagan | Group President | |
| Melanie Healey | Group President, North America | |
| Mark Rahiya | Group President, Omni Sales and Service (North America, Executive Management | Acosta Group |
| Mark VanBuskirk | Group Vice President of Fresh | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Lynn Marmer | Group Vice President, Corporate Affairs | |
| Edward Kuehnle | Industry Advisor | InMarket |
| Jerry Brown | Industry and Customer Strategic Advisor | |
| Jack Connors | Industry Lead, Grocery | Google, Inc. |
| John Havens Jr. | Industry Relations Consultant, Nestle USA, Inc. | Nestle USA, Inc. |
| Martino Caretto | Institutional Affairs | Ferrero North America |
| Eric Lindberg | Interim Chief Executive Officer | Grocery Outlet Inc. |
| Pat Smith | Manager, Customer Engagement | Mondelez International |
| Adam Hayes | Manager, Industry Affairs | Procter & Gamble |
| Michael Fordney | Managing Director | |
| Michael Gorshe | Managing Director | Accenture |
| Jeff Holmes | Managing Director | |
| Michael Johns | Managing Director | BMO Capital Markets |
| Raj Krishnan | Managing Director | Accenture |
| Rick Marino | Managing Director | the Stores Consulting Group |
| Bill Nasshan | Managing Director | |
| Sabina Saksena | Managing Director | PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP |
| Joy Peters | Managing Director, Accenture Strategy, Consumer Goods | |
| Jim Hertel | Managing Partner | |
| Richard Simon | Managing Partner | |
| Christopher Warne | Managing VP of Sales | SmartBrief, Inc. |
| Aly Holmes | Marketing and Project Coordinator | |
| Joe Crafton | Member, Board of Directors | Acosta Group |
| Dan McConegly | National Account Manager | |
| Paula Spoto | National Marketing Leader, Consumer Products | |
| Paul Grimwood | Non-Executive Chairman | |
| Alison Castillo | Omni Delivery Lead | Unilever |
| Larri Wolfson | Owner | ShopRite of Lincoln Park, Inc. |
| Steven Barr | Partner | PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP |
| Paul Beswick | Partner | Oliver Wyman Group |
| Vince Burke | Partner | BGJ Group |
| Colin Cobain | Partner | Oliver Wyman Group |
| George Faigen | Partner | |
| Don Fitzgerald | Partner | The Partnering Group |
| Matt Hamory | Partner | |
| Matthew Isotta | Partner | |
| Martin Kon | Partner | |
| Kevin McCarten | Partner | Oliver Wyman Group |
| Kumar Venkataraman | Partner | |
| David Waller | Partner | Oliver Wyman Group |
| Paul Leinwand | Partner and Vice President | |
| Dave Donnan | Partner Emeritus | Kearney |
| Nick Albrecht | President | The Fred W. Albrecht Grocery Co. |
| Michael Allen | President | |
| Rodney Antolock | President | |
| Bob Belsky | President | |
| Irene Britt | President | |
| Andy Callahan | President | |
| John Carrico | President | |
| Joseph Colalillo | President | ShopRite of Hunterdon County, Inc. |
| Steve Collins | President | |
| Timothy Devanney | President | |
| Bruce Dove | President | |
| George Eversman | President | Dot Foods, Inc. |
| Jay Felts | President | McClatchy Media Company |
| Christopher Fink | President | RetailGrowth |
| Jeffrey Friedman | President | retailmediaIQ |
| Craig Hagood | President | House-Autry Mills, Inc. |
| James Halloran | President | |
| Meg Ham | President | |
| Jeff Loman | President | CPG Digital Shelf |
| Tim Lowe | President | Lowes Foods, LLC |
| Mark McGowan | President | |
| Sean McMenamin | President | McMenamin Family ShopRite |
| Bob McTeir | President | |
| Donald Meyer | President | |
| Perry Moss | President | |
| Kraig Naasz | President | |
| Henry Nahmad | President | |
| John Najjar | President | Seaside Market, Inc. |
| Austin Noll Jr. | President | Austin Noll & Associates LLC |
| Patrick O'Reilly | President | |
| Jack Partridge | President | Partridge & Associates, Inc. |
| Jason Ramsey | President | Merchants Distributors, LLC |
| Michael Sansolo | President | Sansolo Solutions |
| Thomas Schwilke | President | The Kroger Co. - Dallas Division |
| Dennis Senovich | President | ES3, LLC |
| James Trout | President | |
| Donna Tweeten | President | |
| Michael Vail | President | Hannaford Supermarkets |
| Brad Wise | President | |
| Brad Shelton | President Collaborative Gateway Solutions | Circana |
| Van Sapp | President Americas | |
| Bob Aiken | President and CEO | |
| Pamela Bailey | President and CEO | |
| Joel Barham | President and CEO | SellEthics Marketing Group, Inc. |
| Thomas Barlow | President and CEO | |
| Rob Bartels | President and CEO | |
| Rich Bauer | President and CEO | Southeast Food Distribution |
| Roy Bell | President and CEO | Financial Supermarkets, Inc. |
| John Bryant | President and CEO | |
| Bob Carpenter | President and CEO | GS1 US |
| Douglas Clark | President and CEO | Corcentric, LLC |
| Robin Copping | President and CEO | CEO Search Partners |
| Nancy Croitoru | President and CEO | |
| Rachel Cullen | President and CEO | |
| Frank Curci | President and CEO | |
| Michael D'Amour | President and CEO | Big Y Foods, Inc. |
| Wesley Eubanks | President and CEO | The Pictsweet Company |
| Larry Graham | President and CEO | |
| Scott Grimmett | President and CEO | Price Chopper Supermarkets |
| Lavina Gross | President and CEO | |
| Robert Hill | President and CEO | Acosta Group |
| David Hirz | President and CEO | |
| Richard Jacobsen | President and CEO | |
| Mark Jensen | President and CEO | |
| William Johnson | President and CEO | |
| Bernard Kreilmann | President and CEO | |
| Greg Kurr | President and CEO | Kemps LLC |
| Peter Larkin | President and CEO | Larkin Consulting |
| Robert Ling Jr. | President and CEO | |
| Robb MacKie | President and CEO | |
| David McConnell | President and CEO | |
| Terry McDaniel | President and CEO | |
| Martin Miller | President and CEO | Melitta USA, Inc. |
| Denise Morrison | President and CEO | |
| Chris Neugent | President and CEO | Post Consumer Brands |
| Tom O'Reilly | President and CEO | |
| Dean Peterson | President and CEO | |
| Andy Peykoff II | President and CEO | Niagara Bottling, LLC |
| Michael Polk | President and CEO | |
| Rick Rayford | President and CEO | |
| Talbott Roche | President and CEO | Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. |
| Alvin Rohrs | President and CEO | |
| John Ross | President and CEO | IGA, INC. |
| Vivek Sankaran | President and CEO | |
| Susan Sentell | President and CEO | |
| Randall Skoda | President and CEO | Topco Associates LLC |
| Mark Skogen | President and CEO | |
| Steven Smith | President and CEO | K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. |
| Constance Tipton | President and CEO | |
| Brian Todd | President and CEO | |
| Colleen Wegman | President and CEO | Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. |
| Randy Wilson | President and CEO | |
| Denis Zegar | President and CEO | |
| Jennifer Mauldin | President and Chief Client Officer | |
| Tre Musco | President and Chief Creative Officer | |
| Doug Behrens | President and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Mark Schiller | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Randall Onstead | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Laura Shapira Karet | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mark Smucker | President and Chief Executive Officer | The J.M. Smucker Company |
| Tim Brown | President and COO | |
| Bob Jaskolski | President and COO | |
| Mike Salzberg | President and COO | |
| Edward Brunot | President and COO, MDV | |
| Ronald Johnston | President and Publisher | Shelby Publishing Co., Inc. |
| Jeff Metzger | President and Publisher | Food World/Food Trade News |
| Michael Higgins | President Aperion | |
| Scott McClelland | President H-E-B Food Drug | H-E-B |
| Timothy LeBel | President of Sales, Mars Wrigley US | Mars Snacking |
| Aidan Tracey | President, Acosta Mosaic Group | |
| Piyush Chaudhari | President, Americas | |
| Mark Alexander | President, Americas Simple Meals and Beverages | |
| Beth Newlands Campbell | President, Atlantic/Ontario Business Unit | |
| Woody Norris | President, Business Development | |
| Mark Wagner | President, Business Operations | |
| Ed Carolan | President, Campbell U.S. | |
| Brian George | President, Chairman and CEO | Alex Lee, Inc. |
| David Denholm | President, Chief Operating Officer | |
| Doug Knudsen | President, ConAgra Foods Sales | |
| Tom Smith | President, Customer Development and Sales Operations | |
| Bharat Rupani | President, Daymon Interactions | |
| Jen Burke | President, Established Brands | |
| Anne Fink | President, Global Foodservice | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Jack Parker | President, Grocery Channel | |
| Kees Kruythoff-Tielenius | President, Home Care | |
| Michael Cinque | President, Kroger and Albertsons Teams | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Karen Fichuk | President, North America | |
| Brian Huff | President, North America | Merisant Company |
| Joseph Sivewright | President, North America Pet Food | Nestle Purina PetCare Company |
| Sean Fallmann | President, North American Consumer Products Business | |
| Blaine Bringhurst | President, Price Chopper/Market 32 | Price Chopper Supermarkets |
| Thomas Corley | President, Retail and Established Brands | |
| Kevin Doyle | President, Sales and Distributor Operations | Molson Coors Beverage Company |
| Andrew Wintemberg | President, Sales and Logistics | Dotdash Meredith |
| Michael Porche | President, Source Interlink Distribution | |
| Derek Lewis | President, South Division | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| John Swider | President, TNG Merchandising | McClatchy Media Company |
| Ken Stickevers | President, U.S. Consumer Products Division | |
| Don Quigley | President, US Sales | |
| John Whoriskey | President, US Sales | |
| Alfred Aldridge III | President/CEO | Head of Sales Consulting Inc. |
| Thomas Bornemann | Principal | |
| Manly Molpus | Principal | The Molpus Advisory Group, LLC |
| David Orgel | Principal | David Orgel Consulting LLC |
| Kurt Schertle | Principal | Kurt Schertle Co. |
| David Schoeder | Principal | |
| Thomas Stenzel | Principal | The Stenzel Group LLC |
| Bob Richardson | Project Manager | CROSSMARK |
| Jerry Rymont | Publisher | Informa |
| Gerard Vander Schauw | Publisher & Editorial Director | |
| Ryan Gooley | Recall Consultant | |
| Grant Stallknecht | Region Vice President, Emerging | Post Consumer Brands |
| Matt Dzarnowski | Regional Vice President | Molson Coors Beverage Company |
| Beth Carona | Regional Vice President, Business Development | |
| Gary King | Regional Vice President, Mass Channel | |
| Dave Jones | Retired | |
| Jack Porter | Retired | |
| William Crenshaw | Retired Chairman of the Board | |
| David Dillon | Retired Chairman of the Board | |
| Jennie Hodgen PhD | Senior Account Manager | Merck Animal Health |
| Thomas White | Senior Account Manager | |
| Joseph Bivona | Senior Advisor | r4 Technologies, LLC |
| Craig Boyan | Senior Advisor | H-E-B |
| Marc Poulin | Senior Advisor | |
| Paul Schulz | Senior Advisor, Corporate | SPAR International |
| Tom Duffy | Senior Advisor, Non-Food Community Development | |
| Jim Keller | Senior Consultant | |
| Joan Toth | Senior Consultant/Advisor | |
| Julie Nee | Senior Director Strategic Food Customers | |
| Michael Weinreich | Senior Director, Advertising | |
| Gregory Roller | Senior Director, Corporate Grocery and Category Management | The Kroger Co. |
| William Rossi | Senior Director, Geographic Food Customers | |
| Cicily Robinson | Senior Manager | |
| Tess Hohman | Senior Manager, Industry Initiatives | |
| Marlin Greenfield | Senior Operations Leader | |
| Robert Byrne | Senior Partner | |
| Mike Matheis | Senior Partner | Oliver Wyman Group |
| Randy Evins | Senior Principal Industry Advisor | |
| Glenn Backus | Senior Vice President | |
| Michelle Carter | Senior Vice President | Mastercard |
| Christopher Crum | Senior Vice President | |
| Christopher Finck | Senior Vice President | |
| Frank Rostan | Senior Vice President | |
| Greg Ulrich | Senior Vice President | |
| Brett Van de Bovenkamp | Senior Vice President | |
| Bob Welch | Senior Vice President | 84.51º |
| Michael Spanos | Senior Vice President and CCO, PBC | |
| Brian Holland | Senior Vice President and CFO | |
| Dan Martin | Senior Vice President and Customer Operations | |
| Steve Arnold | Senior Vice President and Division Manager | |
| Steve Sklar | Senior Vice President and General Manager, Snack Division | Inventure Foods, Inc. |
| Tim Hassett | Senior Vice President and GM, Away From Home and Campbell North America and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Gordon Goss | Senior Vice President and GM, US and Mexico Consumer Business | Kruger Products USA |
| Jim Goers | Senior Vice President, Account Management and National Brands | |
| David Arbanas | Senior Vice President, Business Development | |
| David Klein | Senior Vice President, Business Development | |
| Dave Bornmann | Senior Vice President, Business Development Grocery and Fresh Products | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Tim Rooney | Senior Vice President, Chain West Sales | |
| James Melton | Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer | Hallmark Cards, Inc. |
| Shawn O'Grady | Senior Vice President, Convenience and Food Service | |
| Louis Czanko | Senior Vice President, CPG/Grocery/Healthcare | |
| Jim Badalati | Senior Vice President, Customer Development | |
| Todd Martin | Senior Vice President, Customer Management | Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. |
| Debbie Lentz | Senior Vice President, Customer Service and Logistics | |
| John Phillips | Senior Vice President, Customer Supply Chain & SMART Packaging | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Scott Johnson | Senior Vice President, Director of Retail | Financial Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Sharon Glass | Senior Vice President, Established Brands | |
| Haluk Nural | Senior Vice President, Fashion, Apparel, Beauty and Specialty Sectors | dunnhumby |
| Rose Kleyweg Mitchell | Senior Vice President, Governmental Affairs | |
| Ian Prisuta | Senior Vice President, Grocery Merchandising | |
| Tom Ferguson | Senior Vice President, Grocery, Club, Drug and Sales Strategy | |
| Siobhan O'Bara | Senior Vice President, Industry Engagement and Services | |
| Jay Toups | Senior Vice President, Large Store West | |
| Kevin Albritton | Senior Vice President, Marketing | |
| Dean Erlandson | Senior Vice President, Mass Customers | |
| James Whitman | Senior Vice President, Member Programs and Services | |
| Mike Massimino | Senior Vice President, Merchandising | |
| Chuck Thompson | Senior Vice President, Merchandising | Harris Teeter LLC |
| Richard Gunn | Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
| Michael McKinney | Senior Vice President, New Business Development | |
| Patrick Hensley | Senior Vice President, Non-Foods | |
| Henry Karamanoukian | Senior Vice President, North America Sales | Procter & Gamble |
| William McCouch | Senior Vice President, Procurement Services | Corcentric, LLC |
| Keith Colbourn | Senior Vice President, Retail | Coupons.com Incorporated |
| Shannon Nadasdy | Senior Vice President, Retail Development and Client Support | Financial Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Jeff Reagan | Senior Vice President, Retail Operations | |
| Chon Searfoss | Senior Vice President, Retail Sales | |
| Michael Treboni | Senior Vice President, Retail Services | |
| Tim Bernard | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Ray Carreathers | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| John Kennington | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Jack Lord | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Jesse Garcia | Senior Vice President, Sales and CCO | |
| Michael Cvrlje | Senior Vice President, Sales and Logistics | Dotdash Meredith |
| Robert Bottini | Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing | |
| Steven Goodyear | Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing | Southeastern Mills |
| Mark Gumm | Senior Vice President, Sales, Consumer Products Division | Sargento Cheese Inc. |
| Jim Holton | Senior Vice President, Sales, Snacks | Kellanova |
| Ed Tobin | Senior Vice President, Strategic Customer Development | |
| Robert Clark | Senior Vice President, Supply Chain | |
| Monte Wiese | Senior Vice President, Supply Chain | |
| Christopher Young | Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, North America | |
| Lisa Gosselin | Senior Vice President, U.S. Media Retail | |
| James Sterbenz | Senior Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales | |
| Scott Cameron | Senior Vice President, U.S. Sales | |
| Mike Haaf | Strategic Advisor | |
| William Levisay | Strategic Advisor | |
| John Mayer | Strategic Advisor | |
| Caroline Fricke | Strategy and Sustainability | |
| Al Schretter | SVP / GM, North America Region | S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. |
| James Horner | TCC | |
| Vincent Byrd | Vice Chairman | |
| Jamie Egasti | Vice Chairman | |
| MacGregor Read | Vice Chairman | |
| Steven Williams | Vice Chairman & Global Chief Commercial Officer | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Paul Boyer | Vice Chairman Emeritus | |
| Jay Marshall | Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President, Co-COO, President, Hy-Vee Subsidiaries and Commissary | |
| Craig Bosworth | Vice President | |
| Kathie Day | Vice President | |
| Jessica Fister Johnson | Vice President | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Lindsey Hughes | Vice President | |
| Jeffrey Kellogg | Vice President | |
| Steffen Lauster | Vice President | |
| Eric Older | Vice President | Daymon |
| Kolinjuwa Shriram | Vice President | |
| Todd Warstler | Vice President | Procter & Gamble |
| Dale Whitehill | Vice President | Advantage Solutions |
| Dominick Romano | Vice President and COO | Ronetco Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Paul Cooke | Vice President and Director, Industry Relations | |
| Terri Maloney | Vice President and Editorial Director | Food World/Food Trade News |
| Thomas Hipwell | Vice President and General Manager | |
| Scott Bolonda | Vice President and General Manager, US CPD Sales and Marketing | |
| Scott Cole | Vice President and GM, US | |
| Donna Howard | Vice President and Managing Director, Customer Facing Supply Chain | |
| Brian Giroux | Vice President General Manager- Customer Development | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
| Andrew Loucks | Vice President Kellogg Company and President, Frozen Foods | Kellanova |
| Paul Avampato | Vice President Logistics, Supply Chain Laundry and Home Care North America | Henkel Corporation |
| Rick Stevenson | Vice President of Business Development | Dairy Management Inc. |
| Joan Driggs | Vice President of Content and Thought Leadership | Circana |
| Suzanne Clarridge | Vice President of Marketing & Partner Success | WorldPantry.com |
| James Rinaldi | Vice President Sales Proprietary Brands | |
| Derek Frederickson | Vice President, Alcohol and Tobacco | |
| Bryan Tyler | Vice President, Audit | |
| Alfie Vivian | Vice President, B2B Marketing, Foods and Refreshments | Unilever |
| Brian Allen | Vice President, Business Development | |
| Janet Carter Smith | Vice President, Business Development | |
| Caroline Loring Schuster | Vice President, Business Development | |
| Jeff Newton | Vice President, Business Development | FHI |
| Will Seel | Vice President, Business Development | FHI |
| Adam Byrne | Vice President, Category Leadership | |
| CJ Watson | Vice President, Category Management | |
| Brian Lawhorn | Vice President, CIS Department | The Kroger Co. |
| Matthew Rzucidlo | Vice President, Client Solutions | ES3, LLC |
| Beth Jolly | Vice President, Communications, Meals & Beverages and Snacks | The Campbell's Company |
| Nancy Krawczyk | Vice President, Corporate Partnerships and Engagement | |
| Megan Tallman | Vice President, Customer and Trade Communications | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Dave Durden | Vice President, Customer Brands | White House Foods |
| Craig Simon | Vice President, Customer Business Development | Mondelez International |
| Kathy Hayden | Vice President, Customer Business Solutions | |
| Keith Duncan | Vice President, Customer Development | |
| Tom Gillespie | Vice President, Customer Development | Gallo |
| Christopher Witte | Vice President, Customer Development | Tyson Foods, Inc. |
| Herbert Smith | Vice President, Customer Development Retail | Gallo |
| Steve Schumacher | Vice President, Customer Development, Supermarkets, West | Unilever |
| Jeff Siegel | Vice President, Customer Interface Group | |
| Steve Sprinkle | Vice President, Domestic Sales | Gallo |
| Raymond Downes | Vice President, Dover Food Retail | Hillphoenix, A Dover Company |
| Leslie Wims Morris | Vice President, Everyday Spend Category | |
| Tim Fieldhouse | Vice President, Field Sales | |
| Lonnie Noble | Vice President, Field Sales | |
| Thomas Ford | Vice President, Food Safety | |
| Carl Anderson | Vice President, Global Corporate Accounts | |
| Brent Cotten | Vice President, Global Customer and Industry Affairs | The Hershey Company |
| Thomas Joyce | Vice President, Global Customer and Industry Affairs | |
| Barron Witherspoon | Vice President, Global Industry Affairs | Procter & Gamble |
| John McGinty | Vice President, Global Sales Advisor | Nestle USA, Inc. |
| David Stark | Vice President, Global Trade Partnerships | |
| Jorge Pena | Vice President, GM Food Channels | |
| Teross Young | Vice President, Government Affairs | Ahold Delhaize USA |
| Melvin Bomprezzi | Vice President, Grocery and Nonfood Merchandising | The Kroger Co. |
| Gary Roland | Vice President, Grocery Sales | |
| George McGrady | Vice President, Health, Beauty and Wellness | |
| Dennis Belcastro | Vice President, Industry Affairs and Customer Development | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
| Arthur Rosenberg | Vice President, Industry and Customer Development | |
| Julia Sabin | Vice President, Industry and Government Affairs | The J.M. Smucker Company |
| Omar Khalaf | Vice President, Industry Development | |
| Brian Lynch | Vice President, Industry Relations | International Foodservice Distributors Association |
| Michael Ridenour | Vice President, Industry Relations | UNFI |
| Craig Rosenblum | Vice President, Industry Transformation | |
| Kevin Schoen | Vice President, Logistics and Customer Supply Chain | |
| Randall Friedman | Vice President, Market Leader | |
| Peter Steinbrick | Vice President, Marketing and Business Development | |
| Julia Wells | Vice President, Marketing Services | |
| Steve Briggs | Vice President, National Retail Sales | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Jane Novak-Cook | Vice President, North America Grocery | |
| John Cayer | Vice President, North America Rolled Products | |
| Deborah Kaufman | Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness | |
| Marty Tendler | Vice President, Procurement and Logistics | |
| Russ Moroz | Vice President, Research and Development Grocery | |
| Holly Maher | Vice President, Retail | Rehrig Pacific Company |
| Victor Cascio | Vice President, Retail Development | |
| Ern Sherman | Vice President, Retail Industry Affairs | |
| Michael Atkins | Vice President, Retail Sales | |
| Steven Dudal | Vice President, Retail Sales | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC |
| Glen Walter | Vice President, Retail Sales | |
| Vishal Patell | Vice President, Retail Supply Chain Solutions | CHEP |
| Brian King | Vice President, Sales | |
| Kimberlee Marsh | Vice President, Sales | |
| Andy Matthews | Vice President, Sales | RSi |
| Steven Rodriguez | Vice President, Sales | |
| Peter Sher | Vice President, Sales | Driveline Retail Merchandising |
| Keith Vines | Vice President, Sales | |
| Brad Thomas | Vice President, Sales - South | |
| Peter Wolf | Vice President, Sales - Strategic Accounts | ParTech, Inc. |
| Brian Haley | Vice President, Sales and Purchasing | Burris Logistics |
| Brad Stevenson | Vice President, Sales, Grocery | |
| Ed Landry | Vice President, Sales, U.S. Consumer Foods | |
| Brian Ager MBA, CPCM, CPSA | Vice President, ShopperImpact Solutions | VideoMining Corporation |
| Scott Young | Vice President, Strategic Relationships and Business Development | |
| Reginaldo Ecclissato | Vice President, Supply Chain North America | Unilever |
| Tim Quinn | Vice President, Trade Development | |
| Greg McLeod | Vice President, Trade Marketing Large Format | |
| James Jones | Vice President, Trade Relations | Big Heart Pet Brands |
| Jeff Oberman | Vice President, Trade Relations | International Fresh Produce Association |
| Randy Sullins | Vice President, Trade Relations | |
| William Frazer | Vice President, U.S. Sales Strategy and Operations | Mars Snacking |
| Michael Potthoff | Vice President, U.S. Sales- Grocery, Club, Package Liquor & Emerging Channels | Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC |
| Steve Yarbrough | Vice President, US Retail Sales and Customer Development | |
| David Wurm | Vice President, Walmart and Sam's Club | |
| Bob Reeves | Vice President, West | Shelby Publishing Co., Inc. |
| Scott O'Hara | Vice President, West Region Sales | |
| Greg Hasper | Vice President, Wholesale | |
| Robert Simpson | VP Business Development | FreshRealm |
| Jennifer Beasley | VP Retailer Business | |
| Dina Howell | Worldwide Chief Executive Officer |
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