2017 Annual Business Conference (ABC): Registered Attendees

The following list shows all attendees as of November 22, 2024. Click on each column header to sort by that category.


Attendee Name Title  Company
Therese Claypool Account Manager The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Amy Plogmann Administrator The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Scott Lackey Agency Sales Manager
Andrew Martin Agency Sales Manager
Mike Townley Agency Sales Manager Georgia-Pacific
Tom Ehmen Area Director, Customer Development Mondelez International
Kevin Green Area Vice President The Kraft Heinz Company
Denny Lukavsky Assistant Vice President, Purchasing, Grocery and Frozen
Maggie Gilliam Associate Planet Retail RNG
Germaine Hunter Associate The Clorox Company
Laura McGuire Associate Technomic Inc.
Chelsea Briner Associate Director Mondelez International
Rob Hornback Associate Director Midwest Regional Team The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Cosmo Formichelli Associate Director, Category Management Nestle USA, Inc.
Joy Mead Associate Director, Marketing The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Jeff Miller Biscuit Planner Mondelez International
Tim Schaefer Brand Manager Galaxy Merchants Distributors, LLC
Angela Gray Broker Manager Mondelez International
John Seguin Business Development Manager Planet Retail RNG
Todd Gean Category Manager, Candy
Irina Oswald Category Manager, Non Perishables
Todd Fox Category Manager, Private Label Hy-Vee, Inc.
Robert Zullinger CBDM Northeast Team
Bruce Brown Chief Customer Officer WK Kellogg Co
Scott Salmon Chief Customer Officer
David Stis Chief Customer Officer Del Monte Foods, Inc.
Tom Tomescko Chief Customer Officer L&R Distributors
Jim Athey Chief Executive Officer L&R Distributors
Federico Muyshondt Chief Executive Officer BODYARMOR | POWERADE
Christopher Hooks Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer Save Mart Supermarkets, LLC
Brian Audette Chief Merchandising Officer UNFI
Dennis Hickey Chief Merchandising Officer Krasdale Foods, Inc.
George Knobloch Chief Operating Officer Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc.
Ashley Roehm Chief Sales Officer Acosta
Rick Brindle Consultant Wakefern Food Corp.
Marc Thomas Consultant, Events FMI
Kevin Post Customer Business Lead Mondelez International
Joe Arthur Customer Business Manager Unilever
Alayna Bustamante Customer Category Manager Mondelez International
Glen Smith Customer Develop Strategic Grocery Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Sheila Shrofe Customer Development Director
Beth Kincaid Customer Development Director, Central Division Unilever
Shayna Steelman Customer Meeting and Event Planner
Matt Rausch Customer Sales Director Georgia-Pacific
Kristi Simmons Customer Sales Executive, Missouri The Hershey Company
Mark Seagreaves Customer Team Lead Ahold/Delhaize Kellanova
Bob Ferretti Customer Team Leader The Clorox Company
Lisa Angeles Customer Vice President
Graham Kidd Customer Vice President Mondelez International
Douglas DeWilde Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Craig Pariseau Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Matt Schuster Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Julie Seibert Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Sherry Ellies Director Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Julie Bitter Director Customer Development, Southeast
John Campion Director Northeast Teams
Brian Bosworth Director of Center Store Merchandising
Craig Drefcinski Director of Deli Sales Hormel Foods Corporation
Dan Kellenberger Director of Sales The Clorox Company
Michael Yarbrough Director of Sales DFA
Chuck Karnes Director of Sales -- Large Format Jack Links Protein Snacks
Justin Leazer Director of Strategy and Business Development Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Trent Nehls Director Sales Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Michael Gilmartin Director Shopper Insights
Tim Peterson Director Team Sales Kellanova
Ryan Stimac Director, Agency East
Mike Convey Director, Category Management
Michael Richardson Director, Category Management, Center Store
Glenn Frazier Director, Category Strategy and Insights East The Hershey Company
Mike DeSimone Director, Center Store
Christine Mittendorf Director, Center Store
Steve Sorensen Director, Center Store Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys)
Thomas Byom Director, Central Region Hormel Foods Corporation
Tom Spaniol Director, CSI Food West The Hershey Company
Peter Thompson Director, Customer and Industry Development
Mary Beth Meyer Director, Customer Business Leader, West Mondelez International
Ron Galbreath Director, Customer Business Team Mondelez International
Michael Walton Director, Customer Development, West Unilever
Andrew Sellers Director, Customer Planning The Hershey Company
Philip Nicolette Director, Customer Supply Chain
Chace MacMullan Director, Digital and Brand Strategy Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Phillip Worley Director, Grocery Operations K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Karen Bakewell Director, Grocery, Frozen and Dairy Merchandising SpartanNash Company
Tom Cosgrove Director, Industry Relations FMI
Dylana Silver Director, Marketing
Kirk Clark Director, Merchandising Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Sean Desmond Director, Merchandising, NY Metro Allegiance Retail Services, LLC (Foodtown)
Michael Beckett Director, Northeast Danone North America
Jeff Compton Director, Retail Pricing K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Shawn Henderson Director, Sales General Mills, Inc.
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
Wendy Hubbeling Director, Team Lead
Brenda Benkert Director, Team Sales Kellanova
Bob Richardson Director, Trade Relations The Clorox Company
Richard Caplin Director, U.S. Grocery Operations Colgate-Palmolive Company
Tim Cross Director, Urban Business Development Danone North America
Ian Opradek Director, US Food Wholesale The Hershey Company
Randal Kemnitz Director, Western Regions, CPS Hormel Foods Corporation
Brian Lawson Division Vice President Nestle Nutrition
Jesse Thelen Divisional Vice President, Grocery East
Brad Horn Divisional Vice President, US Retail Sales, East
Kimberly Kelsey Event Marketing
Mark Harvey Executive Director, Category Sales
Roger White Executive SVP, Chief Operating Officer Associated Food Stores, Inc.
Terry Thomas Executive Vice President and CCO
Chris Boever Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
Derek De La Mater Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Conagra Brands
Randy Munns Executive Vice President and COO Festival Foods
Colleen Flaherty Executive Vice President of Sales
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.
Neal Leonhardt Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Nick Carlino Executive Vice President, Sales and Retail Operations Merchants Distributors, LLC
Ted Schnuck Executive Vice President, Supermarkets Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Kim Reed General Manager, Grocery
David Edwards Grocery Procurement Manager Wakefern Food Corp.
Deanna Brady Group Vice President and President, Consumer Products Sales Hormel Foods Corporation
Tom Tomaselli Group Vice President Fresh Merchandising, Northeast Grocery Shared Services Northeast Grocery, Inc.
Joseph McQuesten Group Vice President, Merchandising Brookshire Grocery Company
Stuart Bruton Head Buyer W. Lee Flowers & Co., Inc.
Robert Lindstrom Head of North America Customer Supply Chain
Mark Frazier Head of Northeast Region Sales The Kraft Heinz Company
Chris Regennitter Head of Refrigerated Sales The Kraft Heinz Company
Adam Roscher Head of Sales, Kroger
Joseph Cresta Head of Southeast Region The Kraft Heinz Company
Sergio Nahuz Head of U.S. Sales The Kraft Heinz Company
John Havens Jr. Industry Relations Consultant, Nestle USA, Inc. Nestle USA, Inc.
Yana Gegechkori Industry Relations Coordinator Unilever
Todd Schilling Interim Director, Grocery, Frozen and Dairy
Nathan Bower Key Account Manager
Scott Cameron Key Food Consultant
Sarah Johnson Manager Business Analytics
Doug Langan Manager of Customer Business Development, North America Regional Teams The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Pat Smith Manager, Customer Engagement Mondelez International
Mark Kielczynski Manager, Grocery Logistics Grocery Marketing Division Wakefern Food Corp.
Adam Hayes Manager, Industry Affairs The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Karen Doggendorf Manager, Industry Relations Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Thomas Neylon Managing Director Acosta
Judi Kletz Managing Director, Industry Affairs
Lizzy Freier Managing Editor, Menu Analysis Technomic Inc.
Aimee Harvey Managing Editor, Retail Foodservice Technomic Inc.
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
Steve Collette Merchandising and Marketing Manager
Dan McConegly National Account Manager
Thomas Parsons National Category Sales Manager, GP Hormel Foods Corporation
Chris Hopp National Manager of Category Sales Hormel Foods Corporation
Alison Castillo Omni Delivery Lead Unilever
Nick Albrecht President The Fred W. Albrecht Grocery Co.
Rodney Antolock President
William Kies President Kies Consulting, LLC
Tim Lowe President Lowes Foods, LLC
David Mitchell President Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Jason Ramsey President Merchants Distributors, LLC
S. Neal Berube President and CEO
Dan Funk President and CEO Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Doug Behrens President and Chief Customer Officer
Steve Mayer President, Bashas’ Operating Company Bashas' Inc.
Brian George President, Chairman and CEO Alex Lee, Inc.
Kurt Laufer President, Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Krishnakumar Davey President, Strategic Analytics
Michael Crouse President, US Food Service
James Frusciante President, US Retail Sales The Kraft Heinz Company
Connie Chang Principal Circana
Peri Edelstein Principal Boston Consulting Group
Meghan Tisch Project Coordinator and Executive Assistant Circana
Megan Fritz Region Sales Director, National Wholesale General Mills, Inc.
Lyndsay Rogers Region Vice President, Morning Foods Sales Kellanova
Richard Morrow Region Vice President, Snack Sales
George Casab Regional Business Manager Nestle Nutrition
John Fowler Regional Business Manager Nestle Nutrition
Mark Hagerman Regional Business Manager Nestle Nutrition
Brad Owens Regional Business Manager Nestle Nutrition
Mike Stupecky Regional Business Manager Nestle Nutrition
Bubba O'Brien Regional Sales Manager, Southeast The Clorox Company
Brandi Gamble Regional Senior Sales Manager
Mike Maraldo Regional Vice President Giant Eagle, Inc.
Doug Davis Retail Execution Manager The Kraft Heinz Company
Dave Jones Retired
Becky Lubker Rotational Partner
Jan Ruehlicke Sales and Marketing
Doug Wilson Sales Director Northeast DFA
Sara Kelly Sales Director, Target Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Richard Prast Sales Team Leader The Clorox Company
Patrick Walsh Senior Advisor, Consultant FMI
Yan Lo Senior Customer Manager
Lindsay Smith Senior Customer Manager
Paul Wildermuth Senior Customer Manager General Mills, Inc.
Bruce Evans Senior Director of Sales Georgia-Pacific
Chad Hansen Senior Director of Sales Georgia-Pacific
Sheri LeBrun Senior Director Region Accounts
Michael Algard Senior Director, Agency Regional Grocery Colgate-Palmolive Company
Peter Collins Senior Director, Business Development & Membership FMI
Joey Bates Senior Director, Center Store Merchandising Harris Teeter LLC
Edward Murphy Senior Director, Customer Marketing and Planning
Anthony Pleasants Senior Director, Mid-Atlantic Danone North America
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.
Alyssa Bronikowski Senior Manager, Industry Relations and Sales Communications
Nick Walsh Senior Manager, Liquidation Sales
Jarret Bonfitto Senior Manager, Member Development Topco Associates LLC
Marc Bailey Senior Region Manager, Grocery East
Patrice Polta Senior Region Manager, Grocery West
Amy Guerre Senior Sales Director Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Vinnie Rinaldo Senior Trade Event Manager Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Lauri Luker Senior Vice President
Tom Murray Senior Vice President DFA
Gina Kelly Senior Vice President & Chief Customer Officer The Clorox Company
Andy Knoblauch Senior Vice President of Center Store Merchandising
Dennis Host Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications Coborn's, Inc.
Jim Goers Senior Vice President, Account Management and National Brands
Deana Sabatino Senior Vice President, Business Development
Brian Duff Senior Vice President, Buying and Logistics
Matt Gregory Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer
Chris Lavoie Senior Vice President, Client Development Acosta
Robert Policano Senior Vice President, Dairy and Frozen Merchandising
Ian Prisuta Senior Vice President, Grocery 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
Isaac Wiese Senior Vice President, Procurement Hy-Vee, Inc.
Danny Lane Senior Vice President, Regional Manager Southern Associated Wholesale Grocers - Oklahoma City Division
Chris Chromy Senior Vice President, Sales Conagra Brands
Jim Donzelli Senior Vice President, Sales Conagra Brands
David Merritt Senior Vice President, Sales Conagra Brands
Kurt Mueller Senior Vice President, Sales Hormel Foods Corporation
Jesse Garcia Senior Vice President, Sales and CCO
Richard DeSimone Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Jimmy Taylor Senior Vice President, Sales Strategy and Capabilities Conagra Brands
Jeff Monroe Senior Vice President, South Region DFA
James Sterbenz Senior Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales
Kevin Jackson Senior Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales and N.A. Away From Home
Rochelle Seideneck SVP, Enterprise Marketing Giant Eagle, Inc.
Leon Bergmann SVP/GM, West C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Pia Heine Team Leader, Grocery
Martin Becker Team Leader, Regional Grocery Sales
Chris French Team Leader, Replenishment Georgia-Pacific
Hillen Lee Vice President The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Paul Cooke Vice President and Director, Industry Relations
Steve Berg Vice President and Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Pete Marucci Vice President and Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Richard Hess Vice President Client Development Acosta
Heather McIntyre Froud Vice President Global Walmart - Meals & Beverage Campbell Soup Company
Donna Banks-Ficcio Vice President Grocery, Frozen, Dairy, Merchandising - Central Region UNFI
Tom Sweeney Vice President Merchandising and Brands
Leah Gardner Vice President NA Customer Excellence/Supply Chain The Kraft Heinz Company
Jack See Vice President of Sales, West Division
Greg Carbone Vice President Sales, East Region Accounts Kellanova
Kari Swift Vice President Strategic Sales Family Care Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Shannon Hodock McCoy Vice President, Acosta Clorox Acosta
Jack Kelly Vice President, Category Management
Ray Harrison Vice President, Center Store
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)
Mark Johnson Vice President, Center Store Merchandising
Ross Purdy Vice President, Center Store Merchandising K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Joe Zink Vice President, Center Store Merchandising Festival Foods
Terry Palmisano Vice President, Center Store Sales
David Panter Vice President, Center Store Sales and Merchandising Associated Food Stores, Inc.
Rob Gehring Vice President, Chief Sales Officer
Christy Lee Vice President, Client Development Acosta
Kendall Mayo Vice President, Client Development Acosta
Beth Jolly Vice President, Communications, Meals & Beverages Campbell Soup Company
Mark Luebbers Vice President, Customer Business Development
Kathy Hayden Vice President, Customer Business Solutions
Mark Arrington Vice President, Customer Development
Steve Schumacher Vice President, Customer Development, Supermarkets, West Unilever
Jeff Siegel Vice President, Customer Interface Group
Eric Fouts Vice President, Customer Supply Chain
Paige Norwood Vice President, East Operations Nestle Team Acosta
Michael West Vice President, Food West The Hershey Company
Brent Cotten Vice President, Global Customer and Industry Affairs The Hershey Company
Michael Browne Vice President, Grocery WK Kellogg Co
Mark Criswell Vice President, Independent Merchandising C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Dennis Belcastro Vice President, Industry Affairs and Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Adam Dill Vice President, Industry Initiatives
Michael Ridenour Vice President, Industry Relations UNFI
David Nolen Vice President, Knowledge and Insights The Hershey Company
Lynn Johnson Vice President, Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Barry Bounds Vice President, Marketing
Margaret Core CAE Vice President, Marketing FMI
Brian Holt Vice President, Marketing
Jim Fitterer Vice President, Merchandising Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
James Johnson Vice President, Merchandising
Bill Lipsky Vice President, Merchandising UNFI
Dan Magnuson Vice President, Merchandising, Grocery, Frozen Foods, and Dairy
Chris Woodbury Vice President, National Merchandising C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
John White Vice President, National Warehouse Sales DFA
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
Rob Mayber III Vice President, Retail Excellence Kellanova
Michael Atkins Vice President, Retail Sales
Rich King Vice President, Retail Sales Post Consumer Brands
Curtis Bolden Vice President, Sales Conagra Brands
Jason Edevold Vice President, Sales Post Consumer Brands
Duane Meade Vice President, Sales
Kendi O'Mard Vice President, Sales The Clorox Company
Timothy O'Neill Vice President, Sales
Nicole Juntunen Vice President, Sales and Marketing Be Green Packaging LLC
Jon Albrecht Vice President, Sales and Merchandising Acme Fresh Markets
Joe Mrozek Vice President, Sales East
Cass Black Vice President, Sales South Mondelez International
Michael Klopstein Vice President, Sales South Region
Damon Caton Vice President, Sales, US Grocery and Retail Execution Campbell Soup Company
Jeff Edwards Vice President, Supply Chain Bozzuto's Inc.
Joe Toscano Vice President, Trade and Industry Development Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Christian Albitz Vice President, U.S. Grocery Sales
Greg Hasper Vice President, Wholesale
Gerry Buckles VP Category Management & Procurement Associated Grocers, Inc. (LA)
Patrick Schwab VP Sales-East-Retail Hormel Foods Corporation
Joe Heinert Zone Operations Manager