2018 Annual Business Conference (ABC): Registered Attendees

The following list shows all attendees as of April 25, 2024.


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