2012 Midwinter Executive Conference: Registered Attendees
The following list shows all attendees as of May 23, 2026. Click on each column header to sort by that category.
| Attendee Name | Title | Company |
| Keith Molzer | - | |
| Dick Boer | Advisor | Ahold Delhaize |
| Carla Cooper | Advisor | |
| Gordon Campbell | Advisor to the Board | SPAR International |
| William Kies | Advisor to Wakefern | Kies Consulting, LLC |
| Robert Neslund | Advisory Board | LTA International Global Services |
| Brian Baldwin | Associate | Acosta Group |
| Dennis Hines | Associate | |
| Darcey Macken | Associate | |
| Mike McDevitt | Associate | |
| Chris Parker | Associate | |
| David Siegel | Associate | |
| Joy Mead | Associate Director, Marketing | Procter & Gamble |
| Matt Storer | Associate Director, Shopper Insights | |
| Tony Vecchie | Associate Publisher | |
| Steven Werner | Associate Publisher | |
| Peter Sheahan | Author | |
| Allan Noddle | Board Member | |
| Terry Peets | Board of Directors | |
| Joseph Crocker | Business Consultant | Hometown Coffee Company |
| Brian Harty | Business Development Manager, Recall and Retrieval Quality Assurance | Stericycle ExpertRECALL |
| Melvin Landis | CCO | |
| Andy Jacobs | CEO | Turkey Hill Dairy Inc. |
| J.K. Symancyk | CEO | |
| 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 |
| Eamonn Quinn | Chairman | |
| Kimberly Ruiz Beck | Chairman | |
| Vince Willis | Chairman | Lipinski Services, LLC |
| Randall Fields | Chairman & CEO | ReposiTrak, Inc. |
| Brad Alford | Chairman and CEO | |
| Thom Blischok | Chairman and CEO | The Dialogic Group, LLC |
| Chris Coborn | Chairman and CEO | Coborn's, Inc. |
| Lawrence Inserra Jr. | Chairman and CEO | Inserra Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Russell Lund III | Chairman and CEO | Lunds & Byerlys (L&B) |
| William MacAloney | Chairman and CEO | |
| Indra Nooyi | Chairman and CEO | |
| Judy Spires | Chairman and CEO | |
| Winston Weber | Chairman and CEO | |
| Todd Schnuck | Chairman and CEO - 1939 Group/Schnuck Markets/Festival Foods | Schnuck Markets, Inc. |
| Steve Cahillane | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Kellanova |
| Chuck Wall | Chairman and Founder | |
| J. Christopher Michael | Chairman Emeritus | |
| Neil Golub | Chairman Emeritus of the Golub Corporation | Price Chopper Supermarkets |
| Daniel Coborn | Chairman of the Board | |
| Dennis Eidson | Chairman of the Board | |
| Ben Fischer | Chairman of the Board | |
| Larry McCurry | Chairman of the Board | |
| Danny Wegman | Chairman of the Board | Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. |
| Pierre-Olivier Beckers | Chairman of the Board of Directors | |
| Scott Schnuck | Chairman of the Executive Committee | |
| 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 |
| Alan Wilson | Chairman, President and CEO | |
| William Mayo | Chief Administrative Officer | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Thomas Kazas | Chief Business Strategist | Barrie House Coffee Company |
| Joe Cavaliere | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Julie Francis | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Michelle Guswiler | Chief Customer Care Officer | |
| Paul Bello | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Bruce Brown | Chief Customer Officer | WK Kellogg Co |
| Dan Kelly | Chief Customer Officer | Musco Family Olive Co. |
| Todd Mitchell | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Matt Myer | Chief Customer Officer | |
| Ned Bardic | Chief Customer Officer and President of Enterprise Solutions | EnsembleIQ |
| Jim Athey | Chief Executive Officer | L&R Distributors |
| Anthony Bruce | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Cathy Burns | Chief Executive Officer | International Fresh Produce Association |
| Michael Byars | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Jeffrey Clark | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Tanya Domier | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Clarence Gabriel | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Dennis Gipson | Chief Executive Officer | Hussmann Corporation |
| Vivien Godfrey | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mario Gosselin | Chief Executive Officer | Kruger Products USA |
| Steven Junqueiro | Chief Executive Officer | SJ Associates |
| Ronan Loftus | Chief Executive Officer | Merck Animal Health |
| Norman Mayne | Chief Executive Officer | Dorothy Lane Market, Inc. |
| Steven McCormick | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Robin Michel | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Todd Morris | Chief Executive Officer | InMarket |
| David Mounts | Chief Executive Officer | |
| 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 | |
| David Schmidt | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Paul Smucker Wagstaff | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Harry Stagnito | Chief Executive Officer | Stagnito Associates |
| Michael Sullivan | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Richard Tarrant | Chief Executive Officer | Mi9 Retail |
| Ryan Wall | Chief Executive Officer | FHI |
| Lisa Walsh | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Zev Weiss | Chief Executive Officer | American Greetings Corporation |
| Harrie Westra | Chief Executive Officer | Vomar Voordeelmarkt |
| Sandy Douglas | Chief Executive Officer and President | UNFI |
| Thomas Greco | Chief Executive Officer, Frito-Lay North America | |
| Albert Carey | Chief Executive Officer, North America | |
| John Compton | Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo Americas, Foods and Global Snacks Group | |
| Donna Patterson | Chief Global Fundraising Officer | Enactus |
| Cheryl Williams | Chief Information Officer | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Diane Teer | Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, Global Food and Beverage | |
| Ramin Eivaz | Chief Marketing Officer | |
| Wes Jackson | Chief Merchandising Officer | United Supermarkets, LLC |
| Dewayne Rabon | Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| James Geisler | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Michael Hsu | Chief Operating Officer | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
| Anthea Jones | Chief Operating Officer | AML Foods Limited |
| Joe Kelley | Chief Operating Officer | Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) |
| Jerry LeClair | Chief Operating Officer | Brookshire Grocery Company |
| Phil Lombardo | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Blaine McPeak | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Martin Otto | Chief Operating Officer | H-E-B |
| Larry Peiros | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Edward Roche | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Carl Schlicker | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Jonathan Downey | Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President | National Grocers Association (NGA) |
| John Franciosa | Chief Operations Officer | |
| Brian Kelley | Chief Product Supply Officer | |
| 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 | |
| Craig Elston | Chief Strategy Officer | |
| Brian King | Chief Strategy Officer | |
| Dan Hooker | Chief Supplier Officer | |
| Sidney Leever | Chief Technology Officer | Aptaris |
| James Flannery | Chief Transformation Officer | Department of Defense Commissary Agency |
| Goldy Michael | Client Relationship Manager | |
| Robert Ukrop | Co-Chairman | Threads Uniform Agency |
| Jerel Golub | Co-Chairman of the Board | Northeast Grocery, Inc. |
| Gantt Bumstead | Co-President | |
| Thomas Heinen | Co-President | Heinen's Grocery Stores |
| Mark Kelly | Commander, Space Shuttle Endeavour | |
| Michael Tracy | Commercial Lead | |
| Rick Brindle | Consultant | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Rick Brindle | Consultant | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Trish Brynjolfsson | Consultant | |
| Paul Corliss | Consultant | |
| Kevin Hunt | Consultant | |
| Karen James | Consultant | |
| John Lucot | Consultant | Hussmann Corporation |
| Cynthia McCloud | Consultant | |
| Matthew Saunders | Consultant | Media Solutions Corporation |
| Eric Williams | Consultant | |
| Joseph Sheridan | Consultant and Executive Vice President | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Kevin Coupe | Content Guy/Writer | MorningNewsBeat.com |
| Rogelio Rodriguez | Development Director | |
| Gordon Cooper | director | TCC Retail Marketing Inc. |
| Keith Olscamp | Director - Industry Affairs & Collaboration | |
| Robert Hermanns | Director Food Industry Programs | |
| Meg Major | Director of Industry Relations | |
| John Cymanski | Director of Operations | Heinen's Grocery Stores |
| Michael Boland Ph.D. | Director of The Food Industry Center | |
| Rick Nechio | Director Retail Development, Trade Relations, Communications and Media | |
| Lee Sember | Director, Customer Development | |
| Ted McKinney | Director, Global Corporate Affairs | |
| Mark Thorngren | Director, Industry and Customer Development | |
| Patrick Hare | Director, Industry Development | |
| Logan Kastner | Director, Membership Relations and Services | |
| Mark Wilhite | Director, Sales, Retail Grocery | |
| Thea McDevitt | Director, Supermarket and Drugstore Industries | American Express |
| Lori Raya | Division President | The Kroger Co. - Mid-Atlantic Division |
| Larry Esten | Divisional Vice President | American Greetings Corporation |
| Chuck Roskovich | Divisional Vice President | |
| Tim Tillia | Divisional Vice President, Sales | |
| John Failla | Editor | Store Brand Decisions |
| John Karolefski | Editor in Chief | CPGmatters |
| Sandra Lee | Editor-in-Chief, Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Magazine | |
| Alan Cohen | Executive | |
| Carole Christianson | Executive Advisor | Western Association of Food Chains |
| Steve Ramsey | Executive and Practice Leader | Circana |
| Susan Walsh | Executive Assistant | |
| Brandon Barnholt | Executive Chairman | KeHE Distributors |
| Todd Jones | Executive Chairman | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Sonny King | Executive Chairman | |
| Anthony Longo | Executive Chairman | Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc. |
| Hendrik Meijer | Executive Chairman | Meijer, Inc. |
| Richard Smucker | Executive Chairman | The J.M. Smucker Company |
| Bill Tauscher | Executive Chairman | |
| Charles D'Amour | Executive Chairman of the Board | Big Y Foods, Inc. |
| John Saidnawey | Executive Chairman of the Board | JOH |
| Randy Edeker | Executive Chairman of the Board, Executive Director of Hy-Vee, Inc | |
| Robert Higgins | Executive Director, Academy of Food Marketing | |
| Gerri Brownstein | Executive Director, Sales and Custom Media | |
| Kevin Davis | Executive Vice Chairman, LFHI Board of Directors | Lunds & Byerlys (L&B) |
| Frank Bishop | Executive Vice President | |
| Charles Crotwell | Executive Vice President | Allen & Barbour LLC |
| Jamie Gronowski | Executive Vice President | |
| Mike Herrington | Executive Vice President | |
| Christopher Lane | Executive Vice President | |
| Landy Laney | Executive Vice President | |
| Emil Martinez | Executive Vice President | |
| Mark Minnaugh | Executive Vice President - Retired | |
| Robert Taylor | Executive Vice President - Senior Advisor | |
| Carolyn Hutson | Executive Vice President and CFO | |
| David Phillips | Executive Vice President and CFO | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Chris Boever | Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Paula Correy | Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Mark Schreiber | Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Scott Welman | Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer | |
| Joan Chow | Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer | |
| Diane Dietz | Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer | |
| Jon Wendel | Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Geoff White | Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Michael Donnelly | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | The Kroger Co. |
| Ian Friendly | Executive Vice President and COO, U.S. Retail | |
| Suzanne Allford Wade | Executive Vice President and Corporate Communications | |
| Frank Capps | Executive Vice President and CSO | |
| Lloyd Johnson | Executive Vice President and CSO | |
| Oscar Torres | Executive Vice President and GM | |
| Glen Walter | Executive Vice President and President, North America | |
| Heather George | Executive Vice President, Brand Strategy | Lowes Foods, LLC |
| Michael Skokan | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer | |
| Philip Smith | Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing and Procurement Officer | |
| Frank Muschetto | Executive Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer | |
| James DiFilippo | Executive Vice President, Consumer and Retail Practice | DHR International, Inc. |
| Tony Dunning | Executive Vice President, Customer Development | |
| Leon Bruner DVM, Ph.D. | Executive Vice President, for Scientific and Regulatory Affairs and Chief Science Officer | |
| Carl Johnson | Executive Vice President, Marketing and Chief Growth Officer | |
| Jeff Martin | Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
| Ron Taylor | Executive Vice President, Operations, Northern Region | |
| Mary Sophos | Executive Vice President, Policy and Strategic Planning | |
| Robert Sanders | Executive Vice President, Practice Leader Healthcare, Home and Mid-Market | |
| 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 | |
| George Motel | Executive Vice President, Retail Development | Bozzuto's Inc. |
| Frederick Morganthall II | Executive Vice President, Retail Operations | The Kroger Co. |
| Gene Tommasi | Executive Vice President, Retail Operations | |
| Steve Leach | Executive Vice President, Retail Sales and Marketing, Source Interlink Distribution | |
| Tim Cole | Executive Vice President, Sales | |
| Tony True | Executive Vice President, Sales | |
| Stephen Meyer | Executive Vice President, Secretary, Corporate Counsel | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
| Jim Rund | Executive Vice President, US Media | |
| Tim Snelling | Executive Vice President, US Sales Agency | |
| Kelly Griffith | Executive Vice President, West Region Operations | |
| Douglas Conant | Founder and CEO | |
| Bruce Nagle | Founder and CEO | RW3 Technologies, Inc. |
| Arthur Smith | Founder and CEO | |
| Phil Lempert | Founder and Editor | Supermarket Guru |
| Jonathan Berger | General Manager | The Consumer Goods Forum |
| Michael Nugent | General Manager and CEO | |
| Ed Wright | Global Industry Relations | |
| John Lewis | Global President | |
| Daniel Bagan | Group President | |
| Melanie Healey | Group President, North America | |
| Matt Gutermuth | Group Vice President of Center Store, Own Brand, Pricing and Data Integrity | |
| Tom Hobt | Group Vice President, Convenience Stores | |
| Rob Mould | Group Vice President, Merchandising Execution | |
| Edward Kuehnle | Industry Advisor | InMarket |
| William Michalisin | Industry Marketing Leader, Consumer and Industrial Products | |
| John Havens Jr. | Industry Relations Consultant, Nestle USA, Inc. | Nestle USA, Inc. |
| Matthew Dykstra | Manager, Chain Sales | |
| Jim Carney | Manager, Logistics | |
| Bill Spain | Manager, N.A. Industry Affairs | |
| Michael Fordney | Managing Director | |
| Michael Gorshe | Managing Director | Accenture |
| Rick Marino | Managing Director | the Stores Consulting Group |
| Rich Miskewicz | Managing Director | |
| Bill Nasshan | Managing Director | |
| Phillip Peters | Managing Director | |
| Sabina Saksena | Managing Director | PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP |
| Jean-Marc Saubade | Managing Director | |
| Melanie Steinbach | Managing Director | Russell Reynolds Associates |
| Jim Hertel | Managing Partner | |
| Patrick Kiernan | Managing Partner | Day-Kiernan & Associates |
| Christopher Warne | Managing VP of Sales | SmartBrief, Inc. |
| Joe Crafton | Member, Board of Directors | Acosta Group |
| Dan McConegly | National Account Manager | |
| James Sumas | Owner | |
| Larri Wolfson | Owner | ShopRite of Lincoln Park, Inc. |
| Joey Hays | Owner and President | Food Rite Stores |
| Vince Burke | Partner | BGJ Group |
| James Coleman | Partner | Accenture |
| Mark Doiron | Partner | BGJ Group |
| Lisa Dugal | Partner | |
| Darryl Heath | Partner | |
| Kumar Venkataraman | Partner | |
| Susan McPartlin | Partner, US Retail and Consumer Leader | |
| Tera Pham | Planner | |
| Rodney Antolock | President | |
| Michael Bacco | President | |
| Patrick Callaghan | President | |
| Andy Callahan | President | |
| Kenneth Capano Sr. | President | Five Star Supermarkets, Inc. |
| John Carrico | President | |
| Joseph Colalillo | President | ShopRite of Hunterdon County, Inc. |
| Dennis Darling | President | |
| Timothy Devanney | President | |
| Jay Felts | President | |
| Jeffrey Friedman | President | retailmediaIQ |
| Harry Garafalo | President | ShopRite Garafalo Markets |
| Irv Glass | President | ShopRite Glass Gardens, Inc. |
| Steve Hall | President | |
| Meg Ham | President | |
| Henry Johnson | President | |
| Harold Lloyd | President | H. Lloyd & Associates, Inc. |
| Stephen Loveridge | President | |
| Bob McTeir | President | |
| Donald Meyer | President | |
| Henry Nahmad | President | |
| Austin Noll Jr. | President | Austin Noll & Associates LLC |
| Mark Parise | President | |
| Tom Robinson | President | |
| Michael Sansolo | President | Sansolo Solutions |
| Thomas Sullivan | President | |
| Michael Vail | President | Hannaford Supermarkets |
| Mir Aamir | President and CEO | |
| Laurence Appel | President and CEO | |
| 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. |
| Rich Bauer | President and CEO | Southeast Food Distribution |
| Roy Bell | President and CEO | Financial Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Carole Bitter PhD | President and CEO | Friedman's Freshmarkets |
| John Bryant | President and CEO | |
| Peter Byck | President and CEO | WX Brands |
| Gregory Calhoun | President and CEO | |
| Bob Carpenter | President and CEO | GS1 US |
| 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 | |
| Wesley Eubanks | President and CEO | The Pictsweet Company |
| John Flynn | President and CEO | Fleet Advantage, LLC |
| David Hepfinger | President and CEO | |
| Robert Hill | President and CEO | Acosta Group |
| Tom Jackson CAE | President and CEO | Tom Jackson Resources LLC |
| Richard Jacobsen | President and CEO | |
| William Johnson | President and CEO | |
| Peter Larkin | President and CEO | Larkin Consulting |
| Steven Matthesen | President and CEO | |
| James McCarthy | President and CEO | |
| David McConnell | President and CEO | |
| Martin Miller | President and CEO | Melitta USA, Inc. |
| Denise Morrison | President and CEO | |
| Chris Neugent | President and CEO | Post Consumer Brands |
| Michael O'Donnell | President and CEO | |
| Tom O'Reilly | President and CEO | |
| Marie Quintana | President and CEO | Quintana Group |
| Rick Rayford | President and CEO | |
| Talbott Roche | President and CEO | Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. |
| Alvin Rohrs | President and CEO | |
| Bryce Ruiz | President and CEO | Ruiz Food Products, Inc. |
| Randall Skoda | President and CEO | Topco Associates LLC |
| Mark Skogen | President and CEO | |
| Steven Smith | President and CEO | K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. |
| Dave Sutton | President and CEO | |
| Constance Tipton | President and CEO | |
| Brian Todd | President and CEO | |
| Loyd Tomlinson | President and CEO | LTA International Global Services |
| Colleen Wegman | President and CEO | Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. |
| Randy Wilson | President and CEO | |
| Denis Zegar | President and CEO | |
| James Erickson | President and CEO and Chairman | |
| Jennifer Mauldin | President and Chief Client Officer | |
| Doug Behrens | President and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Mark Smucker | President and Chief Executive Officer | The J.M. Smucker Company |
| Gil Anderson | President and COO | Balance Innovations, LLC |
| Lon Bohannon | President and COO | |
| Robert Baesler | President and Owner | Baesler's Market |
| Michael Higgins | President Aperion | |
| Scott McClelland | President H-E-B Food Drug | H-E-B |
| David Lee | President of Merchandising | |
| Larree Renda | President Safeway Health, Executive Vice President | |
| Monica Turner | President-Strategic Growth Capabilities | Procter & Gamble |
| Mark Alexander | President, Americas Simple Meals and Beverages | |
| David West | President, Big Heart Pet Food and Snacks | |
| Woody Norris | President, Business Development | |
| Brian George | President, Chairman and CEO | Alex Lee, Inc. |
| Doug Knudsen | President, ConAgra Foods Sales | |
| Andre Hawaux | President, Consumer Foods | |
| Mark Timbie | President, Consumer Foods Americas and CAO | |
| Don Quigley | President, Consumer Sales | |
| Tom Smith | President, Customer Development and Sales Operations | |
| Bharat Rupani | President, Daymon Interactions | |
| Jen Burke | President, Established Brands | |
| Arist Mastorides | President, Family Care North America | |
| Victor Crawford | President, Field Operations | |
| Anne Fink | President, Global Foodservice | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Roberto Mendez | President, Global Specialty Services | Ecolab, Inc. |
| Jack Parker | President, Grocery Channel | |
| Kees Kruythoff-Tielenius | President, Home Care | |
| Mike Keown | President, Indulgent Brands and Channels | |
| Mark Wagner | President, Kellogg USA Sales | |
| Michael Minasi | President, Marketing | |
| Travis Lewis | President, Promotion Network | |
| Robert Carter | President, Promotion Services | |
| Thomas Corley | President, Retail and Established Brands | |
| Kevin Doyle | President, Sales and Distributor Operations | Molson Coors Beverage Company |
| Andrew Wintemberg | President, Sales and Logistics | Dotdash Meredith |
| David Algire | President, Source Interlink Distribution | |
| Derek Lewis | President, South Division | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Krishnakumar Davey | President, Strategic Analytics | |
| Bernhard Nann | President, Symphony Advantage | |
| Dave Dudick | President, U.S. Channels | |
| Ken Stickevers | President, U.S. Consumer Products Division | |
| Michael Crouse | President, US Food Service | |
| Art Ash | Principal | Deloitte, LLP |
| Thomas Bornemann | Principal | |
| Manly Molpus | Principal | The Molpus Advisory Group, LLC |
| David Orgel | Principal | David Orgel Consulting LLC |
| Kurt Schertle | Principal | Kurt Schertle Co. |
| David Schoeder | Principal | |
| Regenia Stein | Principal | Ingenuity Consulting |
| Thomas Stenzel | Principal | The Stenzel Group LLC |
| John Motley III | Principal, Policy Solutions/Consultant to ADC, Inc. | |
| Bob Richardson | Project Manager | CROSSMARK |
| Jerry Rymont | Publisher | Informa |
| Kevin Worobec | Regional Director, Sales | |
| Scott Mishoe | Regional Vice President | Fleet Advantage, LLC |
| Lynne Schwandt | Relationship Manager | |
| Amanda Thomas | Retail Marketing Manager | |
| Dave Jones | Retired | |
| Jack Porter | Retired | |
| Steven Burd | Retired Chairman and CEO | |
| Richard Jurgens | Retired Chairman and CEO | |
| William Crenshaw | Retired Chairman of the Board | |
| Alfred Plamann | Retired Chief Executive Officer | |
| Richard Parkinson | Retired President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Greg Coffelt | Sales Director | |
| Scott Pochter | Senior Account Executive | |
| Joseph Bivona | Senior Advisor | r4 Technologies, LLC |
| Craig Boyan | Senior Advisor | H-E-B |
| Lori English | Senior Advisor | |
| Beverly Grant | Senior Advisor | |
| Paul Schulz | Senior Advisor, Corporate | SPAR International |
| Tom Duffy | Senior Advisor, Non-Food Community Development | |
| Jim Keller | Senior Consultant | |
| Joan Toth | Senior Consultant/Advisor | |
| Stephen Gordon | Senior Director | |
| Rhonda Harman | Senior Director Human Resources | |
| Michael Weinreich | Senior Director, Advertising | |
| John Shanahan | Senior Director, Environmental Affairs | |
| Leslie Concors | Senior Director, Sales | |
| Vincent Frye | Senior Director, Sales Strategy | |
| Meghan Stasz | Senior Director, Sustainability | |
| Martin Arter | Senior Executive | |
| David Boath | Senior Executive | |
| Cindy Baker | Senior Manager Meeting Services | |
| Mike Matheis | Senior Partner | Oliver Wyman Group |
| Randy Evins | Senior Principal Industry Advisor | |
| Glenn Backus | Senior Vice President | |
| Robert Brassell | Senior Vice President | |
| Michelle Carter | Senior Vice President | Mastercard |
| Christopher Crum | Senior Vice President | |
| Mike Gillen | Senior Vice President | Comag Marketing Group (CMG) |
| Phil Loftus | Senior Vice President | |
| Jeff Mitchell | Senior Vice President | |
| Brett Van de Bovenkamp | Senior Vice President | |
| Brian Malloy | Senior Vice President and CCO | |
| Michael Spanos | Senior Vice President and CCO, PBC | |
| Natan Tabak | Senior Vice President and CIO | |
| Steve Arnold | Senior Vice President and Division Manager | |
| Todd Eveland | Senior Vice President and Generation Manager, Central BU | |
| Tim Hassett | Senior Vice President and GM, Away From Home and Campbell North America and Chief Customer Officer | |
| Gordon Goss | Senior Vice President and GM, US and Mexico Consumer Business | Kruger Products USA |
| Daniel Vucovich | Senior Vice President and President, Hershey US | |
| Paul Norton | Senior Vice President New Adjacencies | |
| Jeffrey Burt | Senior Vice President of Grocery, Fresh Food and Beverage | |
| Hollie Gonzales | Senior Vice President of Sales North America | |
| Perry Beadon | Senior Vice President Sales | |
| Kenneth Guy | Senior Vice President, Account Management | |
| Jim Goers | Senior Vice President, Account Management and National Brands | |
| Ken Thompson | Senior Vice President, Administration | |
| Donald Irion | Senior Vice President, Analytics and Partner Solutions | |
| Dave Bornmann | Senior Vice President, Business Development Grocery and Fresh Products | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Grant LaMontagne | Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer | |
| James Melton | Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer | Hallmark Cards, Inc. |
| Shawn O'Grady | Senior Vice President, Convenience and Food Service | |
| Terry McGraw | Senior Vice President, Corporate Sales and Marketing | |
| Jim Badalati | Senior Vice President, Customer Development | |
| Todd Martin | Senior Vice President, Customer Management | Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. |
| Debbie Lentz | Senior Vice President, Customer Service and Logistics | |
| John Phillips | Senior Vice President, Customer Supply Chain & SMART Packaging | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Scott Johnson | Senior Vice President, Director of Retail | Financial Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Sharon Glass | Senior Vice President, Established Brands | |
| Tom Croke | Senior Vice President, Global Retail | |
| Alex Hase | Senior Vice President, Global Sales | |
| Rose Kleyweg Mitchell | Senior Vice President, Governmental Affairs | |
| Ian Prisuta | Senior Vice President, Grocery Merchandising | |
| Kris Wenker | Senior Vice President, Investors Relations | |
| Brad Davidson | Senior Vice President, Kellogg Company and President, Kellogg North America | |
| Peter Flynn | Senior Vice President, Lease Origination | |
| Kevin Albritton | Senior Vice President, Marketing | |
| Dean Erlandson | Senior Vice President, Mass Customers | |
| Kevin Srigley | Senior Vice President, Merchandising | |
| Michael Terry | Senior Vice President, Merchandising | |
| Richard Gunn | Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
| Doug Ratto | Senior Vice President, Non-Perishables | |
| Robert Feeser | Senior Vice President, Packaging | |
| William McCouch | Senior Vice President, Procurement Services | Corcentric, LLC |
| Heather Rewiski | Senior Vice President, Regional Accounts | Danone North America |
| Jeff Reagan | Senior Vice President, Retail Operations | |
| Michael Treboni | Senior Vice President, Retail Services | |
| Dan Colvard | Senior Vice President, Sales | Driveline Retail Merchandising |
| Greg Intlekofer | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Gary Karnes | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Rich Paul Schuttenhelm | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Kenneth Wilcox | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Michael Williams | Senior Vice President, Sales | Global Logistic Solutions, LLC |
| Bob Zarse | Senior Vice President, Sales | |
| Jesse Garcia | Senior Vice President, Sales and CCO | |
| Neil Ritchey | Senior Vice President, Sales and Customer Care | |
| Michael Cvrlje | Senior Vice President, Sales and Logistics | Dotdash Meredith |
| Robert Bottini | Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing | |
| Sean McGrann | Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing | KPS Global |
| Jim Holton | Senior Vice President, Sales, Snacks | Kellanova |
| Ed Tobin | Senior Vice President, Strategic Customer Development | |
| Connie Shepherd | Senior Vice President, Strategy and Commercialization | Bumble Bee Foods, LLC |
| Monte Wiese | Senior Vice President, Supply Chain | |
| Scott Cameron | Senior Vice President, U.S. Sales | |
| Nicole Wegman | Senior Vice President, Wegmans Brand | Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. |
| Jesse Spencer | Social Media Manager | |
| Ross Veal | Southeast Regional Manager | |
| John Mayer | Strategic Advisor | |
| Al Schretter | SVP / GM, North America Region | S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. |
| James Horner | TCC | |
| Paul Randle | Transformation Team Member | |
| Vincent Byrd | Vice Chairman | |
| Jamie Egasti | Vice Chairman | |
| MacGregor Read | Vice Chairman | |
| Paul Boyer | Vice Chairman Emeritus | |
| Jay Marshall | Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President, Co-COO, President, Hy-Vee Subsidiaries and Commissary | |
| Patrick Conroy | Vice Chairman, U.S. Consumer Products Leader | |
| Kathie Day | Vice President | |
| Pierce Hollingsworth | Vice President | |
| Donald Maderich | Vice President | |
| Andrew Luke | Vice President , Business Development | Smurfit Westrock |
| Dominick Romano | Vice President and COO | Ronetco Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Paul Cooke | Vice President and Director, Industry Relations | |
| Thomas Hipwell | Vice President and General Manager | |
| Donna Howard | Vice President and Managing Director, Customer Facing Supply Chain | |
| Tony Caracciolo | Vice President Global Accounts | Owens-Illinois |
| Barry Calpino | Vice President Innovation | |
| Josh Head | Vice President of Sales | Upside Services, Inc. |
| James Rinaldi | Vice President Sales Proprietary Brands | |
| Ross Lipari | Vice President Sales, Grocery | |
| Robert Aders | Vice President, Account Executive | ReposiTrak, Inc. |
| Victor Gielisse | Vice President, Advancement and Business Development | |
| Greg Howe | Vice President, Americas | |
| Jeff Newton | Vice President, Business Development | FHI |
| Rick Wylder | Vice President, Business Development | InComm Payments |
| Chris Vukich | Vice President, Business Optimization and Pricing | |
| Dennis Ford | Vice President, Client Solutions | |
| Don Holman | Vice President, Consumer Products | |
| Stephen Sibert | Vice President, Corporate Affairs | Diamond Foods, Inc. |
| Nancy Krawczyk | Vice President, Corporate Partnerships and Engagement | |
| Kathy Hayden | Vice President, Customer Business Solutions | |
| Christopher Witte | Vice President, Customer Development | Tyson Foods, Inc. |
| Jeff Siegel | Vice President, Customer Interface Group | |
| Marie Hanson | Vice President, Customer Marketing | |
| Pat Simmons | Vice President, Customer Marketing | |
| Pat Brown | Vice President, Customer Supply Chain | |
| Bill Catania | Vice President, Digital Promotions | |
| Todd Harris | Vice President, Expert Retrieval and Quality Assurance | Stericycle ExpertRECALL |
| Tim Fieldhouse | Vice President, Field Sales | |
| Lonnie Noble | Vice President, Field Sales | |
| Frederic Miller | Vice President, Finance | Lunds & Byerlys (L&B) |
| Thomas Joyce | Vice President, Global Customer and Industry Affairs | |
| 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 |
| William Dankworth | Vice President, Grocery Merchandising, National Foods and Procurement | The Kroger Co. |
| Larry Wilson | Vice President, Industry Affairs | |
| Jennifer Kaleda | Vice President, Industry Affairs and Collaboration | |
| Dennis Belcastro | Vice President, Industry Affairs and Customer Development | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
| Jerry Brown | Vice President, Industry and Customer Development | |
| Brian Lernihan | Vice President, Industry and Customer Development | |
| Arthur Rosenberg | Vice President, Industry and Customer Development | |
| Albert Yeagley | Vice President, Industry and Government Affairs | |
| Brian Lynch | Vice President, Industry Relations | International Foodservice Distributors Association |
| Joy Nicholas | Vice President, Industry Relations | Balance Innovations, LLC |
| Craig Rosenblum | Vice President, Industry Transformation | |
| Kevin Baartman | Vice President, Information Services | |
| Kevin Schoen | Vice President, Logistics and Customer Supply Chain | |
| Julie Buric | Vice President, Marketing | |
| Craig Tokusato | Vice President, Marketing | |
| Julia Wells | Vice President, Marketing Services | |
| Lori Caster | Vice President, Merchandising | |
| Tom Daniel | Vice President, Operations - Global Food Retail | Ecolab, Inc. |
| Sherif Mityas | Vice President, Partner | |
| Marty Tendler | Vice President, Procurement and Logistics | |
| Luigi Bonini | Vice President, Product Development and Innovation | Nestle USA, Inc. |
| Michael Ambrosio | Vice President, Quality Assurance Division | |
| Michael Murth | Vice President, Region Sales | Hillphoenix - Refrigeration Systems |
| Bobby Ray | Vice President, Retail and Private Brands | |
| Joseph Burke | Vice President, Retail Industry Affairs | |
| Jeff LeRoy | Vice President, Sales | |
| Dave Norby | Vice President, Sales | |
| Chris Quinlan | Vice President, Sales | TreeHouse Foods, Inc. |
| Thomas Solomon | Vice President, Sales | |
| Stephen Burbridge | Vice President, Sales and Logistics | |
| Lawrence Fettig | Vice President, Sales and Marketing | |
| Steve Iborg | Vice President, Sales and Marketing | Sparboe Farms, Inc. |
| Larry Hamwey | Vice President, Sales Development | |
| Ed Landry | Vice President, Sales, U.S. Consumer Foods | |
| Greg McLeod | Vice President, Trade Marketing Large Format | |
| James Jones | Vice President, Trade Relations | Big Heart Pet Brands |
| Randy Sullins | Vice President, Trade Relations | |
| Michael Potthoff | Vice President, U.S. Sales- Grocery, Club, Package Liquor & Emerging Channels | Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC |
| David Wurm | Vice President, Walmart and Sam's Club | |
| William Nahmias | VP Brand Management & Sales Planning |
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