2022 FreshForward: Registered Attendees
The following list shows all attendees as of April 28, 2025. Click on each column header to sort by that category.
| Attendee Name | Title | Company |
| Evan Kravitz | Vice President, Sales | Afresh Technologies |
| Matt Schwartz | Chief Executive Officer | Afresh Technologies |
| Andrea Wright | Director of Meals Transformation | Albertsons Companies |
| Dana Lawnzak | Director, Food Chain Outreach | American Egg Board |
| Katie Seawell | CCO | Bowery Farming |
| Steve Howard | Senior Vice President, Store Merchandising | Bristol Farms, Inc. |
| Joe Kelsay | North America Food Chain | Corteva Agriscience |
| Christy Wright | Director, Global Food Systems | Corteva Agriscience |
| David Orgel | Principal | David Orgel Consulting LLC |
| Adam Almond | Principal | Deloitte, LLP |
| Kelly Alonzo | Manager | Deloitte, LLP |
| James Cascone | Partner | Deloitte, LLP |
| Justin Cook | Research Leader, Consumer Products | Deloitte, LLP |
| Olivia Flowers | Client Account Manager | Deloitte, LLP |
| Camille Garlick | Business Analyst | Deloitte, LLP |
| Ira Kalish | Chief Global Economist | Deloitte, LLP |
| Jessie Liu | Business Analyst | Deloitte, LLP |
| Nilesh Phillips | U.S. Marketing Leader, Consumer Products and Retail | Deloitte, LLP |
| Barb Renner | Global Lead Client Service Partner | Deloitte, LLP |
| Mary Sawyer | Vice President, Ecosystem Strategy and Management | Deloitte, LLP |
| Abby Thiets | Senior Consultant M&A | Deloitte, LLP |
| Blair Westmoreland | Senior Manager, Sector Specialist for Retail and Consumer Products | Deloitte, LLP |
| Ken Wicker | Senior Vice President, Fresh Foods | Festival Foods |
| Christopher Dove | VP, Produce Category & Merchandising | Food Lion, LLC |
| Stacy Bates MS, RDN, LD, CDE | Director, Wellness Nutrition Services | H-E-B |
| Eliza Warren-Shriner | Health & Wellness Program Manager | H-E-B |
| Suzanne Monford | CEO & Chairman | Heritage Grocers Group, LLC |
| Kyle Svete | Director, Enterprise Accounts | iFoodDS |
| Nicole Schnuck | Director, Market Strategy and Planning | Instacart |
| Ray Fager | Vice President, Sales Operations & Data COE Lead | Irresistible Foods Group, Inc. |
| Christa Haynes | Vice President, Sales and Sales Operations | Irresistible Foods Group, Inc. |
| Aiman Moussa | Team Lead, King's Hawaiian | Irresistible Foods Group, Inc. |
| Greg Stockdale | Corporate Executive Chef | Irresistible Foods Group, Inc. |
| Michael Brown | Partner | Kearney |
| Denise Hansen | Retail Manager | Keweenaw Co-op |
| Patrick Yorek | Vice President, Fresh Foods | Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys) |
| Richie Keirouz | Senior Director, Sales | Mastronardi Produce Limited |
| Kyla O'Rielly | Events Coordinator | Mastronardi Produce Limited |
| Eric Mittenthal | Chief Strategy Officer | Meat Institute |
| Jane Dukes | Associate Director Value Chain and Consumer Affairs | Merck Animal Health |
| Kent Partida | Associate Director, Value Chain and Consumer Affairs | Merck Animal Health |
| Ben Collins | Sales Director | Movista, Inc. |
| Doug Pearson | Senior Vice President | Planalytics, Inc. |
| Kayla Vogel | Global Marketing Manager - Retail | Potatoes USA |
| Chuck Gragg | Sales | Procurant |
| Bob Nelson | Vice President, Sales | Procurant |
| Eric Peters | Chief Executive Officer and President | Procurant |
| Jim DiMenna | CEO and President | Red Sun Farms |
| Harold Paivarinta | VP Sales and Business Development | Red Sun Farms |
| Carlos Visconti | CEO | Red Sun Farms |
| Susan Boyme | Vice President, Strategic Accounts | Relex Solutions |
| Greg Wilson | Vice President, Field Strategy | Relex Solutions |
| Barbra Chase | Vice President, Global Sales Store Intelligence | ReTech Labs |
| Giancarlo Fiorarancio | Principal Consultant | RHR Advisors |
| Nancy Cota | Vice President, Consumer Brands, Innovation and New Product Development | Safeway Inc. |
| John Burry | Partnership & Strategy | Shelf Engine |
| Stefan Kalb | Co-Founder & CEO | Shelf Engine |
| Benjamin Schmidlin | Sales Director | Shelf Engine |
| Thomas Jones | Sr. Director, Sales | Smithfield Foods Inc. |
| David Sherrod | President and CEO | Southeast Produce Council |
| Timothy Kent | Senior Director, Meat and Seafood Merchandising | SpartanNash Company |
| CeCe Broussard | Vice President, National Accounts - Head of Retail | SYSCO Corporation |
| Kristin Fauteck Holt | Vice President, National Sales - Travel, Entertainment & Retail | SYSCO Corporation |
| Karima Jivani | Director Business Growth | SYSCO Corporation |
| Edward ST Clair | Vice President, Sales | Taylor Farms |
| John Ruane | President, The Giant Co. | The GIANT Company |
| Josh Harpole | Vice President of Deli & Bakery Merchandising | The Kroger Co. |
| Allison Yoder | Nutrition Program Development Manager | The Kroger Co. |
| Jim Sweeney | Managing Director | the Stores Consulting Group |
| Tom Rouse | Vice President Sales Development | The Wonderful Company |
| Kurt Vetter | President, Wonderful Sales | The Wonderful Company |
| Mike Ferguson | Senior Vice President, Fresh | Topco Associates LLC |
| Todd Krc | Senior Director, Business Development | Topco Associates LLC |
| Jennifer Shawgo | Senior Director, New Ventures & Services | UNFI |
| Doug Iverson | Chief Revenue Officer | Upshop |
| Stephen Midgley | Vice President, Marketing | Upshop |
| John Rector | Vice President, Sales | Upshop |
| Joe Smirlies | Senior Vice President, Product Management | Upshop |
| Tim Spencer | President and CEO | Upshop |
| Jason Wirl | Sr. Director, Solutions Consulting | Upshop |
| Terrence Murphy | Group Vice President, Fresh | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| Thadious Fisher | Head of Sales & GM | Wiliot |
| Art Yerecic | President | Yerecic Label |
| Kristin Yerecic Scott | Executive Vice President of Customer Experience & Administration | Yerecic Label |
| Joe Clark | Director Meat, Seafood, Deli & Bakery | |
| Trey Johnson | Chief Merchandising Officer | |
| Steve Locke | Director, Produce Program Manager | |
| Tod Seiling | VP Merchandising - Perishable |