2013 Annual Business Conference (ABC): Registered Attendees

The following list shows all attendees as of May 31, 2026. Click on each column header to sort by that category.


Attendee Name Title  Company
Anthony Manna Agency Sales Manager Georgia-Pacific
Mike Townley Agency Sales Manager Georgia-Pacific
Richard Martino Area Vice President
Kevin Jordan Area Vice President, Central
David Burns Area Vice President, South Mondelez International
Ted Yeomans ASM Director of Client Services, Mars and Wrigley
JoAnn Bertrand Assistant to Vice President, North America Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
Denny Lukavsky Assistant Vice President, Purchasing, Grocery and Frozen
Cam Clocter Associate
Jim Dodge Associate
Mike Galvin Associate
Leah Sheforgen Associate
Matt Wood Associate
Dafry Rivera Associate Director Urban
Judy Copetas Associate Director, Customer Market Knowledge, Food Channel
Lindsay McShane Associate Director, Food Channel Product Supply Manager
Joy Mead Associate Director, Marketing Procter & Gamble
John Shaw Associate Directory, Finance
Tracy Wietzke Associate Manager, Customer Events Kellanova
Bryan Atkenson Associate Sales Development Manager, National Brands
Mike Schultz Business Development Manager
Michelle Sayers Business Manager
Mark Hoover Category Development Manager The Clorox Company
Patrick Quinn Category Management Analyst
Deb Willeman Category Manager
Steven Goodyear CEO
Russell Lund III Chairman and CEO Lunds & Byerlys (L&B)
J. Christopher Michael Chairman Emeritus
William Mayo Chief Administrative Officer Wakefern Food Corp.
Vinit Patel Chief Customer Development Officer The Magnum Ice Cream Company
Bruce Brown Chief Customer Officer WK Kellogg Co
Steven Goddard Chief Executive Officer
Dean Janeway Chief Executive Officer Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc.
Nancy Lebold Chief Executive Officer
Valerie Oswalt Chief Executive Officer Kodiak
Robert Palmer Chief Executive Officer
Paul Smucker Wagstaff Chief Executive Officer
Linda Rendle Chief Executive Officer and President The Clorox Company
Dean General Chief Industry Development Officer Advantage Solutions
Cheryl Williams Chief Information Officer Wakefern Food Corp.
Dennis Hickey Chief Merchandising Officer Krasdale Foods, Inc.
Dewayne Rabon Chief Merchandising Officer
George Knobloch Chief Operating Officer Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc.
Jerry LeClair Chief Operating Officer Brookshire Grocery Company
Phil Lombardo Chief Operating Officer
Terry Wood Chief Operating Officer SpartanNash Company
Curtis Funk Chief Retail Officer Lunds & Byerlys (L&B)
Kristina Cole Chief Sales, Customers & Commercial Officer US Danone North America
Brenda Hambleton Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer
James Flannery Chief Transformation Officer Department of Defense Commissary Agency
Dean Wasniewski Client Service Director
David Friedler Co-Founder and CCO Simpactful LLC
Rick Brindle Consultant Wakefern Food Corp.
Ryan Michaelis Corporate Manager, Category Sales, CPS Hormel Foods Corporation
Virginia Palmer Customer Business Development Manager Procter & Gamble
Bryan Cook Customer Business Leader Mars Snacking
Todd Reid Customer Business Manager, Supervalu
Mike Kocisky Customer Development Director
Charles Zimmerman Customer Development Director
Beth Kincaid Customer Development Director, Central Division Unilever
Tara Castellani Customer Development Manager
Gary Marino Customer Operations Manager
Matt Rausch Customer Sales Director Georgia-Pacific
John Gottstein Customer Sales Executive The Hershey Company
Jeff Lutz Customer Sales Manager Georgia-Pacific
Joya Gray Customer Supply Chain Team Leader
Bob Ferretti Customer Team Leader The Clorox Company
Mike Klei Customer Team Manager
Brian Ginn Customer Vice President
Jeffrey Peterson Customer Vice President
Mark Holbrook Customer Vice President, East
Paul McClellan Customer Vice President, East Area
Scott Marquez Customer Vice President, New York and Pennsylvania The Kraft Heinz Company
Joe Amedio Customer Vice President, SuperValu
Amy Breault Director
Dave Howlett Director C.A. Ferolie
Julie Seibert Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Robert Villapiano Director Wakefern Food Corp.
Keith Olscamp Director - Industry Affairs & Collaboration
Gari Estill Director Center Store Sales Associated Wholesale Grocers - Gulf Coast Division
Jennifer Bryant Director Customer Development Mondelez International
Jim Connell Director of Sales The Coca-Cola Company
Monisha Dabek Director of Sales
Paul Duffley Director of Sales
Ward Maresca Director of Sales
Mike Truran Director of Sales and Business Development
Tom Gaugert Director Sales Salty Snacks The Hershey Company
Josh Cooper Director, Customer Commercialization
Gary Cox Director, Agency HQ
Trey Moser Director, Analytics and Insights
Katy Banfield Director, Business Development
Michael Richardson Director, Category Management, Center Store
Mike DeSimone Director, Center Store
Thomas Byom Director, Central Region Hormel Foods Corporation
John Gray Director, Commercial Accounts Merchants Distributors, LLC
Michele Polanco Director, Commercialization and Innovation Planning
Peter Thompson Director, Customer and Industry Development
Curt Balara Director, Customer Development
Jeffery Cullar Director, Customer Development
Kim Sines Director, Customer Development
Kevin Wille Director, Customer Development
Todd Shy Director, Customer Development and Service Mondelez International
Jack Ryan Director, Customer Logistics
Scott Dunkley Director, Customer Planning Food Channels The Hershey Company
Derek Dafoe Director, Family Care
Pam Arnason Director, Field Sales
Alice Berquam Director, Food Channel Regional Teams
Michael Hargrove Director, Fresh Foods Harris Teeter LLC
Joel Clark Director, Grocery
Phillip Worley Director, Grocery Operations K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
John Campion Director, High Focus Team, Eastern Region
Scott Kleingartner Director, In-Store Experience Post Consumer Brands
Patrick Hare Director, Industry Development
Steve Holdiman Director, Industry Development
Brian Kittelson Director, Integrated Shopper Marketing
Robert Lounsbery Director, Procurement
Darin Carlson Director, Sales The Coca-Cola Company
John Eckroate Director, Sales
Kevin Greer Director, Sales General Mills, Inc.
Nick Malm Director, Sales
Cindy Merkel Director, Sales Kellanova
Krista Sauder Director, Sales
Mario Carrington Director, Sales - Central
Craig Cole Director, Sales - Northeast
Todd Keating Director, Sales - Northeast
Corey Flasco Director, Sales, E Commerce
Mark Wilhite Director, Sales, Retail Grocery
David Blosser Director, Sales, South
Allan Masters Director, Sales, Warehouse The Coca-Cola Company
Craig Gillett Director, Sales, West U.S.
Brenda Benkert Director, Team Sales Kellanova
Jeff Harris Director, Team Sales
Mark Ahlstrom Director, True Grocery
Randal Kemnitz Director, Western Regions, CPS Hormel Foods Corporation
David Lockwood Division Manager
Brian Lawson Division Vice President Nestle Nutrition
Chris Rowley Division Vice President, Sales
Randy Rosinski Divisional Vice President
Bob Smith Divisional Vice President
Matt Gregory EVP & Chief Customer Officer Unilever
John Torru Executive Chair & Co-Founder Simpactful LLC
Mark Harvey Executive Director, Category Sales
Mike O'Donnell Executive Director, Procurement, CA
Rick Geary Executive Vice President
Jamie Gronowski Executive Vice President
Tom Swanson Executive Vice President & General Manager of Corporate Retail
Terry Thomas Executive Vice President and CCO
Chris Boever Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
Derek De La Mater Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Conagra Brands
Susan Klug Executive Vice President and CMO
David Krause Executive Vice President and CMO
Richard Charrier Executive Vice President and COO
Janel Haugarth Executive Vice President and President, Independent Business and Supply Chain Services
Colleen Flaherty Executive Vice President of Sales
Ellen Schum Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer B&G Foods, Inc.
Donna Zambo Executive Vice President, Chief Information & Marketing Officer Allegiance Retail Services, LLC (Foodtown)
Sean Reid Executive Vice President, North America Jack Links Protein Snacks
Tim Cole Executive Vice President, Sales
Tony True Executive Vice President, Sales
Bill Donovan Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Ginny Grant Field Sales Director
Bobby Santulli Field Vice President, East Division Henkel Corporation
Stephen Petagna Field Vice President, West and Central
Peter McSorley Food Channel CBDM, Central Procter & Gamble
Mike Gaetz Frozen Dairy Buyer
Kim Reed General Manager, Grocery
Deb Headley Grocery Category Manager
Jasmine Mastroianna Grocery Category Manager
David Edwards Grocery Procurement Manager Wakefern Food Corp.
Drew Dulmage Grocery Sales Director
Larry Vorpahl Group Vice President and President, Hormel Food International
Paul Patten Group Vice President, Center Store Wakefern Food Corp.
Angelo Cannistraci Group Vice President, Center Store, Pharmacy and Senior Merchandising Coordinator
Stuart Bruton Head Buyer W. Lee Flowers & Co., Inc.
Wendy Hubbeling Head of Commercial Bumble Bee Foods, LLC
Doug Langan Manager of Customer Business Development, North America Regional Teams Procter & Gamble
Pat Smith Manager, Customer Engagement Mondelez International
Kelly O'Connor Manager, Customer Logistics
Mark Kielczynski Manager, Grocery Logistics Grocery Marketing Division Wakefern Food Corp.
Karen Doggendorf Manager, Industry Relations
Bill Spain Manager, N.A. Industry Affairs
Michael Fitzpatrick Managing Director
Burt Flickinger Managing Director
Bill Nasshan Managing Director
Sean Desmond Merchandising and Category Manager
Robert Francesconi National Broker Team Leader
Dennis Lancaster National Sales and Marketing Manager
Vincent Delgado National Sales Manager Procter & Gamble
Robert Kirch President
Joseph Livorsi II President
Tom Lofland President Albertsons Companies, Inc. - Eastern Division
Bob McTeir President
Jason Ramsey President Merchants Distributors, LLC
Joseph Fantozzi President & COO Allegiance Retail Services, LLC (Foodtown)
S. Neal Berube President and CEO
Frank Pecoraro President and CEO
Doug Behrens President and Chief Customer Officer
Kevin Elliott President and COO
Bob Jaskolski President and COO
Edward Brunot President and COO, MDV
Timothy LeBel President of Sales, Mars Wrigley US Mars Snacking
Michael Bokarae President, Alliance Data Management and A2 Advertising Alliance Retail Group
Doug Knudsen President, ConAgra Foods Sales
Ari Labell President, North America
Blaine Bringhurst President, Price Chopper/Market 32 Price Chopper Supermarkets
Thomas Corley President, Retail and Established Brands
Regenia Stein Principal Ingenuity Consulting
Michael Guanella Product Manager
Bob Richardson Project Manager CROSSMARK
Mark Traverse Region Vice President
Grant Stallknecht Region Vice President, Emerging Post Consumer Brands
Jason Stewart Region Vice President, Morning Food Sales Kellanova
Lyndsay Rogers Region Vice President, Morning Foods Sales Kellanova
Chad Thompson Regional Account Manager
Lori Brown Regional Business Director
Tom Larson Regional Business Director
Dale Weikel Regional Business Manager
Joseph Banas Regional Business Manager, Central
Lee Beane Regional Business Manager, East
David Wydman Regional Director, Grocery
David Johnson Regional Sales Manager, Mid Atlantic
Frank Duffy Regional Vice President Sales, Eastern Region McCormick & Company, Inc.
Craig Reynolds Regional Vice President, Sales, Western Region McCormick & Company, Inc.
Bill Loneman Retail Merchandising and Marketing Executive
Dave Jones Retired
Ryan Newhart Sales Development Manager
Steve Falso Sales Director
Randy Kemp Sales Director
Jim Donzelli Sales Lead Conagra Brands
Patrick Walsh Senior Advisor, Consultant FMI
Dagmar Farr Senior Advisor, Share Groups FMI
Leonard Corpora Senior Category Manager, Grocery
Matthew Gorman Senior Channel Development Manager
Gilles Mellet Senior Consultant Strategic Resource Group
Cindi Wick Senior Customer Engagement Manager
Mary Bohannon Senior Customer Manager General Mills, Inc.
Brad Einck Senior Customer Manager General Mills, Inc.
Keith Lea Senior Customer Manager
Yan Lo Senior Customer Manager
Eric Loper Senior Customer Manager
William McEwen Senior Customer Manager
Bridget Skoog Senior Customer Manager
Lindsay Smith Senior Customer Manager
Paul Wildermuth Senior Customer Manager General Mills, Inc.
Anna Robins Senior Customer Marketing Manager
Jeff Vogel Senior Customer Sales Manager
Michael Cohen Senior Director of Merchandising C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Bruce Evans Senior Director of Sales Georgia-Pacific
Wanette Wise Senior Director Region Accounts
Julie Nee Senior Director Strategic Food Customers
Joan Francolini Senior Director, Customer Marketing
Mark Hojnicki Senior Director, Customer Supply Chain Conagra Brands
William Rossi Senior Director, Geographic Food Customers
Fred Buehler Senior Director, Region Accounts, Sales
Deb Friedman Senior Director, Sales Danone North America
Gerald Yacavone Senior Director, Sales Georgia-Pacific
Michael Burkett Senior Director, Sales - ONE Brands The Hershey Company
Chris Kelly Senior Director, Sales Central Region Accounts
Steve Hosler Senior Director, Sales Operations and Trade Relations
Amanda Jones Senior Director, Strategic Food Customers
Ron Volpe Senior Director, Strategy and Customer Development
Bradford Wyman Senior Director, Supply Chain Georgia-Pacific
Tony Patrignelli Senior Director, Trade Optimization and Customer Operations
Matthew Keller Senior Manager, Customer Development
Suzanne George CMP Senior Manager, Education
Tess Hohman Senior Manager, Industry Initiatives
Colleen Bailey Senior Manager, Meeting Services
Walter Crump Senior Promotions Manager
Paul Callahan Senior Vice President
Cameron Cloeter Senior Vice President
Brett Van de Bovenkamp Senior Vice President
Gina Kelly Senior Vice President & Chief Customer Officer The Clorox Company
Steve Arnold Senior Vice President and Division Manager
Rob Ferguson Senior Vice President and General Manager
Tim Hassett Senior Vice President and GM, Away From Home and Campbell North America and Chief Customer Officer
Andy Knoblauch Senior Vice President of Center Store Merchandising
Michael Cormier Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Big Y Foods, Inc.
Brian Duff Senior Vice President, Buying and Logistics
Scott Reily Senior Vice President, Logistics
Kip Faulhaber Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing
Richard Gunn Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing
Dan Fudger Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Supply Chain Trade Relations C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Craig Clasen Senior Vice President, Retail Business Development
Tim Bernard Senior Vice President, Sales
Jerry Cook Senior Vice President, Sales
Jim Curl Senior Vice President, Sales Fairlife
David Merritt Senior Vice President, Sales Conagra Brands
Kurt Mueller Senior Vice President, Sales Hormel Foods Corporation
Kristy Vigil Senior Vice President, Sales Catalina Snacks
Jesse Garcia Senior Vice President, Sales and CCO
Richard Desimone Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Jim Holton Senior Vice President, Sales, Snacks Kellanova
Ian O'Donnell Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
Jeff Holdsworth Sourcing Strategy Group Manager Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
John Mayer Strategic Advisor
Shane Balcik Strategic Planning Manager Mars Snacking
Scott Andrews Supply Chain Manager Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Joe Brown Team Lead Regional Food
Greg Bailey Team Lead Regional Food, West
George Giorno Team Leader
Mike Haynes Team Leader
Michael McCusker Team Leader
Chip Vineyard Team Leader Nestle USA, Inc.
Joseph Mercer Team Leader DelHaize, MidAtlantic
Mark Zielinski Team Leader East, Grocery
Robert Digrigoli Team Leader, Albertsons
Rich McCloskey Team Leader, East Direct
Johnny Naranjo Team Leader, West Direct
Jack Cloherty Vice President
Kathie Day Vice President
Paul Cooke Vice President and Director, Industry Relations
Dwight Battles Vice President and District Manager, Rochester and Southern Tier Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Tim Myers Vice President and Division Manager
Robert Rothove Vice President and Division Manager Associated Wholesale Grocers - Great Lakes Division
Thomas Hipwell Vice President and General Manager
Scott Bolonda Vice President and General Manager, US CPD Sales and Marketing
Steve Berg Vice President and Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Pete Marucci Vice President and Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Donna Howard Vice President and Managing Director, Customer Facing Supply Chain
Chris Avery Vice President of Customer Marketing
Jeffrey Frank Vice President of Grocery Products Hormel Foods Corporation
Robert Caliendo Vice President of National Accounts, Large Format Vita Coco
Don Dyess Vice President of Procurement, Grocery, General Merchandise and HBC
Nicholas Dispenziere Vice President of Sales and Merchandising
Andrew Benson Vice President of Sales and Sales Strategy Applegate
Kristen Wallen Vice President of Sales, Alternate Channels Post Consumer Brands
Jeffrey Weston Vice President of Sales, Regional Supermarket
Rich Rosin Vice President Procurement and Merchandising
Rick Rexing Vice President Sales, National Accounts The Clorox Company
Pete Barber Vice President, Broker Sales
Brian Allen Vice President, Business Development
Peter Collins Vice President, Business Development & Membership FMI
Luis Tejada Vice President, Business Development and Marketing
Mark Rutledge Vice President, Category Planning
Kevin Broe Vice President, Center Store
Kevin Fitz Vice President, Center Store
Frank Schmitt Vice President, Center Store
Mark Johnson Vice President, Center Store Merchandising
Terry Palmisano Vice President, Center Store Sales
Kristina Geier Vice President, Channel Sales Kellanova
Mike Deranleau Vice President, Channels Kellanova
Mike Galvin Vice President, Client Development Acosta Group
Robbie Powell Vice President, Client Development Acosta Group
Dennis Ford Vice President, Client Solutions
Carolyn Belloni Vice President, Customer and Category Business, Pet The J.M. Smucker Company
Terry Holshouser Vice President, Customer Business Development Nestle USA, Inc.
Christopher Witte Vice President, Customer Development Tyson Foods, Inc.
Steve Schumacher Vice President, Customer Development, Supermarkets, West Unilever
Jeff Siegel Vice President, Customer Interface Group
Joseph Super Vice President, Customer Management, West
Diane Giansante Vice President, Customer Marketing and Sales Strategy
Pat Brown Vice President, Customer Supply Chain
John Coyle Vice President, Customer Supply Chain
Roger Story Vice President, District Manager
Tim Fieldhouse Vice President, Field Sales
Catherine Magistrelli Vice President, Frozen and Dairy Wakefern Food Corp.
Brent Cotten Vice President, Global Customer and Industry Affairs The Hershey Company
Thomas Joyce Vice President, Global Customer and Industry Affairs
John McGinty Vice President, Global Sales Advisor Nestle USA, Inc.
Jorge Pena Vice President, GM Food Channels
Brian Fischel Vice President, Grocery
James Brown Vice President, Grocery Sales
Dennis Noone Vice President, Grocery Sales
Gary Roland Vice President, Grocery Sales
Nancy Hill Vice President, HQCM Consumer Products
Karen Boriskey Vice President, Human Resources
Dennis Belcastro Vice President, Industry Affairs and Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Brian Lernihan Vice President, Industry and Customer Development
Michael Ridenour Vice President, Industry Relations UNFI
Bill Masterson Vice President, Large Store and Central Region
Robert Maybee Vice President, Loyalty and Insights
Nigel Blackhall Vice President, Managing Director
Rick Ellis Vice President, Marketing
James Messer Vice President, Merchandising
Ken Hathaway Vice President, Merchandising Non-Perishable
Jane Novak-Cook Vice President, North America Grocery
Peter Wyman Vice President, North American Sales
Bob Lutz Vice President, Procurement
John Collier Vice President, Promotional Buying
Dave Brady Vice President, Regional Accounts
Ern Sherman Vice President, Retail Industry Affairs
Frank Puleo Vice President, Retail Marketing and Services
James Tupy Vice President, Retail Sales Jennie-O Turkey Store
Jim Amerio Vice President, Sales
Tommy Baroody Vice President, Sales Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Brian Higgins Vice President, Sales General Mills, Inc.
Timothy O'Neill Vice President, Sales
Jerry Smola Vice President, Sales
Chris Timko Vice President, Sales Brynwood Partners L.P.
Billy Watts Vice President, Sales General Mills, Inc.
Brad Thomas Vice President, Sales - South
Dave Haffner Vice President, Sales - West
Robert Lim Vice President, Sales - West
Marco Manocchio Vice President, Sales & Customer and Category Business - Pet The J.M. Smucker Company
Martin Heaney Vice President, Sales East Mondelez International
Sec Briselli Vice President, Sales Planning Perdue Farms
Cass Black Vice President, Sales South Mondelez International
Ed Landry Vice President, Sales, U.S. Consumer Foods
Victor Chiono Vice President, Sales, West U.S.
Tim Quinn Vice President, Trade Development
Lohr LeSueur Vice President, Trade Marketing
James Jones Vice President, Trade Relations Big Heart Pet Brands
Randy Sullins Vice President, Trade Relations
John Seeberger Vice President, U.S. Grocery
Dominic Strada Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales Nestle Nutrition
William Frazer Vice President, U.S. Sales Strategy and Operations Mars Snacking
Gary Spinazze Vice President, Vendor Relations
Greg Oldright Vice President, VMC
David Wurm Vice President, Walmart and Sam's Club
Greg Hasper Vice President, Wholesale
Robert Bukovec Vice-President Strategic Growth Capabilities Tyson Foods, Inc.
Darren Carter VP Sales East Retail Hormel Foods Corporation
Patrick Schwab VP Sales-East-Retail Hormel Foods Corporation
John Martino VP, Sales and Operations