2019 Annual Business Conference (ABC): Registered Attendees

The following list shows all attendees as of May 27, 2026. Click on each column header to sort by that category.


Attendee Name Title  Company
Scott Lackey Agency Sales Manager
Tom Ehmen Area Director, Customer Development Mondelez International
Amy Bosek Area Vice President The Kraft Heinz Company
Kelly Carlson Associate
Mark Catrambone Associate The Kraft Heinz Company
Nick DeWitt Associate General Mills, Inc.
John Vilendrer Associate Unilever
Rob Hornback Associate Director Midwest Regional Team Procter & Gamble
Peter Vanden Heuvel Associate Director, Strategic Planning Colgate-Palmolive Company
Tracy Wietzke Associate Manager, Customer Events Kellanova
Daren Curry Brand Manager Procter & Gamble
Bill Borrow Buyer - Category Manager
Caitlyn Mayo Category and Shopper Development Manager Nestle USA, Inc.
Kristi Armenta Category Manager The Hershey Company
Barbara Levick Category Manager
John Meyers Category Manager, Breakfast, Paper and Laundry, International Hy-Vee, Inc.
Robert Zullinger CBDM Northeast Team
Jena Sowers CEO Alliance Retail Group
Roger White CEO/President URM Stores, Inc.
Henk Hartong, III Chairman and CEO Brynwood Partners L.P.
Russell Lund III Chairman and CEO Lunds & Byerlys (L&B)
Brian Audette Chief Conventional Merchandising Officer UNFI
Joe Boyd Chief Customer Officer Post Consumer Brands
Karen Reid Chief Customer Officer Post Consumer Brands
Tom Tomescko Chief Customer Officer L&R Distributors
Sean Bisceglia Chief Executive Officer Curion
Miguel Patricio Chief Executive Officer The Kraft Heinz Company
Brian Orlando Chief Marketing Officer, Upfield North America (KKR Unilever Spreads Acquisition) Flora Food US Inc.
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.
Jim Breach Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Flora Food US Inc.
Darren Caudill Chief Sales Officer Wakefern Food Corp.
Marlene Creighton Chief Sales Officer The Kraft Heinz Company
Rick Brindle Consultant Wakefern Food Corp.
Walter Knox Customer Business Development Manager Procter & Gamble
Virginia Palmer Customer Business Development Manager Procter & Gamble
Samuel Flemmings Customer Business Manager Danone North America
Beth Kincaid Customer Development Director, Central Division Unilever
Brad Keilitz Customer Development Manager
Tracey Noffke Customer Logistics Director, Strategy & Service Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Scott Resch Customer Logistics Strategies Manager, Customer Service, Senior Manager Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Shayna Steelman Customer Meeting and Event Planner
Ed Guippone Customer Sales Executive, Grocery Ne The Hershey Company
Sabrina Englot Customer Service Manager Mondelez International
Carrie Sanderson Customer Supply Chain Lead
Katie Fratamico Customer Supply Chain Team Leader Mondelez International
Mark Seagreaves Customer Team Lead Ahold/Delhaize Kellanova
Jennifer Brillowski Customer Vice President The Kraft Heinz Company
Jackie Cuthbert Development Chef Conagra Brands
Craig Pariseau Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Matt Schuster Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Sean Desmond Director - Sales, Private Brands
Tina Fanning Director - Sales; AWG Team Leader Procter & Gamble
Denise Edwards Director Category Management Kroger The Hershey Company
Julie Bitter Director Customer Development, Southeast
Kim Goodwin Director Customer Supply Chain and Market Supply Procter & Gamble
Patrick Geiger Director Grocery, West Mars Snacking
Martha Johns Director of Category Leadership Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Brian Bosworth Director of Center Store Merchandising
C.C. Shea Director of Customer Operations The Hershey Company
Michelle Perry Director of Digital, Loyalty and Ecommerce Brookshire Grocery Company
Steve Davis Director of Edible Grocery
Steve Kieke Director of Grocery
Jason Corriveau Director of Grocery Buying and Sales Roche Bros. Supermarkets
Robyn Loughran Director of Marketing Procter & Gamble
Matt Zaharis Director of Non Foods Harris Teeter LLC
Lisa Tibey Director of Omni Commerce Hormel Foods Corporation
Chris Brangenberg Director of Retail Merchandising
Chad Hague Director of Sales
Cameron Higley Director of Sales The Clorox Company
Chad Pierotti Director of Sales The Clorox Company
Ian McBride Director of Sales Grocery
Jeffery Capezzuti Director of Sales, Customer Accounts Nestle USA, Inc.
Jerry Carnes Director of Sales, Mid-Atlantic Region
Justin Leazer Director of Strategy and Business Development Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Kelly Marsh Director Sales, Industry Affairs Nestle USA, Inc.
Ryan Britt Director, U.S. Customer Supply Chain The Hershey Company
Rob Fowler Director, Business Development Conagra Brands
Quincy Means Director, Business Development Conagra Brands
Mike Convey Director, Category Management
Mike DeSimone Director, Center Store
Pam Hild Director, Center Store Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Erik Prascak Director, Center Store HAC, Inc.
Steve Sorensen Director, Center Store
Thomas Byom Director, Central Region Hormel Foods Corporation
Jeff Tettamble Director, Commercial Development Nestle Nutrition
Tom Spaniol Director, CSI Food West The Hershey Company
Josh O'Kane Director, CSI Kroger The Hershey Company
Nick Bonno Director, Customer Accounts Nestle USA, Inc.
Mary Beth Meyer Director, Customer Business Leader, West Mondelez International
Ron Galbreath Director, Customer Business Team Mondelez International
Rebecca Peifer Director, Customer Development, East Division Unilever
Andrew Sellers Director, Customer Planning The Hershey Company
Heather Oliver Director, Customer Strategy & Insights Georgia-Pacific
Matt Ferruzzi Director, Customer Strategy Planning
Andrew Panas Director, Customer Strategy Planning Conagra Brands
Kellie Shetlar Director, Customer Strategy Planning Conagra Brands
Aaron Zeisloft Director, Customer Strategy Planning
Peter Whelan Director, East Nestle Nutrition
Phillip Worley Director, Grocery Operations K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Karen Bakewell Director, Grocery, Frozen and Dairy Merchandising SpartanNash Company
Tom Cosgrove Director, Industry Relations FMI
Dylana Silver Director, Marketing
Kirk LaBoyteaux Director, Meat Department
Kirk Clark Director, Merchandising Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Ginny Grant Director, Sales Mars Snacking
Marc Hubbard Director, Sales Stackline
Daniel Mathieu Director, Sales The Clorox Company
Scott Moore Director, Sales Hormel Foods Corporation
Lisa Murray Director, Sales Danone North America
Brent Payne Director, Sales
Lindsay Starr Director, Sales
David Weber Director, Sales The Clorox Company
Mark Wilhite Director, Sales, Retail Grocery
Mariette Morelli Director, Strategic Eastern Wholesale
Geoff Miller Director, Team Lead Nestle USA, Inc.
Kathleen Snydstrup Director, Team Sales
Ian Opradek Director, US Food Wholesale The Hershey Company
Randal Kemnitz Director, Western Regions, CPS Hormel Foods Corporation
Brian Lawson Division Vice President Nestle Nutrition
Brad Horn Divisional Vice President, US Retail Sales, East
Kimberly Kelsey Event Marketing
Heather Standifer Executive Director, Advertising, Marketing, AIM Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG)
Rick Geary Executive Vice President
Chris Boever Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
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
Chris Link Executive Vice President, Customer Development and Sales Operations
Cory Onell Executive Vice President, Global Chief Omnichannel Sales & Asia Emerging Markets Officer The Kraft Heinz Company
Dan Glei Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Nick Carlino Executive Vice President, Sales and Retail Operations Merchants Distributors, LLC
Adam Guenther Field Sales Manager
Barb Kacer Field Sales Manager Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kevin Coleman General Manager eFive Insights
Eileen Doig Global Strategy Director Curion
Kari Mannina Global Strategy Director Curion
Deanna Brady Group Vice President and President, Consumer Products Sales Hormel Foods Corporation
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.
Stuart Bruton Head Buyer W. Lee Flowers & Co., Inc.
Chris Conroy Head of Category Leadership The Kraft Heinz Company
Anna Johnson Head of Category Leadership, East Sales The Kraft Heinz Company
Daan Westdijk Head of Customer & Channel Strategy The Magnum Ice Cream Company
Graham Teague Head of Customer Supply Chain
Elizabeth Bennett Head of eCommerce The Kraft Heinz Company
Mark Frazier Head of Northeast Region Sales The Kraft Heinz Company
Ivette Alvarez-Santoro Head of Operations, North America Flora Food US Inc.
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
Nicole Moore Industry Affairs - Lead Sales Nestle USA, Inc.
Denniss Ingram Key Account Manager Danone North America
George Chumakov KNA Supply Chain Growth Officer Kellanova
Sarah Miles Lead, Customer Supply Chain The Kraft Heinz Company
Chris Erickson Manager Procter & Gamble
Jason Therrien Manager
Kevin Maier Manager, Category Development Topco Associates LLC
Joel Hickson Manager, Client Services, USA
Lisa Rodkey Manager, Customer and Industry Affairs The Hershey Company
Meg Burns Manager, Event Planning Conagra Brands
Adam Hayes Manager, Industry Affairs Procter & Gamble
Jason Smith Manager, Own Brand Product Wakefern Food Corp.
Jon Shockey Manager, Research and Development Conagra Brands
Marianne Cabrera Corvera PhD Manager, Sales Communications & Industry Relations
Kurt Mehring MegaMex Sales Manager Hormel Foods Corporation
Thu-Hien Ronas Midwest Region Team Lead Procter & Gamble
Steve Bussiere National Account Manager, Supermarket
Nikki Austinson National Category Sales Manager Hormel Foods Corporation
Sebastian Friedman National Category Sales Manager Hormel Foods Corporation
Allysa Lewis Office Manager Hometown Food Company
Alison Castillo Omni Delivery Lead Unilever
Shane McIntosh Planning Team Leader The Clorox Company
Jack Carroll President Purity Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (PWG)
Henry Johnson President
Tim Lowe President Lowes Foods, LLC
Bob McTeir President
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
S. Neal Berube President and CEO
Marc Jones President and CEO
John Ross President and CEO IGA, INC.
Laura Shapira Karet President and Chief Executive Officer
John Buckley President of Sales Harvest Hill Beverage Company
Anthony Raucci President of Sales Hometown Food Company
Michael Bokarae President, Alliance Data Management and A2 Advertising Alliance Retail Group
Hector de la Barreda President, Amplify The Hershey Company
Steve Mayer President, Bashas’ Operating Company Bashas' Inc.
Brian George President, Chairman and CEO Alex Lee, Inc.
Michael Culver President, North America Kilcoy Global Foods
Ari Labell President, North America
Matthew Eckard President, North America Sales Mondelez International
James Frusciante President, US Retail Sales The Kraft Heinz Company
Timothy Carlsen Procurement Manager, Grocery Wakefern Food Corp.
Bob Richardson Project Manager CROSSMARK
Kathy Elefano Region Sales Director
John Fowler Regional Business Manager Nestle Nutrition
Mark Hagerman Regional Business Manager Nestle Nutrition
Brad Owens Regional Business Manager Nestle Nutrition
Mike Stupecky Regional Business Manager Nestle Nutrition
Pam Stevens Regional Sales Manager Unilever
Chris Richmond Regional Vice President-Industry Affairs
Chris Campbell Regional Vice President, Category Management Post Consumer Brands
Dave Jones Retired
Sara Hagmann Sales Procter & Gamble
JJ Weber Sales Account Executive, South West Food Team Procter & Gamble
Tim Wilson Sales Development Manager, National Brands Topco Associates LLC
Paul Bamford Sales Director Procter & Gamble
Sara Kelly Sales Director, Target Mars Snacking
Jim Donzelli Sales Lead Conagra Brands
Ryan Carcione Sales Team Lead The Clorox Company
Jeff Bailey Sales Team Leader Procter & Gamble
Richard Prast Sales Team Leader The Clorox Company
Patrice Moore Scale Marketing Leader, Regional Teams Procter & Gamble
Amber Cenci Senior Category Manager Food West The Hershey Company
Mary Bohannon Senior Customer Manager General Mills, Inc.
Michael DiAngelis Senior Customer Manager
Yan Lo 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
Sharon Murphy Senior Director Georgia-Pacific
Carrie Stanley Senior Director Advertising and Marketing Associated Grocers, Inc. (LA)
Scott Crowley Senior Director Commercial Strategy Kellanova
Scott Winburn Senior Director of Pricing Strategy Coborn's, Inc.
Terri Geraghty Senior Director of Regional Accounts WK Kellogg Co
John Capizzi Senior Director of Sales Operations
Michael Algard Senior Director, Agency Regional Grocery Colgate-Palmolive Company
Todd Krc Senior Director, Business Development Topco Associates LLC
Christa Noel Senior Director, Category Management Georgia-Pacific
Joey Bates Senior Director, Center Store Merchandising Harris Teeter LLC
Joey Matos Senior Director, Central Danone North America
Mariaelena Cona Senior Director, Customer Supply Chain WK Kellogg Co
Muffy Hostetler Senior Director, Grocery Midwest Harvest Hill Beverage Company
Doug Ernsberger Senior Director, Retail Strategy KIND Snacks
Kevin Darmody Senior Director, Sales Georgia-Pacific
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
Kristin Lindsay Senior Manager Category Management Food East The Hershey Company
Matthew Greenwood Senior Manager Customer Development
Robert Frusco Senior Manager Walmart/Club
Randy Wells Senior Manager, Customer Supply Chain The Hershey Company
Tess Hohman Senior Manager, Industry Initiatives
Phoebe Tovey Senior Manager, Sales The Hershey Company
Karissa Atwood Senior Manager, Strategic Partnership Program
Steve Mazeika Senior Manager, U.S. Communications The Kraft Heinz Company
Kristina Buckenberger Senior Meetings Manager Kellanova
Howard Mckinney Senior Merchandising Director Central Region Grocery, Frozen, Dairy UNFI
Preston Lamm Senior Racking Manager Mars Snacking
Scot McCabe Senior Team Leader Georgia-Pacific
Beth Nygaard Senior Team Leader, Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Vinnie Rinaldo Senior Trade Event Manager Mars Snacking
Michael Pierson Senior Vice President & Chief Customer Officer, Snacks The Campbell's Company
Andy Knoblauch Senior Vice President of Center Store Merchandising
Dennis Host Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Michael Cormier Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Big Y Foods, Inc.
Robert Policano Senior Vice President, Dairy and Frozen Merchandising
Ian Prisuta Senior Vice President, Grocery Merchandising
Tracy Mitchell Senior Vice President, Grocery Sales Advantage Solutions
Robert Crane Senior Vice President, Head of Sales & Commercialization The J.M. Smucker Company
Michael Terry Senior Vice President, Merchandising
Andrew Connell Senior Vice President, Procurement C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
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
Jeremy Attal Senior Vice President, Sales Conagra Brands
David Merritt Senior Vice President, Sales Conagra Brands
Jesse Garcia Senior Vice President, Sales and CCO
Jimmy Taylor Senior Vice President, Sales Strategy and Capabilities Conagra Brands
Kevin Jackson Senior Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales and N.A. Away From Home
Heidi Huff Senior VP Consumer Engagement Alliance Retail Group
Linda Coleman Shopper Excellence Manager, Nutrition Reckitt Benckiser Health (US) LLC
Mike McKenna Sr Manager, Northeast Region Unilever
Jim Hertneky Team Lead The Magnum Ice Cream Company
Steve Jacson Team Lead Global Military The Hershey Company
Kylie Bishop Team Lead Regional Food West The Hershey Company
Nick Hansen Team Lead, Kroger The Hershey Company
Cheri Larsen Team Lead, Supply Mars Snacking
Jan Ruehlicke Team Leader
Pia Heine Team Leader, Grocery
Winston Howard Team Leader, Grocery
Kenneth Sprouse Unilever Kroger Team Unilever
Hillen Lee Vice President Procter & Gamble
Jim McNellis Vice President & General Manager Sales, Customer & Operations West The Campbell's Company
Brian Giroux Vice President General Manager- Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Bill McGrath Vice President Grocery Flora Food US Inc.
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
Suri Mishra Vice President of Services
Joe Mueller Vice President Purposeful Engagement Kellanova
Roger Story Vice President Sales and Marketing
Greg Carbone Vice President Sales, East Region Accounts Kellanova
Stefan Aps Vice President, Business Development Conagra Brands
David Panter Vice President, Business Intelligence Associated Food Stores, LLC
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.
Randy King Vice President, Center Store Merchandising UNFI
Rich O'Keefe Vice President, Center Store Merchandising
Ross Purdy Vice President, Center Store Merchandising
Joe Zink Vice President, Center Store Merchandising
Kevin Stafford Vice President, Center Store Operations K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Terry Palmisano Vice President, Center Store Sales
Keren Novack Vice President, Client Services - Midwest Curion
Eric Karr Vice President, Client Solutions Acosta Group
Steve Findlay Vice President, Commerical Strategy, RTEC Kellanova
Steve Iurato Vice President, Customer and Category Business, Coffee The J.M. Smucker Company
Mark Arrington Vice President, Customer Development
Adam Seston Vice President, Customer Development Unilever
Andrew Padilla Vice President, Customer Development East, BJ's CROSSMARK
Simon Osborn Vice President, Customer Solutions and Collaboration Danone North America
Mindy Miller Vice President, Data Analytics Associated Food Stores, LLC
Jason Nunes Vice President, Food & Mass - East Sales Mondelez International
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
Brian McDole Vice President, Grocery
Steve Massie Vice President, Grocery and Mass
Jeff Boni Vice President, Grocery Central and West
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
Stacey Finley Vice President, Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Lynn Johnson Vice President, Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
DeAnne Stepp Vice President, Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Dan Davis Vice President, Marketing Purity Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (PWG)
James Johnson Vice President, Merchandising
Jodi Robinson Vice President, Merchandising Lunds & Byerlys (L&B)
Chuck Munn Vice President, Non-Perishable Merchandising Harris Teeter LLC
Brian Falcone Vice President, Northeast Sales Danone North America
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
Rich King Vice President, Retail Sales Post Consumer Brands
Curtis Bolden Vice President, Sales Conagra Brands
Amy Nordstrom Vice President, Sales Nestle USA, Inc.
Kendi O'Mard Vice President, Sales The Clorox Company
Timothy O'Neill Vice President, Sales
Chris Timko Vice President, Sales Brynwood Partners L.P.
Billy Watts Vice President, Sales General Mills, Inc.
Marco Manocchio Vice President, Sales & Customer and Category Business - Pet The J.M. Smucker Company
Tom Choi Vice President, Sales Accounts - Kroger Kellanova
Jon Albrecht Vice President, Sales and Merchandising Acme Fresh Markets
Sec Briselli Vice President, Sales Planning Perdue Farms
Cass Black Vice President, Sales South Mondelez International
Kristine Urea Vice President, Sales Strategy and Capability
David Burke Vice President, Sales, Channels, Campbell Snacks The Campbell's Company
Kathy Hayden Vice President, Sales, East
John McGinn Vice President, Sales, Grocery, Snacks
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
Leslie Concors Vice President, West Flora Food US Inc.
Allan Goldberg Vice President, West Sales Danone North America
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)
Natosha Walsh VP Marketing-Convenient Meals & Proteins * Retail Marketing-Convenient Meals & Proteins Hormel Foods Corporation
Patrick Schwab VP Sales-East-Retail Hormel Foods Corporation
John Martino VP, Sales and Operations