2015 Midwinter Executive Conference: Registered Attendees
The following list shows all attendees as of April 25, 2026. Click on each column header to sort by that category.
| Attendee Name | Title | Company |
| Donna Rando | Account Executive | |
| Jay Sweeney | Account Executive | Relex Solutions |
| Jenny Hicks | Account Manager | |
| Dick Boer | Advisor | Ahold Delhaize |
| Carla Cooper | Advisor | |
| Jerry Garland | Advisor | |
| Joel Rampoldt | Advisor | |
| Andrew Appel | Advisor and Member of the IRI Board of Directors | |
| Gordon Campbell | Advisor to the Board | SPAR International |
| William Kies | Advisor to Wakefern | Kies Consulting, LLC |
| Richard Martino | Area Vice President | |
| Kevin Jordan | Area Vice President, Central | |
| David Burns | Area Vice President, South | Mondelez International |
| Alison Brandt | Assistant Vice President, American Channel Sales | |
| Dan Bordun | Associate | |
| Kelli Gay | Associate | |
| Ben Humphries | Associate | |
| Elise Fennig | Associate Director, Industry Development | |
| Joy Mead | Associate Director, Marketing | Procter & Gamble |
| Steven Werner | Associate Publisher | |
| Nicole Fleiner | Associate Vice President, Business Development | |
| Ronald Hodge | Board Director | ReposiTrak, Inc. |
| Rich Juliano | Board Member | |
| Allan Noddle | Board Member | |
| Robert Edwards | Board of Directors | Target Corporation |
| Tom Sullivan | Business Development | Compass Marketing |
| J.K. Symancyk | CEO | |
| Brian Cornell | Chair and Chief Executive Officer | Target Corporation |
| Mark Batenic | Chairman | IGA, INC. |
| Rudy Dory | Chairman | Newport Avenue Market/Rudy’s Markets Inc. |
| Boyd George | Chairman | |
| Thomas Haggai | Chairman | |
| Donald Knauss | Chairman | The Clorox Company |
| Michael Needler Jr. | Chairman | Festa Holdings |
| Randall Fields | Chairman & CEO | ReposiTrak, Inc. |
| Jeff Harmening | Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | General Mills, Inc. |
| Thom Blischok | Chairman and CEO | The Dialogic Group, LLC |
| Chris Coborn | Chairman and CEO | Coborn's, Inc. |
| Anthony Hucker | Chairman and CEO | The Winn-Dixie Company |
| Lawrence Inserra Jr. | Chairman and CEO | Inserra Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Russell Lund III | Chairman and CEO | Lunds & Byerlys (L&B) |
| Duncan MacNaughton | Chairman and CEO | Family Dollar Stores Inc. |
| Rodney McMullen | Chairman and CEO | |
| Winston Weber | Chairman and CEO | |
| Todd Schnuck | Chairman and CEO - 1939 Group/Schnuck Markets/Festival Foods | Schnuck Markets, Inc. |
| Chuck Wall | Chairman and Founder | |
| Neil Golub | Chairman Emeritus of the Golub Corporation | Price Chopper Supermarkets |
| Dennis Eidson | Chairman of the Board | |
| Ben Fischer | Chairman of the Board | |
| Larry McCurry | Chairman of the Board | |
| Jeremy Gosch | Chairman of the Board and CEO | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
| Edward Salzano | Chairman StoreBrands USA | Private Label Manufacturers Association |
| Jeffrey Ansell | Chairman, President and CEO | The Sun Products Corporation |
| David Ball | Chairman, President and CEO | Balls Food Stores |
| Michael Bozzuto | Chairman, President and CEO | Bozzuto's Inc. |
| Michele Buck | Chairman, President and CEO | The Hershey Company |
| Alan Wilson | Chairman, President and CEO | |
| William Mayo | Chief Administrative Officer | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Graeme McVie | Chief Business Development Officer | |
| Trey Holder | Chief Business Officer and President | |
| Thomas Kazas | Chief Business Strategist | Barrie House Coffee Company |
| Joe Cavaliere | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Iain Devine | Chief Commercial Officer | Salmon |
| Jay Ellis | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Michael Leone | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Trish Lukasik | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Todd Tillemans | Chief Commercial Officer | Perdue Farms |
| Dan Wilkinson | Chief Commercial Officer | 1WorldSync |
| Scott Almquist | Chief Customer Officer | Henkel Corporation |
| Paul Bello | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Michael Hayes | Chief Customer Officer | Newell Brands |
| Dan Kelly | Chief Customer Officer | Musco Family Olive Co. |
| Beau Mainous | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Todd Mitchell | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Jeff Pedersen | Chief Customer Officer | Alliance Retail Group |
| Scott Salmon | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Ned Bardic | Chief Customer Officer and President of Enterprise Solutions | EnsembleIQ |
| Tim Minges | Chief Customer Officer and Senior Vice President, Transformation | |
| Scott Anderson | Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Sales & Marketing |
| Michael Ashton | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Jim Athey | Chief Executive Officer | L&R Distributors |
| Tanya Domier | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Benno Dorer | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Thomas Furphy | Chief Executive Officer | Consumer Equity Partners |
| Dennis Gipson | Chief Executive Officer | Hussmann Corporation |
| Mario Gosselin | Chief Executive Officer | Kruger Products USA |
| Kevin Holt | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Dean Janeway | Chief Executive Officer | Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc. |
| Jim Kelly | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Joe Kirby | Chief Executive Officer | Imperial Distributors, Inc. |
| Norman Mayne | Chief Executive Officer | Dorothy Lane Market, Inc. |
| James McCann | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Todd Morris | Chief Executive Officer | InMarket |
| Felix Musco | Chief Executive Officer | Musco Family Olive Co. |
| Robert Palmer | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Arthur Potash | Chief Executive Officer | Potash Markets |
| Gary Rodkin | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Donny Rouse Jr. | Chief Executive Officer | Rouse's Enterprises, LLC |
| David Schmidt | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Stephen Schuckenbrock | Chief Executive Officer | CROSSMARK |
| Art Sebastian | Chief Executive Officer | NexChapter, LLC |
| Harry Stagnito | Chief Executive Officer | Stagnito Associates |
| David Staples | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Richard Tarrant | Chief Executive Officer | Mi9 Retail |
| Ryan Wall | Chief Executive Officer | FHI |
| Lisa Walsh | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Vicente Yanez | Chief Executive Officer | National Association of Self-Service and Department Stores, A.C. (ANTAD) |
| Sandy Douglas | Chief Executive Officer and President | UNFI |
| Carolyn Tastad | Chief Executive Officer, Health Care. and Executive Sponsor, Gender Equality | Procter & Gamble |
| Albert Carey | Chief Executive Officer, North America | |
| Larry McWilliams | Chief Executive Officer, Powershelf | Compass Marketing |
| Darian Pickett | Chief Executive Officer. North American Sales Agency | Acosta Group |
| Cheryl Williams | Chief Information Officer | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Diane Teer | Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, Global Food and Beverage | |
| Michael Moore | Chief Marketing Officer | |
| Chris Morrison | Chief Marketing Officer | Trace One |
| Christopher Hooks | Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer | |
| Dewayne Rabon | Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Dayna Bernard | Chief of Staff | Compass Marketing |
| Michael Hsu | Chief Operating Officer | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
| George Knobloch | Chief Operating Officer | Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc. |
| Jerry LeClair | Chief Operating Officer | Brookshire Grocery Company |
| Phil Lombardo | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Nils Lommerin | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Blaine McPeak | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Korry Stagnito | Chief Operating Officer | EnsembleIQ |
| Jeff Harsh | Chief Operating Officer, Branded Services | Advantage Solutions |
| Curtis Funk | Chief Retail Officer | Lunds & Byerlys (L&B) |
| Rich Greenberg | Chief Revenue Management Officer | |
| Susan Dunn | Chief Revenue Officer | NielsenIQ |
| David Gottlieb | Chief Revenue Officer | Trax Retail |
| Chris Williams | Chief Sales Officer, Anheuser-Busch/Keurig JV | |
| Kristina Cole | Chief Sales, Customers & Commercial Officer US | Danone North America |
| Brenda Hambleton | Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer | |
| Bill Thomas | Chief Supply Chain Officer | |
| James Flannery | Chief Transformation Officer | Department of Defense Commissary Agency |
| Elizabeth Cherry | Client Solutions | Farm Journal Media |
| Bob Mariano | Co-Chairman | |
| Robert Ukrop | Co-Chairman | Threads Uniform Agency |
| Jerel Golub | Co-Chairman of the Board | Northeast Grocery, Inc. |
| Thomas McGough | Co-Chief Operating Officer | Conagra Brands |
| Karen James | Co-Publisher and Editor-In-Chief | Grocery Business |
| Kevin Smith | Co-Publisher; Advertising Manager | Grocery Business |
| Rick Brindle | Consultant | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Trish Brynjolfsson | Consultant | |
| Tony Fernandez | Consultant | |
| Timothy Galang | Consultant | Oliver Wyman Group |
| John Lucot | Consultant | Hussmann Corporation |
| Joseph Sheridan | Consultant and Executive Vice President | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Kevin Coupe | Content Guy/Writer | MorningNewsBeat.com |
| Michael Taylor | COO-Retail Services | Advantage Solutions |
| Bill Lecznar | CSO- Chief Strategy Officer | Tactiq |
| Rogelio Rodriguez | Development Director | |
| Keith Olscamp | Director - Industry Affairs & Collaboration | |
| Nick Voss | Director of Customer Solutions | Molson Coors Beverage Company |
| Rick Nechio | Director Retail Development, Trade Relations, Communications and Media | |
| Kevin Latraverse | Director-Corporate Accounts | Textron Aviation |
| Edward McLaughlin | Director, Food Industry Management Program | |
| Tim McNamara | Director, Category | |
| James Dudlicek | Director, Communications and External Affairs | |
| Peter Thompson | Director, Customer and Industry Development | |
| Royce Wills | Director, Customer Marketing | Molson Coors Beverage Company |
| John Callanan | Director, Digital Media | |
| Amy Reibrich | Director, Field Sales | Haleon |
| Cynthia McCloud | Director, Food Industry Programs and Adjunct Professor | |
| Laurie Speaks | Director, Marketing | |
| Kirk Clark | Director, Merchandising | Mitchell Grocery Corporation |
| Rodney Ennis | Director, Remodel Operation | |
| Devin Fogleman | Director, Retail Channel Sales | Dot Foods, Inc. |
| Jeremy Doak | Director, Reward and Wellness Solutions | Edenred North America, Inc. |
| John Bowers | Director, Sales Communications and Administration | |
| Mike Mayleben | Director, Sales Grocery and Snacks | |
| Mark Wilhite | Director, Sales, Retail Grocery | |
| Deb Arooleo | Director, Strategic Foresight and Innovation | |
| Chris Rowley | Division Vice President, Sales | |
| Tim Tillia | Divisional Vice President, Sales | |
| Lorrie Griffith | Editor | Shelby Publishing Co., Inc. |
| John Karolefski | Editor in Chief | CPGmatters |
| Seth Mendelson | Editor in Chief | |
| Jennifer Acevedo | Editor-In-Chief | |
| Jim Brennan | EVP, National Retail Sales, US Region | |
| Carole Christianson | Executive Advisor | Western Association of Food Chains |
| Steve Frenda | Executive Advisor | EnsembleIQ |
| John Torru | Executive Chair & Co-Founder | Simpactful LLC |
| Brandon Barnholt | Executive Chairman | KeHE Distributors |
| Todd Jones | Executive Chairman | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Hendrik Meijer | Executive Chairman | Meijer, Inc. |
| Richard Smucker | Executive Chairman | The J.M. Smucker Company |
| Bill Tauscher | Executive Chairman | |
| John White | Executive Chairman | Compass Marketing |
| Charles D'Amour | Executive Chairman of the Board | Big Y Foods, Inc. |
| John Saidnawey | Executive Chairman of the Board | JOH |
| Shane Sampson | Executive Chairman of the Board | |
| Michael Sleeper | Executive Chairman of the Board | Imperial Distributors, Inc. |
| Randy Edeker | Executive Chairman of the Board, Executive Director of Hy-Vee, Inc | |
| Robert Higgins | Executive Director, Academy of Food Marketing | |
| Ann Raider | Executive Global Retail | Circana |
| Ed Wright | Executive Liaison | |
| Kevin Davis | Executive Vice Chairman, LFHI Board of Directors | Lunds & Byerlys (L&B) |
| Curt Alpeter | Executive Vice President | |
| Rick Geary | Executive Vice President | |
| Jamie Gronowski | Executive Vice President | |
| Christopher Lane | Executive Vice President | |
| James Nolan | Executive Vice President | |
| Peter Pappas | Executive Vice President | |
| Terry Thomas | Executive Vice President and CCO | |
| David Phillips | Executive Vice President and CFO | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Wayne Romanczuk | Executive Vice President and CFO | |
| Kirk Stoa | Executive Vice President and CFO | Festival Foods |
| Andy McCann | Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
| Chris Boever | Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Derek De La Mater | Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer | Conagra Brands |
| Mark Schreiber | Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Joan Chow | Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer | |
| John McIndoe | Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer | |
| Jon Wendel | Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Michael Donnelly | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | The Kroger Co. |
| Michael Carter | Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer | |
| Paul Matthews | Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer | |
| Susan Klug | Executive Vice President and CMO | |
| Brad Alexander | Executive Vice President and COO | Flowers Foods |
| Nick Vlahos | Executive Vice President and COO, Household, Lifestyle and Core Global Functions | The Clorox Company |
| Suzanne Allford Wade | Executive Vice President and Corporate Communications | |
| Kirk Wheeler | Executive Vice President and General Manager, CPG Practice | RSi |
| Chris Slager | Executive Vice President and President, DH Grocery Division, Pinnacle Foods | |
| Colleen Flaherty | Executive Vice President of Sales | |
| Michael Grindstaff | Executive Vice President of Sales | |
| Ned Peverley | Executive Vice President, Business Development | Acosta Group |
| Scott Tassani | Executive Vice President, Business Development and Chief Commercial Officer | TreeHouse Foods, Inc. |
| Larry Levin | Executive Vice President, Business Development, IRI New Solutions | |
| Karl Kruse | Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Tom Watson | Executive Vice President, Chief Retail Officer | |
| Matt Ludwig | Executive Vice President, Chief Social/Digital Commerce Officer | |
| Stephen Johnson | Executive Vice President, Client Insights | |
| James DiFilippo | Executive Vice President, Consumer and Retail Practice | DHR International, Inc. |
| Ritchie Davis | Executive Vice President, Corporate Development | SellEthics Marketing Group, Inc. |
| Michael Newbold | Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer | C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. |
| Tony Dunning | Executive Vice President, Customer Development | |
| Gary Rosenthal | Executive Vice President, General Manager Metro Division | JOH |
| Russ Dunham | Executive Vice President, Global Client Strategy | |
| Frank Squilla | Executive Vice President, Industry and Trade Relations | InComm Payments |
| Carl Johnson | Executive Vice President, Marketing and Chief Growth Officer | |
| Dan Glei | Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. |
| Larry Pierce | Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
| Peter Whitsett | Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
| Steven Heggelke | Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Procurement | Bozzuto's Inc. |
| Tracy Moore | Executive Vice President, Procurement and Merchandising | |
| Frank Tataseo | Executive Vice President, Professional Products, Mergers and Acquisitions and IT | |
| Albert Bolles | Executive Vice President, Research, Quality and Innovation | |
| Chad Grenier | Executive Vice President, retail Marketing Services | |
| Theodore Adornato | Executive Vice President, Retail Operations | |
| Frederick Morganthall II | Executive Vice President, Retail Operations | The Kroger Co. |
| James Curran | Executive Vice President, Sales | KeHE Distributors |
| Brett Featherston | Executive Vice President, Sales | |
| Greg Sandeno | Executive Vice President, Sales | |
| Tony True | Executive Vice President, Sales | |
| Kevin Schwab | Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing and CCO | The Pictsweet Company |
| Derek Jones | Executive Vice President, Smart & Final Stores LLC, and President, Smart Foodservice | US Foods CHEF'STORE |
| Kevin Darrington | Executive Vice President, Supply Chain and Information Technology | |
| Kelly Griffith | Executive Vice President, West Region Operations | |
| Kevin Gallagher | Feature Writer | |
| Tristan Simpson | Founder & CEO | tristan michele marketing |
| Christopher Bryson | Founder and CEO | Unata, Inc |
| Zach Buckner | Founder and CEO | |
| Justin Dye | Founder and CEO | Dye Capital & Company |
| Bruce Nagle | Founder and CEO | RW3 Technologies, Inc. |
| Arthur Smith | Founder and CEO | |
| Daniel Triot | Founder and President | DHT Consulting, LLC |
| Drew Facer | Founder and Principal | Tuilytics |
| John Haggerty | Founder and Strategist | |
| Jonathan Berger | General Manager | The Consumer Goods Forum |
| Michael Faherty | General Manager of Baking, Cooking and Spreading | |
| Kim Reed | General Manager, Grocery | |
| Scott Welty | General Vice President, Pre-Sales | |
| Sally Lyons Wyatt | Global EVP & Chief Advisor | Circana |
| Charles Pettigrew | Global Microbiology and Systems Biology | |
| Tracey Massey | Global President, Mars Pet Nutrition | Mars Petcare |
| Erica Kuhlmann | Group Head | Managing Director - Food, Consumer and Agribusiness Group | |
| Mike Scolaro | Group Head, Managing Director | BMO |
| Daniel Bagan | Group President | |
| Melanie Healey | Group President, North America | |
| Mark Rahiya | Group President, Omni Sales and Service (North America, Executive Management | Acosta Group |
| Chris Keating | Group Publisher | |
| Paul Patten | Group Vice President, Center Store | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Lynn Marmer | Group Vice President, Corporate Affairs | |
| Rob Mould | Group Vice President, Merchandising Execution | |
| Joseph Fantasia | Group Vice President, Supply Chain | |
| Melissa Plaisance | GVP, Treasury and Investor Relations | |
| Michele Romanow | head of Marketing | |
| Anatoliy Melnichuk | Head of Sales | |
| Daniel Warner | Head of Strategic Partnerships | Snap by Groupon |
| Edward Kuehnle | Industry Advisor | InMarket |
| Jerry Brown | Industry and Customer Strategic Advisor | |
| John Havens Jr. | Industry Relations Consultant, Nestle USA, Inc. | Nestle USA, Inc. |
| Doug Langan | Manager of Customer Business Development, North America Regional Teams | Procter & Gamble |
| Daniel Lee | Manager- Business Development | Textron Aviation |
| Pat Smith | Manager, Customer Engagement | Mondelez International |
| Matt Foley | Manager, Federal Affairs | |
| Adam Hayes | Manager, Industry Affairs | Procter & Gamble |
| Karen Doggendorf | Manager, Industry Relations | |
| Randy Burt | Managing Director | AlixPartners LLP |
| Burt Flickinger | Managing Director | |
| Michael Fordney | Managing Director | |
| Michael Gorshe | Managing Director | Accenture |
| Michael Johns | Managing Director | BMO Capital Markets |
| Raj Krishnan | Managing Director | Accenture |
| Rick Marino | Managing Director | the Stores Consulting Group |
| Bill Nasshan | Managing Director | |
| Richard Price | Managing Director | Penton Media, Inc |
| Edward Stark | Managing Director | Accenture |
| Craig Musgrove | Managing Director, Americas | |
| Judi Kletz | Managing Director, Industry Affairs | |
| Andrew Wolf | Managing Director, Senior Equity Research Analyst, Food and Agribusiness Group | |
| Steve Saul | Managing Director, US New Business Development | NielsenIQ |
| Mark Dickinson | Managing Partner | Emerge Strategic Solutions |
| Jim Hertel | Managing Partner | |
| Christopher Warne | Managing VP of Sales | SmartBrief, Inc. |
| Dan McConegly | National Account Manager | |
| Paul Grimwood | Non-Executive Chairman | |
| Alison Castillo | Omni Delivery Lead | Unilever |
| James Sumas | Owner | |
| Larri Wolfson | Owner | ShopRite of Lincoln Park, Inc. |
| Brian Wright | Owner | Wright Communication Strategies, LLC |
| Chris Baker | Partner | |
| Paul Beswick | Partner | Oliver Wyman Group |
| Vince Burke | Partner | BGJ Group |
| George Faigen | Partner | |
| Don Fitzgerald | Partner | The Partnering Group |
| Matt Hamory | Partner | |
| Dexter Manning | Partner | Grant Thornton LLP |
| Kumar Venkataraman | Partner | |
| Scott Moses | Partner and Head of Grocery, Pharmacy and Restaurants Investment Banking | Solomon Partners |
| Dave Donnan | Partner Emeritus | Kearney |
| John Maxwell | Partner, Retail and Consumer Global Leader | |
| Nick Albrecht | President | The Fred W. Albrecht Grocery Co. |
| Richard Anicetti | President | Overfield Leadership Group |
| Rodney Antolock | President | |
| Bob Belsky | President | |
| Irene Britt | President | |
| Jeff Brown | President | |
| John Carrico | President | |
| Glen Clark | President | |
| Joseph Colalillo | President | ShopRite of Hunterdon County, Inc. |
| Steve Collins | President | |
| Jim Dorey | President | |
| John Downs Jr. | President | National Confectioners Association |
| Jay Felts | President | |
| Christopher Fink | President | RetailGrowth |
| Jeffrey Friedman | President | retailmediaIQ |
| Ira Gleser | President | Amplify Marketing Communications |
| Craig Hagood | President | House-Autry Mills, Inc. |
| David Hall | President | Hallmark Cards, Inc. |
| James Halloran | President | |
| Meg Ham | President | |
| Henry Johnson | President | |
| Jeff Loman | President | CPG Digital Shelf |
| Tim Lowe | President | Lowes Foods, LLC |
| Mark McGowan | President | |
| Sean McMenamin | President | McMenamin Family ShopRite |
| Bob McTeir | President | |
| Donald Meyer | President | |
| David Mitchell | President | Mitchell Grocery Corporation |
| Kraig Naasz | President | |
| Jamie Nelson | President | Pattison Food Group |
| Austin Noll Jr. | President | Austin Noll & Associates LLC |
| Michael O'Keefe | President | Advantage Solutions |
| Jack Partridge | President | Partridge & Associates, Inc. |
| Fred Penny | President | |
| Jason Ramsey | President | Merchants Distributors, LLC |
| Michael Sansolo | President | Sansolo Solutions |
| Dennis Senovich | President | ES3, LLC |
| Jack Shakoor | President | Jack's Super Foodtown |
| James Trout | President | |
| Donna Tweeten | President | |
| Michael Vail | President | Hannaford Supermarkets |
| Brad Shelton | President Collaborative Gateway Solutions | Circana |
| David Parry | President & CEO | |
| John Persons | President & Chief Executive Officer | Northeast Grocery, Inc. |
| Stephanie Reid | President & COO | Shelby Publishing Co., Inc. |
| Van Sapp | President Americas | |
| Henry Armour Ph.D. | President and CEO | National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) |
| Pamela Bailey | President and CEO | |
| Joel Barham | President and CEO | SellEthics Marketing Group, Inc. |
| Rob Bartels | President and CEO | |
| Rich Bauer | President and CEO | Southeast Food Distribution |
| Roy Bell | President and CEO | Financial Supermarkets, Inc. |
| S. Neal Berube | President and CEO | |
| Peter Byck | President and CEO | WX Brands |
| Gregory Calhoun | President and CEO | |
| Ronald Carkoski | President and CEO | Four Seasons Produce, Inc. |
| Bob Carpenter | President and CEO | GS1 US |
| Joseph Ciolino | President and CEO | Voluntary Benefits Solutions, LLC |
| Douglas Clark | President and CEO | Corcentric, LLC |
| Robin Copping | President and CEO | CEO Search Partners |
| Nancy Croitoru | President and CEO | |
| Frank Curci | President and CEO | |
| Michael D'Amour | President and CEO | Big Y Foods, Inc. |
| Wesley Eubanks | President and CEO | The Pictsweet Company |
| Dan Funk | President and CEO | Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) |
| Scott Grimmett | President and CEO | Price Chopper Supermarkets |
| Robert Hill | President and CEO | Acosta Group |
| David Hirz | President and CEO | |
| Richard Jacobsen | President and CEO | |
| Peter Larkin | President and CEO | Larkin Consulting |
| James McCarthy | President and CEO | |
| David McConnell | President and CEO | |
| Terry McDaniel | President and CEO | |
| Ken Nemeth | President and CEO | |
| Chris Neugent | President and CEO | Post Consumer Brands |
| Tom O'Reilly | President and CEO | |
| Elizabeth Pivonka Ph.D., RD | President and CEO | |
| Rick Rayford | President and CEO | |
| Talbott Roche | President and CEO | Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. |
| Alvin Rohrs | President and CEO | |
| John Ross | President and CEO | IGA, INC. |
| Vivek Sankaran | President and CEO | |
| Tony Sarsam | President and CEO | |
| Randall Skoda | President and CEO | Topco Associates LLC |
| Mark Skogen | President and CEO | |
| David Smith | President and CEO | |
| Steven Smith | President and CEO | K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. |
| Patrick Spear | President and CEO | GMDC |
| Brian Todd | President and CEO | |
| Loyd Tomlinson | President and CEO | LTA International Global Services |
| Colleen Wegman | President and CEO | Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. |
| Charlie Wiggs | President and CEO | Mozido Inc. |
| Charles Yuska | President and CEO | |
| Doug Behrens | President and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Mark Schiller | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Randall Onstead | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mark Smucker | President and Chief Executive Officer | The J.M. Smucker Company |
| Kevin Burns | President and Chief Operations Officer | Chobani |
| Tim Brown | President and COO | |
| Kevin Ponticelli | President and COO | |
| Mike Salzberg | President and COO | |
| Edward Brunot | President and COO, MDV | |
| Robert Baesler | President and Owner | Baesler's Market |
| Ronald Johnston | President and Publisher | Shelby Publishing Co., Inc. |
| Jeff Metzger | President and Publisher | Food World/Food Trade News |
| Michael Higgins | President Aperion | |
| Timothy LeBel | President of Sales, Mars Wrigley US | Mars Snacking |
| Richard Tompkins | President, PBNA North Division | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Jay Gottleib | President, Adult and Feminine Care, North America | |
| Greg Stevens | President, Advertising and Media Solutions | Mi9 Retail |
| Piyush Chaudhari | President, Americas | |
| Mark Alexander | President, Americas Simple Meals and Beverages | |
| David West | President, Big Heart Pet Food and Snacks | |
| Woody Norris | President, Business Development | |
| Ed Carolan | President, Campbell U.S. | |
| Jonathan Weis | President, CEO and Chairman | Weis Markets, Inc. |
| Brian George | President, Chairman and CEO | Alex Lee, Inc. |
| Jim Dinkins | President, Coca-Cola North America | |
| Paul Mulligan | President, Coca-Cola Refreshments | |
| Robert Tomei | President, Consumer and Shopper Insights | |
| Grant LaMontagne | President, Customer Development | |
| Kurt Laufer | President, Customer Development | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
| Tom Smith | President, Customer Development and Sales Operations | |
| John Zupo | President, Customer Development and Sales Operations | |
| Alex Perwich | President, Enactus United States | |
| Jen Burke | President, Established Brands | |
| Brendan Foley | President, Global Consumer/Americas | McCormick & Company, Inc. |
| Kees Kruythoff-Tielenius | President, Home Care | |
| Bert Alfonso | President, International | The Hershey Company |
| Paul Norman | President, Kellogg North America | |
| Michael Cinque | President, Kroger and Albertsons Teams | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Karen Fichuk | President, North America | |
| Brian Huff | President, North America | Merisant Company |
| Joseph Sivewright | President, North America Pet Food | Nestle Purina PetCare Company |
| Giuseppina Buonfantino | President, North American Baby and Child Care | |
| Fernando Gonzalez | President, North American Consumer Products | Georgia-Pacific |
| Oswald Barckhahn | President, Pepsico North American Nutrition | |
| Blaine Bringhurst | President, Price Chopper/Market 32 | Price Chopper Supermarkets |
| Paul Maass | President, Private Brands and Commercial Foods | |
| Travis Lewis | President, Promotion Network | |
| Thomas Corley | President, Retail and Established Brands | |
| Marty Monserez | President, Sales | Compass Marketing |
| Vince Robinson | President, Sales | |
| Kevin Doyle | President, Sales and Distributor Operations | Molson Coors Beverage Company |
| Andrew Wintemberg | President, Sales and Logistics | Dotdash Meredith |
| Derek Lewis | President, South Division | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Deanie Elsner | President, U.S. Snacks | |
| Michael Crouse | President, US Food Service | |
| Don Quigley | President, US Sales | |
| John Whoriskey | President, US Sales | |
| Alfred Aldridge III | President/CEO | Head of Sales Consulting Inc. |
| Tomislav Kuljis | Presidente | |
| Thomas Bornemann | Principal | |
| Thomas Compernolle | Principal | |
| Leslie Cook | Principal | |
| Manly Molpus | Principal | The Molpus Advisory Group, LLC |
| David Orgel | Principal | David Orgel Consulting LLC |
| Jeff Orschell | Principal | Ernst & Young LLP (EY) |
| Kurt Schertle | Principal | Kurt Schertle Co. |
| Regenia Stein | Principal | Ingenuity Consulting |
| Thomas Stenzel | Principal | The Stenzel Group LLC |
| Bob Richardson | Project Manager | CROSSMARK |
| Jerry Rymont | Publisher | Informa |
| Grant Stallknecht | Region Vice President, Emerging | Post Consumer Brands |
| Gary Tickle | Regional Business Head | |
| Matt Dzarnowski | Regional Vice President | Molson Coors Beverage Company |
| Frank Duffy | Regional Vice President Sales, Eastern Region | McCormick & Company, Inc. |
| Craig Reynolds | Regional Vice President, Sales, Western Region | McCormick & Company, Inc. |
| Dave Jones | Retired | |
| Jack Porter | Retired | |
| William Crenshaw | Retired Chairman of the Board | |
| Karen Johannes | Sales Executive | |
| Susan Gwinnett-Smith | Sales Integration Leadership Team | Mars Snacking |
| Shayne Gibbs | Sales Team Lead, Kroger | Molson Coors Beverage Company |
| Thomas White | Senior Account Manager | |
| Joseph Bivona | Senior Advisor | r4 Technologies, LLC |
| Craig Boyan | Senior Advisor | H-E-B |
| Marc Poulin | Senior Advisor | |
| Paul Schulz | Senior Advisor, Corporate | SPAR International |
| Tom Duffy | Senior Advisor, Non-Food Community Development | |
| Joan Toth | Senior Consultant/Advisor | |
| Julie Nee | Senior Director Strategic Food Customers | |
| Wanda Williams | Senior Director, Business Development and Sales | |
| Gregory Roller | Senior Director, Corporate Grocery and Category Management | The Kroger Co. |
| William Rossi | Senior Director, Geographic Food Customers | |
| Patricia Stockton | Senior Director, Industry Affairs and Collaboration | |
| Cherie Phipps | Senior Director, Retail Management Certificate Program | Western Association of Food Chains |
| Amanda Jones | Senior Director, Strategic Food Customers | |
| Tess Hohman | Senior Manager, Industry Initiatives | |
| Bill Read | Senior Managing Director | |
| Mike Matheis | Senior Partner | Oliver Wyman Group |
| James Bacos | Senior Partner, Retail and Consumer Goods Global Practice Leader | |
| Nate Manning | Senior Sales Director, Retail Solutions | |
| Michelle Carter | Senior Vice President | Mastercard |
| Christopher Crum | Senior Vice President | |
| Christopher Finck | Senior Vice President | |
| Keith Loranger | Senior Vice President | |
| Lauri Luker | Senior Vice President | |
| Derek Nighbor | Senior Vice President | Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada |
| Bob Welch | Senior Vice President | 84.51º |
| Bruce Kerr | Senior Vice President and Chairman | |
| Mike Illum | Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Jon Payne | Senior Vice President and CIO | |
| Dan Martin | Senior Vice President and Customer Operations | |
| Steve Arnold | Senior Vice President and Division Manager | |
| Steve Sklar | Senior Vice President and General Manager, Snack Division | Inventure Foods, Inc. |
| Gordon Goss | Senior Vice President and GM, US and Mexico Consumer Business | Kruger Products USA |
| Jim Murphy | Senior Vice President and President Big G | |
| Andy Knoblauch | Senior Vice President of Center Store Merchandising | |
| Bruce Christiansen | Senior Vice President of Strategy and Product | ReposiTrak, Inc. |
| Mike Schumacher | Senior Vice President Regional Manager | Associated Wholesale Grocers - Gulf Coast Division |
| Angela Kimes | Senior Vice President Sales | |
| Jim Goers | Senior Vice President, Account Management and National Brands | |
| Dave Bornmann | Senior Vice President, Business Development Grocery and Fresh Products | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Glenn Hartman | Senior Vice President, Channel Business Development | |
| Matt Laszlo | Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer | The Clorox Company |
| James Melton | Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer | Hallmark Cards, Inc. |
| Aaron Fidler | Senior Vice President, Client Services | |
| Shawn O'Grady | Senior Vice President, Convenience and Food Service | |
| Todd Martin | Senior Vice President, Customer Management | Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. |
| John Phillips | Senior Vice President, Customer Supply Chain & SMART Packaging | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Amy Hahn | Senior Vice President, Digital, Loyalty, Marketing, Insights | |
| Scott Johnson | Senior Vice President, Director of Retail | Financial Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Pete Leung | Senior Vice President, Division Manager | |
| Sharon Glass | Senior Vice President, Established Brands | |
| Haluk Nural | Senior Vice President, Fashion, Apparel, Beauty and Specialty Sectors | dunnhumby |
| Ian Prisuta | Senior Vice President, Grocery Merchandising | |
| Tom Ferguson | Senior Vice President, Grocery, Club, Drug and Sales Strategy | |
| Joel Kuplack | Senior Vice President, Human Resources | Festival Foods |
| Siobhan O'Bara | Senior Vice President, Industry Engagement and Services | |
| Kevin Albritton | Senior Vice President, Marketing | |
| Brad Robertson | Senior Vice President, Marketing Services | Mi9 Retail |
| Dean Erlandson | Senior Vice President, Mass Customers | |
| James Whitman | Senior Vice President, Member Programs and Services | |
| Mike Massimino | Senior Vice President, Merchandising | |
| Chuck Thompson | Senior Vice President, Merchandising | Harris Teeter LLC |
| Richard Gunn | Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
| Dan Vanchieri | Senior Vice President, National Sales | |
| Jeff Dichele | Senior Vice President, Non Perishable Merchandising | Stop & Shop |
| Henry Karamanoukian | Senior Vice President, North America Sales | Procter & Gamble |
| William DeWitt | Senior Vice President, North American Sales Officer | |
| Nate Stewart | Senior Vice President, Perishables | |
| Raymond McCall | Senior Vice President, Pharmacy, Health and Beauty Care Merchandising | |
| William McCouch | Senior Vice President, Procurement Services | Corcentric, LLC |
| Christina Romas | Senior Vice President, ReposiTrak | |
| Jason Test | Senior Vice President, Retail Brand Development | |
| Jeff Reagan | Senior Vice President, Retail Operations | |
| Chon Searfoss | Senior Vice President, Retail Sales | |
| Michael Treboni | Senior Vice President, Retail Services | |
| Tim Bernard | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Ray Carreathers | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Dan Colvard | Senior Vice President, Sales | Driveline Retail Merchandising |
| Wes Dye | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| John Kennington | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Bill Kynast | Senior Vice President, Sales | Chobani |
| Jack Lord | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Craig Nowokunski | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Gary Petersen | Senior Vice President, Sales | Red Gold, Inc. |
| Scott Siers | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Jeff Stamey | Senior Vice President, Sales | Chobani |
| Jesse Garcia | Senior Vice President, Sales and CCO | |
| Michael Cvrlje | Senior Vice President, Sales and Logistics | Dotdash Meredith |
| Robert Bottini | Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing | |
| Steven Goodyear | Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing | Southeastern Mills |
| Trent Overholt | Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing | |
| Mike Mortensen | Senior Vice President, Sales and Merchandising | |
| Jim Holton | Senior Vice President, Sales, Snacks | Kellanova |
| Jeff Monroe | Senior Vice President, South Region | DFA |
| Ed Tobin | Senior Vice President, Strategic Customer Development | |
| Jesse Brady-Searby | Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships | Mi9 Retail |
| Ian O'Donnell | Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships | |
| Robert Clark | Senior Vice President, Supply Chain | |
| Paul Waldron | Senior Vice President, Trade Development | |
| Lisa Gosselin | Senior Vice President, U.S. Media Retail | |
| James Sterbenz | Senior Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales | |
| Nicole Wegman | Senior Vice President, Wegmans Brand | Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. |
| John Teixeira | Senior Vice-President of Distribution | Burris Logistics |
| John Mayer | Strategic Advisor | |
| Perry Seelert | Strategic Partner | Emerge Strategic Solutions |
| Kevin Nemetz | SVP - Sales, Alliances & Analy | Compass Marketing |
| Al Schretter | SVP / GM, North America Region | S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. |
| Kent Montgomery | SVP Industry Relations and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion North America | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Leon Bergmann | SVP/GM, West | |
| Ronald Margulis | U.S. Correspondent | Canadian Grocer |
| Vincent Byrd | Vice Chairman | |
| Jamie Egasti | Vice Chairman | |
| Steven Williams | Vice Chairman & Global Chief Commercial Officer | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Paul Boyer | Vice Chairman Emeritus | |
| Craig Bosworth | Vice President | |
| Kathie Day | Vice President | |
| Jessica Fister Johnson | Vice President | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Todd Harbolt | Vice President | Daymon |
| Pierce Hollingsworth | Vice President | |
| Steffen Lauster | Vice President | |
| Paul McCaffrey | Vice President | Voluntary Benefits Solutions, LLC |
| Eric Older | Vice President | Daymon |
| Dale Whitehill | Vice President | Advantage Solutions |
| Bill Wortham | Vice President | |
| Dominick Romano | Vice President and COO | Ronetco Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Paul Cooke | Vice President and Director, Industry Relations | |
| Terri Maloney | Vice President and Editorial Director | Food World/Food Trade News |
| Jeffrey Woldt | Vice President and Editorial Director | Mass Market Retailers |
| Thomas Hipwell | Vice President and General Manager | |
| Scott Cole | Vice President and GM, US | |
| Donna Howard | Vice President and Managing Director, Customer Facing Supply Chain | |
| Andrew Loucks | Vice President Kellogg Company and President, Frozen Foods | Kellanova |
| Paul Avampato | Vice President Logistics, Supply Chain Laundry and Home Care North America | Henkel Corporation |
| Joan Driggs | Vice President of Content and Thought Leadership | Circana |
| Eric Swensen | Vice President of Local Distribution | Big Y Foods, Inc. |
| Suzanne Clarridge | Vice President of Marketing & Partner Success | WorldPantry.com |
| Jeffrey Ward | Vice President of Sales America's | Smurfit Westrock |
| Tim Snyder | Vice President of Sales Mars Food | |
| James Rinaldi | Vice President Sales Proprietary Brands | |
| Rick Morse | Vice President Sales, Global Customers and Southeast Region | |
| Derek Frederickson | Vice President, Alcohol and Tobacco | |
| Alfie Vivian | Vice President, B2B Marketing, Foods and Refreshments | Unilever |
| Brian Allen | Vice President, Business Development | |
| Adin Hamilton | Vice President, Business Development | Dalkia Solutions |
| Will Seel | Vice President, Business Development | FHI |
| Eric Steele | Vice President, Business Development | Dalkia Solutions |
| Adam Byrne | Vice President, Category Leadership | |
| Kevin Broe | Vice President, Center Store | |
| Matthew Rzucidlo | Vice President, Client Solutions | ES3, LLC |
| Nancy Krawczyk | Vice President, Corporate Partnerships and Engagement | |
| Megan Tallman | Vice President, Customer and Trade Communications | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Dave Durden | Vice President, Customer Brands | White House Foods |
| Craig Simon | Vice President, Customer Business Development | Mondelez International |
| Kathy Hayden | Vice President, Customer Business Solutions | |
| Keith Duncan | Vice President, Customer Development | |
| Taylor Gordy | Vice President, Customer Development | |
| Herbert Smith | Vice President, Customer Development Retail | Gallo |
| Steve Schumacher | Vice President, Customer Development, Supermarkets, West | Unilever |
| Jeff Siegel | Vice President, Customer Interface Group | |
| Pat Brown | Vice President, Customer Supply Chain | |
| Steve Sprinkle | Vice President, Domestic Sales | Gallo |
| Gregory Freehauf | Vice President, Finance and CFO | |
| Carl Anderson | Vice President, Global Corporate Accounts | |
| Brent Cotten | Vice President, Global Customer and Industry Affairs | The Hershey Company |
| Thomas Joyce | Vice President, Global Customer and Industry Affairs | |
| Barron Witherspoon | Vice President, Global Industry Affairs | Procter & Gamble |
| Bob Goodpaster | Vice President, Global Knowledge and Insights | |
| John McGinty | Vice President, Global Sales Advisor | Nestle USA, Inc. |
| Teross Young | Vice President, Government Affairs | Ahold Delhaize USA |
| Ron Graf | Vice President, Government Relations | |
| Melvin Bomprezzi | Vice President, Grocery and Nonfood Merchandising | The Kroger Co. |
| Gary Roland | Vice President, Grocery Sales | |
| Arthur Rosenberg | Vice President, Industry and Customer Development | |
| Julia Sabin | Vice President, Industry and Government Affairs | The J.M. Smucker Company |
| Brian Lynch | Vice President, Industry Relations | International Foodservice Distributors Association |
| Michael Ridenour | Vice President, Industry Relations | UNFI |
| Craig Rosenblum | Vice President, Industry Transformation | |
| Nathan Steele | Vice President, Kroger MillerCoors | |
| Jay Hernandez | Vice President, Market Development | |
| Todd Nettleton | Vice President, Market Development | |
| Julia Wells | Vice President, Marketing Services | |
| James Johnson | Vice President, Merchandising | |
| Mike Bitzer | Vice President, National Accounts | Jack Links Protein Snacks |
| Steve Briggs | Vice President, National Retail Sales | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Tom Smith | Vice President, North America | |
| Jane Novak-Cook | Vice President, North America Grocery | |
| Eitel Monaco | Vice President, North America Product Supply | Procter & Gamble |
| Thomas Killelea | Vice President, Operations | |
| Tom Daniel | Vice President, Operations - Global Food Retail | Ecolab, Inc. |
| Richard Meyerkopf | Vice President, Operations Central Division | |
| Deborah Kaufman | Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness | |
| Marty Tendler | Vice President, Procurement and Logistics | |
| Holly Maher | Vice President, Retail | Rehrig Pacific Company |
| Ern Sherman | Vice President, Retail Industry Affairs | |
| Ryan Ellis | Vice President, Retail Marketing and Business Development | Idahoan Foods |
| Ken Rinaldi | Vice President, Retail Operations | Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Michael Atkins | Vice President, Retail Sales | |
| Tim Gossett | Vice President, Retail Sales | Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC |
| Glen Walter | Vice President, Retail Sales | |
| Vishal Patell | Vice President, Retail Supply Chain Solutions | CHEP |
| David Almeida | Vice President, Sales | Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC |
| Andrew Chomer | Vice President, Sales | |
| Ray Evans | Vice President, Sales | Mars Petcare |
| George Forte | Vice President, Sales | Procter & Gamble |
| Andy Matthews | Vice President, Sales | RSi |
| Kevin Saum | Vice President, Sales | |
| David Wrigley | Vice President, Sales | Aptaris |
| Allen Preslar | Vice President, Sales U.S. Armed Forces Global, Regional / Indirect Retail U.S., Malls and Stadiums | InComm Payments |
| Brad Thomas | Vice President, Sales - South | |
| Steve MacWilliams | Vice President, Sales and Business Development | Dalkia Solutions |
| Brian Haley | Vice President, Sales and Purchasing | Burris Logistics |
| Ken Gipple | Vice President, Sales and Trade Marketing | |
| Stephen Ferreira | Vice President, Sales Marketing and Business Analytics | |
| Steve Althaus | Vice President, Sales Strategy | |
| Brad Stevenson | Vice President, Sales, Grocery | |
| Brian Ager MBA, CPCM, CPSA | Vice President, ShopperImpact Solutions | VideoMining Corporation |
| Scott Young | Vice President, Strategic Relationships and Business Development | |
| F. Steven Albrecht | Vice President, Strategy Development | The Fred W. Albrecht Grocery Co. |
| Wendy Herrick | Vice President, Supply Chain | Unilever |
| Tim Quinn | Vice President, Trade Development | |
| James Jones | Vice President, Trade Relations | Big Heart Pet Brands |
| Randy Sullins | Vice President, Trade Relations | |
| David Kennedy | Vice President, U.S. Grocery | Mars Snacking |
| Christian Albitz | Vice President, U.S. Grocery Sales | |
| Tom Solomon | Vice President, U.S. Sales | |
| Michael Potthoff | Vice President, U.S. Sales- Grocery, Club, Package Liquor & Emerging Channels | Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC |
| Steve Yarbrough | Vice President, US Retail Sales and Customer Development | |
| Greg Hasper | Vice President, Wholesale | |
| Jennifer Beasley | VP Retailer Business |
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