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