2019 FreshForward: Registered Attendees

The following list shows all attendees as of April 26, 2025. Click on each column header to sort by that category.


Attendee Name Title  Company
Kevin Addesso Senior Director Research and Development and Food Safety and Quality Johnsonville Sausage, LLC
Laurie Allex Sales Director Cargill Protein
Kelly Alonzo Manager Deloitte, LLP
Brian Baker Managing Director Deloitte, LLP
Lars Batzel Senior Director, Fresh Merchandising Festival Foods
Michael Baughman Director of Marketing
Kurt Brands Chief Operating Officer
Kevin Brooks Chief Revenue Officer Procurant
Andrew Burchett Vegetable Industry Affairs Bayer CropScience Global
Kim Chook Marketing Specialist, Retail and Consumer Products Industries Deloitte, LLP
Nick Ciminillo Vice President of Retail Solutions
Joe Clark Director Meat, Seafood, Deli & Bakery
Alex Corbishley Principal
Robert Darrell Vice President, Fresh Pork Sales Smithfield Foods Inc.
Amanda Dentici-Becker Director Digital Commerce, and Innovation Allegiance Retail Services, LLC (Foodtown)
Tom DeVries Senior Vice President, Merchandising Brookshire Grocery Company
Natalie Dyenson Vice President, Food Safety and Quality Dole Food Company
Randy Evins Senior Principal Industry Advisor
Ray Fager Vice President, Sales Operations & Data COE Lead Irresistible Foods Group, Inc.
Todd Fawver Vice President, Retail Sales - West Cargill Protein
Francesco Fazio - Deloitte Consulting LLP
Curt Fedder Senior Manager, Consumer Center for Insights
Dwight Ferguson President and Chief Executive Officer Naturipe Farms
Karen Fernald Senior Vice President, Fresh Category, Merchandising and Pricing Food Lion, LLC
Curtis Funk Senior Vice President, Merchandising Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys)
Katie Gaynor Vice President, Global sales and Marketing, Lobster Ink Ecolab, Inc.
Albert Gottuso Produce Category Manager Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Chuck Gragg Sales Procurant
John Haggerty Founder and Strategist
Robin Hayes Produce Director Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Jan Hood Vice President, Value Added Business Lead Cargill Incorporated
Jim Hull Senior Industry Strategies Director
Francie Jenks Business Development Manager Hussmann Corporation
Adam Johnson Vice President and General Manager, Global Retail Services Ecolab, Inc.
Chad Johnson Director, Marketing C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
Richie Keirouz Senior Director, Sales Mastronardi Produce Limited
Dan Kinzler Principal Deloitte, LLP
Don Kirkwood Managing Director
Paul Kneeland Senior Vice President of Merchandising and Sales
Daniel Koch Group Vice President, Perishables Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Joshua Kudisch Associate Vice President, Service Delivery Deloitte, LLP
Michael Lang Partner Upshop
David Lessard Senior Vice President of Operations, Customer Experience, and Perishable Distribution The GIANT Company
Sheridan Lewis-Rardin Senior Manager, FSQR - Perishables Target Corporation
Gregory Livelli Senior Vice President, Portfolio Solutions
Brian Lorenz Vice President, Omnichannel Fresh Merchandising The GIANT Company
Stephanie Lundquist Executive Vice President and President of Food and Beverage
Janis McIntosh Director of Marketing Innovation and Sustainability Naturipe Farms
Colin Mckay Produce Technical Coordinator Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Jack Mertes Director of Retail Sales Trident Seafood Corporation
Derrick Miller President The Wonderful Company
Suzanne Monford CEO & Chairman Heritage Grocers Group, LLC
Casey Munn Director of Sales Taylor Farms
Rob Neou Business Technology Analyst
Jack O'Connor Senior Manager Deloitte, LLP
David Orgel Principal David Orgel Consulting LLC
Tony Ott Vice President of Merchandising, Meat and Seafood UNFI
Harold Paivarinta VP Sales and Business Development Red Sun Farms
Mike Paribello Senior Director, Innovation and Consumer and Category Insights Smithfield Foods Inc.
Mike Penner Director or Retail Applications and Technology Fairway Group Holdings Corp.
Nilesh Phillips U.S. Marketing Leader, Consumer Products and Retail Deloitte, LLP
Melanie Pick Senior Manager Deloitte, LLP
Jamie Postell Vice President, Sales North America Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Chris Reisner Vice President, Sales Kayem Foods Inc.
Barb Renner Global Lead Client Service Partner Deloitte, LLP
Mike Richter Vice President of Fresh Merchandising
John Ruane President, The Giant Co. The GIANT Company
Don Sanderson Executive Vice President, Merchandising Meijer, Inc.
Tom Schneider Sales Director Johnsonville Sausage, LLC
David Sherrod President and CEO Southeast Produce Council
Jake Shoults Advisory Consultant Deloitte, LLP
Mark Siner VP of Retail/Grocery
Rick Steigerwald Vice President, Fresh Foods
Michele Stoffel Strategic Marketing Planner, Retail and Consumer Products Deloitte, LLP
Jeff Testa Vice President, Corporate Accounts, North America Global Food Retail Ecolab, Inc.
Victoria Thomson Vice President, Customers Bimbo Bakeries USA
Tyler Tracey Account Manager Cargill Protein
Kurt Vetter President, Wonderful Sales The Wonderful Company
Carlos Visconti CEO Red Sun Farms
Troy Vosburgh Senior Vice President of Operations Coborn's, Inc.
Eric Waddell Vice President, Packaged Meats Sales, Retail Central Division Smithfield Foods Inc.
Allen Warch Vice President, Fresh Merchandising
Peter Webb Marketing Analyst II, Portfolio Solutions
Thomas Windish President, Retail Channel Cargill Protein
Voni Woods Vice President, Fresh
Art Yerecic President Yerecic Label
Kristin Yerecic Scott Executive Vice President of Customer Experience & Administration Yerecic Label
Gary York Vice President, Enterprise Sales C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.