2022 FreshForward: Registered Attendees

The following list shows all attendees as of April 25, 2025. Click on each column header to sort by that category.


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