2015 Midwinter Executive Conference: Registered Attendees

The following list shows all attendees as of May 4, 2024.


Attendee Name Title  Company
Kevin Nemetz - Microsoft Corporation
John White - Microsoft Corporation
Donna Rando Account Executive
Jenny Hicks Account Manager
Dick Boer Advisor Ahold Delhaize
Carla Cooper Advisor
Jerry Garland Advisor
Andrew Appel Advisor and Member of the IRI Board of Directors
Gordon Campbell Advisor to the Board SPAR International
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 Revionics, Inc.
Dan Bordun Associate
Kelli Gay Associate
Ben Humphries Associate
Elise Fennig Associate Director, Industry Development
Joy Mead Associate Director, Marketing The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Steven Werner Associate Publisher
Nicole Fleiner Associate Vice President, Business Development
Ronald Hodge Board Director Park City Group, Inc.
Rich Juliano Board Member
Allan Noddle Board Member
Robert Edwards Board of Directors Target Corporation
Tom Sullivan Business Development Compass Marketing
Joel Rampoldt CEO Lidl US, LLC
J.K. Symancyk CEO PetSmart, Inc.
Brian Cornell Chair and Chief Executive Officer Target Corporation
Mark Batenic Chairman IGA, INC.
Rudy Dory Chairman Newport Avenue Market/Rudy’s Markets Inc.
Boyd George Chairman
Thomas Haggai Chairman
Donald Knauss Chairman The Clorox Company
Jeff Harmening Chairman & Chief Executive Officer General Mills, 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)
Rodney McMullen Chairman and CEO The Kroger Co.
John Saidnawey Chairman and CEO JOH
Todd Schnuck Chairman and CEO Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Winston Weber Chairman and CEO
Chuck Wall Chairman and Founder
Dennis Eidson Chairman of the Board
Ben Fischer Chairman of the Board
Larry McCurry Chairman of the Board
Edward Salzano Chairman StoreBrands USA Private Label Manufacturers Association
Jeffrey Ansell Chairman, President and CEO The Sun Products Corporation
David Ball Chairman, President and CEO Ball's Price Chopper/Hen House Markets
Michael Bozzuto Chairman, President and CEO Bozzuto's Inc.
Michele Buck Chairman, President and CEO The Hershey Company
Alan Wilson Chairman, President and CEO
William Mayo Chief Administrative Officer Wakefern Food Corp.
Graeme McVie Chief Business Development Officer
Trey Holder Chief Business Officer and President accelerate 360 LLC.
Thomas Kazas Chief Business Strategist Barrie House Coffee Company
Mark Rahiya Chief Commercial & Supply Chain Officer The Coca-Cola Company
Jim Athey Chief Commercial Officer L&R Distributors
Joe Cavaliere Chief Commercial Officer C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Iain Devine Chief Commercial Officer Salmon
Jay Ellis Chief Commercial Officer
Michael Leone Chief Commercial Officer
Trish Lukasik Chief Commercial Officer
Todd Tillemans Chief Commercial Officer Perdue
Dan Wilkinson Chief Commercial Officer 1WorldSync
Scott Almquist Chief Customer Officer Henkel Corporation
Paul Bello Chief Customer Officer
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
Tim Minges Chief Customer Officer and Senior Vice President, Transformation
Scott Anderson Chief Executive Officer Alliance Sales & Marketing
Michael Ashton Chief Executive Officer
Leon Bergmann Chief Executive Officer
Tanya Domier Chief Executive Officer
Benno Dorer Chief Executive Officer
Randall Fields Chief Executive Officer Park City Group, Inc.
Don Fitzgerald Chief Executive Officer Dom's Kitchen and Market
Thomas Furphy Chief Executive Officer Consumer Equity Partners
Dennis Gipson Chief Executive Officer Hussmann Corporation
Mario Gosselin Chief Executive Officer Kruger Products USA
Kevin Holt Chief Executive Officer Ahold Delhaize USA
Dean Janeway Chief Executive Officer Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc.
Jim Kelly Chief Executive Officer
Bill Lecznar Chief Executive Officer GlobalWorx
Norman Mayne Chief Executive Officer Dorothy Lane Market, Inc.
James McCann Chief Executive Officer
Todd Morris Chief Executive Officer InMarket
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
Donny Rouse Jr. Chief Executive Officer Rouse's Enterprises, LLC
David Schmidt Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Schuckenbrock Chief Executive Officer CROSSMARK
Harry Stagnito Chief Executive Officer Stagnito Associates
David Staples Chief Executive Officer
Richard Tarrant Chief Executive Officer Mi9 Retail
Ryan Wall Chief Executive Officer FHI
Lisa Walsh Chief Executive Officer
Vicente Yanez Chief Executive Officer Asociación Nacional de Tiendas de Autoservicio y Departamentales, A.C. (ANTAD)
J. Alexander Douglas Jr. Chief Executive Officer and President UNFI
Carolyn Tastad Chief Executive Officer, Health Care. and Executive Sponsor, Gender Equality The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Albert Carey Chief Executive Officer, North America
Steven Williams Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo Foods North America PepsiCo, Inc.
Larry McWilliams Chief Executive Officer, Powershelf Compass Marketing
Darian Pickett Chief Executive Officer. North American Sales Agency Acosta
Cheryl Williams Chief Information Officer Wakefern Food Corp.
Diane Teer Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, Global Food and Beverage
Michael Moore Chief Marketing Officer
Chris Morrison Chief Marketing Officer Trace One
Tristan Simpson Chief Marketing Officer
Christopher Hooks Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer Save Mart Supermarkets, LLC
Dewayne Rabon Chief Merchant and Senior Vice President, Merchandising Southeastern Grocers, Inc.
Dayna Bernard Chief of Staff Compass Marketing
Michael Hsu Chief Operating Officer Kimberly-Clark Corporation
George Knobloch Chief Operating Officer Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc.
Phil Lombardo Chief Operating Officer
Nils Lommerin Chief Operating Officer
Blaine McPeak Chief Operating Officer
Jamie Nelson Chief Operating Officer Pattison Food Group
John Persons Chief Operating Officer Northeast Grocery, Inc.
Kurt Schertle Chief Operating Officer Weis Markets, Inc.
Korry Stagnito Chief Operating Officer EnsembleIQ
Rich Greenberg Chief Revenue Management Officer
Susan Dunn Chief Revenue Officer NielsenIQ
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
Bill Thomas Chief Supply Chain Officer
James Flannery Chief Transformation Officer Department of Defense Commissary Agency
Elizabeth Cherry Client Solutions Farm Journal Media
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
Karen James Co-Publisher and Editor-In-Chief Grocery Business
Kevin Smith Co-Publisher; Advertising Manager Grocery Business
Trish Brynjolfsson Consultant
Tony Fernandez Consultant
Timothy Galang Consultant Oliver Wyman Group
Kevin Coupe Content Guy/Writer MorningNewsBeat.com
Michael Taylor COO-Retail Services Advantage Solutions
Art Sebastian Customer Vice President, Category Leadership and Shopper Insights
Rogelio Rodriguez Development Director
Keith Olscamp Director - Industry Affairs & Collaboration Consumer Brands Association
Nick Voss Director of Customer Solutions Molson Coors Beverage Company
Rick Nechio Director Retail Development, Trade Relations, Communications and Media
Kevin Latraverse Director-Corporate Accounts Textron Aviation
Edward McLaughlin Director, Food Industry Management Program
Tim McNamara Director, Category
James Dudlicek Director, Communications and External Affairs National Grocers Association
Peter Thompson Director, Customer and Industry Development
Royce Wills Director, Customer Marketing Molson Coors Beverage Company
John Callanan Director, Digital Media
Amy Reibrich Director, Field Sales Haleon
Cynthia McCloud Director, Food Industry Programs and Adjunct Professor University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business
Laurie Speaks Director, Marketing
Jay Sweeney Director, Marketing and Sales
Kirk Clark Director, Merchandising Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Rodney Ennis Director, Remodel Operation Southeastern Grocers, Inc.
Devin Fogleman Director, Retail Channel Sales Dot Foods, Inc.
Cherie Phipps Director, Retail Management Certificate Program Western Association of Food Chains
Jeremy Doak Director, Reward and Wellness Solutions Edenred North America, Inc.
John Bowers Director, Sales Communications and Administration
Mike Mayleben Director, Sales Grocery and Snacks
Mark Wilhite Director, Sales, Retail Grocery
Deb Arooleo Director, Strategic Foresight and Innovation
Bob Richardson Director, Trade Relations The Clorox Company
Chris Rowley Division Vice President, Sales
Tim Tillia Divisional Vice President, Sales
Lorrie Griffith Editor Shelby Publishing Co., Inc.
John Karolefski Editor in Chief CPGmatters
Seth Mendelson Editor in Chief
Jennifer Acevedo Editor-In-Chief
Jim Brennan EVP, National Retail Sales, US Region
Carole Christianson Executive Advisor Western Association of Food Chains
Steve Frenda Executive Advisor EnsembleIQ
Brandon Barnholt Executive Chairman KeHE Distributors
Todd Jones Executive Chairman Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Hendrik Meijer Executive Chairman Meijer, Inc.
Richard Smucker Executive Chairman The J.M. Smucker Company
Bill Tauscher Executive Chairman
Charles D'Amour Executive Chairman of the Board Big Y Foods, Inc.
Neil Golub Executive Chairman of the Board Price Chopper Supermarkets
Shane Sampson Executive Chairman of the Board Save Mart Supermarkets, LLC
Michael Sleeper Executive Chairman of the Board Imperial Distributors, Inc.
Randy Edeker Executive Chairman of the Board, Executive Director of Hy-Vee, Inc Hy-Vee, Inc.
Joseph Bivona Executive Director, Academy of Food Marketing Saint Joseph's University
Robert Higgins Executive Director, Academy of Food Marketing
Ann Raider Executive Global Retail
Ed Wright Executive Liaison
Curt Alpeter Executive Vice President
Rick Geary Executive Vice President W. Lee Flowers & Co., Inc.
Jamie Gronowski Executive Vice President
Christopher Lane Executive Vice President
James Nolan Executive Vice President
Peter Pappas Executive Vice President
Terry Thomas Executive Vice President and CCO
David Phillips Executive Vice President and CFO Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Wayne Romanczuk Executive Vice President and CFO
Kirk Stoa Executive Vice President and CFO Festival Foods
Andy McCann Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Hy-Vee, Inc.
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 Utz Quality Foods, LLC
Joan Chow Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
John McIndoe Executive Vice President and Chief 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
Paul Matthews Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer
Susan Klug Executive Vice President and CMO
Brad Alexander Executive Vice President and COO Flowers Foods
Nick Vlahos Executive Vice President and COO, Household, Lifestyle and Core Global Functions The Clorox Company
Suzanne Allford Wade Executive Vice President and Corporate Communications H-E-B
Kirk Wheeler Executive Vice President and General Manager, CPG Practice RSi
Sally Lyons Wyatt Executive Vice President and Practice Leader Circana
Chris Slager Executive Vice President and President, DH Grocery Division, Pinnacle Foods
Colleen Flaherty Executive Vice President of Sales
Ned Peverley Executive Vice President, Business Development Acosta
Scott Tassani Executive Vice President, Business Development and Chief Commercial Officer TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Larry Levin Executive Vice President, Business Development, IRI New Solutions
Karl Kruse Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer Hy-Vee, Inc.
Jerry LeClair Executive Vice President, Chief Merchant & Retail Operations Officer Brookshire Grocery Company
Tom Watson Executive Vice President, Chief Retail Officer Hy-Vee, Inc.
Matt Ludwig Executive Vice President, Chief Social/Digital Commerce Officer Hy-Vee, Inc.
Stephen Johnson Executive Vice President, Client Insights
Jim DiFilippo Executive Vice President, Consumer and Retail Practice DHR International, Inc.
Ritchie Davis Executive Vice President, Corporate Development SellEthics Marketing Group, Inc.
Michael Newbold Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer C&S Wholesale Grocers, 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
Jeffrey Friedman Executive Vice President, Grocery
Frank Squilla Executive Vice President, Industry and Trade Relations InComm
Carl Johnson Executive Vice President, Marketing and Chief Growth Officer
Dan Glei Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Larry Pierce Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing
Peter Whitsett Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing Meijer, Inc.
Steven Heggelke Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Procurement Bozzuto's Inc.
Tracy Moore Executive Vice President, Procurement and Merchandising C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Frank Tataseo Executive Vice President, Professional Products, Mergers and Acquisitions and IT
Albert Bolles Executive Vice President, Research, Quality and Innovation
Chad Grenier Executive Vice President, retail Marketing Services
Theodore Adornato Executive Vice President, Retail Operations
Frederick Morganthall II Executive Vice President, Retail Operations The Kroger Co.
James Curran Executive Vice President, Sales KeHE Distributors
Brett Featherston Executive Vice President, Sales
Greg Sandeno Executive Vice President, Sales
Tony True Executive Vice President, Sales
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
Kevin Darrington Executive Vice President, Supply Chain and Information Technology
Kelly Griffith Executive Vice President, West Region Operations
Kevin Gallagher Feature Writer
Christopher Bryson Founder and CEO Unata, Inc
Zach Buckner Founder and CEO
Justin Dye Founder and CEO Dye Capital & Company
Bruce Nagle Founder and CEO RW3 Technologies, Inc.
Arthur Smith Founder and CEO
Daniel Triot Founder and President DHT Consulting, LLC
Drew Facer Founder and Principal Tuilytics
John Haggerty Founder and Strategist
Michael Faherty General Manager of Baking, Cooking and Spreading
Kim Reed General Manager, Grocery
Jonathan Berger General Manager, The Americas The Consumer Goods Forum
Scott Welty General Vice President, Pre-Sales
Charles Pettigrew Global Microbiology and Systems Biology
Tracey Massey Global President, Mars Pet Nutrition Mars Petcare
Erica Kuhlmann Group Head | Managing Director - Food, Consumer and Agribusiness Group BMO Harris Bank N.A.
Mike Scolaro Group Head, Managing Director BMO Harris Bank N.A.
Daniel Bagan Group President
Melanie Healey Group President, North America
Chris Keating Group Publisher
Stephanie Reid Group Publisher Shelby Publishing Co., Inc.
Thomas Daniel Group Vice President Ecolab, Inc.
Paul Patten Group Vice President, Center Store Wakefern Food Corp.
Lynn Marmer Group Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Rob Mould Group Vice President, Merchandising Execution
Joseph Fantasia Group Vice President, Supply Chain
Melissa Plaisance GVP, Treasury and Investor Relations Albertsons Companies
Michele Romanow head of Marketing
Anatoliy Melnichuk Head of Sales
Daniel Warner Head of Strategic Partnerships Snap by Groupon
Edward Kuehnle Industry Advisor InMarket
Jerry Brown Industry and Customer Strategic Advisor
John Havens Jr. Industry Relations Consultant, Nestle USA, Inc. Nestle USA, Inc.
Christopher Warne Industry VP & Group Publisher, Food & Beverage SmartBrief, Inc.
Doug Langan Manager of Customer Business Development, North America Regional Teams The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Daniel Lee Manager- Business Development Textron Aviation
Pat Smith Manager, Customer Engagement Mondelez International
Matt Foley Manager, Federal Affairs
Adam Hayes Manager, Industry Affairs The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Karen Doggendorf Manager, Industry Relations Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Randy Burt Managing Director AlixPartners LLP
Burt Flickinger Managing Director
Michael Fordney Managing Director
Michael Gorshe Managing Director Accenture
Michael Johns Managing Director BMO Capital Markets
Raj Krishnan Managing Director Accenture
Rick Marino Managing Director the Stores Consulting Group
Bill Nasshan Managing Director
Richard Price Managing Director Penton Media, Inc
Edward Stark Managing Director Accenture
Scott Moses Managing Director and Head of Grocery, Pharmacy and Restaurants Investment Banking Solomon Partners
Craig Musgrove Managing Director, Americas Trax Retail
Judi Kletz Managing Director, Industry Affairs
Andrew Wolf Managing Director, Senior Equity Research Analyst, Food and Agribusiness Group
Steve Saul Managing Director, US New Business Development NielsenIQ
Mark Dickinson Managing Partner Emerge Strategic Solutions
Jim Hertel Managing Partner Willard Bishop, LLC, an Inmar Analytics Company
Dan McConegly National Account Manager
Paul Grimwood Non-Executive Chairman
Alison Castillo Omni Delivery Lead Unilever
James Sumas Owner
Larri Wolfson Owner ShopRite of Lincoln Park, Inc.
Brian Wright Owner Wright Communication Strategies, LLC
Chris Baker Partner
Paul Beswick Partner Oliver Wyman Group
Vince Burke Partner BGJ Group
George Faigen Partner
Matt Hamory Partner
Dexter Manning Partner Grant Thornton LLP
Kumar Venkataraman Partner
Dave Donnan Partner Emeritus Kearney
John Maxwell Partner, Retail and Consumer Global Leader
Nick Albrecht President The Fred W. Albrecht Grocery Co.
Richard Anicetti President Overfield Leadership Group
Rodney Antolock President
Bob Belsky President
Craig Boyan President H-E-B
Irene Britt President
Jeff Brown President
John Carrico President
Glen Clark President
Joseph Colalillo President ShopRite of Hunterdon County, Inc.
Steve Collins President
Jim Dorey President
John Downs Jr. President National Confectioners Association
Jay Felts President accelerate 360 LLC.
Christopher Fink President RetailGrowth
Ira Gleser President Amplify Marketing Communications
Craig Hagood President House-Autry Mills, Inc.
David Hall President Hallmark Cards, Inc.
James Halloran President
Meg Ham President Food Lion, LLC
Henry Johnson President KJ Investment Company
William Kies President Kies Consulting, LLC
Joseph Kirby President Imperial Distributors, Inc.
Jeff Loman President CPG Digital Shelf
Tim Lowe President Lowes Foods, LLC
Mark McGowan President
Sean McMenamin President ShopRite McMenamin
Bob McTeir President
Donald Meyer President
David Mitchell President Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Kraig Naasz President
Austin Noll Jr. President Austin Noll & Associates LLC
Michael O'Keefe President Advantage Solutions
Jack Partridge President Partridge & Associates, Inc.
Fred Penny President
Jason Ramsey President Merchants Distributors, LLC
Michael Sansolo President Sansolo Solutions
Dennis Senovich President ES3, LLC
Jack Shakoor President Jack's Super Foodtown
James Trout President
Donna Tweeten President Hy-Vee, Inc.
Michael Vail President Hannaford Supermarkets
Brad Shelton President Collaborative Gateway Solutions Circana
David Parry President & CEO accelerate 360 LLC.
David Gottlieb President & COO Quri, Inc.
Van Sapp President Americas
Henry Armour Ph.D. President and CEO National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS)
Pamela Bailey President and CEO
Joel Barham President and CEO SellEthics Marketing Group, Inc.
Rob Bartels President and CEO
Rich Bauer President and CEO Southeast Food Distribution
Roy Bell President and CEO Financial Supermarkets, Inc.
S. Neal Berube President and CEO
Peter Byck President and CEO Winery Exchange, Inc.
Gregory Calhoun President and CEO
Ronald Carkoski President and CEO Four Seasons Produce, Inc.
Bob Carpenter President and CEO GS1 US
Joseph Ciolino President and CEO Voluntary Benefits Solutions, LLC
Douglas Clark President and CEO Corcentric, LLC
Robin Copping President and CEO CEO Search Partners
Nancy Croitoru President and CEO
Frank Curci President and CEO Northeast Grocery, Inc.
Michael D'Amour President and CEO Big Y Foods, Inc.
Wesley Eubanks President and CEO The Pictsweet Company
Dan Funk President and CEO Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Scott Grimmett President and CEO Price Chopper Supermarkets
Robert Hill President and CEO Acosta
David Hirz President and CEO
Anthony Hucker President and CEO Southeastern Grocers, Inc.
Richard Jacobsen President and CEO
Peter Larkin President and CEO Larkin Consulting
James McCarthy President and CEO
David McConnell President and CEO
Terry McDaniel President and CEO
Michael Needler Jr. President and CEO Fresh Encounter, Inc.
Ken Nemeth President and CEO
Chris Neugent President and CEO Post Consumer Brands
Tom O'Reilly President and CEO Aptaris
Jeff Pedersen President and CEO Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (ROFDA)
Elizabeth Pivonka Ph.D., RD 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 Albertsons Companies
Tony Sarsam President and CEO SpartanNash Company
Randall Skoda President and CEO Topco Associates LLC
Mark Skogen President and CEO Festival Foods
David Smith President and CEO
Steven Smith President and CEO K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Patrick Spear President and CEO GMDC
Brian Todd President and CEO
Loyd Tomlinson President and CEO LTA International Global Services
Colleen Wegman President and CEO Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Charlie Wiggs President and CEO Mozido Inc.
Charles Yuska President and CEO
Doug Behrens President and Chief Customer Officer
Mark Schiller President and Chief Executive Officer The Hain Celestial Group Inc.
Randall Onstead President and Chief Executive Officer
Mark Smucker President and Chief Executive Officer The J.M. Smucker Company
Kevin Burns President and Chief Operations Officer Chobani, Inc.
Tim Brown President and COO
Duncan MacNaughton President and COO
Kevin Ponticelli President and COO
Mike Salzberg President and COO
Joseph Sheridan President and COO Wakefern Food Corp.
Edward Brunot President and COO, MDV
Robert Baesler President and Owner Baesler's Market
Ronald Johnston President and Publisher Shelby Publishing Co., Inc.
Jeff Metzger President and Publisher Food World/Food Trade News
Michael Higgins President Aperion Hussmann Corporation
Timothy LeBel President of Sales, Mars Wrigley US Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Richard Tompkins President, PBNA North Division PepsiCo, Inc.
Jay Gottleib President, Adult and Feminine Care, North America
Greg Stevens President, Advertising and Media Solutions Mi9 Retail
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
Ed Carolan President, Campbell U.S.
Jonathan Weis President, CEO and Chairman Weis Markets, Inc.
Brian George President, Chairman and CEO Alex Lee, Inc.
Jim Dinkins President, Coca-Cola North America
Paul Mulligan President, Coca-Cola Refreshments
Robert Tomei President, Consumer and Shopper Insights
Grant LaMontagne President, Customer Development
Kurt Laufer President, Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Tom Smith President, Customer Development and Sales Operations
John Zupo President, Customer Development and Sales Operations
Alex Perwich President, Enactus United States
Jen Burke President, Established Brands
Brendan Foley President, Global Consumer/Americas McCormick & Company, Inc.
Kees Kruythoff-Tielenius President, Home Care
Bert Alfonso President, International The Hershey Company
Paul Norman President, Kellogg North America
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
Giuseppina Buonfantino President, North American Baby and Child Care
Fernando Gonzalez President, North American Consumer Products Georgia-Pacific
Oswald Barckhahn President, Pepsico North American Nutrition
Blaine Bringhurst President, Price Chopper/Market 32 Price Chopper Supermarkets
Paul Maass President, Private Brands and Commercial Foods
Travis Lewis President, Promotion Network
Thomas Corley President, Retail and Established Brands
Marty Monserez President, Sales Compass Marketing
Vince Robinson President, Sales
Kevin Doyle President, Sales and Distributor Operations Molson Coors Beverage Company
Andrew Wintemberg President, Sales and Logistics Meredith Corp.
Derek Lewis President, South Division PepsiCo, Inc.
Deanie Elsner President, U.S. Snacks
Michael Crouse President, US Food Service
Don Quigley President, US Sales
John Whoriskey President, US Sales
Alfred Aldridge III President/CEO Head of Sales Consulting Inc.
Tomislav Kuljis Presidente
Thomas Bornemann Principal Ernst & Young LLP
Thomas Compernolle Principal
Leslie Cook Principal
Manly Molpus Principal The Molpus Advisory Group, LLC
David Orgel Principal David Orgel Consulting LLC
Jeff Orschell Principal Ernst & Young LLP
Regenia Stein Principal Ingenuity Consulting
Thomas Stenzel Principal The Stenzel Group LLC
Jerry Rymont Publisher Supermarket News
Grant Stallknecht Region Vice President, Emerging Post Consumer Brands
Gary Tickle Regional Business Head
Matt Dzarnowski Regional Vice President Molson Coors Beverage Company
Frank Duffy Regional Vice President Sales, Eastern Region McCormick & Company, Inc.
Craig Reynolds Regional Vice President, Sales, Western Region McCormick & Company, Inc.
Dave Jones Retired
Jack Porter Retired
William Crenshaw Retired Chairman of the Board
Karen Johannes Sales Executive
Susan Gwinnett-Smith Sales Integration Leadership Team Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Shayne Gibbs Sales Team Lead, Kroger Molson Coors Beverage Company
Thomas White Senior Account Manager
Marc Poulin Senior Advisor
Paul Schulz Senior Advisor, Corporate SPAR International
Tom Duffy Senior Advisor, Non-Food Community Development FMI
Joan Toth Senior Consultant/Advisor
Julie Nee Senior Director Strategic Food Customers
Wanda Williams Senior Director, Business Development and Sales
Gregory Roller Senior Director, Corporate Grocery and Category Management The Kroger Co.
William Rossi Senior Director, Geographic Food Customers
Patricia Stockton Senior Director, Industry Affairs and Collaboration Consumer Brands Association
Amanda Jones Senior Director, Strategic Food Customers
Tess Hohman Senior Manager, Industry Initiatives General Mills, Inc.
Bill Read Senior Managing Director
Mike Matheis Senior Partner Oliver Wyman Group
James Bacos Senior Partner, Retail and Consumer Goods Global Practice Leader
Nate Manning Senior Sales Director, Retail Solutions
John Lucot Senior Strategic Advisor Mercatus
Michelle Carter Senior Vice President Mastercard
Bruce Christiansen Senior Vice President Park City Group, Inc.
Christopher Crum Senior Vice President
Christopher Finck Senior Vice President
Keith Loranger Senior Vice President
Lauri Luker Senior Vice President
Derek Nighbor Senior Vice President Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada
Bob Welch Senior Vice President 84.51º
Bruce Kerr Senior Vice President and Chairman
Mike Illum Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer
Jon Payne Senior Vice President and CIO
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.
Gordon Goss Senior Vice President and GM, US and Mexico Consumer Business Kruger Products USA
Jim Murphy Senior Vice President and President Big G
Andy Knoblauch Senior Vice President of Center Store Merchandising
Angela Kimes Senior Vice President Sales
Jim Goers Senior Vice President, Account Management and National Brands
Dave Bornmann Senior Vice President, Business Development Grocery and Fresh Products Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Glenn Hartman Senior Vice President, Channel Business Development
Matt Laszlo Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer The Clorox Company
James Melton Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Aaron Fidler Senior Vice President, Client Services
Shawn O'Grady Senior Vice President, Convenience and Food Service
Todd Martin Senior Vice President, Customer Management Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
John Phillips Senior Vice President, Customer Supply Chain and Global GTM PepsiCo, Inc.
Amy Hahn Senior Vice President, Digital, Loyalty, Marketing, Insights
Scott Johnson Senior Vice President, Director of Retail Financial Supermarkets, Inc.
Pete Leung Senior Vice President, Division Manager
Sharon Glass Senior Vice President, Established Brands
Haluk Nural Senior Vice President, Fashion, Apparel, Beauty and Specialty Sectors dunnhumby
Ian Prisuta Senior Vice President, Grocery Merchandising
Tom Ferguson Senior Vice President, Grocery, Club, Drug and Sales Strategy
Joel Kuplack Senior Vice President, Human Resources Festival Foods
Siobhan O'Bara Senior Vice President, Industry Engagement and Services
Kevin Albritton Senior Vice President, Marketing
Brad Robertson Senior Vice President, Marketing Services Mi9 Retail
Dean Erlandson Senior Vice President, Mass Customers
James Whitman Senior Vice President, Member Programs and Services National Association of Chain Drug Stores
Curtis Funk Senior Vice President, Merchandising Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys)
Mike Massimino Senior Vice President, Merchandising
Richard Gunn Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing
Chuck Thompson Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing Harris Teeter LLC
Dan Vanchieri Senior Vice President, National Sales
Jeff Dichele Senior Vice President, Non Perishable Merchandising Stop & Shop
Henry Karamanoukian Senior Vice President, North America Sales The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
William DeWitt Senior Vice President, North American Sales Officer
Nate Stewart Senior Vice President, Perishables Hy-Vee, Inc.
Raymond McCall Senior Vice President, Pharmacy, Health and Beauty Care Merchandising
William McCouch Senior Vice President, Procurement Services Corcentric, LLC
Christina Romas Senior Vice President, ReposiTrak
Jason Test Senior Vice President, Retail Brand Development
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
Dan Colvard Senior Vice President, Sales Driveline Retail Merchandising
Wes Dye Senior Vice President, Sales
John Kennington Senior Vice President, Sales
Bill Kynast Senior Vice President, Sales Chobani, Inc.
Jack Lord Senior Vice President, Sales
Craig Nowokunski Senior Vice President, Sales
Scott Siers Senior Vice President, Sales
Jeff Stamey Senior Vice President, Sales Chobani, Inc.
Jesse Garcia Senior Vice President, Sales and CCO
Michael Cvrlje Senior Vice President, Sales and Logistics Meredith Corp.
John Torru Senior Vice President, Sales and Market Development
Robert Bottini Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Steven Goodyear Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Southeastern Mills
Trent Overholt Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Mike Mortensen Senior Vice President, Sales and Merchandising
Jim Holton Senior Vice President, Sales, Snacks Kellanova
Jeff Monroe Senior Vice President, South Region Dean Foods Company
Ed Tobin Senior Vice President, Strategic Customer Development
Jesse Brady-Searby Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships Mi9 Retail
Ian O'Donnell Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
Robert Clark Senior Vice President, Supply Chain
Paul Waldron Senior Vice President, Trade Development
Lisa Gosselin Senior Vice President, U.S. Media Retail
James Sterbenz Senior Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales
Nicole Wegman Senior Vice President, Wegmans Brand Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
John Teixeira Senior Vice-President of Distribution Burris Logistics
Kevin Davis Special Advisor to the Board
John Mayer Strategic Advisor
Perry Seelert Strategic Partner Emerge Strategic Solutions
Al Schretter SVP / GM, North America Region S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Kent Montgomery SVP Industry Relations and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion North America PepsiCo, Inc.
Ronald Margulis U.S. Correspondent Canadian Grocer
Vincent Byrd Vice Chairman
Jamie Egasti Vice Chairman
Jeremy Gosch Vice Chairman and CEO Hy-Vee, Inc.
Paul Boyer Vice Chairman Emeritus
Craig Bosworth Vice President
Kathie Day Vice President
Jessica Fister Johnson Vice President The Coca-Cola Company
Todd Harbolt Vice President Daymon
Pierce Hollingsworth Vice President
Steffen Lauster Vice President
Paul McCaffrey Vice President Voluntary Benefits Solutions, LLC
Eric Older Vice President Daymon
Dale Whitehill Vice President Daymon
Bill Wortham Vice President
Dominick Romano Vice President and COO Ronetco Supermarkets, Inc.
Paul Cooke Vice President and Director, Industry Relations
Mike Schumacher Vice President and Division Manager Associated Wholesale Grocers - Gulf Coast Division
Terri Maloney Vice President and Editorial Director Food World/Food Trade News
Jeffrey Woldt Vice President and Editorial Director Mass Market Retailers
Thomas Hipwell Vice President and General Manager
Jeff Harsh Vice President and GM, Large Format The Hershey Company
Scott Cole Vice President and GM, US
Donna Howard Vice President and Managing Director, Customer Facing Supply Chain
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
Joan Driggs Vice President of Content and Thought Leadership Circana
Eric Swensen Vice President of Fresh Foods Big Y Foods, Inc.
Suzanne Clarridge Vice President of Marketing & Partner Success WorldPantry.com
Jeffrey Ward Vice President of Sales America's WestRock
Tim Snyder Vice President of Sales Mars Food
James Rinaldi Vice President Sales Proprietary Brands
Rick Morse Vice President Sales, Global Customers and Southeast Region
Derek Frederickson Vice President, Alcohol and Tobacco
Alfie Vivian Vice President, B2B Marketing, Foods and Refreshments Unilever
Brian Allen Vice President, Business Development
Adin Hamilton Vice President, Business Development Dalkia Solutions
Will Seel Vice President, Business Development FHI
Eric Steele Vice President, Business Development Dalkia Solutions
Adam Byrne Vice President, Category Leadership
Kevin Broe Vice President, Center Store
Matthew Rzucidlo Vice President, Client Solutions ES3, LLC
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
Taylor Gordy Vice President, Customer Development Colgate-Palmolive Company
Herbert Smith Vice President, Customer Development Retail E.&J. Gallo Winery
Steve Schumacher Vice President, Customer Development, Supermarkets, West Unilever
Jeff Siegel Vice President, Customer Interface Group
Pat Brown Vice President, Customer Supply Chain
Steve Sprinkle Vice President, Domestic Sales E.&J. Gallo Winery
Gregory Freehauf Vice President, Finance and CFO
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 The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Bob Goodpaster Vice President, Global Knowledge and Insights
John McGinty Vice President, Global Sales Advisor Nestle USA, Inc.
Teross Young Vice President, Government Affairs Ahold Delhaize USA
Ron Graf Vice President, Government Relations
Melvin Bomprezzi Vice President, Grocery and Nonfood Merchandising The Kroger Co.
Gary Roland Vice President, Grocery Sales
Michael Ridenour Vice President, Industry Affairs UNFI
Arthur Rosenberg Vice President, Industry and Customer Development
Julia Sabin Vice President, Industry and Government Affairs The J.M. Smucker Company
Rick Brindle Vice President, Industry Development
Brian Lynch Vice President, Industry Relations International Foodservice Distributors Association
Craig Rosenblum Vice President, Industry Transformation Inmar Inc.
Nathan Steele Vice President, Kroger MillerCoors
Jay Hernandez Vice President, Market Development
Todd Nettleton Vice President, Market Development
Julia Wells Vice President, Marketing Services The Pictsweet Company
James Johnson Vice President, Merchandising W. Lee Flowers & Co., Inc.
Mike Bitzer Vice President, National Accounts Jack Links Protein Snacks
Allen Preslar Vice President, National Convenience and Grocery InComm
Steve Briggs Vice President, National Retail Sales The Coca-Cola Company
Tom Smith Vice President, North America
Jane Novak-Cook Vice President, North America Grocery
Eitel Monaco Vice President, North America Product Supply The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Thomas Killelea Vice President, Operations
Richard Meyerkopf Vice President, Operations Central Division
Deborah Kaufman Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness
Marty Tendler Vice President, Procurement and Logistics
Holly Maher Vice President, Retail Rehrig Pacific Company
Gary Petersen Vice President, Retail Red Gold, Inc.
Tim Gossett Vice President, Retail Chains Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC
Ern Sherman Vice President, Retail Industry Affairs
Ryan Ellis Vice President, Retail Marketing and Business Development Idahoan Foods
Ken Rinaldi Vice President, Retail Operations Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.
Michael Atkins Vice President, Retail Sales
Glen Walter Vice President, Retail Sales Idahoan Foods
Vishal Patell Vice President, Retail Supply Chain Solutions CHEP
David Almeida Vice President, Sales Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC
Andrew Chomer Vice President, Sales
Ray Evans Vice President, Sales Mars Petcare
George Forte Vice President, Sales The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Andy Matthews Vice President, Sales RSi
Kevin Saum Vice President, Sales
David Wrigley Vice President, Sales Aptaris
Brad Thomas Vice President, Sales - South
Steve MacWilliams Vice President, Sales and Business Development Dalkia Solutions
Brian Haley Vice President, Sales and Purchasing Burris Logistics
Ken Gipple Vice President, Sales and Trade Marketing
Stephen Ferreira Vice President, Sales Marketing and Business Analytics
Steve Althaus Vice President, Sales Strategy
Michael Grindstaff Vice President, Sales, Grocery
Brad Stevenson Vice President, Sales, Grocery
Brian Ager MBA, CPCM, CPSA Vice President, ShopperImpact Solutions VideoMining Corporation
Scott Young Vice President, Strategic Relationships and Business Development
F. Steven Albrecht Vice President, Strategy Development The Fred W. Albrecht Grocery Co.
Wendy Herrick Vice President, Supply Chain Unilever
Tim Quinn Vice President, Trade Development
James Jones Vice President, Trade Relations Big Heart Pet Brands
Randy Sullins Vice President, Trade Relations
David Kennedy Vice President, U.S. Grocery Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Christian Albitz Vice President, U.S. Grocery Sales
Tom Solomon Vice President, U.S. Sales
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
Greg Hasper Vice President, Wholesale
Jennifer Beasley VP Retailer Business