2019 FreshForward: Registered Attendees

The following list shows all attendees as of May 22, 2026. Click on each column header to sort by that category.


Attendee Name Title  Company
Francesco Fazio - Deloitte, LLP
Tyler Tracey Account Manager Cargill Protein
Jake Shoults Advisory Consultant Deloitte, LLP
Joshua Kudisch Associate Vice President, Service Delivery Deloitte, LLP
Francie Jenks Business Development Manager Hussmann Corporation
Rob Neou Business Technology Analyst
Carlos Visconti CEO Red Sun Farms
Natalie Dyenson Chief Food Safety Officer Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc.
Kurt Brands Chief Operating Officer
Curtis Funk Chief Retail Officer Lunds & Byerlys (L&B)
Kevin Brooks Chief Revenue Officer Procurant
Amanda Dentici-Becker Director Digital Commerce, and Innovation
Joe Clark Director Meat, Seafood, Deli & Bakery
Michael Baughman Director of Marketing
Janis McIntosh Director of Marketing Innovation and Sustainability Naturipe Farms
Jack Mertes Director of Retail Sales Trident Seafood Corporation
Casey Munn Director of Sales Taylor Farms
Mike Penner Director or Retail Applications and Technology
Chad Johnson Director, Marketing C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
Stephanie Lundquist Executive Vice President and President of Food and Beverage
Kristin Yerecic Scott Executive Vice President of Customer Experience & Administration Yerecic Label
John Haggerty Founder and Strategist
Barb Renner Global Lead Client Service Partner Deloitte, LLP
Daniel Koch Group Vice President, Perishables Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG)
Kelly Alonzo Manager Deloitte, LLP
Brian Baker Managing Director Deloitte, LLP
Don Kirkwood Managing Director
Peter Webb Marketing Analyst II, Portfolio Solutions
Kim Chook Marketing Specialist, Retail and Consumer Products Industries Deloitte, LLP
Michael Lang Partner
Derrick Miller President The Wonderful Company
Art Yerecic President Yerecic Label
David Sherrod President and CEO Southeast Produce Council
Dwight Ferguson President and Chief Executive Officer Naturipe Farms
Thomas Windish President, Retail Channel Cargill Protein
John Ruane President, The Giant Co. The GIANT Company
Kurt Vetter President, Wonderful Sales The Wonderful Company
Alex Corbishley Principal
Dan Kinzler Principal Deloitte, LLP
Suzanne Monford Principal Food Sport International
David Orgel Principal David Orgel Consulting LLC
Albert Gottuso Produce Category Manager Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Robin Hayes Produce Director Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Colin Mckay Produce Technical Coordinator Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Chuck Gragg Sales Procurant
Laurie Allex Sales Director Cargill Protein
Tom Schneider Sales Director Johnsonville Sausage, LLC
Kevin Addesso Senior Director Research and Development and Food Safety and Quality Johnsonville Sausage, LLC
Lars Batzel Senior Director, Fresh Merchandising Festival Foods
Mike Paribello Senior Director, Innovation and Consumer and Category Insights Smithfield Foods Inc.
Richie Keirouz Senior Director, Sales Mastronardi Produce Limited
Jim Hull Senior Industry Strategies Director
Jack O'Connor Senior Manager Deloitte, LLP
Melanie Pick Senior Manager Deloitte, LLP
Curt Fedder Senior Manager, Consumer Center for Insights
Sheridan Lewis-Rardin Senior Manager, FSQR - Perishables Target Corporation
Randy Evins Senior Principal Industry Advisor
Paul Kneeland Senior Vice President of Merchandising and Sales
Troy Vosburgh Senior Vice President of Operations Coborn's, Inc.
David Lessard Senior Vice President of Operations, Customer Experience, and Perishable Distribution The GIANT Company
Karen Fernald Senior Vice President, Fresh Category, Merchandising and Pricing Food Lion, LLC
Tom DeVries Senior Vice President, Merchandising Brookshire Grocery Company
Don Sanderson Senior Vice President, Merchandising Meijer, Inc.
Gregory Livelli Senior Vice President, Portfolio Solutions
Michele Stoffel Strategic Marketing Planner, Retail and Consumer Products Deloitte, LLP
Nilesh Phillips U.S. Marketing Leader, Consumer Products and Retail Deloitte, LLP
Andrew Burchett Vegetable Industry Affairs Bayer CropScience Global
Adam Johnson Vice President and General Manager, Global Retail Services Ecolab, Inc.
Mike Richter Vice President of Fresh Merchandising
Tony Ott Vice President of Merchandising, Meat and Seafood UNFI
Nick Ciminillo Vice President of Retail Solutions
Jeff Testa Vice President, Corporate Accounts, North America Global Food Retail Ecolab, Inc.
Victoria Thomson Vice President, Customers Bimbo Bakeries USA
Gary York Vice President, Enterprise Sales C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
Voni Woods Vice President, Fresh
Rick Steigerwald Vice President, Fresh Foods
Allen Warch Vice President, Fresh Merchandising
Robert Darrell Vice President, Fresh Pork Sales Smithfield Foods Inc.
Katie Gaynor Vice President, Global sales and Marketing, Lobster Ink Ecolab, Inc.
Brian Lorenz Vice President, Omnichannel Fresh Merchandising The GIANT Company
Eric Waddell Vice President, Packaged Meats Sales, Retail Central Division Smithfield Foods Inc.
Todd Fawver Vice President, Retail Sales - West Cargill Protein
Chris Reisner Vice President, Sales Kayem Foods Inc.
Jamie Postell Vice President, Sales North America Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Ray Fager Vice President, Sales Operations & Data COE Lead
Jan Hood Vice President, Value Added Business Lead Cargill Incorporated
Mark Siner VP of Retail/Grocery
Harold Paivarinta VP Sales and Business Development Red Sun Farms