2020 FreshForward: Registered Attendees
The following list shows all attendees as of May 21, 2026. Click on each column header to sort by that category.
| Attendee Name | Title | Company |
| Ray Doughan | Assistant Vice President, Bakery | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
| Joe Stoltz | Asst. Vice President, Produce Procurement | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
| Dan Strait | AVP, Facilities & Special Projects | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
| Heather Smith | Benefits Administrator | Bargain Barn, Inc. |
| Deb Kreider | Category Director | The GIANT Company |
| Jack Bell | Category Director, Meat | Tyson Foods, Inc. |
| Darrell Piliego | Category Manager - Produce/Floral | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Steven Englert Jr. | Category Manager, Meat | Schnuck Markets, Inc. |
| Barbara Ware | Category Manager, Retail | C&S Wholesale Grocers - Mauldin Division |
| Martha Montoya | CEO | Agtools Inc |
| Rodney McMullen | Chairman and CEO | |
| Michael Colella | Chief Data Scientist | |
| Todd Albro | Chief Executive Officer | NutriStyle Inc. |
| Ujwal Arkalgud | Chief Executive Officer | Motivbase |
| Kevin Holt | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Matt Schwartz | Chief Executive Officer | Afresh Technologies |
| Mark Lenss | Chief Marketing Officer | NutriStyle Inc. |
| Tim Zimmer | Chief Marketing Officer | Smithfield Foods Inc. |
| Gina Garven | Chief Merchandising Officer | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. |
| Scott Vinson | Chief of Customer Experience | |
| Curtis Funk | Chief Retail Officer | Lunds & Byerlys (L&B) |
| John Beretta | Chief Retail Strategy Officer | Golden West Food Group |
| Dain Charette | Chief Revenue Officer | Afresh Technologies |
| Steve Safran | Chief Revenue Officer | NutriStyle Inc. |
| Bob Gleeson | COO | Weis Markets, Inc. |
| Sameer Seth | Director Enterprise Sales | Upshop |
| Brandon Vetsch | Director Marketing Insights | Target Corporation |
| Dan Kurdys | Director North America Horticulture Business | Bayer CropScience Global |
| Sarah Hill | Director of Bakery | Albertsons Companies |
| Ryan Allen | Director of Food Services | Gelson's Markets |
| David Grove | Director of Fresh Field Merchandising | Giant Food |
| Scott Craig | Director of Network Optimization | Retail Business Services, LLC |
| Darcie Renn | Director of Sustainability | |
| Ray Wowryk | Director, Business Development | NatureFresh Farms |
| Claire Modjeksi | Director, Category Development | C&S Wholesale Grocers - Sacramento Division |
| Neal Hull | Director, Domestic Market Development | National Pork Board |
| Chad Johnson | Director, Marketing | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. |
| Chris Keech | Director, Produce and Floral | The GIANT Company |
| Robert Nickels | Director, Produce and Floral | Giant Food |
| Abraham van Beek | Executive Chef | |
| Susan Schwallie | Executive Director, Client Development | Circana |
| Steve Rogers | Executive Director, Consumer Industry Center | Deloitte, LLP |
| John Pauley | Executive Vice President and CCO | |
| Kristin Yerecic Scott | Executive Vice President of Customer Experience & Administration | Yerecic Label |
| Colleen Flaherty | Executive Vice President of Sales | |
| Elizabeth Yerecic Freedman | Executive Vice President Sales & Sustainability | Yerecic Label |
| Karl Kruse | Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Mike Kueny | Executive Vice President, Hy-Vee, Inc. President, Fresh Brands and Food Service | |
| Carmela Cugini | Executive Vice President, Sales | |
| Lisa Linnell | Food Social Responsibility Specialist II | Target Corporation |
| John Haggerty | Founder and Strategist | |
| Park Ribble | Fresh Sales Director | |
| Erich Schleicher | General Manager, Founder | Fare/Well Holdings, LLC |
| Jesus Mathus | Global Head, Retail Solutions | |
| Barb Renner | Global Lead Client Service Partner | Deloitte, LLP |
| Carlos Lopez Flores | Global President | Chiquita Brands International, Inc. |
| Judy Knapp | Government Relations Manager | Hannaford Supermarkets |
| Craig Paschka | Group Vice President, Food Service | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
| Terrence Murphy | Group Vice President, Fresh | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Daniel Koch | Group Vice President, Perishables | Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) |
| Pat Brown | GVP Deli, Prepared foods and Strategic Business initiatives | |
| Viviania Alvarez | Head of NA Sustainability | |
| Inci Dannenberg | Head of Vegetable Seeds Global Strategic Marketing | Bayer CropScience Global |
| Rainer Glaubitz | International Commercial and Food Services Manager | SPAR International |
| Colleen Kinniburgh | Manager Accounting Compliance | Ahold Delhaize USA |
| Maryann Sawyer | Manager of Fresh Merchandising | C&S Wholesale Grocers - Hatfield Division |
| Christine Gallagher | Manager, Responsible Retailing | Ahold Delhaize USA |
| Brian Baker | Managing Director | Deloitte, LLP |
| Patricia Buckley | Managing Director, Economics | Deloitte, LLP |
| Liz McMann | Marketing Services Manager | National Co+op Grocers |
| William Campbell | Meat and Seafood Director | Giant Food |
| Danny Sweet | Meat Buyer | Schnuck Markets, Inc. |
| Brian Quinn | Meat, Seafood Buyer and Analyst | Schnuck Markets, Inc. |
| Michael Lang | Partner | |
| Michele Azar | President | |
| Michael Castagnetto | President | Robinson Fresh |
| Nathan Fenner | President | Afresh Technologies |
| Steve France | President | Smithfield Foods Inc. |
| Erik Lieberman | President | USFI Sales LLC |
| Art Yerecic | President | Yerecic Label |
| Vivek Sankaran | President and CEO | |
| David Smith | President and CEO | |
| Tim Spencer | President and CEO | |
| Paul Green | President, Fresh | |
| 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 | |
| Albert Gottuso | Produce Category Manager | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Wesley Reese | Produce Category Manager | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Curt Epperson | Produce/Floral Business Development Director | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Raleigh Sifford IV | QA Inspector | |
| Rachael Gruver | Quality Standards Senior Advisor | Whole Foods Market, Inc. |
| Jeff Boggs | Retail Coordinator | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Ken Wallace | Retail Program Manager: Prepared Foods | National Co+op Grocers |
| Jimmy Harrison | Sales | Cargill Protein |
| Tom Schneider | Sales Director | Johnsonville Sausage, LLC |
| Lars Batzel | Senior Director, Fresh Merchandising | Festival Foods |
| Tony Manker | Senior Director, Meat & Seafood | Schnuck Markets, Inc. |
| Teri Lynn Nunnari | Senior Director, National Accounts, Kroger | The Wonderful Company |
| Richie Keirouz | Senior Director, Sales | Mastronardi Produce Limited |
| Marjorie DePuy | Senior Director, Supply Chain & Sustainability | |
| Jim Hull | Senior Industry Strategies Director | |
| Kristie Sigler | Senior Vice President and Partner | FleishmanHillard |
| 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 |
| Bill Schultz | Senior Vice President Produce | UNFI |
| Carlos Victoria | Senior Vice President, Americas | Relex Solutions |
| Josh Asche | Senior Vice President, Convenience Stores | |
| Mike Ferguson | Senior Vice President, Fresh | Topco Associates LLC |
| Karen Fernald | Senior Vice President, Fresh Category, Merchandising and Pricing | Food Lion, LLC |
| Daniel Murphy | Senior Vice President, Meat and Seafood | |
| Scott Caro | Senior Vice President, Member Development | |
| Don Sanderson | Senior Vice President, Merchandising | Meijer, Inc. |
| Tonya Herring | Senior Vice President, Ominchannel Development | Giant Food |
| Chad Coester | Senior Vice President, Own Brands | Albertsons Companies |
| Nate Stewart | Senior Vice President, Perishables | |
| Chuck Alexander | Senior Vice President, Procurement & Merchandising | Merchants Distributors, LLC |
| Joe Smirlies | Senior Vice President, Product Management | |
| Matt DeBoer | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Steven Venegas | Senior Vice President, Supply Chain | |
| Mary Crawford | Sr Counsel EHS | Walmart Inc. |
| Mark Morton | Sr Director of Service Deli / Bakery | |
| John Savidan | Sr Director Produce and Floral | Bristol Farms, Inc. |
| Manuel Gonzalez | Sr Director, Culinary and Food Prep | Northgate Gonzalez Market |
| Don Fox | Sr. Buying Manager - Tomatoes | Walmart Inc. |
| Tara Bemis | Sr. Mgr. Strategy and Planning Category Management and Commercial Analytics | C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. |
| Christopher Dick | Supplier Programs Manager | National Co+op Grocers |
| Chris Foote | Sustainability Manager | Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. |
| Susannah Frishman-Phillips | Team Leader, Quality Standards | Whole Foods Market, Inc. |
| Anne-Kristine Øen | U.S. Director | Norwegian Seafood Council |
| Paola Ochoa | Venture Manager | Agtools Inc |
| Karen Johannes | Vice President | Blue Yonder |
| Adam Johnson | Vice President and General Manager, Global Retail Services | Ecolab, Inc. |
| Paul Chapman | Vice President Category Management - Meat, Seafood, Deli and Bakery | Stop & Shop |
| Greg Jones | Vice President Category Management and Commercial Strategy | |
| Sean Saenz | Vice President Fresh Foods | |
| Bridget Grabowski | Vice President Merchandising & Business Development Grocers Supply | C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. |
| Mike Richter | Vice President of Fresh Merchandising | |
| Aneta Ranstoller | Vice President of Marketing | |
| Mark Molter | Vice President of Product | |
| Laura Himes | Vice President of Sourcing – Fresh | Walmart Inc. |
| Tom Rouse | Vice President Sales Development | The Wonderful Company |
| Dean Taylor | Vice President, Business Development | Mastronardi Produce Limited |
| Trevor Stahl | Vice President, Case Ready & Grinds | Cargill Protein |
| Christa Haynes | Vice President, Commerical Operations | Novus Foods |
| Nancy Cota | Vice President, Consumer Brands, Innovation and New Product Development | Safeway Inc. |
| Ian Wood | Vice President, Enterprise Sales | |
| Gary York | Vice President, Enterprise Sales | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. |
| Matt Dougan | Vice President, Equipment Purchasing | |
| Richard Manzi | Vice President, Fresh Category Management and Merchandising | Ahold Delhaize USA |
| Robert Darrell | Vice President, Fresh Pork Sales | Smithfield Foods Inc. |
| Angela Waltz | Vice President, Market Grille | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
| Alex Franklin | Vice President, Marketing | |
| David Negron | Vice President, Meat, Seafood, Deli and Bakery | |
| Jason Pride | Vice President, Meat, Seafood, Delicatessen | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
| Brian Lorenz | Vice President, Omnichannel Fresh Merchandising | The GIANT Company |
| Angie Krieger | Vice President, Operations | |
| Tom Daniel | Vice President, Operations - Global Food Retail | Ecolab, Inc. |
| Elizabeth Strydom | Vice President, Private Label & Purchasing | |
| Shawn Peery | Vice President, Produce & Floral | Albertsons Companies |
| Michael Orf | Vice President, Produce Operations | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
| Todd Bernitt | Vice President, Robinson Fresh Managed Services | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. |
| Peppe Bonfiglio | Vice President, Sales | Mastronardi Produce Limited |
| Jim Huston | Vice President, Sales | Johnsonville Sausage, LLC |
| Jamie Postell | Vice President, Sales North America | Chiquita Brands International, Inc. |
| Ray Fager | Vice President, Sales Operations & Data COE Lead | |
| Kat Hultstrand | Vice President, Sales, Central US | The Wonderful Company |
| Rob Thomson | Vice President, Sales, Western US | The Wonderful Company |
| Susan Boyme | Vice President, Strategic Accounts | Relex Solutions |
| Brendan Haslam | VP Commercial Development and Analytics | Offshoot Brands |
| Sean Brislin | VP of Deli, Bakery, and Specialty Cheese | The Kroger Co. |
| Ryan Birdsall | VP Sales – West | The Wonderful Company |