Doug Baker
Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI
Doug Baker is the vice president of industry relations at FMI, The Food Industry Association, a leading trade group for the grocery sector. He assists FMI's member communities in growing and thriving in various domains, such as private brands, technology, supply chain, and asset protection. He leads the Asset Protection Council, which strives to reduce merchandise loss and establish safe and healthy stores and workplaces, as well as the Technology Leadership Council, Supply Chain Council, Private Brands Council, and cross-industry efforts focused on transparency and data accuracy. Doug has more than 35 years of experience in food retail, working with Fry's Food Stores, Kraft/Nabisco, and Federated Foods in roles related to retail operations, consumer packaged goods, and private brand creation and marketing.
Jonathan Braley
Director of Threat Intelligence, Food and Ag-ISAC
Jonathan Braley is the Director of the Food and Ag-ISAC. The ISAC provides threat intelligence, analysis, and effective security practices to help food and agriculture companies detect attacks, respond to incidents, and better protect themselves. Jonathan and his team produce curated threat analyses for the sector and represent the organization to policymakers and industry stakeholders. In addition to this, he also serves as the Director of Threat Intelligence for the Information Technology-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC), where he acts as the technical and analytic lead for a team supporting the world's leading technology companies.
Laura Cyrus
Senior Director of Industry Training and Outreach, Truckers Against Trafficking
Kathy Fulton
Executive Director, American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN)
Kathy Fulton is the Executive Director of the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that delivers logistics information, services, and expertise to enable responsible disaster relief. ALAN serves as a critical bridge between private sector logistics organizations, public sector agencies, and humanitarian responders, matching supply chain capabilities with disaster needs.
Kathy is a nationally recognized expert in humanitarian logistics and private-public supply chain coordination. She has led ALAN’s response to dozens of major disasters, developing best practices for how commercial logistics providers can rapidly and efficiently support disaster relief operations without disrupting their core business functions.
Gary Kinneer
Director, Supply Chain, Weis Markets, Inc.
Gary Kinneer is Director of Supply Chain at Weis Markets, Inc. Gary works collaboratively with the Weis Market’s distribution and transportation teams as well as wholesale, dedicated and third-party carriers, and various associated industry and CPG partners focusing on improving supply chain efficiencies, increasing associated revenue, and mitigating associated costs. Gary has extensive supermarket industry experience, prior to his current role Gary held various leadership positions in Store Operations. Gary received a BS in Business Management from Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA. He currently resides in Camp Hill, PA with his wife Katrina, they have one daughter.
Kevin Murray
Vice President of Supply Chain, Red Gold
Kevin is the Vice President of Supply Chain at Red Gold, the largest family-owned canned tomato manufacturer in America. At Red Gold, we’re all about forging strong partnerships with family farms across Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to create top-notch tomato-based products—sustainably, of course! Our delicious creations reach tables in the U.S. and 16 other countries, touching lives through retail, food service, private brand, and club channels.
With over 34 years in the food industry, Kevin has a wealth of experience under his belt. He’s spearheaded supply chain operations for well-known brands like Entenmann’s, Thomas English Muffins, Boboli, Stroehmann’s, Brownberry, and Arnold's Bread. Kevin also played a key role at ABC Bakeries, helping to develop strategies and systems that keep those beloved Girl Scout cookies flowing to millions of cookie lovers across the nation. Recently, he wrapped up his term as chairman of the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council for the Surface Transportation Board, contributing his expertise to improve our nation's freight system. As if that wasn’t enough, Kevin is also pursuing an MBA in Global Supply Chain Management at Purdue University, focusing on the fascinating topic of resilience in supply chains.
Sebastian Saunders
Director, KSi, Inc.
As director at KSi, Sebastian brings over a decade of experience developing and implementing customized supply chain technology solutions and practices that support our client’s business strategies. He advises KSi's clients by identifying and implementing the most profit efficient solutions that will maximize output and minimize cost by the identification and modernization of their supply chain practices.
Sebastian leads a team of analysts and designers to devise and design the highest quality data driven process analysis strategies and solutions available in the industry today. These customized solutions provide KSi's clients with the specific solutions, be it conventional, hybrid or fully automated, that is right for them.