2013 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 |
| Keith Molzer | - | |
| Donna Rando | Account Executive | |
| Scott Gilmour | Account Executive, Grocery | |
| Dick Boer | Advisor | Ahold Delhaize |
| Carla Cooper | Advisor | |
| Jerry Garland | Advisor | |
| Joel Rampoldt | Advisor | |
| Andrew Appel | Advisor and Member of the IRI Board of Directors | |
| Gordon Campbell | Advisor to the Board | SPAR International |
| William Kies | Advisor to Wakefern | Kies Consulting, LLC |
| Robert Neslund | Advisory Board | LTA International Global Services |
| Patricia Novosel | Americas Consumer Products Leader | |
| Richard Martino | Area Vice President | |
| Kevin Jordan | Area Vice President, Central | |
| David Burns | Area Vice President, South | Mondelez International |
| Mary Colon | Associate | |
| Tim Hammonds | Associate | |
| Dennis Hines | Associate | |
| Darcey Macken | Associate | |
| Robert Wilkinson | Associate | |
| Elise Fennig | Associate Director, Industry Development | |
| Joy Mead | Associate Director, Marketing | Procter & Gamble |
| Matt Storer | Associate Director, Shopper Insights | |
| Steven Werner | Associate Publisher | |
| Allan Noddle | Board Member | |
| Robert Edwards | Board of Directors | Target Corporation |
| Joseph Crocker | Business Consultant | Hometown Coffee Company |
| Melvin Landis | CCO | |
| Clement Pappas | CEO | |
| J.K. Symancyk | CEO | |
| Brian Cornell | Chair and Chief Executive Officer | Target Corporation |
| Mark Batenic | Chairman | IGA, INC. |
| Roger Collins | Chairman | |
| Ron Edenfield | Chairman | Wayfield Foods, Inc. |
| Boyd George | Chairman | |
| Thomas Haggai | Chairman | |
| Donald Knauss | Chairman | The Clorox Company |
| 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. |
| 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 | |
| Rodney McMullen | Chairman and CEO | |
| Judy Spires | Chairman and CEO | |
| Todd Schnuck | Chairman and CEO - 1939 Group/Schnuck Markets/Festival Foods | Schnuck Markets, Inc. |
| Kendall Powell | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Chuck Wall | Chairman and Founder | |
| Craig Schnuck | Chairman Emeritus | |
| Timothy Smucker | Chairman Emeritus | The J.M. Smucker Company |
| Neil Golub | Chairman Emeritus of the Golub Corporation | Price Chopper Supermarkets |
| John Bilbrey | Chairman of the Board | |
| Dennis Eidson | Chairman of the Board | |
| Ben Fischer | Chairman of the Board | |
| Roger Hames | 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. |
| Scott Beckwith | Chief Administrative Officer | |
| William Mayo | Chief Administrative Officer | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Thomas Kazas | Chief Business Strategist | Barrie House Coffee Company |
| Julie Francis | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Tony Gardner | Chief Commercial Officer | Owens-Illinois |
| Jim Norred | Chief Commercial Officer | VusionGroup |
| Todd Tillemans | Chief Commercial Officer | Perdue Farms |
| Paul Bello | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Bruce Brown | Chief Customer Officer | WK Kellogg Co |
| Dan Kelly | Chief Customer Officer | Musco Family Olive Co. |
| Todd Mitchell | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Matt Myer | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Ned Bardic | Chief Customer Officer and President of Enterprise Solutions | EnsembleIQ |
| Jim Athey | Chief Executive Officer | L&R Distributors |
| Andrew Banks | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Anthony Bruce | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Michael Byars | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Jeffrey Clark | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Sean Connolly | Chief Executive Officer | Conagra Brands |
| Tanya Domier | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Benno Dorer | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Dennis Gipson | Chief Executive Officer | Hussmann Corporation |
| Jon Golovin | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mario Gosselin | Chief Executive Officer | Kruger Products USA |
| Sally Grimes | Chief Executive Officer | Clif Bar and Company |
| Dean Janeway | Chief Executive Officer | Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc. |
| Norman Mayne | Chief Executive Officer | Dorothy Lane Market, Inc. |
| Robin Michel | Chief Executive Officer | |
| David Mounts | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Felix Musco | Chief Executive Officer | Musco Family Olive Co. |
| Valerie Oswalt | Chief Executive Officer | Kodiak |
| Robert Palmer | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Arthur Potash | Chief Executive Officer | Potash Markets |
| Gary Rodkin | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Ian Schenkel | Chief Executive Officer | Select Store Brands |
| Paul Smucker Wagstaff | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Harry Stagnito | Chief Executive Officer | Stagnito Associates |
| Michael Sullivan | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Richard Tarrant | Chief Executive Officer | Mi9 Retail |
| Anthony Vernon | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Ryan Wall | Chief Executive Officer | FHI |
| Lisa Walsh | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Vicente Yanez | Chief Executive Officer | National Association of Self-Service and Department Stores, A.C. (ANTAD) |
| Sandy Douglas | Chief Executive Officer and President | UNFI |
| Thomas Greco | Chief Executive Officer, Frito-Lay North America | |
| Albert Carey | Chief Executive Officer, North America | |
| Rhonda Levene | Chief Financial Officer Daymon Worldwide and Chief Customer Officer NAPBD | |
| Donna Patterson | Chief Global Fundraising Officer | Enactus |
| Cheryl Williams | Chief Information Officer | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Diane Teer | Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, Global Food and Beverage | |
| Andres Siefken | Chief Marketing Officer | |
| Toby Noiles | Chief Merchandising Officer | FreshDirect |
| Dewayne Rabon | Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Bill Bradshaw | Chief Operating Officer | Federated Group, Inc. |
| George Knobloch | Chief Operating Officer | Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc. |
| Jerry LeClair | Chief Operating Officer | Brookshire Grocery Company |
| Phil Lombardo | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Carl Schlicker | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Jonathan Downey | Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President | National Grocers Association (NGA) |
| Mike Kaskie | Chief Operating Officer, Retail Client Solutions | |
| Curtis Funk | Chief Retail Officer | Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys) |
| Shawn McMillian | Chief Sales Officer | |
| 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 | |
| Sidney Leever | 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 Heinen | Co-President | Heinen's Grocery Stores |
| Karen James | Co-Publisher and Editor-In-Chief | Grocery Business |
| Kevin Smith | Co-Publisher; Advertising Manager | Grocery Business |
| Michael Tracy | Commercial Lead | |
| Rick Brindle | Consultant | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Trish Brynjolfsson | Consultant | |
| Kevin Hunt | Consultant | |
| Bob Livingston | Consultant | |
| John Lucot | Consultant | Hussmann Corporation |
| Matthew Saunders | Consultant | Media Solutions Corporation |
| Joseph Sheridan | Consultant and Executive Vice President | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Rachel Lam | Consumer Products Senior Sector Specialist | |
| Kevin Coupe | Content Guy/Writer | MorningNewsBeat.com |
| Tucker Carlson | Contributor, FOX News and Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Caller | |
| Bill Lecznar | CSO- Chief Strategy Officer | Tactiq |
| Walt Coleman | Customer Development, Global Food Packaging | |
| Steve Massie | Customer Vice President, National Accounts | |
| Rogelio Rodriguez | Development Director | |
| Gordon Cooper | director | TCC Retail Marketing Inc. |
| Steve Sorensen | Director | |
| Keith Olscamp | Director - Industry Affairs & Collaboration | |
| Robert Hermanns | Director Food Industry Programs | |
| Michael Boland Ph.D. | Director of The Food Industry Center | |
| Rick Nechio | Director Retail Development, Trade Relations, Communications and Media | |
| Edward McLaughlin | Director, Food Industry Management Program | |
| James Dudlicek | Director, Communications and External Affairs | |
| Peter Thompson | Director, Customer and Industry Development | |
| Daniel Alberto Greaves | Director, De Productos Al Ualor | |
| Amy Reibrich | Director, Field Sales | Haleon |
| Steve Holdiman | Director, Industry Development | |
| Logan Kastner | Director, Membership Relations and Services | |
| Bart Butler | Director, Retail Sales US and Canada | |
| Jeremy Doak | Director, Reward and Wellness Solutions | Edenred North America, Inc. |
| John Bowers | Director, Sales Communications and Administration | |
| Mark Wilhite | Director, Sales, Retail Grocery | |
| Alison Rosenblum | Director, Strategic Acct Development | |
| Patrick Mersinger | Director, Vertical Sales | SmartBrief, Inc. |
| Larry Esten | Divisional Vice President | American Greetings Corporation |
| Tim Tillia | Divisional Vice President, Sales | |
| John Failla | Editor | Store Brand Decisions |
| Jennifer Acevedo | Editor-In-Chief | |
| Robert Safian | Editor-in-Chief | |
| Marc Adams | EVP, Commercial Digital Solutions | Ecolab, Inc. |
| Jay Wysong | Executive | |
| Carole Christianson | Executive Advisor | Western Association of Food Chains |
| Brandon Barnholt | Executive Chairman | KeHE Distributors |
| James Gillis | Executive Chairman | |
| Todd Jones | Executive Chairman | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Sonny King | Executive Chairman | |
| 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 Saidnawey | Executive Chairman of the Board | JOH |
| 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 | |
| Gerri Brownstein | Executive Director, Sales and Custom Media | |
| Kevin Davis | Executive Vice Chairman, LFHI Board of Directors | Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys) |
| Frank Bishop | Executive Vice President | |
| Steve Bishop | Executive Vice President | |
| Gary Cofer | Executive Vice President | |
| Keith Conard | Executive Vice President | |
| Charles Crotwell | Executive Vice President | Allen & Barbour LLC |
| Paul Gregg | Executive Vice President | Raw Foods International LLC |
| Jamie Gronowski | Executive Vice President | |
| Mike Herrington | Executive Vice President | McClatchy Media Company |
| Christopher Lane | Executive Vice President | |
| James Nolan | Executive Vice President | |
| Peter Pappas | Executive Vice President | |
| Kirk Stoa | Executive Vice President and CFO | Festival Foods |
| Chris Boever | Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Paula Correy | Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Mark Schreiber | Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Scott Welman | Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer | |
| James Rushing | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | LifeScan, Inc. |
| Joan Chow | Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer | |
| Diane Dietz | Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer | |
| Larry Stablein | Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Marketing Officer | |
| Jon Wendel | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Lloyd Johnson | Executive Vice President and CSO | |
| Glen Walter | Executive Vice President and President, North America | |
| 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 | |
| George Roeth | Executive Vice President, Household and Lifestyle | |
| Carl Johnson | Executive Vice President, Marketing and Chief Growth Officer | |
| Tim Lowe | Executive Vice President, Merchandising | |
| Alan Hartline | Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
| Peter Whitsett | Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
| Sean Reid | Executive Vice President, North America | Jack Links Protein Snacks |
| Ron Taylor | Executive Vice President, Operations, Northern Region | |
| 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. |
| Frederick Morganthall II | Executive Vice President, Retail Operations | The Kroger Co. |
| Tim Cole | Executive Vice President, Sales | |
| Kyle O'Brien | 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 |
| Sabine Ritter | Executive Vice President, Strategy, Industry Initatives, Strategic Alliances | |
| Jim Rund | Executive Vice President, US Media | |
| Kelly Griffith | Executive Vice President, West Region Operations | |
| Sean McBride | Founder | DSM Strategic Communications |
| Harvey Hartman | Founder and Chairman | |
| Phil Lempert | Founder and Editor | Supermarket Guru |
| Daniel Triot | Founder and President | DHT Consulting, LLC |
| Drew Facer | Founder and Principal | Tuilytics |
| Andrew Zolli | Futurist , Executive Director and Chief Creative of PopTech | |
| Jonathan Berger | General Manager | The Consumer Goods Forum |
| Michael Nugent | General Manager and CEO | |
| Michael Faherty | General Manager of Baking, Cooking and Spreading | |
| John Lewis | Global President | |
| Erica Kuhlmann | Group Head | Managing Director - Food, Consumer and Agribusiness Group | |
| Daniel Bagan | Group President | |
| Melanie Healey | Group President, North America | |
| Eric Hymas | Group Vice President | |
| Edward Kuehnle | Industry Advisor | InMarket |
| 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 |
| Bill Spain | Manager, N.A. Industry Affairs | |
| Michael Fordney | Managing Director | |
| Michael Gorshe | Managing Director | Accenture |
| Raj Krishnan | Managing Director | Accenture |
| Rick Marino | Managing Director | the Stores Consulting Group |
| Rich Miskewicz | Managing Director | |
| Bill Nasshan | Managing Director | |
| Deborah Perkins | Managing Director | |
| Sabina Saksena | Managing Director | PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP |
| Jean-Marc Saubade | Managing Director | |
| Matt Turnbull | Managing Director | |
| Joy Peters | Managing Director, Accenture Strategy, Consumer Goods | |
| Paul Gormley | Managing Director, Global Commerce sales | |
| Mark Baum | Managing Partner | |
| Mark Dickinson | Managing Partner | Emerge Strategic Solutions |
| Jim Hertel | Managing Partner | |
| Paula Rosenblum | Managing Partner | |
| Richard Simon | Managing Partner | |
| Christopher Warne | Managing VP of Sales | SmartBrief, Inc. |
| Sean O'Farrell | Market Development Director | Dematic Corp. |
| Jesus Iglesias | Market Specialist | |
| Joe Crafton | Member, Board of Directors | Acosta Group |
| Dave Brady | National Account Manager | |
| Dan McConegly | National Account Manager | |
| Paula Spoto | National Marketing Leader, Consumer Products | |
| William Thomas | National Sales Director | |
| Paul Grimwood | Non-Executive Chairman | |
| Larri Wolfson | Owner | ShopRite of Lincoln Park, Inc. |
| Paul Beswick | Partner | Oliver Wyman Group |
| Vince Burke | Partner | BGJ Group |
| James Coleman | Partner | Accenture |
| George Faigen | Partner | |
| Matthew Isotta | Partner | |
| Dave Donnan | Partner Emeritus | Kearney |
| Ricardo Alvarez | President | Anita's Mexican Foods Corp. |
| Rodney Antolock | President | |
| Michael Bacco | President | |
| Irene Britt | President | |
| Andy Callahan | President | |
| John Carrico | President | |
| Joseph Colalillo | President | ShopRite of Hunterdon County, Inc. |
| 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 |
| Irv Glass | President | ShopRite Glass Gardens, Inc. |
| Ira Gleser | President | Amplify Marketing Communications |
| Steve Hall | President | |
| Henry Johnson | President | |
| Jeff Loman | President | CPG Digital Shelf |
| Mark McGowan | President | |
| Bob McTeir | President | |
| Donald Meyer | President | |
| Perry Moss | President | |
| Henry Nahmad | President | |
| Austin Noll Jr. | President | Austin Noll & Associates LLC |
| William Pack | President | |
| Fred Penny | President | |
| Thomas Schwilke | President | The Kroger Co. - Dallas Division |
| Christy Spoa Sr. | President | Ellwood City Save-A-Lot |
| Thomas Sullivan | President | |
| Michael Vail | President | Hannaford Supermarkets |
| David Parry | President & CEO | |
| Mir Aamir | President and CEO | |
| Bob Aiken | President and CEO | |
| Pamela Bailey | President and CEO | |
| Joel Barham | President and CEO | SellEthics Marketing Group, Inc. |
| Rich Bauer | President and CEO | Southeast Food Distribution |
| Roy Bell | President and CEO | Financial Supermarkets, Inc. |
| S. Neal Berube | President and CEO | |
| Carole Bitter PhD | President and CEO | Friedman's Freshmarkets |
| John Bryant | President and CEO | |
| Gregory Calhoun | 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 | |
| Simon Decker | President and CEO | |
| Brian Driscoll | President and CEO | Campbell Snacks |
| Wesley Eubanks | President and CEO | The Pictsweet Company |
| John Flynn | President and CEO | Fleet Advantage, LLC |
| Dick Grader | President and CEO | National Frozen Foods Corporation |
| Scott Grimmett | President and CEO | Price Chopper Supermarkets |
| David Hepfinger | President and CEO | |
| Robert Hill | President and CEO | Acosta Group |
| Richard Jacobsen | President and CEO | |
| William Johnson | President and CEO | |
| Bernard Kreilmann | President and CEO | |
| Peter Larkin | President and CEO | Larkin Consulting |
| Robert Ling Jr. | President and CEO | |
| Robb MacKie | President and CEO | |
| Steven Matthesen | President and CEO | |
| James McCarthy | 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 | |
| Andy Peykoff II | President and CEO | Niagara Bottling, LLC |
| Rick Rayford | President and CEO | |
| Talbott Roche | President and CEO | Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. |
| James Rogers | President and CEO | |
| Alvin Rohrs | President and CEO | |
| John Ross | President and CEO | IGA, INC. |
| Vivek Sankaran | President and CEO | |
| Tony Sarsam | President and CEO | SpartanNash Company |
| John Scott | 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. |
| Sal Stazzone | President and CEO | Alliance Foods, Inc. |
| Brian Todd | President and CEO | |
| Denis Zegar | President and CEO | |
| Jennifer Mauldin | President and Chief Client Officer | |
| Doug Behrens | President and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Linda Doherty | President and Chief Executive Officer | New Jersey Food Council |
| Randall Onstead | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mark Smucker | President and Chief Executive Officer | The J.M. Smucker Company |
| Gil Anderson | President and COO | Balance Innovations, LLC |
| Kevin Elliott | President and COO | |
| Mike Salzberg | President and COO | |
| Edward Brunot | President and COO, MDV | |
| Jeff Metzger | President and Publisher | Food World/Food Trade News |
| Michael Higgins | President Aperion | |
| David Lee | President of Merchandising | |
| Timothy LeBel | President of Sales, Mars Wrigley US | Mars Snacking |
| Monica Turner | President-Strategic Growth Capabilities | Procter & Gamble |
| Aidan Tracey | President, Acosta Mosaic Group | |
| Piyush Chaudhari | President, Americas | |
| Mark Alexander | President, Americas Simple Meals and Beverages | |
| David West | President, Big Heart Pet Food and Snacks | |
| Woody Norris | President, Business Development | |
| Jonathan Weis | President, CEO and Chairman | Weis Markets, Inc. |
| Brian George | President, Chairman and CEO | Alex Lee, Inc. |
| Doug Knudsen | President, ConAgra Foods Sales | |
| Robert Tomei | President, Consumer and Shopper Insights | |
| Andre Hawaux | President, Consumer Foods | |
| Mark Timbie | President, Consumer Foods Americas and CAO | |
| 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 | |
| Bert Alfonso | President, International | The Hershey Company |
| Mark Wagner | President, Kellogg USA Sales | |
| Michael Cinque | President, Kroger and Albertsons Teams | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Wade Duke | President, Kroger Team | |
| Michael Minasi | President, Marketing | |
| Joseph Sivewright | President, North America Pet Food | Nestle Purina PetCare Company |
| Paul Maass | President, Private Brands and Commercial Foods | |
| Travis Lewis | President, Promotion Network | |
| 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. |
| Brian Sinclair | President, U.S. Coalition | |
| Ken Stickevers | President, U.S. Consumer Products Division | |
| Michael Crouse | President, US Food Service | |
| Don Quigley | President, US Sales | |
| Alfred Aldridge III | President/CEO | Head of Sales Consulting Inc. |
| Maxwell Rule | President/CFO | |
| Thomas Bornemann | Principal | |
| Manly Molpus | Principal | The Molpus Advisory Group, LLC |
| Rich Nanda | Principal | Deloitte, LLP |
| David Orgel | Principal | David Orgel Consulting LLC |
| Kurt Schertle | Principal | Kurt Schertle Co. |
| David Schoeder | Principal | |
| Regenia Stein | Principal | Ingenuity Consulting |
| Thomas Stenzel | Principal | The Stenzel Group LLC |
| Maribel Lopez | Principal Analyst Lopez Research LLC | |
| Nancy Childs Ph.D. | Professor of Food Marketing, Erivan K. Haub School of Business | |
| Bob Richardson | Project Manager | CROSSMARK |
| Jerry Rymont | Publisher | Informa |
| Todd Tamcsin | Publisher | |
| Ryan Gooley | Recall Consultant | |
| Wayne Boggs | Regional Director | |
| Gary King | Regional Vice President, Mass Channel | |
| Mike Stevenson | Regional Vice President, National Retail Sales | |
| Dave Jones | Retired | |
| Jack Porter | Retired | |
| Steven Burd | Retired Chairman and CEO | |
| Richard Jurgens | Retired Chairman and CEO | |
| William Crenshaw | Retired Chairman of the Board | |
| David Dillon | Retired Chairman of the Board | |
| Alfred Plamann | Retired Chief Executive Officer | UNFI |
| Joseph Bivona | Senior Advisor | r4 Technologies, LLC |
| Mike Blyth | Senior Advisor | |
| Beverly Grant | Senior Advisor | |
| 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 | |
| Wanda Williams | Senior Director, Business Development and Sales | |
| William Rossi | Senior Director, Geographic Food Customers | |
| Joe Dean | Senior Director, National Sales Planning and Execution, Quaker | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Patrick D'Ambrosio | Senior Director, Sales | |
| Martin Arter | Senior Executive | |
| Cicily Robinson | Senior Manager | |
| Robert Byrne | Senior Partner | |
| Mike Matheis | Senior Partner | Oliver Wyman Group |
| Mike Matheis | Senior Partner | Oliver Wyman Group |
| Ryan Becker | Senior Sales Director | Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC |
| Glenn Backus | Senior Vice President | |
| Luc Bondar | Senior Vice President | Aimia Inc. |
| Michelle Carter | Senior Vice President | Mastercard |
| Christopher Crum | Senior Vice President | |
| Lisa Kinney | Senior Vice President | |
| Anil Kothari | Senior Vice President | |
| Frank Rostan | Senior Vice President | |
| Lelia Tavrides Gibson | 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 | |
| Natan Tabak | Senior Vice President and CIO | |
| Steve Arnold | Senior Vice President and Division Manager | |
| Michael Pengue | Senior Vice President and General Manager | |
| Randolph Melville | Senior Vice President and General Manager, East Division | |
| Tim Hassett | Senior Vice President and GM, Away From Home and Campbell North America and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Daniel Vucovich | Senior Vice President and President, Hershey US | |
| Paul Norton | Senior Vice President New Adjacencies | |
| Andy Knoblauch | Senior Vice President of Center Store Merchandising | |
| Craig Moore | Senior Vice President of Operations | |
| Hollie Gonzales | Senior Vice President of Sales North America | |
| 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. |
| Dave Johnson | Senior Vice President, Business Development Group | |
| Grant LaMontagne | Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Jim Murphy | Senior Vice President, General Manager, Digital Advertising | |
| Alex Hase | Senior Vice President, Global Sales | |
| John Tedesco | Senior Vice President, Good Cents | |
| Ian Prisuta | Senior Vice President, Grocery Merchandising | |
| Chris Resweber | Senior Vice President, Industry Affairs | |
| Siobhan O'Bara | Senior Vice President, Industry Engagement and Services | |
| Brad Davidson | Senior Vice President, Kellogg Company and President, Kellogg North America | |
| Jay Toups | Senior Vice President, Large Store West | |
| Kevin Albritton | Senior Vice President, Marketing | |
| Michael Terry | Senior Vice President, Merchandising | |
| Richard Gunn | Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
| Michael McKinney | Senior Vice President, New Business Development | |
| Doug Ratto | Senior Vice President, Non-Perishables | |
| Henry Karamanoukian | Senior Vice President, North America Sales | Procter & Gamble |
| Nate Stewart | Senior Vice President, Perishables | |
| Jeff Swearingen | Senior Vice President, Portfolio Marketing, FLNA | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| William McCouch | Senior Vice President, Procurement Services | Corcentric, LLC |
| Steven Skinner | Senior Vice President, Products and Resources Practice Leader, Business Consulting | |
| Christina Romas | Senior Vice President, ReposiTrak | |
| Patti Marshman-Goldblatt | Senior Vice President, Retail | Circana |
| Jeff Reagan | Senior Vice President, Retail Operations | |
| Michael Stern | Senior Vice President, Retail Operations | |
| Michael Treboni | Senior Vice President, Retail Services | |
| Dan Colvard | Senior Vice President, Sales | Driveline Retail Merchandising |
| John Kennington | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Craig Nowokunski | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Jesse Garcia | Senior Vice President, Sales and CCO | |
| Michael Cvrlje | Senior Vice President, Sales and Logistics | Dotdash Meredith |
| Steven Goodyear | Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing | Southeastern Mills |
| Jim Holton | Senior Vice President, Sales, Snacks | Kellanova |
| Laura Disciullo | Senior Vice President, Solutions and Marketing | |
| Ed Tobin | Senior Vice President, Strategic Customer Development | |
| Ian O'Donnell | Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships | |
| Monte Wiese | Senior Vice President, Supply Chain | |
| Lisa Gosselin | Senior Vice President, U.S. Media Retail | |
| Scott Cameron | Senior Vice President, U.S. Sales | |
| John Mayer | Strategic Advisor | |
| James Horner | TCC | |
| Stacy Landis | Vertical Marketing Lead, Consumer Products | |
| Vincent Byrd | Vice Chairman | |
| Jamie Egasti | Vice Chairman | |
| William Elmore | Vice Chairman | |
| MacGregor Read | Vice Chairman | |
| Paul Boyer | Vice Chairman Emeritus | |
| Jay Marshall | Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President, Co-COO, President, Hy-Vee Subsidiaries and Commissary | |
| Patrick Conroy | Vice Chairman, U.S. Consumer Products Leader | |
| Kathie Day | Vice President | |
| Lindsey Hughes | Vice President | |
| Steffen Lauster | Vice President | |
| Steven Love | Vice President | |
| Peter Muratore | Vice President | WSL Strategic Retail |
| Ade Solaru | Vice President | |
| John Summers | Vice President | |
| Mike Beal | Vice President and CFO | Balls Food Stores |
| 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 | |
| Alan Goldstein | Vice President and Managing Director | |
| Donna Howard | Vice President and Managing Director, Customer Facing Supply Chain | |
| Paul Avampato | Vice President Logistics, Supply Chain Laundry and Home Care North America | Henkel Corporation |
| Wayne Luciano | Vice President Marketing | |
| Michael Hurley | Vice President of Custom Marketing | |
| Suzanne Clarridge | Vice President of Marketing & Partner Success | WorldPantry.com |
| Michael Cassara | Vice President Sales - Large Store East | The Coca-Cola Company |
| James Rinaldi | Vice President Sales Proprietary Brands | |
| Ross Lipari | Vice President Sales, Grocery | |
| Derek Frederickson | Vice President, Alcohol and Tobacco | |
| Alfie Vivian | Vice President, B2B Marketing, Foods and Refreshments | Unilever |
| Edward Hoehn | Vice President, Brandmasters | |
| Jeff Newton | Vice President, Business Development | FHI |
| CJ Watson | Vice President, Category Management | |
| Rami El-Zeini | Vice President, Client Services | Aimia Inc. |
| Dennis Ford | Vice President, Client Solutions | |
| Stephen Sibert | Vice President, Corporate Affairs | Diamond Foods, Inc. |
| Nancy Krawczyk | Vice President, Corporate Partnerships and Engagement | |
| Craig Simon | Vice President, Customer Business Development | Mondelez International |
| Kathy Hayden | Vice President, Customer Business Solutions | |
| Tom Gillespie | Vice President, Customer Development | Gallo |
| Christopher Witte | Vice President, Customer Development | Tyson Foods, Inc. |
| Herbert Smith | Vice President, Customer Development Retail | Gallo |
| Jeff Siegel | Vice President, Customer Interface Group | |
| Pat Brown | Vice President, Customer Supply Chain | |
| Bill Catania | Vice President, Digital Promotions | |
| Steve Sprinkle | Vice President, Domestic Sales | Gallo |
| Raymond Downes | Vice President, Dover Food Retail | Hillphoenix, A Dover Company |
| Tim Fieldhouse | Vice President, Field Sales | |
| Lonnie Noble | Vice President, Field Sales | |
| Thomas Ford | Vice President, Food Safety | |
| Paul Luna | Vice President, Global Business Development | Foxfire Inc. |
| 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 | |
| Bob Goodpaster | Vice President, Global Knowledge and Insights | |
| John McGinty | Vice President, Global Sales Advisor | Nestle USA, Inc. |
| Jorge Pena | Vice President, GM Food Channels | |
| Kelly Johnston | Vice President, Government Affairs | |
| Mitch Klein | Vice President, Government Relations and Retail Services | |
| Brian Fischel | Vice President, Grocery | |
| Melvin Bomprezzi | Vice President, Grocery and Nonfood Merchandising | The Kroger Co. |
| Joe Buescher | Vice President, Grocery Merchandising Sales Planning | The Kroger Co. |
| William Dankworth | Vice President, Grocery Merchandising, National Foods and Procurement | The Kroger Co. |
| Gary Roland | Vice President, Grocery Sales | |
| Larry Wilson | Vice President, Industry Affairs | |
| Dennis Belcastro | Vice President, Industry Affairs and Customer Development | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
| Brian Lernihan | Vice President, Industry and Customer Development | |
| 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 | |
| Doug Baker | Vice President, Industry Relations | FMI |
| Brian Lynch | Vice President, Industry Relations | International Foodservice Distributors Association |
| Joy Nicholas | Vice President, Industry Relations | Balance Innovations, LLC |
| Michael Ridenour | Vice President, Industry Relations | UNFI |
| Craig Rosenblum | Vice President, Industry Transformation | |
| Nathan Steele | Vice President, Kroger MillerCoors | |
| Kevin Schoen | Vice President, Logistics and Customer Supply Chain | |
| Peter Steinbrick | Vice President, Marketing and Business Development | |
| Julia Wells | Vice President, Marketing Services | |
| Jane Novak-Cook | Vice President, North America Grocery | |
| Deborah Kaufman | Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness | |
| Marty Tendler | Vice President, Procurement and Logistics | |
| Michael Ambrosio | Vice President, Quality Assurance Division | |
| Bobby Ray | Vice President, Retail and Private Brands | |
| Joseph Burke | Vice President, Retail Industry Affairs | |
| Ern Sherman | Vice President, Retail Industry Affairs | |
| Ryan Ellis | Vice President, Retail Marketing and Business Development | Idahoan Foods |
| Frank Puleo | Vice President, Retail Marketing and Services | |
| Tim Seaton | Vice President, Retail Sales | |
| Chris Timmer | Vice President, Retail Sales | |
| David Almeida | Vice President, Sales | Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC |
| Robert Ashmun | Vice President, Sales | |
| Anthony Cosmi | Vice President, Sales | |
| Brian King | Vice President, Sales | |
| Steve MacWilliams | Vice President, Sales | |
| Kimberlee Marsh | Vice President, Sales | |
| Andy Matthews | Vice President, Sales | RSi |
| Thomas Solomon | Vice President, Sales | |
| Jane Sumner | Vice President, Sales | |
| Peter Wolf | Vice President, Sales - Strategic Accounts | ParTech, Inc. |
| Dan Walsh | Vice President, Sales and Commercial Strategy | |
| Mike Meehan | Vice President, Sales and Marketing | Fleet Advantage, LLC |
| John Paul | Vice President, Sales and Marketing | SpartanNash Company |
| Larry Hamwey | Vice President, Sales Development | |
| Ed Landry | Vice President, Sales, U.S. Consumer Foods | |
| Nicholas Fereday | Vice President, Senior Analyst | Rabobank |
| Brian Ager MBA, CPCM, CPSA | Vice President, ShopperImpact Solutions | VideoMining Corporation |
| 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 |
| Randy Sullins | Vice President, Trade Relations | |
| John Seeberger | Vice President, U.S. Grocery | |
| Michael Potthoff | Vice President, U.S. Sales- Grocery, Club, Package Liquor & Emerging Channels | Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC |
| Ron Schone | Vice President, US Customer Development | |
| Steve Yarbrough | Vice President, US Retail Sales and Customer Development | |
| Gary Spinazze | Vice President, Vendor Relations | |
| David Wurm | Vice President, Walmart and Sam's Club | |
| Bob Reeves | Vice President, West | Shelby Publishing Co., Inc. |
| William Nahmias | VP Brand Management & Sales Planning | |
| Chris Van Parys | VP of Retail Development | Merchants Distributors, LLC |
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