2018 Annual Business Conference (ABC): Registered Attendees

The following list shows all attendees as of April 14, 2026. Click on each column header to sort by that category.


Attendee Name Title  Company
Jeff Admiraal Senior Director, Shopper Analytics & Insights Procter & Gamble
Jon Albrecht Vice President, Sales and Merchandising Acme Fresh Markets
Frank Alfano Customer Insight and Innovation Center, Customer Collaboration Manager Unilever
Michael Algard Senior Director, Agency Regional Grocery Colgate-Palmolive Company
Josh Allen Director, Center Stores Sales
Rob Allison Midwest Regional Business Manager, Nestle Acosta Group
Lisa Angeles Customer Vice President
Tye Anthony Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG)
Rodney Antolock President
Thomas Arons Managing Director
Mark Arrington Vice President, Customer Development
Michael Atkins Vice President, Retail Sales
Leslie Atkinson Vice President, Marketing
Brian Audette Chief Conventional Merchandising Officer UNFI
Jorge Azevedo Head of Sales - Kroger
Jeff Bailey Sales Team Leader Procter & Gamble
Karen Bakewell Director, Grocery, Frozen and Dairy Merchandising SpartanNash Company
Donna Banks-Ficcio Vice President Grocery, Frozen, Dairy, Merchandising - Central Region UNFI
Adam Barnhardt VP of Merchandising and Brands Merchants Distributors, LLC
Joey Bates Senior Director, Center Store Merchandising Harris Teeter LLC
Torrance Beard Senior Director, Sales Kellanova
Joe Beck Senior Director, Strategic Food, East Customers The Hershey Company
Doug Behrens President and Chief Customer Officer
Dennis Belcastro Vice President, Industry Affairs and Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Steve Berg Vice President and Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Hayley Berkshire Director Customer Marketing
Carrie Birth Marketing Director Skin/Personal Care Walmart Team Procter & Gamble
Kylie Bishop Team Lead Regional Food West The Hershey Company
Julie Bitter Director Customer Development, Southeast
Curtis Bolden Vice President, Sales Conagra Brands
Michelle Boone Vice President, Category Management, Center Store Brookshire Grocery Company
Amy Bosek Area Vice President The Kraft Heinz Company
Brian Bosworth Director of Center Store Merchandising
Joe Boyd Chief Customer Officer Post Consumer Brands
Chris Brangenberg Director of Retail Merchandising Associated Grocers, Inc. (LA)
Jennifer Brillowski Customer Vice President The Kraft Heinz Company
Rick Brindle Consultant Wakefern Food Corp.
Kendra Brodzinski Manager of Promotions and Shopper Marketing
Bruce Brown Chief Customer Officer WK Kellogg Co
Michael Browne Vice President, Grocery WK Kellogg Co
Gerry Buckles VP Category Management & Procurement Associated Grocers, Inc. (LA)
Thomas Byom Director, Central Region Hormel Foods Corporation
Robert Caliendo Vice President of National Accounts, Large Format Vita Coco
Scott Cameron Key Food Consultant
Jenna Campbell Senior Customer Manager General Mills, Inc.
Jeffery Capezzuti Director of Sales, Customer Accounts Nestle USA, Inc.
Greg Carbone Vice President Sales, East Region Accounts Kellanova
Nick Carlino Executive Vice President, Sales and Retail Operations Merchants Distributors, LLC
Jerry Carnes Director of Sales, Mid-Atlantic Region
John Casaburri Vice President, Customer Service and Logistics Georgia-Pacific
Alison Castillo Omni Delivery Lead Unilever
Chris Chromy Senior Vice President, Sales Conagra Brands
Kirk Clark Director, Merchandising Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Craig Clasen Senior Vice President, Retail Business Development
Rob Cohen Vice President, Refrigerated and Frozen Bozzuto's Inc.
Kristina Cole Chief Sales, Customers & Commercial Officer US Danone North America
Mariaelena Cona Senior Director, Customer Supply Chain WK Kellogg Co
Chris Conroy Head of Category Leadership The Kraft Heinz Company
Mike Convey Director, Category Management
Matt Corker Director, Finance
Brent Cotten Vice President, Global Customer and Industry Affairs The Hershey Company
Robert Crane Senior Vice President, Head of Sales & Commercialization The J.M. Smucker Company
Marlene Creighton Chief Sales Officer The Kraft Heinz Company
Joseph Cresta Head of Southeast Region The Kraft Heinz Company
Mark Criswell Vice President, Independent Merchandising C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Tim Cross Director, New England and East Atlantic Danone North America
Dan Crusinbery Sr. Business Analyst Mars Food and Nutrition
Richie Cui Director Business Development
Michael Culver President, North America Kilcoy Global Foods
Joe Czernecki Director Supply Chain The Hershey Company
Lola Danlos Customer Development Strategy Manager Unilever
Troy Datcher Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer The Clorox Company
Amy Davis Vice President / General Manager CROSSMARK
Derek De La Mater Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Conagra Brands
Sharon Delaney Vice President, Procurement Bozzuto's Inc.
Sean Desmond Director - Sales, Private Brands
Douglas DeWilde Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Michael DiAngelis Senior Customer Manager
Karen Doggendorf Manager, Industry Relations Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Jim Donzelli Sales Lead Conagra Brands
Kristof Duna Vice President, Center Store Procurement, Private Brands
Jeff Edwards Vice President, Supply Chain Bozzuto's Inc.
Tom Ehmen Area Director, Customer Development Mondelez International
Sabrina Englot Customer Service Manager Mondelez International
Bruce Evans Senior Director of Sales Georgia-Pacific
Joe Farrell Sr Director, Customer Supply Chain Mondelez International
Bob Ferretti Customer Team Leader The Clorox Company
Jim Fitterer VP Center Store Category Management Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG)
Eric Fouts Vice President, Customer Supply Chain
Todd Fox Category Manager, Private Label Hy-Vee, Inc.
Glenn Frazier Director, Category Strategy and Insights East The Hershey Company
Mark Frazier Head of Northeast Region Sales The Kraft Heinz Company
William French Customer Vice President Mondelez International
Jonathan Friebert Head of U.S. Government Relations
Megan Fritz Region Sales Director, National Wholesale General Mills, Inc.
James Frusciante President, US Retail Sales The Kraft Heinz Company
Jaime Frye Vice President, Sales
Curtis Funk Chief Retail Officer Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys)
Dan Funk President and CEO Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG)
Ron Galbreath Director, Customer Business Team Mondelez International
Sheila Gamble Vice President, Frozen Foods Sales
Patrick Geiger Director Grocery, West Mars Snacking
Brian George President, Chairman and CEO Alex Lee, Inc.
Terri Geraghty Senior Director of Regional Accounts WK Kellogg Co
Brian Giroux Vice President General Manager- Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Dan Glei Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Jim Goers Senior Vice President, Account Management and National Brands
Allan Goldberg Vice President, West Sales Danone North America
Diana Gorshe Vice President, Customer Planning & Insights
Kevin Green Area Vice President The Kraft Heinz Company
Richard Gunn Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing
Brian Haaraoja Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing
Chad Hague Director of Sales
Chad Hansen Senior Director of Sales Georgia-Pacific
Mark Harvey Executive Director, Category Sales
Greg Hasper Vice President, Wholesale
John Havens Jr. Industry Relations Consultant, Nestle USA, Inc. Nestle USA, Inc.
Kathy Hayden Vice President, Sales, East
Adam Hayes Manager, Industry Affairs Procter & Gamble
Steven Heggelke Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Procurement Bozzuto's Inc.
Pia Heine Team Leader, Grocery
Dennis Hickey Chief Merchandising Officer Krasdale Foods, Inc.
Pam Hild Director, Center Store Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Shannon Hodock McCoy Vice President, Acosta Clorox Acosta Group
Cheryl Hoefs Region Vice President, Snacks Sales
Tess Hohman Senior Manager, Industry Initiatives
Chris Hopp National Manager of Category Sales Hormel Foods Corporation
Rob Hornback Associate Director Midwest Regional Team Procter & Gamble
Tim Horton Vice President, Center Store Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Wendy Hubbeling Head of Commercial Bumble Bee Foods, LLC
Heidi Huff Vice President, Business Partnerships IGA, INC.
Joshua Hunstad Team Leader Procter & Gamble
Germaine Hunter Associate The Clorox Company
Steve Iurato Vice President, Customer and Category Business, Coffee The J.M. Smucker Company
Kevin Jackson Senior Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales and N.A. Away From Home
Sherene Jagla Vice President, Sales
Anna Johnson Head of Category Leadership, East Sales The Kraft Heinz Company
Henry Johnson President
James Johnson Vice President, Merchandising
Lynn Johnson Vice President, Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Beth Jolly Vice President, Communications, Meals & Beverages and Snacks The Campbell's Company
Dave Jones Retired
Julie Jones ManagingDirector, Grocery and Home Hardware
Marc Jones President and CEO
Nicole Juntunen Vice President, Sales and Marketing Be Green Packaging LLC
Barb Kacer Field Sales Manager Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Eric Karr Vice President, Client Solutions Acosta Group
Gina Kelly Senior Vice President & Chief Customer Officer The Clorox Company
Sara Kelly Sales Director, Target Mars Snacking
Randal Kemnitz Director, Western Regions, CPS Hormel Foods Corporation
Steve Kieke Director of Grocery Acme Fresh Markets
Beth Kincaid Customer Development Director, Central Division Unilever
Jeff King Vice President, Center Store Bozzuto's Inc.
Rich King Vice President, Retail Sales Post Consumer Brands
Scott King Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Andy Knoblauch Senior Vice President of Center Store Merchandising
George Knobloch Chief Operating Officer Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc.
David Krause Executive Vice President and CMO
Todd Krc Senior Director, Business Development Topco Associates LLC
Marc Kurkiewicz Vice President, Member Development Topco Associates LLC
Scott Lackey Agency Sales Manager
Jake Lane Sr Director, Merchandising C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Doug Langan Manager of Customer Business Development, North America Regional Teams Procter & Gamble
Kurt Laufer President, Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hillen Lee Vice President Procter & Gamble
Brian Lillis Marketing Director Hormel Foods Corporation
Joseph Livorsi II President
Mike Long Director, Grocery
Mark Luebbers Vice President, Customer Business Development
Dan Lugar Senior Vice President, Procurement Hy-Vee, Inc.
Katia Ma Senior Director, Commercial Development Nestle USA, Inc.
Michael Macrae Director, Operations Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys)
Dan Magnuson Vice President, Merchandising, Grocery, Frozen Foods, and Dairy
Kevin Maier Manager, Category Development Topco Associates LLC
Anthony Manna Agency Sales Manager Georgia-Pacific
Marco Manocchio Vice President, Sales & Customer and Category Business - Pet The J.M. Smucker Company
Jeanmarie Marone Manager, Sales Communications Danone North America
Andrew Martin Agency Sales Manager
Dyame Martin Vice President DFA
John Martino VP, Sales and Operations
Pete Marucci Vice President and Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Steve Mayle Vice President, Sales
Ian McBride Director of Sales Grocery
Pete McConville Director, Team Sales Kellanova
Joseph McDonnell Head of Sales, Meals & Beverages The Campbell's Company
Mike McKenna Sr Manager, Northeast Region Unilever
Joseph McQuesten Group Vice President, Merchandising Brookshire Grocery Company
Bob McTeir President
Mario Mediati Director, Sales
Kurt Mehring MegaMex Sales Manager Hormel Foods Corporation
Sarah Memoli SVP Sales Perfect Snacks
Geoff Miller Director, Team Lead Nestle USA, Inc.
Kenneth Miller Procurement Manager, Grocery, DSD Wakefern Food Corp.
David Mitchell President Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Dave Mongillo Director, Center Store
Nicole Moore Industry Affairs - Lead Sales Nestle USA, Inc.
Scott Moore Director, Sales Hormel Foods Corporation
Steve Moore Team Lead, Kroger The Hershey Company
Mariette Morelli Director, Strategic Eastern Wholesale
Jason Morneau Senior Director, Sales
Kurt Mueller Senior Vice President, Sales Hormel Foods Corporation
Chuck Munn Vice President, Non-Perishable Merchandising Harris Teeter LLC
Randy Munns Executive Vice President and COO
Tom Murray Senior Vice President DFA
Trent Nehls Director Sales Mars Snacking
Thomas Neylon Managing Director Acosta Group
Tracey Noffke Customer Logistics Director, Strategy & Service Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Amy Nordstrom Vice President, Sales Nestle USA, Inc.
Beth Nygaard Senior Team Leader, Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Joseph O'Connor President Applegate
Kendi O'Mard Vice President, Sales The Clorox Company
Timothy O'Neill Vice President, Sales
Donna Ofenloch Senior Retail Development Manager Topco Associates LLC
Heather Oliver Director, Customer Strategy & Insights Georgia-Pacific
Ian Opradek Director, US Food Wholesale The Hershey Company
Pat Palmisano Administrative Assistant DFA
Terry Palmisano Vice President, Center Store Sales
David Panter Vice President, Business Intelligence Associated Food Stores, LLC
Susan Parks Broker Manager, Grocery East Mars Snacking
Tony Patrignelli Senior Director, Trade Optimization and Customer Operations
Philip Payment Jr. President, Sales and Operations
Brent Payne Director, Sales
Robert Policano Senior Vice President, Dairy and Frozen Merchandising
Patrice Polta Senior Region Manager, Grocery West
Kelly Porter Director, North America Customer Supply Chain The Campbell's Company
David Poston Category Manager and Buyer W. Lee Flowers & Co., Inc.
Richard Prast Sales Team Leader The Clorox Company
Ross Purdy Vice President, Center Store Merchandising
Jason Ramsey President Merchants Distributors, LLC
Matt Rausch Customer Sales Director Georgia-Pacific
Kim Reed General Manager, Grocery
Karen Reid Chief Customer Officer Post Consumer Brands
Tracy Reiff Vice President, Category Management Center Stores DSD
Crystal Renninger Director, Grocery Mars Snacking
Heather Rewiski Senior Vice President, Regional Accounts Danone North America
Bob Richardson Project Manager CROSSMARK
Michael Richardson Director, Category Management, Center Store
Michael Ridenour Vice President, Industry Relations UNFI
Vinnie Rinaldo Senior Trade Event Manager Mars Snacking
Rick Rising Vice President of Sales - Grocery Channel Georgia-Pacific
Jodi Robinson Vice President, Merchandising Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys)
Ashley Roehm President Acosta HQ Sales Acosta Group
Lyndsay Rogers Region Vice President, Morning Foods Sales Kellanova
James Rohr Vice President, Grocery
Mike Ross Vice President, Go-To-Market Commercial Strategy Kellanova
Jan Ruehlicke Sales and Marketing
Erin Salazar National Category Sales Manager Hormel Foods Corporation
Steve Salerno Category Manager Wakefern Food Corp.
Scott Salmon Chief Customer Officer
Carrie Sander Chief Customer Officer Kellanova
Carrie Sanderson Customer Supply Chain Lead
Jennifer Santiago Director, Marketing Communications Lowes Foods, LLC
Matt Schuster Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Patrick Schwab VP Sales-East-Retail Hormel Foods Corporation
Rochelle Seideneck SVP, Enterprise Marketing Giant Eagle, Inc.
Andrew Sellers Director, Customer Planning The Hershey Company
Adam Seston Vice President, Customer Development Unilever
Alexis Severson Senior Customer Manager General Mills, Inc.
Shane Sgambelluri Vice President, Regional Accounts Grocery
Dylana Silver Director, Marketing
Corey Sisson Director of Trade & Sales Planning General Mills, Inc.
Glen Smith Vice President, Strategic Grocery Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Lindsay Smith Senior Customer Manager
Kathleen Snydstrup Director, Team Sales
Tom Spaniol Director, CSI Food West The Hershey Company
Brett Spiker Group Vice President, Procurement Hy-Vee, Inc.
Kenneth Sprouse Unilever Kroger Team Unilever
David Stapelfeldt Senior Customer Sales Manager The Kraft Heinz Company
Shayna Steelman Customer Meeting and Event Planner
James Sterbenz Senior Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales
Michael Stigers President Wakefern Food Corp.
Ryan Stimac Director, Agency East
David Stis Chief Customer Officer Del Monte Foods Corporation
Mark Storms Principal Topco Associates LLC
Tom Sweeney Vice President Merchandising and Brands
Jimmy Taylor Senior Vice President, Sales Strategy and Capabilities Conagra Brands
Graham Teague Head of Customer Supply Chain
Jesse Thelen Divisional Vice President, Grocery East
Terry Thomas Executive Vice President and CCO
Chuck Thompson Senior Vice President, Merchandising Harris Teeter LLC
Martin Thompson Account Manager KeHE Distributors
Peter Thompson Director, Customer and Industry Development
Lisa Tibey Director of Omni Commerce Hormel Foods Corporation
Tom Tomaselli Group Vice President Fresh Merchandising, Northeast Grocery Shared Services Northeast Grocery, Inc.
Tom Tomescko Chief Customer Officer L&R Distributors
Joe Toscano Vice President, Trade and Industry Development Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Mike Townley Agency Sales Manager Georgia-Pacific
David Trammell Vice President, Wholesale Post Consumer Brands
Jason Turtle Senior Customer Manager General Mills, Inc.
Christopher Walker Director, Logistics
Michael Walton Director, Customer Development, West Unilever
Rich Wedel Associate Director, Customer Strategies Solutions
Jason Wells Director of Dairy, Frozen & Reset Teams K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Brian Werner Vice President, Ecommerce Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Michael West Vice President, Large Format The Hershey Company
Daan Westdijk Head of Customer & Channel Strategy The Magnum Ice Cream Company
John White Vice President, National Warehouse Sales DFA
Roger White CEO/President URM Stores, Inc.
Stephanie Wieczorek Shopper Marketing Team Lead, Grocery Accounts Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Isaac Wiese Vice President, Procurement Hy-Vee, Inc.
Paul Wildermuth Senior Customer Manager General Mills, Inc.
Mark Wilhite Director, Sales, Retail Grocery
Jason Worby Director of Sales
Phillip Worley Director, Grocery Operations K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Gerald Yacavone Senior Director, Sales Georgia-Pacific
Vicky Zhuang General Manager, International Business Development, North America
Joe Zink Vice President, Center Store Merchandising
Robert Zullinger CBDM Northeast Team