Fresh Foods Leadership Council

Mr. John J. Ruane
Chair
The GIANT Company

Ms. Jewel Hunt
Vice-Chair
Albertsons Companies

Mr. Kurt Vetter
Vice-Chair
The Wonderful Company

Mr. Paul Adams
Member
The Kroger Co.

Mr. Chuck Alexander
Member
Merchants Distributors, LLC

Mr Minos Athanassiadis
Member
iFoodDS

Ms. Michele Azar
Member
Merchants Distributors, LLC

Mr. Jeffrey R. Baker
Member
Hormel Foods Corporation

Ms. Rachel Barclay
Member
CHEP

Ms. Stacy Bates MS, RDN, LD, CDE
Member
H-E-B

Mr. John Beretta
Member
Golden West Food Group

Mr. Dave Bornmann
Member
Publix Super Markets, Inc.

Ms. Susan Boyme
Member
Relex Solutions

Mr. Scott Bradley
Member
Target Corporation

Mr. Sean Brislin
Member
The Kroger Co.

Mr. Kevin Brooks
Member
Procurant

Mr. Mike Brooks
Member
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.

CeCe Broussard
Member
SYSCO Corporation

Mr. Michael Brown
Member
Kearney

Mr. John Burns
Member
Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Mr. John Casten
Member
StarKist

Mr. Vincent R. Catanzaro III
Member
C&S Wholesale Grocers - Hatfield Division

Shawn Cram
Member
Harris Teeter LLC

Mr. Robby Cruz
Member
Target Corporation

Mr. Ryan Cuba
Member
Schnuck Markets, Inc.

Mr. Thomas H. Daniel
Member
Ecolab, Inc.

Mr Chris Darling
Member
Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc.

Mr. Christopher Darmody
Member
JOH

Mr. Christopher Darmody
Member
JOH

Ms. Maureen Davis
Member
Taylor Farms

Ms. Laurie Demeritt
Member
The Hartman Group

Mr. Mike Doan
Member
Brookshire Grocery Company

Mr. Chris DuBois
Member
Circana

Mr. John DuBois
Member
Acosta

Mr. Randy R. Evins
Member
SAP America, Inc.

Mr. Mike Ferguson
Member
Topco Associates LLC

Ms. Karen Fernald
Member
Food Lion, LLC

Loren Foss
Member
CMI Orchards

Mr. John Fraro
Member
Big Y Foods, Inc.

Sherry Frey
Member
NielsenIQ

Mr. Curtis Funk
Member
Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys)

Mr. Rainer Glaubitz
Member
SPAR International

Mr. Manuel Gonzalez
Member
Northgate Gonzalez Market

Brian Gordon
Member
Smithfield Foods Inc.

Kiersten Hafer
Member
National Pork Board

Mr. Tom Happ
Member
Ecolab, Inc.

Ms. Christa Haynes
Member
Irresistible Foods Group, Inc.

Mr. Gregory Hilborn
Member
Loblaw Companies Limited

Ms. Emily Hill
Member
Numerator

Laura Hinton
Member
National Cattlemen's Beef Association

Mr. Steve Howard
Member
Bristol Farms, Inc.

Mr. Jim Huston
Member
Johnsonville Sausage, LLC

Doug Iverson
Member
Invafresh

Ryan Jacobsen
Member
Dot Foods, Inc.

Mrs. Martha Johns
Member
Mitchell Grocery Corporation

Mr. Adam Johnson
Member
Ecolab, Inc.

Mr. Lance Jungmeyer
Member
Fresh Produce Association of the Americas

Mr. Richie Keirouz
Member
Mastronardi Produce Limited

Mr. Timothy Kent
Member
SpartanNash Company

Hardeep Kharaud
Member
Loblaw Companies Limited

Mr. Paul Kneeland
Member
Gelson's Markets

Mr. John Knorr
Member
Phillips Foods, Inc.

Mr. Daniel Koch
Member
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.

Chris Logan
Member
AmeriCold Logistics, LLC

Hilary Long
Member
Frey Farms

Karen Long
Member
iFoodDS

Mr. Michael Longo
Member
Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc.

Ms. Jenn Martin
Member
Meijer, Inc.

Mr Josh McCann
Member
Symphony Al Retail, Inc.

Mr. Patrick Meehan
Member
Irresistible Foods Group, Inc.

Bennett Morgan
Member
SpartanNash Company

Mr. Terrence M. Murphy
Member
Wakefern Food Corp.

Mr. Pat Pessotto
Member
Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc.

Ms. Julie Anna Potts
Member
Meat Institute

Mr. Jason Pride
Member
Hy-Vee, Inc.

Ms. Sarah Putnam
Member
Coborn's, Inc.

Mr. Jason Ramsey
Member
Merchants Distributors, LLC

Mr. Jim Randazzo
Member
Aqua Star

Ms. Barb Renner
Member
Deloitte, LLP

Mr. Jason Resner
Member
Fresh Thyme Market

Mr. Michael Ridenour
Member
UNFI

Travis Riepenhoff
Member
Giant Eagle, Inc.

Jill Rittenberg
Member
National Cattlemen's Beef Association

Edward ST Clair
Member
Taylor Farms

Mr. Matt Schwartz
Member
Afresh Technologies

Mr. Tyler Scott
Member
Albertsons Companies

Tod Seiling
Member
Lidl US, LLC

Mr. Ron Selders
Member
UNFI

Mr. David Sherrod
Member
Southeast Produce Council

Andy Smith
Member
SpartanNash Company

Mr. Greg Sotka
Member
Heinen's Grocery Stores

Mr. Dan Sullentrup
Member
Hussmann Corporation

Mr. Adam Sussman
Member
Bimbo Bakeries USA

Mr. Danny Sweeting
Member
Trident Seafood Corporation

Tom Szostok
Member
Sabra Dipping Company

Josephine Theal
Member
Target Corporation

Mr. Chris Van Parys
Member
W. Lee Flowers & Co., Inc.

Mr. Joshua VanDeWalle
Member
Bayer CropScience Global

Mr. Scott Vinson
Member
Cargill Incorporated

Ms Kayla Vogel
Member
Potatoes USA

Mr. Troy Vosburgh
Member
Coborn's, Inc.

Mr. Geoff Waldau
Member
Food Lion, LLC

Erin Walton
Member
US Foods CHEF'STORE

Mr. Joe Watson
Member
International Fresh Produce Association

Mr. Crispin Weir
Member
Whole Foods Market - Pacific Northwest

Teresa Whitney
Member
Albertsons Companies

Ms. Tammy Wiard
Member

Mr. Ken Wicker
Member
Festival Foods

Matt Williams
Member
Bowery Farming

Mr. Thomas Windish
Member
Cargill Protein

Mrs. Voni Woods
Member
Giant Eagle, Inc.

Andrea Wright
Member
Albertsons Companies

Christy R. Wright
Member
Corteva Agriscience

Mr. Ben Wynkoop
Member
Blue Yonder

Mr. Art Yerecic
Member
Yerecic Label

Miss Elizabeth Yerecic
Member
Yerecic Label

Mr. Andrew Brown
Staff Coordinator
FMI

Mr. Rick Stein
Staff Coordinator
FMI