2018 Annual Business Conference (ABC): Registered Attendees
The following list shows all attendees as of September 1, 2024. Click on each column header to sort by that category.
Attendee Name | Title | Company |
Jeff Admiraal | Senior Director, Shopper Analytics & Insights | The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC |
Jon Albrecht | Vice President, Sales and Merchandising | Acme Fresh Markets |
Frank Alfano | Customer Insight and Innovation Center, Customer Collaboration Manager | Unilever |
Michael Algard | Director, Agency West | Colgate-Palmolive Company |
Josh Allen | Director, Center Stores Sales | |
Rob Allison | Midwest Regional Business Manager, Nestle | Acosta |
Lisa Angeles | Customer Vice President | |
Tye Anthony | Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer | Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. |
Rodney Antolock | President | |
Thomas Arons | Managing Director | |
Mark Arrington | Vice President, Customer Development | |
Michael Atkins | Vice President, Retail Sales | |
Leslie Atkinson | Vice President, Marketing | |
Brian Audette | Chief Merchandising Officer | UNFI |
Jorge Azevedo | Head of Sales - Kroger | |
Jeff Bailey | Sales Team Leader | The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC |
Karen Bakewell | Director, Grocery, Frozen and Dairy Merchandising | SpartanNash Company |
Donna Banks-Ficcio | Vice President Grocery, Frozen, Dairy, Merchandising - Central Region | UNFI |
Adam Barnhardt | VP of Merchandising and Brands | Merchants Distributors, LLC |
Joey Bates | Senior Director, Center Store Merchandising | Harris Teeter LLC |
Torrance Beard | Senior Director, Sales | Kellanova |
Joe Beck | Senior Director, Strategic Food, East Customers | The Hershey Company |
Doug Behrens | President and Chief Customer Officer | |
Dennis Belcastro | Vice President, Industry Affairs and Customer Development | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
Steve Berg | Vice President and Managing Director | Nestle Purina PetCare Company |
Hayley Berkshire | Director Customer Marketing | |
Carrie Birth | Marketing Director Skin/Personal Care Walmart Team | The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC |
Kylie Bishop | Team Lead Regional Food West | The Hershey Company |
Julie Bitter | Director Customer Development, Southeast | |
Curtis Bolden | Vice President, Sales | Conagra Brands |
Michelle Boone | Vice President, Category Management, Center Store | Brookshire Grocery Company |
Amy Bosek | Area Vice President | The Kraft Heinz Company |
Brian Bosworth | Director of Center Store Merchandising | |
Joe Boyd | Chief Customer Officer | Post Consumer Brands |
Chris Brangenberg | Director of Retail Merchandising | Associated Grocers, Inc. (LA) |
Jennifer Brillowski | Customer Vice President | The Kraft Heinz Company |
Rick Brindle | Consultant | Wakefern Food Corp. |
Kendra Brodzinski | Manager of Promotions and Shopper Marketing | |
Bruce Brown | Chief Customer Officer | WK Kellogg Co |
Michael Browne | Vice President, Grocery | WK Kellogg Co |
Gerry Buckles | VP Category Management & Procurement | Associated Grocers, Inc. (LA) |
Thomas Byom | Director, Central Region | Hormel Foods Corporation |
Robert Caliendo | Vice President of National Accounts, Large Format | Vita Coco |
Scott Cameron | Key Food Consultant | |
Jenna Campbell | Senior Customer Manager | General Mills, Inc. |
Jeffrey Capezzuti | Director, Customer Accounts | Nestle Coffee Partners |
Greg Carbone | Vice President Sales, East Region Accounts | Kellanova |
Nick Carlino | Executive Vice President, Sales and Retail Operations | Merchants Distributors, LLC |
Jerry Carnes | Director of Sales, Mid-Atlantic Region | |
John Casaburri | Vice President, Customer Service and Logistics | Georgia-Pacific |
Alison Castillo | Omni Delivery Lead | Unilever |
Chris Chromy | Senior Vice President, Sales | Conagra Brands |
Kirk Clark | Director, Merchandising | Mitchell Grocery Corporation |
Craig Clasen | Senior Vice President, Retail Business Development | |
Rob Cohen | Vice President, Refrigerated and Frozen | Bozzuto's Inc. |
Kristina Cole | Chief Sales, Customers & Commercial Officer US | Danone North America |
Mariaelena Cona | Senior Director, Customer Supply Chain | Kellanova |
Chris Conroy | Head of Category Leadership | The Kraft Heinz Company |
Mike Convey | Director, Category Management | |
Matt Corker | Director, Finance | |
Brent Cotten | Vice President, Global Customer and Industry Affairs | The Hershey Company |
Robert Crane | Senior Vice President, Head of Sales & Commercialization | The J.M. Smucker Company |
Marlene Creighton | Chief Sales Officer | |
Joseph Cresta | Head of Southeast Region | The Kraft Heinz Company |
Mark Criswell | Vice President, Merchandising, Supply Chain and Trade Relations | C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. |
Tim Cross | Director, New England and East Atlantic | Danone North America |
Dan Crusinbery | Sr. Business Analyst | Mars Food |
Richie Cui | Director Business Development | |
Mike Culver | Head of Sales - West Area | The Kraft Heinz Company |
Joe Czernecki | Director Supply Chain | The Hershey Company |
Lola Danlos | Customer Development Strategy Manager | Unilever |
Troy Datcher | Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer | The Clorox Company |
Amy Davis | Vice President / General Manager | CROSSMARK |
Derek De La Mater | Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer | Conagra Brands |
Sharon Delaney | Vice President, Procurement | Bozzuto's Inc. |
Sean Desmond | Director, Merchandising, NY Metro | Allegiance Retail Services, LLC (Foodtown) |
Douglas DeWilde | Director | Nestle Purina PetCare Company |
Michael DiAngelis | Senior Customer Manager | |
Karen Doggendorf | Manager, Industry Relations | Nestle Purina PetCare Company |
Jim Donzelli | Senior Vice President, Sales | Conagra Brands |
Kristof Duna | Vice President, Center Store Procurement, Private Brands | |
Jeff Edwards | Vice President, Supply Chain | Bozzuto's Inc. |
Tom Ehmen | Area Director, Customer Development | Mondelez International |
Sabrina Englot | Customer Service Manager | Mondelez International |
Bruce Evans | Senior Director of Sales | Georgia-Pacific |
Joe Farrell | Sr Director, Customer Supply Chain | Mondelez International |
Bob Ferretti | Customer Team Leader | The Clorox Company |
Jim Fitterer | Vice President, Merchandising | Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. |
Eric Fouts | Vice President, Customer Supply Chain | |
Todd Fox | Category Manager, Private Label | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
Glenn Frazier | Director, Category Strategy and Insights East | The Hershey Company |
Mark Frazier | Head of Northeast Region Sales | The Kraft Heinz Company |
William French | Customer Vice President | Mondelez International |
Jonathan Friebert | Head of U.S. Government Relations | |
Megan Fritz | Region Sales Director, National Wholesale | General Mills, Inc. |
James Frusciante | President, US Retail Sales | The Kraft Heinz Company |
Jaime Frye | Vice President, Sales | |
Curtis Funk | Senior Vice President, Merchandising | Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys) |
Dan Funk | President and CEO | Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. |
Ron Galbreath | Director, Customer Business Team | Mondelez International |
Sheila Gamble | Vice President, Frozen Foods Sales | |
Patrick Geiger | Director Grocery, West | Mars Wrigley Confectionery |
Brian George | President, Chairman and CEO | Alex Lee, Inc. |
Terri Geraghty | Senior Director of Regional Accounts | WK Kellogg Co |
Brian Giroux | Vice President General Manager- Customer Development | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
Dan Glei | Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. |
Jim Goers | Senior Vice President, Account Management and National Brands | |
Allan Goldberg | Vice President, West Sales | Danone North America |
Diana Gorshe | Vice President, Customer Planning & Insights | Del Monte Foods, Inc. |
Kevin Green | Area Vice President | The Kraft Heinz Company |
Richard Gunn | Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
Brian Haaraoja | Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | |
Chad Hague | Director of Sales | |
Chad Hansen | Senior Director of Sales | Georgia-Pacific |
Mark Harvey | Executive Director, Category Sales | |
Greg Hasper | Vice President, Wholesale | |
John Havens Jr. | Industry Relations Consultant, Nestle USA, Inc. | Nestle USA, Inc. |
Kathy Hayden | Vice President, Sales, East | |
Adam Hayes | Manager, Industry Affairs | The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC |
Steven Heggelke | Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Procurement | Bozzuto's Inc. |
Pia Heine | Team Leader, Grocery | |
Dennis Hickey | Chief Merchandising Officer | Krasdale Foods, Inc. |
Pam Hild | Director, Center Store | Schnuck Markets, Inc. |
Shannon Hodock McCoy | Vice President, Acosta Clorox | Acosta |
Cheryl Hoefs | Region Vice President, Snacks Sales | |
Tess Hohman | Senior Manager, Industry Initiatives | General Mills, Inc. |
Chris Hopp | National Manager of Category Sales | Hormel Foods Corporation |
Rob Hornback | Associate Director Midwest Regional Team | The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC |
Tim Horton | Vice President, Center Store | Schnuck Markets, Inc. |
Wendy Hubbeling | Director, Team Lead | |
Heidi Huff | Vice President, Business Partnerships | IGA, INC. |
Joshua Hunstad | Team Leader | The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC |
Germaine Hunter | Associate | The Clorox Company |
Steve Iurato | Vice President, Customer and Category Business, Coffee | The J.M. Smucker Company |
Kevin Jackson | Senior Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales and N.A. Away From Home | |
Sherene Jagla | Vice President, Sales | |
Anna Johnson | Head of Category Leadership, East Sales | The Kraft Heinz Company |
Henry Johnson | President | KJ Investment Company |
James Johnson | Vice President, Merchandising | |
Lynn Johnson | Vice President, Managing Director | Nestle Purina PetCare Company |
Beth Jolly | Vice President, Communications, Meals & Beverages | Campbell Soup Company |
Dave Jones | Retired | |
Julie Jones | ManagingDirector, Grocery and Home Hardware | |
Marc Jones | President and CEO | |
Nicole Juntunen | Vice President, Sales and Marketing | Be Green Packaging LLC |
Barb Kacer | Field Sales Manager | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
Eric Karr | Vice President, Client Solutions | Acosta |
Gina Kelly | Senior Vice President & Chief Customer Officer | The Clorox Company |
Sara Kelly | Sales Director, Target | Mars Wrigley Confectionery |
Randal Kemnitz | Director, Western Regions, CPS | Hormel Foods Corporation |
Steve Kieke | Director of Grocery | Acme Fresh Markets |
Beth Kincaid | Customer Development Director, Central Division | Unilever |
Jeff King | Vice President, Center Store | Bozzuto's Inc. |
Rich King | Vice President, Retail Sales | Post Consumer Brands |
Scott King | Director | Nestle Purina PetCare Company |
Andy Knoblauch | Senior Vice President of Center Store Merchandising | |
George Knobloch | Chief Operating Officer | Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc. |
David Krause | Executive Vice President and CMO | |
Todd Krc | Senior Director, Business Development | Topco Associates LLC |
Marc Kurkiewicz | Vice President, Member Development | Topco Associates LLC |
Scott Lackey | Agency Sales Manager | |
Jake Lane | Sr Director, Merchandising | C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. |
Doug Langan | Manager of Customer Business Development, North America Regional Teams | The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC |
Kurt Laufer | President, Customer Development | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
Hillen Lee | Vice President | The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC |
Brian Lillis | National Category Sales Manager | Hormel Foods Corporation |
Joseph Livorsi II | President | |
Mike Long | Director, Grocery | Lowes Foods, LLC |
Mark Luebbers | Vice President, Customer Business Development | |
Dan Lugar | Senior Vice President, Procurement | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
Katia Ma | Director, Sales Operations and Trade Relations | Nestle USA, Inc. |
Michael Macrae | Director, Operations | Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys) |
Dan Magnuson | Vice President, Merchandising, Grocery, Frozen Foods, and Dairy | |
Kevin Maier | Manager, Category Development | Topco Associates LLC |
Anthony Manna | Agency Sales Manager | Georgia-Pacific |
Marco Manocchio | Vice President, Sales & Customer and Category Business - Pet | The J.M. Smucker Company |
Jeanmarie Marone | Manager, Sales Communications | Danone North America |
Andrew Martin | Agency Sales Manager | |
Dyame Martin | Vice President | DFA |
John Martino | VP, Sales and Operations | |
Pete Marucci | Vice President and Managing Director | Nestle Purina PetCare Company |
Steve Mayle | Vice President, Sales | |
Ian McBride | Director of Sales Grocery | |
Pete McConville | Director, Team Sales | Kellanova |
Joseph McDonnell | Vice President, U.S. Grocery and Retail Execution | Campbell Soup Company |
Mike McKenna | Team Lead | Unilever |
Joseph McQuesten | Group Vice President, Center Store | Brookshire Grocery Company |
Bob McTeir | President | |
Mario Mediati | Director, Sales | |
Kurt Mehring | MegaMex Sales Manager | Hormel Foods Corporation |
Sarah Memoli | Director, Meijer and SpartanNash | Danone North America |
Geoff Miller | Director, Team Lead | Nestle USA, Inc. |
Kenneth Miller | Procurement Manager, Grocery, DSD | Wakefern Food Corp. |
David Mitchell | President | Mitchell Grocery Corporation |
Dave Mongillo | Director, Center Store | Price Chopper Supermarkets |
Nicole Moore | Director, Industry Affairs | Nestle Coffee Partners |
Scott Moore | Director, Sales | Hormel Foods Corporation |
Steve Moore | Team Lead, Kroger | The Hershey Company |
Mariette Morelli | Director, Strategic Eastern Wholesale | |
Jason Morneau | Senior Director, Sales | Kellanova |
Kurt Mueller | Senior Vice President, Sales | Hormel Foods Corporation |
Chuck Munn | Vice President, Non-Perishable Merchandising | Harris Teeter LLC |
Randy Munns | Executive Vice President and COO | Festival Foods |
Tom Murray | Senior Vice President | DFA |
Trent Nehls | Director Sales | Mars Wrigley Confectionery |
Thomas Neylon | Managing Director | Acosta |
Tracey Noffke | Customer Logistics Director, Strategy & Service | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
Amy Nordstrom | Vice President, Sales | Nestle USA, Inc. |
Beth Nygaard | Senior Team Leader, Customer Development | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
Joseph O'Connor | Applegate VP, Sales & Marketing | Hormel Foods Corporation |
Kendi O'Mard | Vice President, Sales | The Clorox Company |
Timothy O'Neill | Vice President, Sales | |
Donna Ofenloch | Senior Retail Development Manager | Topco Associates LLC |
Heather Oliver | Director, Customer Strategy & Insights | Georgia-Pacific |
Ian Opradek | Director, Strategic Wholesale West | The Hershey Company |
Pat Palmisano | Administrative Assistant | DFA |
Terry Palmisano | Vice President, Center Store Sales | |
David Panter | Vice President, Center Store Sales and Merchandising | Associated Food Stores, Inc. |
Susan Parks | Broker Manager, Grocery East | Mars Wrigley Confectionery |
Tony Patrignelli | Senior Director, Trade Optimization and Customer Operations | |
Philip Payment Jr. | President, Sales and Operations | Floco Foods, Inc. |
Brent Payne | Director, Sales | |
Robert Policano | Senior Vice President, Dairy and Frozen Merchandising | |
Patrice Polta | Senior Region Manager, Grocery West | |
Kelly Porter | Director, North America Customer Supply Chain | Campbell Soup Company |
David Poston | Category Manager and Buyer | W. Lee Flowers & Co., Inc. |
Richard Prast | Sales Team Leader | The Clorox Company |
Ross Purdy | Vice President, Center Store Merchandising | K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. |
Jason Ramsey | President | Merchants Distributors, LLC |
Matt Rausch | Customer Sales Director | Georgia-Pacific |
Kim Reed | General Manager, Grocery | |
Karen Reid | Chief Customer Officer | Post Consumer Brands |
Tracy Reiff | Vice President, Category Management Center Stores DSD | |
Crystal Renninger | Director, Grocery | Mars Wrigley Confectionery |
Heather Rewiski | Senior Vice President, Regional Accounts | Danone North America |
Bob Richardson | Director, Trade Relations | The Clorox Company |
Michael Richardson | Director, Category Management, Center Store | |
Michael Ridenour | Vice President, Industry Relations | UNFI |
Vinnie Rinaldo | Senior Trade Event Manager | Mars Wrigley Confectionery |
Rick Rising | Vice President of Sales - Grocery Channel | Georgia-Pacific |
Jodi Robinson | Vice President, Center Store | Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys) |
Ashley Roehm | Chief Sales Officer | Acosta |
Lyndsay Rogers | Region Vice President, Morning Foods Sales | Kellanova |
James Rohr | Vice President, Grocery | |
Mike Ross | Vice President, Go-To-Market Commercial Strategy | Kellanova |
Jan Ruehlicke | Sales and Marketing | |
Erin Salazar | National Category Sales Manager | Hormel Foods Corporation |
Steve Salerno | Category Manager | Wakefern Food Corp. |
Scott Salmon | Chief Customer Officer | |
Carrie Sander | Chief Customer Officer | Kellanova |
Carrie Sanderson | Customer Supply Chain Lead | |
Jennifer Santiago | Director, Marketing Communications | Lowes Foods, LLC |
Matt Schuster | Director | Nestle Purina PetCare Company |
Patrick Schwab | VP Sales-East-Retail | Hormel Foods Corporation |
Rochelle Seideneck | SVP, Enterprise Marketing | Giant Eagle, Inc. |
Andrew Sellers | Director, Customer Planning | The Hershey Company |
Adam Seston | Vice President, Customer Development | Unilever |
Alexis Severson | Senior Customer Manager | General Mills, Inc. |
Shane Sgambelluri | Vice President, Regional Accounts Grocery | |
Dylana Silver | Director, Marketing | |
Corey Sisson | Director of Trade & Sales Planning | General Mills, Inc. |
Glen Smith | Customer Develop Strategic Grocery | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
Lindsay Smith | Senior Customer Manager | |
Kathleen Snydstrup | Director, Team Sales | |
Tom Spaniol | Director, CSI Food West | The Hershey Company |
Brett Spiker | Group Vice President, Procurement | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
Kenneth Sprouse | Unilever Kroger Team | Unilever |
David Stapelfeldt | Senior Customer Sales Manager | The Kraft Heinz Company |
Shayna Steelman | Customer Meeting and Event Planner | |
James Sterbenz | Senior Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales | |
Michael Stigers | President | Wakefern Food Corp. |
Ryan Stimac | Director, Agency East | |
David Stis | Chief Customer Officer | Del Monte Foods, Inc. |
Mark Storms | Principal | Topco Associates LLC |
Tom Sweeney | Vice President Merchandising and Brands | |
Jimmy Taylor | Senior Vice President, Sales Strategy and Capabilities | Conagra Brands |
Graham Teague | Head of Customer Supply Chain | The Kraft Heinz Company |
Jesse Thelen | Divisional Vice President, Grocery East | |
Terry Thomas | Executive Vice President and CCO | |
Chuck Thompson | Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing | Harris Teeter LLC |
Marty Thompson | Director Of Category Development | |
Peter Thompson | Director, Customer and Industry Development | |
Lisa Tibey | Director of Omni Commerce | Hormel Foods Corporation |
Tom Tomaselli | Group Vice President Fresh Merchandising, Northeast Grocery Shared Services | Northeast Grocery, Inc. |
Tom Tomescko | Executive Vice President, Category Management | L&R Distributors |
Joe Toscano | Vice President, Trade and Industry Development | Nestle Purina PetCare Company |
Mike Townley | Agency Sales Manager | Georgia-Pacific |
David Trammell | Vice President, Wholesale | Post Consumer Brands |
Jason Turtle | Zone Operations Manager | General Mills, Inc. |
Christopher Walker | Director, Logistics | |
Michael Walton | Director, Customer Development, West | Unilever |
Rich Wedel | Associate Director, Customer Strategies Solutions | |
Jason Wells | Director of Dairy, Frozen & Reset Teams | K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. |
Brian Werner | Vice President, Sales | Nestle Purina PetCare Company |
Michael West | Vice President, Food West | The Hershey Company |
Daan Westdijk | Head of Customer Development | Unilever |
John White | Vice President, National Warehouse Sales | DFA |
Roger White | Executive SVP, Chief Operating Officer | Associated Food Stores, Inc. |
Stephanie Wieczorek | Shopper Marketing Team Lead, Grocery Accounts | Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
Isaac Wiese | Senior Vice President, Procurement | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
Paul Wildermuth | Senior Customer Manager | General Mills, Inc. |
Mark Wilhite | Director, Sales, Retail Grocery | |
Jason Worby | Director of Sales | |
Phillip Worley | Director, Grocery Operations | K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. |
Gerald Yacavone | Senior Director, Sales | Georgia-Pacific |
Vicky Zhuang | General Manager, International Business Development, North America | |
Joe Zink | Vice President, Center Store Merchandising | Festival Foods |
Robert Zullinger | CBDM Northeast Team |