2018 Annual Business Conference (ABC): Registered Attendees

The following list shows all attendees as of November 23, 2024. Click on each column header to sort by that category.


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