2016 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
Eleanor Coe Account Director SmartBrief, Inc.
Megan Caruso Account Executive Burris Logistics
Angela Flatland Account Executive SwiftIQ
Carla Cooper Advisor
Jerry Garland Advisor
Joe Lipovich Advisor Ozura
Dan O'Connor Advisor Advantage Solutions
Gordon Campbell Advisor to the Board SPAR International
Tom Ehmen Area Director, Customer Development Mondelez International
Richard Martino Area Vice President
Steven Hasen Assistant Vice President, Business Development
Chris Parker Associate
Franck Poisson Associate Accenture
Joy Mead Associate Director, Marketing The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Mike Weinreich Associate Publisher
Joel Bourne Author Pen-Fish Productions Inc.
Mark Doiron BGJ Group
Rich Juliano Board Member
Jerry Kehe Board of Directors Emeritus KeHE Distributors
Maggie O'Neill Clapp Business Development
Mark Cragg Business Development Account Executive
Nicholas Bertram CEO Flashfood Inc.
Kevin Murphy CEO Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Mark Batenic Chairman IGA, INC.
Richard Cohen Chairman C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Rudy Dory Chairman Newport Avenue Market/Rudy’s Markets Inc.
Thomas Haggai Chairman
Thom Blischok Chairman and CEO The Dialogic Group, LLC
Brad Brookshire Chairman and CEO Brookshire Grocery Company
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.
Richard Riesbeck Chairman and CEO Riesbeck Food Markets, Inc.
John Saidnawey Chairman and CEO JOH
Todd Schnuck Chairman and CEO Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Judy Spires Chairman and CEO
Winston Weber Chairman and CEO
Robert Miller Chairman Emeritus Albertsons Companies
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
Steven Oakland Chairman, CEO & President TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Jeffrey Ansell Chairman, President and CEO The Sun Products Corporation
Michael Bozzuto Chairman, President and CEO Bozzuto's Inc.
Michele Buck Chairman, President and CEO The Hershey Company
Scott Beckwith Chief Administrative Officer
Keira Lombardo Chief Administrative Officer Smithfield Foods Inc.
William Mayo Chief Administrative Officer Wakefern Food Corp.
Graeme McVie Chief Business Development Officer
Jim Athey Chief Commercial Officer L&R Distributors
Joe Cavaliere Chief Commercial Officer C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
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
Joe Weber Chief Commodity Hedging Officer Smithfield Foods Inc.
Scott Almquist Chief Customer Officer Henkel Corporation
Shane Faucett Chief Customer Officer Bimbo Bakeries USA
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
Dan Werth Chief Customer Officer
Ned Bardic Chief Customer Officer and President of Enterprise Solutions EnsembleIQ
Michael Amiri Chief Executive Officer
Scott Anderson Chief Executive Officer Alliance Sales & Marketing
Leon Bergmann Chief Executive Officer
Cheeryl Black Chief Executive Officer YOU Technology, LLC
Anne Chambers Chief Executive Officer Caprē Group
Paul Chibe Chief Executive Officer
Sean Connolly Chief Executive Officer Conagra Brands
Tanya Domier Chief Executive Officer
Benno Dorer Chief Executive Officer
Randall Fields Chief Executive Officer Park City Group, Inc.
Tim Figge Chief Executive Officer Hussmann Corporation
Jerry Fleeman Jr. Chief Executive Officer Ahold Delhaize USA
Thomas Furphy Chief Executive Officer Consumer Equity Partners
Ricardo Goncalves Chief Executive Officer
Mario Gosselin Chief Executive Officer Kruger Products USA
Marc Hafner Chief Executive Officer
Jim Holbrook Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Holt Chief Executive Officer Ahold Delhaize USA
Dean Janeway Chief Executive Officer Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc.
Brian Kelley Chief Executive Officer
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
Stephen Schuckenbrock Chief Executive Officer CROSSMARK
Ralph Scozzafava Chief Executive Officer
Dimitrios Smyrnios Chief Executive Officer Schwan's Consumer Brands
Harry Stagnito Chief Executive Officer Stagnito Associates
David Staples Chief Executive Officer
Richard Tarrant Chief Executive Officer Mi9 Retail
Perry Valkenburg Chief Executive Officer
Ryan Wall Chief Executive Officer FHI
Tobias Wasmuht Chief Executive Officer SPAR International
Robert Wheatley Chief Executive Officer Emergent Healthy Living
J. Alexander Douglas Jr. Chief Executive Officer and President UNFI
Thomas Greco Chief Executive Officer, Frito-Lay North America
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
Kirk Tanner Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo Beverages North America PepsiCo, Inc.
Larry McWilliams Chief Executive Officer, Powershelf Compass Marketing
Darian Pickett Chief Executive Officer. North American Sales Agency Acosta
Michelle Burnett Chief Financial Officer Wenner Bread Products, Inc.
Jeff Gross Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel Federated Group, Inc.
Michael Moore Chief Marketing Officer
Leland Sember Chief Marketing Officer Sprout Organic Foods
Tristan Simpson Chief Marketing Officer
Kevin George Chief Marketing Officer and President, Acosta Marketing Group
Michael Forgione Chief Operating Officer
Michael Hsu Chief Operating Officer Kimberly-Clark Corporation
George Knobloch Chief Operating Officer Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc.
Phil Lombardo Chief Operating Officer
Blaine McPeak Chief Operating Officer
Luca Mignini Chief Operating Officer Campbell Soup Company
John Persons Chief Operating Officer Northeast Grocery, Inc.
Kurt Schertle Chief Operating Officer Weis Markets, Inc.
Kevin Sherlock Chief Operating Officer Hy-Vee, Inc.
Marc Faucher Chief Operating Officer and CFO Unata, Inc
Brian Audette Chief Retail Merchandising Officer UNFI
Rich Greenberg Chief Revenue Management Officer
Susan Dunn Chief Revenue Officer NielsenIQ
Michele Vance Chief Sales Officer Service Management Group, Inc.
Chris Williams Chief Sales Officer, Anheuser-Busch/Keurig JV
Ronak Sheth Chief Strategy Officer
Elizabeth Cherry Client Solutions Farm Journal Media
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
Darren Serrao Co-Chief Operating Officer Conagra Brands
Jason Lobel Co-Founder and CEO SwiftIQ
David Rochon Co-Founder and CEO SavingStar Inc.
Kirsten Tobey Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer Revolution Foods
Thomas Heinen Co-President Heinen's Grocery Stores
Woodrow Swink Co-President McCall Farms, Inc.
Karen James Co-Publisher and Editor-In-Chief Grocery Business
Kevin Smith Co-Publisher; Advertising Manager Grocery Business
Michael Taylor COO-Retail Services Advantage Solutions
Rogelio Rodriguez Development Director
Anne Gronek-Gibbs Director
Stephanie Sumas Director Village Super Market, Inc.
Keith Olscamp Director - Industry Affairs & Collaboration Consumer Brands Association
Eric Davis Director of Retail Product Sourcing
Chuck Karnes Director of Sales -- Large Format Jack Links Protein Snacks
Kevin Latraverse Director-Corporate Accounts Textron Aviation
Vincent Curasi Director, Business Development NeoGrid
James Dudlicek Director, Communications and External Affairs National Grocers Association
Peter Thompson Director, Customer and Industry Development
Amy Reibrich Director, Field Sales Haleon
Cynthia McCloud Director, Food Industry Programs and Adjunct Professor University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business
Jason Corriveau Director, Grocery Sales
Kirk Clark Director, Merchandising Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Matthew Lindsey Director, Retail Supply Chain
Jeremy Doak Director, Reward and Wellness Solutions Edenred North America, Inc.
Marc Hubbard Director, Sales Stackline
Larry Ring Director, Sales RSi
John Bowers Director, Sales Communications and Administration
Matt Conner Director, Sales Strategy and Industry Relations Campbell Soup Company
Mark Wilhite Director, Sales, Retail Grocery
Thea McDevitt Director, Supermarket and Drugstore Industries American Express
Liz Baldridge Director, Sustainability and Food Waste Initiatives Feeding America
Bob Richardson Director, Trade Relations The Clorox Company
Patrick Mersinger Director, Vertical Sales SmartBrief, Inc.
Chris Rowley Division Vice President, Sales
Tim Tillia Divisional Vice President, Sales
John Karolefski Editor in Chief CPGmatters
Seth Mendelson Editor in Chief
Pat Pessotto EVP Sustainability and Industry Relations Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc.
Jim Brennan EVP, National Retail Sales, US Region
Steve Frenda Executive Advisor EnsembleIQ
Steve Ramsey Executive and Practice Leader Circana
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
Pan Demetrakakes Executive Editor Retail Leader
Ann Raider Executive Global Retail
Joseph Battoe Executive Vice President Mobeam Inc.
Rick Geary Executive Vice President W. Lee Flowers & Co., Inc.
Christopher Lane Executive Vice President
James Nolan Executive Vice President
Peter Pappas Executive Vice President
John Pauley Executive Vice President and CCO
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
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
Jon Wendel Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer
Rachael Vegas Executive Vice President and Chief Merchant BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.
Michael Donnelly Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer The Kroger Co.
Michael Carter Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
Mike Wittman Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer
Mike Hesselbach Executive Vice President and CMO Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC
Susan Klug Executive Vice President and CMO
Randy Munns Executive Vice President and COO Festival Foods
Nick Vlahos Executive Vice President and COO, Household, Lifestyle and Core Global Functions The Clorox Company
Amy McClellan Executive Vice President and Customer Officer SpartanNash Company
Chris Neilson Executive Vice President and General Manager Acosta
Sally Lyons Wyatt Executive Vice President and Practice Leader Circana
Valerie Oswalt Executive Vice President and President of Campbell Snacks Kodiak Cakes
Gerald Castignetti Executive Vice President Division Manager Grocery, Frozen, Dairy JOH
Anne Dament Executive Vice President for Retail, Marketing and Private Brands
Colleen Flaherty Executive Vice President of Sales
Dennis Brian Moore Executive Vice President, Analytics
Brad Helmer Executive Vice President, Business & Brand Development KeHE Distributors
John Stermer Executive Vice President, Business Development
Scott Tassani Executive Vice President, Business Development and Chief Commercial Officer TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Darren Baty Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer Hy-Vee, Inc.
Brett Bremser Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer
Karl Kruse Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer Hy-Vee, Inc.
Jerry LeClair Executive Vice President, Chief Merchant & Retail Operations Officer Brookshire Grocery Company
Matt Ludwig Executive Vice President, Chief Social/Digital Commerce Officer Hy-Vee, Inc.
Jim DiFilippo Executive Vice President, Consumer and Retail Practice DHR International, Inc.
Bruce Besanko Executive Vice President, COO and CFO
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.
Ajay Amlani Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and General Manager ProLogic
Tony Dunning Executive Vice President, Customer Development
Chad Riley Executive Vice President, Customer Development North America Colgate-Palmolive Company
John Owen Executive Vice President, Customer Teams
Russ Dunham Executive Vice President, Global Client Strategy
Jeffrey Friedman Executive Vice President, Grocery
Frank Squilla Executive Vice President, Industry and Trade Relations InComm
Jan Van Dam Executive Vice President, Marketing, Supply Chain, e-Commerce
Drew Holmes Executive Vice President, Merchandising Hy-Vee, Inc.
Geoff Waldau Executive Vice President, Merchandising Food Lion, LLC
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.
George Motel Executive Vice President, Retail Development Bozzuto's Inc.
Frederick Morganthall II Executive Vice President, Retail Operations The Kroger Co.
Gene Tommasi Executive Vice President, Retail Operations
Rob Hill Executive Vice President, Retail Services
Alexis Eldridge Executive Vice President, Sale and Marketing
James Curran Executive Vice President, Sales KeHE Distributors
Brett Featherston Executive Vice President, Sales
Lorrie Owen-Turner Executive Vice President, Sales SGS International
Greg Sandeno Executive Vice President, Sales
Kevin Schwab Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing and CCO The Pictsweet Company
Nick Carlino Executive Vice President, Sales and Merchandising Merchants Distributors, LLC
Aidan Tracey Founder Brandsell Group Inc.
Daniel White Founder Compass Marketing
Rajeev Sharma Founder & CEO VideoMining Corporation
Rohit Bhargava Founder & Trend Curator Non-Obvious Company
Christopher Bryson Founder and CEO Unata, Inc
Justin Dye Founder and CEO Dye Capital & Company
Bruce Nagle Founder and CEO RW3 Technologies, Inc.
Arthur Smith Founder and CEO
Alan True Founder and CEO True Fresh HPP
Jeff Smith Founder and Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy Revionics, Inc.
Harry Blazer Founder and Managing Partner Montana Vistas LLC
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
Sofie Lehrman Global Advisory BMC I NA Marketing Leader Consumer Products and Retail
Barb Renner Global Lead Client Service Partner Deloitte, LLP
Michael Forhez Global Managing Director, Consumer Markets Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience
Tracey Massey Global President, Mars Pet Nutrition Mars Petcare
Joseph Lee Global Senior Vice President, Commerce and Marketing Mi9 Retail
Daniel Bagan Group President
Stephanie Reid Group Publisher Shelby Publishing Co., Inc.
Steve Campbell Group Vice President
Thomas Daniel Group Vice President Ecolab, Inc.
Paul Patten Group Vice President, Center Store Wakefern Food Corp.
Tara Deering-Hansen Group Vice President, Communications
Mark Van Buskirk Group Vice President, Grocery
Jessica Adelman Group Vice President, Public Affairs
David Moran Head of Product, Eversight Eversight, Inc.
Sergio Nahuz Head of U.S. Sales The Kraft Heinz Company
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.
Andrew Perez Kroger National Accounts Molson Coors Beverage Company
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
Adam Hayes Manager, Industry Affairs The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Karen Doggendorf Manager, Industry Relations Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Darin Frye Manager, Trade and Sales Development American Greetings Corporation
Randy Burt Managing Director AlixPartners LLP
Michael Fordney Managing Director
Michael Gorshe Managing Director Accenture
Shiv Iyer Managing Director Accenture
Michael Johns Managing Director BMO Capital Markets
Raj Krishnan Managing Director Accenture
Rick Marino Managing Director the Stores Consulting Group
Richard Price Managing Director Penton Media, Inc
Jay Schweiger Managing Director BMO Harris Bank N.A.
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
Gerarda Van Kirk Managing Director, Management Consulting Talent and Organization Accenture
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
Richard Simon Managing Partner
Laura Viscusi Market Leader, Food and Restaurant Group Penton Media, Inc
Steven Hahm Marketing Director Handpick
Allen Bowman National Account Executive Waste Management, Inc.
Dan McConegly National Account Manager
Paula Spoto National Marketing Leader, Consumer Products
Paul Grimwood Non-Executive Chairman
Alison Castillo Omni Delivery Lead Unilever
Mike Perlmutter Owner Perlmart, Inc.
James Sumas Owner
Larri Wolfson Owner ShopRite of Lincoln Park, Inc.
Chris Baker Partner
Paul Beswick Partner Oliver Wyman Group
Vince Burke Partner BGJ Group
George Faigen Partner
Kumar Venkataraman Partner
Anand Raghuraman Partner and Principal
Dave Donnan Partner Emeritus Kearney
Jacqueline Martinez Partner, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods Practice
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
Jeff Brown President
Francis Cameron President
John Carrico President
Joseph Colalillo President ShopRite of Hunterdon County, Inc.
Timothy Devanney President
Jim Dorey President
Jay Felts President accelerate 360 LLC.
David Hall President Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Meg Ham President Food Lion, LLC
Eric Healy President Mi9 Retail
Henry Johnson President KJ Investment Company
Darrell Jones President Pattison Food Group
William Kies President Kies Consulting, LLC
Joseph Kirby President Imperial Distributors, Inc.
John Kocher President Kwikee, an sgsco company
Scott LaPorta President
Michael Libenson President SavingStar Inc.
Mark Lodge President
Jeff Loman President CPG Digital Shelf
Tim Lowe President Lowes Foods, LLC
Kevin McAdams President Schwan's Consumer Brands
Sean McMenamin President ShopRite McMenamin
Bob McTeir President
Donald Meyer President
David Mitchell President Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Kraig Naasz President
Michael O'Keefe President Advantage Solutions
Jason Ramsey President Merchants Distributors, LLC
Brian Ross President Precima
Michael Sansolo President Sansolo Solutions
Karl Schroeder President Albertsons Companies, Inc. - Seattle Division
Cathy Shifflett President CHS Enterprises, LLC
Michael Stigers President Wakefern Food Corp.
Donna Tweeten President Hy-Vee, Inc.
Michael Vail President Hannaford Supermarkets
Art Yerecic President Yerecic Label
Kevin Yost President Danone North America
David Parry President & CEO accelerate 360 LLC.
Van Sapp President Americas
Dennis Abboud President and CEO
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
Rick Blasgen President and CEO
James Caldwell President and CEO Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank
Bob Carpenter President and CEO GS1 US
Joseph Ciolino President and CEO Voluntary Benefits Solutions, LLC
Douglas Clark President and CEO Corcentric, LLC
Frank Coleman President and CEO Colemans Food Centre
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.
Ross Ely President and CEO ProLogic
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
Richard Jacobsen President and CEO
Rick Keyes President and CEO Meijer, Inc.
Jack Kofdarali President and CEO J&T Management
Peter Larkin President and CEO Larkin Consulting
Robb MacKie President and CEO
James McCarthy President and CEO
David McConnell President and CEO
Jon McCormick President and CEO Retail Grocers Association of Greater Kansas City
Terry McDaniel President and CEO
Denise Morrison President and CEO
Frans Muller President and CEO Ahold Delhaize USA
Michael Needler Jr. President and CEO Fresh Encounter, Inc.
Tom O'Reilly President and CEO Aptaris
Jeff Pedersen President and CEO Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (ROFDA)
Jerry Reardon President and CEO Signature Brands LLC
Talbott Roche President and CEO Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc.
Alvin Rohrs President and CEO
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.
Steven Snodsmith President and CEO ecoVerus
Patrick Spear President and CEO GMDC
Mike Stone President and CEO Mollie Stone's Markets
Kenneth Sullivan President and CEO Smithfield Foods Inc.
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.
Lauri Youngquist President and CEO Knowlan's Super Markets, Inc.
Doug Behrens President and Chief Customer Officer
Rhonda Abrams President and Chief Entrepreneur of Planning Shop
Mark Schiller President and Chief Executive Officer The Hain Celestial Group Inc.
Kenneth Keller President and Chief Executive Officer B&G Foods, Inc.
Mark Smucker President and Chief Executive Officer The J.M. Smucker Company
Tim Brown President and COO
John Derderian President and COO
Joseph Sheridan President and COO Wakefern Food Corp.
Gary Sorenson President and COO Georgia Main Food Group Limited
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
Scott McClelland President H-E-B Food Drug H-E-B
Timothy LeBel President of Sales, Mars Wrigley US Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Ron Ferri President of Tops Tops Markets, LLC
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
Mark Wagner President, Business Operations
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
Derek Hopkins President, Cold Beverages Keurig Dr Pepper
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
Bharat Rupani President, Daymon Interactions
Alex Perwich President, Enactus United States
Jen Burke President, Established Brands
Scott Usitalo President, Family Care North America
Brendan Foley President, Global Consumer/Americas McCormick & Company, Inc.
Kees Kruythoff-Tielenius President, Home Care
Paul Norman President, Kellogg North America
Michael Cinque President, Kroger and Albertsons Teams The Coca-Cola Company
Karen Fichuk President, North America
Joseph Sivewright President, North America Pet Food Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Matthew Eckard President, North America Sales Mondelez International
Giuseppina Buonfantino President, North American Baby and Child Care
Barry Dunaway President, Pet Food and Pet Snacks The J.M. Smucker Company
Blaine Bringhurst President, Price Chopper/Market 32 Price Chopper Supermarkets
Thomas Corley President, Retail and Established Brands
Barry Clogan President, Retail Solutions Mi9 Retail
Vince Robinson President, Sales
Kevin Doyle President, Sales and Distributor Operations Molson Coors Beverage Company
Andrew Wintemberg President, Sales and Logistics Meredith Corp.
Michael Bellman President, SAS Retail Services Advantage Solutions
Krishnakumar Davey President, Strategic Analytics
John Ruane President, The Giant Co. The GIANT Company
Michael Crouse President, US Food Service
James Frusciante President, US Retail Sales The Kraft Heinz Company
Alfred Aldridge III President/CEO Head of Sales Consulting Inc.
Thomas Bornemann Principal Ernst & Young LLP
Cal Collier Principal
Thomas Compernolle Principal
Jim Doucette Principal Ernst & Young LLP
Kathy Gramling Principal Ernst & Young LLP
Manly Molpus Principal The Molpus Advisory Group, LLC
Suzanne Monford Principal Vusion SES-imagotag Inc.
Joy Nicholas Principal JN Retail Connections, LLC
David Orgel Principal David Orgel Consulting LLC
Jeff Orschell Principal Ernst & Young LLP
Rob Porod Principal
David Schoeder Principal The Food Partners, LLC
Thomas Stenzel Principal The Stenzel Group LLC
Ed Brooke Principal, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods Practice
Meghan Tisch Project Coordinator and Executive Assistant Circana
Jerry Rymont Publisher Supermarket News
Gary Tickle Regional Business Head
Frank Duffy Regional Vice President Sales, Eastern Region McCormick & Company, Inc.
Craig Reynolds Regional Vice President, Sales, Western Region McCormick & Company, Inc.
Rusty Wilson Research Analyst Cleveland Research Company
David Hoodis Retail President
Dave Jones Retired
Jack Porter Retired
William Crenshaw Retired Chairman of the Board
Christopher Barnsdale Sales Director S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Susan Gwinnett-Smith Sales Integration Leadership Team Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Shayne Gibbs Sales Team Lead, Kroger Molson Coors Beverage Company
Matt Ginter Second Vice President, Broker Sales
Jennie Hodgen PhD Senior Account Manager Merck Animal Health
Pat Davis Senior Advisor
Marc Poulin Senior Advisor
Paul Schulz Senior Advisor, Corporate SPAR International
Tom Duffy Senior Advisor, Non-Food Community Development FMI
Tyler Holden Senior Associate Lippincott
Kevin Billings Senior Business Development Manager
Joan Toth Senior Consultant/Advisor
Cassandra Moren Senior Director of Marketing Precima
Joseph Fielder Senior Director, Corporate Law & Compliance H-E-B
Edward Murphy Senior Director, Customer Marketing and Planning
Kevin Eaton Senior Director, National Sales S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Bruce Boettner Senior Director, Sales Kashi Company
Joe Beck Senior Director, Strategic Food, East Customers The Hershey Company
Heather Jackman Muriello Senior Manager Trade Development
Robert Moore Senior Manager, Industry Development, Everyday Spend American Express
Tess Hohman Senior Manager, Industry Initiatives General Mills, Inc.
Mike Matheis Senior Partner Oliver Wyman Group
James Bacos Senior Partner, Retail and Consumer Goods Global Practice Leader
Randy Evins Senior Principal Industry Advisor SAP America, Inc.
James McNellis Senior Sales Director, Grocery
John Lucot Senior Strategic Advisor Mercatus
Chris Adderton Senior Vice President Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
Bill Bradshaw Senior Vice President Federated Group, Inc.
Paul Callahan Senior Vice President
Michelle Carter Senior Vice President Mastercard
Christopher Crum Senior Vice President
Christopher Finck Senior Vice President
Jim Johnson Senior Vice President
Keith Loranger Senior Vice President
Lauri Luker Senior Vice President
Tom Murray Senior Vice President Dean Foods Company
Bob Welch Senior Vice President 84.51º
Bruce Kerr Senior Vice President and Chairman
Mike Illum Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer
Sabrina Wiewel Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Dan Martin Senior Vice President and Customer Operations
Dan Hammer Senior Vice President and General Manager, Frozen Division
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
Emily Coborn Wright Senior Vice President of Growth Initiatives Coborn's, Inc.
Dennis Host Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications Coborn's, Inc.
Robert Clements Senior Vice President of Sales
Hollie Gonzales Senior Vice President of Sales North America SGS & Co
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.
Scott Morris Senior Vice President, Center Store
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
Jim Badalati Senior Vice President, Customer Development
Todd Martin Senior Vice President, Customer Management Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
John Phillips Senior Vice President, Customer Supply Chain and Global GTM PepsiCo, Inc.
Scott Johnson Senior Vice President, Director of Retail Financial Supermarkets, Inc.
Sharon Glass Senior Vice President, Established Brands
Steve Fox Senior Vice President, Food Merchandising
Terese Herbig Senior Vice President, Global Accounts SGS & Co
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
Waheed Zaman Senior Vice President, Knowledge Strategy and Technology officers
Kevin Albritton Senior Vice President, Marketing
Uwe Stueckmann Senior Vice President, Marketing Loblaw Companies Limited
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)
Richard Gunn Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing
Chuck Thompson Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing Harris Teeter LLC
William DeWitt Senior Vice President, North American Sales Officer
Tonya Herring Senior Vice President, Ominchannel Development Giant Food
Karen Stout Senior Vice President, Operations
Tracy Wind Senior Vice President, Packaged Meats Sales, Retail East Division Smithfield Foods Inc.
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
Danny Lane Senior Vice President, Regional Manager Southern Associated Wholesale Grocers - Oklahoma City Division
Christina Romas Senior Vice President, ReposiTrak
Jason Test Senior Vice President, Retail Brand Development
Jeff Reagan Senior Vice President, Retail Operations
Mark Coleman Senior Vice President, Retail Sales Catania Oils
Chon Searfoss Senior Vice President, Retail Sales
Dan Colvard Senior Vice President, Sales Driveline Retail Merchandising
Kerry Farrell Senior Vice President, Sales Eversight, Inc.
John Kennington Senior Vice President, Sales
Bill Kynast Senior Vice President, Sales Chobani, Inc.
Jack Lord Senior Vice President, Sales
Jeff Stamey Senior Vice President, Sales Chobani, Inc.
Ryan Wilson Senior Vice President, Sales
Jesse Garcia Senior Vice President, Sales and CCO
Michael Cvrlje Senior Vice President, Sales and Logistics Meredith Corp.
Robert Bottini Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Steven Goodyear Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Southeastern Mills
Jeff Culhane Senior Vice President, Sales and Merchandising, Northeast Grocery Shared Services Northeast Grocery, Inc.
Steve Gardiner Senior Vice President, Sales Beauty Care
Jim Holton Senior Vice President, Sales, Snacks Kellanova
Tim Heil Senior Vice President, Sales, US Foods
Jeff Monroe Senior Vice President, South Region Dean Foods Company
Robert Clark Senior Vice President, Supply Chain
James Sterbenz Senior Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales
Kevin Jackson Senior Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales and N.A. Away From Home
Brian Maki Senior Vice President, US Direct Sales
John Teixeira Senior Vice-President of Distribution Burris Logistics
Kevin Davis Special Advisor to the Board
Tom Kilcourse Sr. Vice President, North American Sales American Greetings Corporation
John Mayer Strategic Advisor
Al Schretter SVP / GM, North America Region S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Rochelle Seideneck SVP, Enterprise Marketing Giant Eagle, Inc.
Ronald Margulis U.S. Correspondent Canadian Grocer
Nilesh Phillips U.S. Marketing Leader, Consumer Products and Retail Deloitte, LLP
Carlos Abrams-Rivera US Zone President The Kraft Heinz Company
Vincent Byrd Vice Chairman
Jamie Egasti Vice Chairman
Ken Tuchman Vice Chairman
Jeremy Gosch Vice Chairman and CEO Hy-Vee, Inc.
Paul Boyer Vice Chairman Emeritus
Hank Flint Vice Chairman, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
Jay Marshall Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President, Co-COO, President, Hy-Vee Subsidiaries and Commissary
Craig Bosworth Vice President
Rob Daly Vice President Mobeam Inc.
Jessica Fister Johnson Vice President The Coca-Cola Company
Todd Harbolt Vice President Daymon
Paul McCaffrey Vice President Voluntary Benefits Solutions, LLC
Eric Older Vice President Daymon
Tom Stein Vice President
Dale Whitehill Vice President Daymon
Richard Wolfman Vice President American Express
Werner Graf Vice President , Sales NTT Data, Inc.
Donna Zambo Vice President and CMO Allegiance Retail Services, LLC (Foodtown)
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
Jeffrey Woldt Vice President and Editorial Director Mass Market Retailers
Thomas Hipwell Vice President and General Manager
Matt Whitener Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Solutions Group Emerson Grind2Energy
Jeff Harsh Vice President and GM, Large Format The Hershey Company
Marla Daudelin Vice President and GM, Supermarket Channel PepsiCo, Inc.
Donna Howard Vice President and Managing Director, Customer Facing Supply Chain
Brian Giroux Vice President General Manager- Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
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.
Mike Richter Vice President of Fresh Merchandising
Stewart Leeth Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer
Joe Bouma Vice President of Sales The Jel Sert Company
Roland Rubio Vice President of Sales
Rick Rising Vice President of Sales - Grocery Channel Georgia-Pacific
Tom Rinck Vice President of Sales North America
Edward Taylor Vice President of Sales, North America Mars Food
James Rinaldi Vice President Sales Proprietary Brands
Alfie Vivian Vice President, B2B Marketing, Foods and Refreshments Unilever
Michael Fazio Vice President, Brand Development
Jen Linke Vice President, Brand Management
Robert Perry Vice President, Brand Sales Mi9 Retail
Michele Dudley Vice President, Business Development
Jeff Newton Vice President, Business Development FHI
Will Seel Vice President, Business Development FHI
Rick Wylder Vice President, Business Development InComm
Michael Kirchwehm Vice President, Business Development and Special Markets Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC
Adam Byrne Vice President, Category Leadership
Denise Mullen Vice President, Center Store Merchandising
Ross Purdy Vice President, Center Store Merchandising K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Dena Clem Vice President, Channel Business Development
Rob Gehring Vice President, Chief Sales Officer
Matthew Rzucidlo Vice President, Client Solutions ES3, LLC
Jabez Boyd Vice President, Corporate Development Mi9 Retail
Nancy Krawczyk Vice President, Corporate Partnerships and Engagement
Stephen Swanson Vice President, CPG
Megan Tallman Vice President, Customer and Trade Communications The Coca-Cola Company
Dave Durden Vice President, Customer Brands White House Foods
Terry Holshouser Vice President, Customer Business Development Nestle Coffee Partners
Craig Simon Vice President, Customer Business Development Mondelez International
Kathy Hayden Vice President, Customer Business Solutions
Mark Arrington Vice President, Customer Development
Keith Duncan Vice President, Customer Development
Tom Gillespie Vice President, Customer Development E.&J. Gallo Winery
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
Shaffin Lalani Vice President, Customer Experience, Sales Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Jeff Siegel Vice President, Customer Interface Group
Al Dejewski Vice President, Customer Marketing
Patrick Minogue Vice President, Customer Marketing Keurig Dr Pepper
Pat Brown Vice President, Customer Supply Chain
Blair Chastain Vice President, Emerging Markets Rehrig Pacific Company
Leslie Wims Morris Vice President, Everyday Spend Category
Stephanie Childs Vice President, Federal Government Relations
Gregory Freehauf Vice President, Finance and CFO
Michael West Vice President, Food West The Hershey Company
Sheila Gamble Vice President, Frozen Foods Sales
Mike Frank Vice President, Global Commercial
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
John McGinty Vice President, Global Sales Advisor Nestle USA, Inc.
Teross Young Vice President, Government Affairs Ahold Delhaize USA
Melvin Bomprezzi Vice President, Grocery and Nonfood Merchandising The Kroger Co.
Laura Shea Vice President, Grocery Merchandising
Gary Roland Vice President, Grocery Sales
Scott Siegel Vice President, Grocery, Drug and DeCA
Bill Dooley Vice President, Group Associate Publisher Shelby Publishing Co., Inc.
Michael Ridenour Vice President, Industry Affairs UNFI
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
Rick Brindle Vice President, Industry Development
Brian Lynch Vice President, Industry Relations International Foodservice Distributors Association
Craig Rosenblum Vice President, Industry Transformation Inmar Inc.
David Nolen Vice President, Knowledge and Insights The Hershey Company
Nathan Steele Vice President, Kroger MillerCoors
Todd Nettleton Vice President, Market Development
Todd Hoff Vice President, Marketing CHEP
Julia Wells Vice President, Marketing Services The Pictsweet Company
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
Joanne Harris Vice President, North America Sales
Deborah Kaufman Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness
Hans Lefebvre Vice President, Our Brands
Russell Rutter Vice President, Packaged Meat Sales, National Accounts Smithfield Foods Inc.
Michael Conese Vice President, Perishable Merchandising Allegiance Retail Services, LLC (Foodtown)
Marty Tendler Vice President, Procurement and Logistics
Holly Maher Vice President, Retail Rehrig Pacific Company
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
Michael Atkins Vice President, Retail Sales
Rich King Vice President, Retail Sales Post Consumer Brands
Glen Walter Vice President, Retail Sales Idahoan Foods
Vishal Patell Vice President, Retail Supply Chain Solutions CHEP
Eric Gorli Vice President, Revenue and Growth Management Keurig Dr Pepper
Jim Amerio Vice President, Sales
Jason Edevold Vice President, Sales Post Consumer Brands
Tom Garry Vice President, Sales RW3 Technologies, Inc.
Jason Kaiser Vice President, Sales Georgia-Pacific
Rebecca Kerr Vice President, Sales
Larry Lupo Vice President, Sales Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Kimberlee Marsh Vice President, Sales
Mark Martini Vice President, Sales
Andy Matthews Vice President, Sales RSi
Robert Matthews Vice President, Sales W. Lee Flowers & Co., Inc.
Duane Meade Vice President, Sales
Timothy O'Neill Vice President, Sales
Bill Simon Vice President, Sales McCormick & Company, Inc.
Doug Woodward Vice President, Sales
David Wrigley Vice President, Sales Aptaris
Jack Mackey Vice President, Sales and Chief Evangelist
Brian Haley Vice President, Sales and Purchasing Burris Logistics
Cass Black Vice President, Sales South Mondelez International
Steve Althaus Vice President, Sales Strategy
Tony Petitti Vice President, Sales, Frozen Kellanova
Michael Grindstaff Vice President, Sales, Grocery
Brad Stevenson Vice President, Sales, Grocery
Steve Campbell Vice President, Sales, West Area Revionics, Inc.
Michael Van Houten Vice President, Shopper Innovation Nestle Coffee Partners
Brian Ager MBA, CPCM, CPSA Vice President, ShopperImpact Solutions VideoMining Corporation
Jeff Lilla Vice President, Snacks and Grocery The Hershey Company
Dean Holmquist Vice President, Store Operations Allegiance Retail Services, LLC (Foodtown)
Scott Young Vice President, Strategic Relationships and Business Development
Wendy Herrick Vice President, Supply Chain Unilever
Tim Quinn Vice President, Trade Development
David Kennedy Vice President, U.S. Grocery Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Christian Albitz Vice President, U.S. Grocery Sales
Steve Yarbrough Vice President, US Retail Sales and Customer Development
Greg Hasper Vice President, Wholesale
Richard Schrader VP, Americas Sales, GEMS, Retail Solutions Division