2013 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
Mike Galvin Vice President, Client Development Acosta
Robbie Powell Vice President, Client Development Acosta
Tom Lofland President Albertsons Companies, Inc. - Eastern Division
Joseph Fantozzi President & COO Allegiance Retail Services, LLC (Foodtown)
Donna Zambo Vice President and CMO Allegiance Retail Services, LLC (Foodtown)
Mike Bokarae President, Alliance Data Management and A2 Advertising Alliance Retail Group
Rich Desimone Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Alpha 1 Marketing, Inc.
Robert Rothove Vice President and Division Manager Associated Wholesale Grocers - Great Lakes Division
Ellen Schum Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer B&G Foods, Inc.
James Jones Vice President, Trade Relations Big Heart Pet Brands
Michael Cormier Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Big Y Foods, Inc.
Jerry LeClair Executive Vice President, Chief Merchant & Retail Operations Officer Brookshire Grocery Company
Chris Timko Vice President, Grocery, Hometown Food Co. Brynwood Partners L.P.
Kristy Vigil Senior Vice President, Retail Sales ByHeart Inc.
Michael Cohen Senior Director of Merchandising C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Dan Fudger Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Supply Chain Trade Relations C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Derek De La Mater Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Conagra Brands
Jim Donzelli Senior Vice President, Sales Conagra Brands
Mark Hojnicki Senior Director, Customer Supply Chain Conagra Brands
David Merritt Senior Vice President, Sales Conagra Brands
Kristina Cole Chief Sales, Customers & Commercial Officer US Danone North America
Deb Friedman Senior Director, Sales Danone North America
James Flannery Chief Transformation Officer Department of Defense Commissary Agency
Jim Curl Senior Vice President, Sales fairlife
Colleen Bailey Senior Manager, Meeting Services FMI
Peter Collins Senior Director, Business Development & Membership FMI
Dagmar Farr Senior Advisor, Share Groups FMI
Patrick Walsh Senior Advisor, Consultant FMI
Mary Bohannon Senior Customer Manager General Mills, Inc.
Brad Einck Senior Customer Manager General Mills, Inc.
Kevin Greer Director General Mills, Inc.
Brian Higgins Marketing Director General Mills, Inc.
Tess Hohman Senior Manager, Industry Initiatives General Mills, Inc.
Billy Watts Vice President, Sales General Mills, Inc.
Paul Wildermuth Senior Customer Manager General Mills, Inc.
Bruce Evans Senior Director of Sales Georgia-Pacific
Jeff Lutz Customer Sales Manager Georgia-Pacific
Anthony Manna Agency Sales Manager Georgia-Pacific
Matt Rausch Customer Sales Director Georgia-Pacific
Mike Townley Agency Sales Manager Georgia-Pacific
Bradford Wyman Senior Director, Supply Chain Georgia-Pacific
Gerald Yacavone Senior Director, Sales Georgia-Pacific
Michael Hargrove Director, Fresh Foods Harris Teeter LLC
Bobby Santulli Field Vice President, East Division Henkel Corporation
Andrew Benson Senior Vice President, Sales CytoSport Hormel Foods Corporation
Thomas Byom Director, Central Region Hormel Foods Corporation
Darren Carter VP Sales East Retail Hormel Foods Corporation
Jeffrey Frank Vice President of Grocery Products Hormel Foods Corporation
Randal Kemnitz Director, Western Regions, CPS Hormel Foods Corporation
Ryan Michaelis Corporate Manager, Category Sales, CPS Hormel Foods Corporation
Kurt Mueller Senior Vice President, Sales Hormel Foods Corporation
Patrick Schwab VP Sales-East-Retail Hormel Foods Corporation
Regenia Stein Principal Ingenuity Consulting
Sean Reid Executive Vice President, North America Jack Links Protein Snacks
James Tupy Vice President, Retail Sales Jennie-O Turkey Store
Phillip Worley Director, Grocery Operations K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Brenda Benkert Director, Team Sales Kellanova
Mike Deranleau Vice President, Channels Kellanova
Kristina Geier Vice President, Channel Sales Kellanova
Jim Holton Senior Vice President, Sales, Snacks Kellanova
Cindy Merkel Director, Sales Kellanova
Lyndsay Rogers Region Vice President, Morning Foods Sales Kellanova
Jason Stewart Region Vice President, Morning Food Sales Kellanova
Tracy Wietzke Associate Manager, Customer Events Kellanova
Dean Janeway Chief Executive Officer Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc.
George Knobloch Chief Operating Officer Key Food Stores Co-operative, Inc.
Dennis Belcastro Vice President, Industry Affairs and Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Valerie Oswalt Executive Vice President and President of Campbell Snacks Kodiak Cakes
Dennis Hickey Chief Merchandising Officer Krasdale Foods, Inc.
Kip Faulhaber Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing Laurel Grocery Co., LLC
Curtis Funk Senior Vice President, Merchandising Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys)
Russell Lund III Chairman and CEO Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys)
Shane Balcik Strategic Planning Manager Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Bryan Cook Customer Business Leader Mars Wrigley Confectionery
William Frazer Vice President, U.S. Sales Strategy and Operations Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Timothy LeBel President of Sales, Mars Wrigley US Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Frank Duffy Regional Vice President Sales, Eastern Region McCormick & Company, Inc.
Craig Reynolds Regional Vice President, Sales, Western Region McCormick & Company, Inc.
John Gray Director, Commercial Accounts Merchants Distributors, LLC
Jason Ramsey President Merchants Distributors, LLC
Cass Black Vice President, Sales South Mondelez International
Jennifer Bryant Director Customer Development Mondelez International
David Burns Area Vice President, South Mondelez International
Martin Heaney Vice President, Sales East Mondelez International
Todd Shy Director, Customer Development and Service Mondelez International
Pat Smith Manager, Customer Engagement Mondelez International
Terry Holshouser Vice President, Customer Business Development Nestle Coffee Partners
Brian Lawson Division Vice President Nestle Nutrition
Dominic Strada Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales Nestle Nutrition
Tommy Baroody Vice President, Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Steve Berg Vice President and Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Karen Doggendorf Manager, Industry Relations Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Pete Marucci Vice President and Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Julie Seibert Director Nestle Purina PetCare Company
John McGinty Vice President, Global Sales Advisor Nestle USA, Inc.
Chip Vineyard Team Leader Nestle USA, Inc.
Nancy Lebold Chief Executive Officer New Seasons Market
JoAnn Bertrand Assistant to Vice President, North America Ocean Spray
Sec Briselli Vice President, Sales Planning Perdue
Scott Kleingartner Director, In-Store Experience Post Consumer Brands
Grant Stallknecht Region Vice President, Emerging Post Consumer Brands
Kristen Wallen Vice President of Sales, Alternate Channels Post Consumer Brands
Blaine Bringhurst President, Price Chopper/Market 32 Price Chopper Supermarkets
Rich Rosin Vice President Procurement and Merchandising Robesonia Logistics LLC
David Friedler Co-Founder and CCO Simpactful LLC
John Torru Executive Chair & Co-Founder Simpactful LLC
Dewayne Rabon Chief Merchant and Senior Vice President, Merchandising Southeastern Grocers, Inc.
Steven Goodyear Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Southeastern Mills
Tom Swanson Executive Vice President & General Manager of Corporate Retail SpartanNash Company
Terry Wood Chief Operating Officer SpartanNash Company
Gilles Mellet Senior Consultant Strategic Resource Group
Bob Ferretti Customer Team Leader The Clorox Company
Mark Hoover Category Development Manager The Clorox Company
Gina Kelly Senior Vice President & Chief Customer Officer The Clorox Company
Linda Rendle Chief Executive Officer and President The Clorox Company
Rick Rexing Vice President Sales, National Accounts The Clorox Company
Bob Richardson Director, Trade Relations The Clorox Company
Darin Carlson Director, Sales The Coca-Cola Company
Jim Connell Director of Sales The Coca-Cola Company
Allan Masters Director, Sales, Warehouse The Coca-Cola Company
Gari Estill Vice President of Sales The Grocers Supply LLC
Michael Burkett Senior Director, Sales - ONE Brands The Hershey Company
Brent Cotten Vice President, Global Customer and Industry Affairs The Hershey Company
Scott Dunkley Director, Customer Planning Food Channels The Hershey Company
John Gottstein Customer Sales Executive The Hershey Company
Carolyn Belloni Vice President, Customer and Category Business, Pet The J.M. Smucker Company
Marco Manocchio Vice President, Sales & Customer and Category Business - Pet The J.M. Smucker Company
Scott Marquez Customer Vice President, New York and Pennsylvania The Kraft Heinz Company
Vincent Delgado National Sales Manager The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Doug Langan Manager of Customer Business Development, North America Regional Teams The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Peter McSorley Food Channel CBDM, Central The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Joy Mead Associate Director, Marketing The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Virginia Palmer Customer Business Development Manager The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company LLC
Robert Bukovec Vice-President Strategic Growth Capabilities Tyson Foods, Inc.
Brett Van de Bovenkamp Vice President, Sales Strategy and Capabilities Tyson Foods, Inc.
Christopher Witte Vice President, Customer Development Tyson Foods, Inc.
Michael Ridenour Vice President, Industry Relations UNFI
Beth Kincaid Customer Development Director, Central Division Unilever
Vinit Patel Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer, US Customer Development, Grocery Unilever
Steve Schumacher Vice President, Customer Development, Supermarkets, West Unilever
Robert Caliendo Vice President of National Accounts, Large Format Vita Coco
Stuart Bruton Head Buyer W. Lee Flowers & Co., Inc.
Rick Brindle Consultant Wakefern Food Corp.
Nicholas Dispenziere Director, NonPerishable Sales and Merchandising Wakefern Food Corp.
David Edwards Grocery Procurement Manager Wakefern Food Corp.
Dave Howlett Vice President, Dairy, Deli, and Frozen Wakefern Food Corp.
Mark Kielczynski Manager, Grocery Logistics Grocery Marketing Division Wakefern Food Corp.
Catherine Magistrelli Vice President, Frozen and Dairy Wakefern Food Corp.
William Mayo Chief Administrative Officer Wakefern Food Corp.
Paul Patten Group Vice President, Center Store Wakefern Food Corp.
Robert Villapiano Director Wakefern Food Corp.
Cheryl Williams Chief Information Officer Wakefern Food Corp.
Scott Andrews Supply Chain Manager Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Dwight Battles Vice President and District Manager, Rochester and Southern Tier Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Jeff Holdsworth Sourcing Strategy Group Manager Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Robert Maybee Vice President, Loyalty and Insights Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Bruce Brown Chief Customer Officer WK Kellogg Co
Mark Ahlstrom Director, True Grocery
Brian Allen Vice President, Business Development
Joe Amedio Customer Vice President, SuperValu
Jim Amerio Vice President, Sales
Pam Arnason Director, Field Sales
Steve Arnold Senior Vice President and Division Manager
Bryan Atkenson Associate Sales Development Manager, National Brands
Chris Avery Vice President of Customer Marketing
Greg Bailey Team Lead Regional Food, West
Curt Balara Director, Customer Development
Joseph Banas Regional Business Manager, Central
Katy Banfield Director, Business Development
Pete Barber Vice President, Broker Sales
Lee Beane Regional Business Manager, East
Doug Behrens President and Chief Customer Officer
Tim Bernard Senior Vice President, Sales
Alice Berquam Director, Food Channel Regional Teams
S. Neal Berube President and CEO
Nigel Blackhall Vice President, Managing Director
David Blosser Director, Sales, South
Chris Boever Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
Scott Bolonda Vice President and General Manager, US CPD Sales and Marketing
Karen Boriskey Vice President, Human Resources
Dave Brady Vice President, Regional Accounts
Amy Breault Director
Kevin Broe Vice President, Center Store
James Brown Vice President, Grocery Sales
Joe Brown Team Lead Regional Food
Lori Brown Regional Business Director
Pat Brown Vice President, Customer Supply Chain
Edward Brunot President and COO, MDV
Fred Buehler Senior Director, Region Accounts, Sales
Paul Callahan Senior Vice President
John Campion Director, High Focus Team, Eastern Region
Angelo Cannistraci Group Vice President, Center Store, Pharmacy and Senior Merchandising Coordinator
Mario Carrington Director, Sales - Central
Tara Castellani Customer Development Manager
Richard Charrier Executive Vice President and COO
Victor Chiono Vice President, Sales, West U.S.
Joel Clark Director, Grocery
Craig Clasen Senior Vice President, Retail Business Development
Cam Clocter Associate
Cameron Cloeter Senior Vice President
Jack Cloherty Vice President
Craig Cole Director, Sales - Northeast
Tim Cole Executive Vice President, Sales
John Collier Vice President, Promotional Buying
Jerry Cook Senior Vice President, Sales
Paul Cooke Vice President and Director, Industry Relations
Josh Cooper Director, Customer Commercialization
Judy Copetas Associate Director, Customer Market Knowledge, Food Channel
Thomas Corley President, Retail and Established Brands
Leonard Corpora Senior Category Manager, Grocery
Gary Cox Director, Agency HQ
John Coyle Vice President, Customer Supply Chain
Walter Crump Senior Promotions Manager
Jeffery Cullar Director, Customer Development
Monisha Dabek Director of Sales
Derek Dafoe Director, Family Care
Kathie Day Vice President
Mike DeSimone Director, Center Store
Sean Desmond Merchandising and Category Manager
Robert Digrigoli Team Leader, Albertsons
Jim Dodge Associate
Bill Donovan Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Brian Duff Senior Vice President, Buying and Logistics
Paul Duffley Director of Sales
Drew Dulmage Grocery Sales Director
Don Dyess Vice President of Procurement, Grocery, General Merchandise and HBC
John Eckroate Director, Sales
Kevin Elliott President and COO
Rick Ellis Vice President, Marketing
Steve Falso Sales Director
Rob Ferguson Senior Vice President and General Manager
Tim Fieldhouse Vice President, Field Sales
Brian Fischel Vice President, Grocery
Kevin Fitz Vice President, Center Store
Michael Fitzpatrick Managing Director
Colleen Flaherty Executive Vice President of Sales
Corey Flasco Director, Sales, E Commerce
Burt Flickinger Managing Director
Dennis Ford Vice President, Client Solutions
Robert Francesconi National Broker Team Leader
Joan Francolini Senior Director, Customer Marketing
Mike Gaetz Frozen Dairy Buyer
Mike Galvin Associate
Jesse Garcia Senior Vice President, Sales and CCO
Tom Gaugert Team Leader, Supervalu
Rick Geary Executive Vice President
Dean General Chief Commercial Officer
Suzanne George CMP Senior Manager, Education
Diane Giansante Vice President, Customer Marketing and Sales Strategy
Craig Gillett Director, Sales, West U.S.
Brian Ginn Customer Vice President
George Giorno Team Leader
Steven Goddard Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Gorman Senior Channel Development Manager
Ginny Grant Field Sales Director
Joya Gray Customer Supply Chain Team Leader
Matt Gregory Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer
Jamie Gronowski Executive Vice President
Michael Guanella Product Manager
Richard Gunn Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing
Dave Haffner Vice President, Sales - West
Brenda Hambleton Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer
Patrick Hare Director, Industry Development
Jeff Harris Director, Team Sales
Mark Harvey Executive Director, Category Sales
Greg Hasper Vice President, Wholesale
Tim Hassett Senior Vice President and GM, Away From Home and Campbell North America and Chief Customer Officer
Ken Hathaway Vice President, Merchandising Non-Perishable
Janel Haugarth Executive Vice President and President, Independent Business and Supply Chain Services
Mike Haynes Team Leader
Deb Headley Grocery Category Manager
Nancy Hill Vice President, HQCM Consumer Products
Thomas Hipwell Vice President and General Manager
Mark Holbrook Customer Vice President, East
Steve Holdiman Director, Industry Development
Steve Hosler Senior Director, Sales Operations and Trade Relations
Donna Howard Vice President and Managing Director, Customer Facing Supply Chain
Wendy Hubbeling Vice President, Sales, Safeway Account
Bob Jaskolski President and COO
David Johnson Regional Sales Manager, Mid Atlantic
Mark Johnson Vice President, Center Store Merchandising
Amanda Jones Senior Director, Strategic Food Customers
Dave Jones Retired
Kevin Jordan Area Vice President, Central
Thomas Joyce Vice President, Global Customer and Industry Affairs
Todd Keating Director, Sales - Northeast
Matthew Keller Senior Manager, Customer Development
Chris Kelly Senior Director, Sales Central Region Accounts
Randy Kemp Sales Director
Robert Kirch President
Brian Kittelson Director, Integrated Shopper Marketing
Mike Klei Customer Team Manager
Susan Klug Executive Vice President and CMO
Andy Knoblauch Senior Vice President of Center Store Merchandising
Doug Knudsen President, ConAgra Foods Sales
Mike Kocisky Customer Development Director
David Krause Executive Vice President and CMO
Ari Labell President, North America
Dennis Lancaster National Sales and Marketing Manager
Ed Landry Vice President, Sales, U.S. Consumer Foods
Tom Larson Regional Business Director
Keith Lea Senior Customer Manager
Brian Lernihan Vice President, Industry and Customer Development
Lohr LeSueur Vice President, Trade Marketing
Robert Lim Vice President, Sales - West
Joseph Livorsi II President
Yan Lo Senior Customer Manager
David Lockwood Division Manager
Phil Lombardo Chief Operating Officer
Bill Loneman Retail Merchandising and Marketing Executive
Eric Loper Senior Customer Manager
Robert Lounsbery Director, Procurement
Denny Lukavsky Assistant Vice President, Purchasing, Grocery and Frozen
Bob Lutz Vice President, Procurement
Nick Malm Director, Sales
Ward Maresca Director of Sales
Gary Marino Customer Operations Manager
John Martino VP, Sales and Operations
Richard Martino Area Vice President
Bill Masterson Vice President, Large Store and Central Region
Jasmine Mastroianna Grocery Category Manager
John Mayer Strategic Advisor
Paul McClellan Customer Vice President, East Area
Rich McCloskey Team Leader, East Direct
Michael McCusker Team Leader
William McEwen Senior Customer Manager
Lindsay McShane Associate Director, Food Channel Product Supply Manager
Bob McTeir President
Joseph Mercer Team Leader DelHaize, MidAtlantic
James Messer Vice President, Merchandising
J. Christopher Michael Chairman Emeritus
Trey Moser Director, Analytics and Insights
Tim Myers Vice President and Division Manager
Johnny Naranjo Team Leader, West Direct
Bill Nasshan Managing Director
Julie Nee Senior Director Strategic Food Customers
Ryan Newhart Sales Development Manager
Dennis Noone Vice President, Grocery Sales
Jane Novak-Cook Vice President, North America Grocery
Kelly O'Connor Manager, Customer Logistics
Ian O'Donnell Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
Mike O'Donnell Executive Director, Procurement, CA
Timothy O'Neill Vice President, Sales
Greg Oldright Vice President, VMC
Keith Olscamp Director - Industry Affairs & Collaboration
Robert Palmer Chief Executive Officer
Terry Palmisano Vice President, Center Store Sales
Tony Patrignelli Senior Director, Trade Optimization and Customer Operations
Frank Pecoraro President and CEO
Jorge Pena Vice President, GM Food Channels
Stephen Petagna Field Vice President, West and Central
Jeffrey Peterson Customer Vice President
Michele Polanco Director, Commercialization and Innovation Planning
Frank Puleo Vice President, Retail Marketing and Services
Patrick Quinn Category Management Analyst
Tim Quinn Vice President, Trade Development
Kim Reed General Manager, Grocery
Todd Reid Customer Business Manager, Supervalu
Scott Reily Senior Vice President, Logistics
Michael Richardson Director, Category Management, Center Store
Dafry Rivera Associate Director Urban
Anna Robins Senior Customer Marketing Manager
Gary Roland Vice President, Grocery Sales
Randy Rosinski Divisional Vice President
William Rossi Senior Director, Geographic Food Customers
Chris Rowley Division Vice President, Sales
Mark Rutledge Vice President, Category Planning
Jack Ryan Director, Customer Logistics
Krista Sauder Director, Sales
Michelle Sayers Business Manager
Frank Schmitt Vice President, Center Store
Mike Schultz Business Development Manager
John Seeberger Vice President, U.S. Grocery
John Shaw Associate Directory, Finance
Leah Sheforgen Associate
Ern Sherman Vice President, Retail Industry Affairs
Jeff Siegel Vice President, Customer Interface Group
Kim Sines Director, Customer Development
Bridget Skoog Senior Customer Manager
Bob Smith Divisional Vice President
Lindsay Smith Senior Customer Manager
Jerry Smola Vice President, Sales
Paul Smucker Wagstaff Chief Executive Officer
Bill Spain Manager, N.A. Industry Affairs
Gary Spinazze Vice President, Vendor Relations
Roger Story Vice President, District Manager
Randy Sullins Vice President, Trade Relations
Joseph Super Vice President, Customer Management, West
Luis Tejada Vice President, Business Development and Marketing
Brad Thomas Vice President, Sales - South
Terry Thomas Executive Vice President and CCO
Chad Thompson Regional Account Manager
Peter Thompson Director, Customer and Industry Development
Mark Traverse Region Vice President
Tony True Executive Vice President, Sales
Mike Truran Director of Sales and Business Development
Jeff Vogel Senior Customer Sales Manager
Ron Volpe Senior Director, Strategy and Customer Development
Larry Vorpahl Group Vice President and President, Hormel Food International
Dean Wasniewski Client Service Director
Dale Weikel Regional Business Manager
Jeffrey Weston Vice President of Sales, Regional Supermarket
Cindi Wick Senior Customer Engagement Manager
Mark Wilhite Director, Sales, Retail Grocery
Kevin Wille Director, Customer Development
Deb Willeman Category Manager
Wanette Wise Senior Director Region Accounts
Matt Wood Associate
David Wurm Vice President, Walmart and Sam's Club
David Wydman Regional Director, Grocery
Peter Wyman Vice President, North American Sales
Ted Yeomans ASM Director of Client Services, Mars and Wrigley
Mark Zielinski Team Leader East, Grocery
Charles Zimmerman Customer Development Director