2012 Annual Meat Conference: 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
Larry Bailey Account Executive Southern Food Brokers Inc.
Phil Harrell Account Executive
Gary Propst Account Executive D&H Marketing Group
Hilary Mayclin Account Management Director
Dave Berger Account Manager MPS Enterprises, LLC
Meredith Collins Account Manager
James Cooley Account Manager
Bill Fann Account Manager
Bill Forte Account Manager
Colleen Holland Account Manager
Bree Liscinsky Account Manager
Julie Murphy Account Planner
Elaine Dion Account Supervisor, Ketchum B2B
Amma Owusu Administrator, Registrant Services
Sandra Smith Advertising Director
Chris Druce Area Business Manager, West GNP Company
Joan VanDemark Area Sales Manager Land O' Frost, Inc.
Dan Drake Area Vice President
Kelley Morris Area Vice President
Cristina Cilento Assistant Category Manager The North West Company Inc.
H. Glen Dolezal Jr., PhD. Assistant Vice President, Communication & Technology Development
Michael Billings Assistant Vice President, Meat Procurement
Paul Peil Assistant Vice President, Sales - Value Added Meats Hormel Foods Corporation
Bruce Balady Associate
Ron Brownstein Associate
Shannon Collins Associate
Stacey Couch Associate Sealed Air Corporation
Rob Dowell Associate
Luke Flatla Associate
Doug Flutie Associate
Frank Gambarella Associate
Jeff Lane Associate Northeast Food Marketing
Steve Midlarsky Associate
Michael Muha Associate Northeast Food Marketing
Gino Palummo Associate
Rick Pike Associate
David Reister Associate
Hal Sankey Associate
Leah Schaal Associate
Ruth Schneider Associate
Elliot Schnier Associate
Greg Treat Associate
Nicholas Valentino Associate
Bernard Williams Associate
Carol Word Associate
Melanie Abel Associate Brand Manager
Michelle Lieszkovsky Associate Brand Manager
Katie Smith Associate Brand Manager, al fresco Kayem Foods Inc.
Randy Hammett Associate Publisher
Nicole Duchene Associate Trade Marketing Manager Crystal Farms
Joe Senger Beef Buyer
Juan Francisco Staudt Beef Manager
Greg Bourke Board Member Thomas Foods International, Canada Ltd.
William Fielding BOD
Megan Donahue Brand Manager
Michael Witt Brand Manager, Fresh Pork
Bob Kufferman Brand Manager, Kayem
Joseph Caruana Broker Sales
Frank Bauer Business and Sales Development
David Jefferys Business Development
Lee Revis Business Development Director Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Mark Bozzacco Business Development Manager Action Food Sales, Inc.
Tom Gonzalez Business Development Manager
Dan Marshall Business Development Manager
Deanna Ross Business Development Manager Action Food Sales, Inc.
Ben Skarmas Business Development Manager
Linden Cowper Business Development Manager, Retail
Joe Kraft Business Director, Process Films Atlantic
Jon Finch Business Manager Daymon
Miles Nyland Business Manager
Mike Lubke Business Manager, Meat
Bret Hultman Business Manager, Value Added Programs
Mike Louderback Business Manager, Value Added Programs National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Scott Utecht Business Manager, Value Added Programs National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Mike Forbis Business Mgr.
John Keating Business Unit Leader, Beef
Vince Buszko Buyer Porky Products
Cory Canady Buyer
Doug Foster Buyer
Beth Kennedy Buyer
Paul McGrath Buyer Target Corporation
John Stowell Buyer BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.
Jean Sheets Buyer and Category Manager Meijer, Inc.
David Neitzel Buyer and Merchandiser Meijer, Inc.
Ryan Okeson Buyer, Meat and Seafood Target Corporation
Elizabeth Wunderlich Caribbean Manager US Meat Export Federation (USMEF)
Larry Butcher Case Ready Field Manager
Kelley Chandler Category Analyst Monogram Food Solutions
Jack Bell Category Director, Meat Tyson Foods, Inc.
Carly Phillips Category Information Specialist Land O' Frost, Inc.
Andy Anderson Category Manager
Jeff Elwell Category Manager
Craig Fisher Category Manager Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Joe Hallinan Category Manager
Matt Mesok Category Manager
Sean Stanley Category Manager
Alan Warren Category Manager of Fresh Meat
Michael Watts Category Manager, Beef, Veal and Lamb Ahold Delhaize USA
Dan Dicola Category Manager, Fresh Meat Topco Associates LLC
Steven Englert Jr. Category Manager, Meat Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Paul Schulte Category Manager, Meat Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Chuck Walsten Category Manager, Meat
Paula Araya-Alvarez MBA Category Manager, Meats, Deli and Food Service
Rick Wilson Category Manager, Pork
Malinda Renfroe Category Marketing Manager Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Chad Sendzik Category Sales Specialist Hormel Foods Corporation
Jim Berg Category, Information Specialist
Randy Holtz Central Region Area Manager
Ron Hausman Central Region Sales Manager
John Nilsson Jr. CEO Action Food Sales, Inc.
David Van Eekeren CEO & President Land O' Frost, Inc.
Richard Price CEO and Owner
Ghazi Taki Chairman Amazing Taste Foods, Inc.
Thom Blischok Chairman and CEO The Dialogic Group, LLC
Blair Snyder Chairman of the Board
Craig Huffhines CHB Director
Hamilton Goss Chef
Michael Martir Chef
Jonathan Penson Chef, Springer Mountain Farms Fieldale Farms Corporation
William Mayo Chief Administrative Officer Wakefern Food Corp.
Scott Rouse Chief Customer Officer Tyson Foods, Inc.
Ned Bardic Chief Customer Officer and President of Enterprise Solutions EnsembleIQ
Ariane Daguin Chief Exective Officer D'Artagnan
Gordon Bennett Chief Executive Officer MPS Enterprises, LLC
Randy Blach Chief Executive Officer CattleFax, Inc.
Robert Buddig Chief Executive Officer Carl Buddig & Company
John Coleman Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Everson Chief Executive Officer Everson Spice Company, Inc.
Jerry Hall Chief Executive Officer
Charles Harlfinger Chief Executive Officer
Richard Saker Chief Executive Officer Saker ShopRites, Inc.
John Saunders Chief Executive Officer Where Food Comes From, Inc.
Ken Stettmeier Chief Executive Officer
Tim Zimmer Chief Marketing Officer Smithfield Foods Inc.
Christopher Hooks Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer
Robert Appell Chief Operating Officer
Kay Johnson Smith Chief Operating Officer Dairy MAX
Jim Kenny Chief Operating Officer Expana Markets/ Urner Barry
Monte Lowe Chief Operating Officer National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Greg Martin Chief Operating Officer Strauss Brands
Ted Maguire Chief Sales Officer Hain Pure Protein
Jarrod Sutton Chief Strategy Officer
Mike Day Co-President
Robert Sabdo Commercial Director Multisorb Filtration Group
James Riggsbee Commercial Director, Case Ready Pactiv LLC
Julio Gandara Commercial Manager
Jeff Green Commodity Meat Manager Wayne - Sanderson Farms
Tom Houlton Consultant
Mike Galomb Consumer Field Sales
Felicia Wheat Consumer Promotions Manager
Steve Bonasia Corporate Chef
Frank Dominguez Corporate Chef Smithfield Farmland Sales Corp.
Patrick Patti Corporate Chef
Herbert Melton Corporate Retail Accounts Specialist Wayne - Sanderson Farms
Mark Jefcoat Corporate Sales Manager
Wes Burnette Corporate Sales Manager, Retail
Joe Steinwinder Corporate Sales Manager, Retail Wayne - Sanderson Farms
Jim Schloss Corporate Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Mark Adams Creative Communication Director
Trish Carlin Customer Business Manager Land O' Frost, Inc.
Dan Weiskopf Customer Business Manager Land O' Frost, Inc.
Patrick Henrie Customer Business Manager I Land O' Frost, Inc.
Patrick Henrie Customer Business Manager I Land O' Frost, Inc.
Frank Warren Customer Business Manager I Land O' Frost, Inc.
Alyssa Carey Data Analyst
Brian O'Neill Data Analyst
Dennis Blackmon Deli Director
Stefano Ceschia Director
Ken Johnson Director
Jeff Josselyn Director
Mike Rosinski Director Sealed Air Corporation
Eric Scholer Director Express Markets, Inc.
Steven Howren Director Center Store
Gary Bolduc Director Center Store, Dairy, Frozen, HBC, GM, Non Foods
Tara Haye Director Corporate Purchasing
Joe Hermes Director Fresh Sales
Daniel Metta Director Meat/Seafood
JR Vernon Director of Business Development
Steve Peterson Director of Business Development, WalMart
George Swan Director of Cruiseline Sales
Ryan Mills Director of Food Chain Coordination, Social Responsibility
Jeff Wells Director of Fresh
Tom Sargent Director of Grass Fed Sales Meyer Natural Foods
Chris Anderson Director of Marketing
Sarah Crowley Director of Marketing
Jackie Lopez Director of Marketing Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC
Tammy Shaw Director of Marketing Services Cargill Protein
Curtis Harker Director of Meat Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Marc Letourneau Director of Meat and Seafood
Jeff Sahr Director of Meat and Seafood Merchandising
Robert Megahee Director of Meat and Seafood Sales
Russell Fontenot Director of Meat Operations Affiliated Foods, Inc.
Don Underwood Director of Meat Operations Merchants Distributors, LLC
Bill Harrell Director of Meat Services
Jim Slater Director of National Accounts
Kara Behlke Director of Nutrition and Dietetics
Mark Hotchkiss Director of Purchasing Western Family Foods, Inc.
Sarah Menard Director of Retail Sales Kayem Foods Inc.
Jerry Boerger Director of Sales
Chris Dever Director of Sales Daymon
Joseph Gibbons Director of Sales Yerecic Label
John Pelles Director of Sales Land O' Frost, Inc.
Rick Wiser Director of Sales BrucePac
Rob Hontz Director of Sales & Marketing Express Markets, Inc.
Jeff Brown Director of Sales- Food Business Multisorb Filtration Group
Matthew Schumacher Director of Sales, Western U.S. Land O' Frost, Inc.
Don James Director Sales and Merchandising Meat
Dennis Parks Director Sales- Advantage Fresh Advantage Solutions
Dean Conklin Director, Account Development
Tara Adams Director, Account Strategy and Key Accounts
Allison Bagley Director, Association Marketing
Keith Hill Director, Brand Management Land O' Frost, Inc.
Thomas Ryan Director, Brand Strategy
Dave Demi Director, Broker Management
Donielle Stewart Director, Business Development Smithfield Foods Inc.
Kevin Zieziula Director, Business Development, Supply Track
Meghan Pusey Director, Channel Public Relations National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Charlie Forrest Director, Commodity Sourcing, Meat and Seafood
James Dudlicek Director, Communications and External Affairs
Scott Gerbec Director, Corporate Buying ALDI Inc.
Brad Van Camp Director, Corporate Buying ALDI Inc.
Tony Seta Director, Culinary Services
James O'Hara Director, Customer Marketing Land O' Frost, Inc.
Steven Lopez Director, Customer Support Amazing Taste Foods, Inc.
Laurie Gethin Director, Education
Sean Gagnon Director, Field Marketing West
Rob Greger Director, Field Operations
Terry Maul Director, Field Sales, West and Midwest
Bruce Cox Director, Fresh Foods
David Doss Director, Fresh Foods Acosta
Alison Pordash Director, Grocery Category Management The Kroger Co.
Paul Hetzel Director, In-Store Merchandising Tops Markets, LLC
Ivan Esparza Director, Latin America Sales National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Kevin Oliver Director, Market and Produce Food Lion, LLC
Trevor Amen Director, Market Intelligence and Veal Marketing
Kristin Clemmer Director, Marketing
Kim Holman Director, Marketing Wixon, Inc.
Steve Leigh Director, Marketing
Chris Nimis Director, Marketing
David Quinn Director, Marketing Service
David Harnish Director, Meat and Seafood
Rick Heatherington Director, Meat and Seafood
James Lane Director, Meat and Seafood Tops Markets, LLC
Terry Mitchell Director, Meat and Seafood
Donald Warren Director, Meat and Seafood
Steve Brooks Director, Meat Merchandising
Matthew Johnson Director, Meat Merchandising
Eric Besselman Director, Meat Operations
John Cremens Director, Meat Operations
Darold Furrer Director, Meat Operations
Frank Vitale Director, Meat Operations
Tony Knight Director, Meat Procurement
Russell Stephen Director, Meat Program
Ian Abbott Director, Meat Programs
Sam Middlebrook Director, Meat RBU
Gary Luechauer Director, Meat, Seafood and Deli Replenishment
Mark Westmoland Director, Meat, Seafood Operations and Procurement
Steve Williams Director, Meat, Seafood, Deli and Bakery
Doug Small Director, National Retail Sales Fresh Mark, Inc.
Marc Aneed Director, New Business Development
Henry Horkan Director, North America Bord Bia - The Irish Food Board
Mark Copa Director, Operation Analysis
Tommy Mumphrey Director, Perishables
George Muscat Director, Perishables
Thomas Spivack Director, Perishables
Charles Ellis Director, Planning and Perishables
Penny Nau Director, Promotions
Michael McMann Director, Ready to Cook Retail
Cira Forbes Director, Ready to Eat Retail Pilgrim's USA
Brian Caravella Director, Retail Sales Bachoco USA
Christopher Lacerenza Director, Retail Sales
Clay Nicholson Director, Retail Sales
Larry Null Director, Retail Sales
Tim Peters Director, Retail Sales
Alan Sickendick Director, Retail Sales Frick's Quality Meats, Inc.
Steve Barkurn Director, Sales Wayne - Sanderson Farms
Brent Payne Director, Sales
Bob Gradwohl Director, Sales Arizona Advantage Solutions
Bob Andorfer Director, Sales and Marketing Excalibur Seasoning Co. Ltd.
Jerry Dyvig Director, Sales, West Zone
Kurt Termansen Director, Sausage Sales American Foods Group, LLC
Rodney Nedved Director, Smoked Meat, Seafood and Frozen Save a Lot, Ltd.
Cheryl Hendricks Director, Strategic Account Mgmt. & Program Execution National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Warren Deason Director, Strategic Insights and Analytics
John Green Director, Strategic Marketing
Mike Patterson District Manager
Joseph Salhab District Manager
Jan Whiteley Division Manager
Eli Prica Division President, Texas
Alexei Kazakov Downstream Marketing, Food Packaging NOVA Chemicals
Bill Weiss Eastern Division Sales Manager Dietz & Watson
Lester LaBell Eastern Region Sales Manager
Karl Peterson Eastern Sales Lead Cargill Protein
Steve Meyer Ph.D. Economist Kerns & Associates
Steve Meyer Ph.D. Economist Kerns & Associates
Paul Aho, PhD. Economist and Consultant Poultry Perspective
Richard Mitchell Editor Supermarket News
Matthew Enis Editor, Fresh Market Supermarket News
Chuck Miller Empire Marketing Strategies
Dana Bean Executive Account Manager Certified Angus Beef, LLC
Mark Sykes Executive Account Manager Certified Angus Beef, LLC
Randy Whittemore Executive Account Manager Certified Angus Beef, LLC
Dave Zino Executive Chef, Consumer Marketing
Brian Phillips Executive Director of Business Development Strauss Brands
Louis Treuting Executive Director of Culinary Operations
David Fikes Executive Director, FMI Foundation FMI
Jim Ethridge Executive Director, Strategic Account Management
Thomas Buddig Executive Vice President Carl Buddig & Company
Joe Luter IV Executive Vice President
Cory Rasmussen Executive Vice President Mancini Rodon Group
Melissa Rullman Executive Vice President
Dean Sanders Executive Vice President
John Vigna Executive Vice President Carl Buddig & Company
Steven Binder Executive Vice President , President Hormel Business Units
John Pauley Executive Vice President and CCO
Christopher Darmody Executive Vice President, JOH Fresh JOH
Mark Messier Executive Vice President, Merchandising
Tim Wensman Executive Vice President, Processing and Supply
Kerry Doughty Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing, Research and Development Butterball, LLC
Jeff Hampton Exhibitor Appointed Contractor National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Ricky Reed Exhibitor Contractor, Display Studios
Kim Clark Field Sales
Brent Woltman Fine Foods
Luke Laperriere Former Vice President Meat and Seafood Sales and Procurement at Harris Teeter
John Nilsson, Sr. Founder Action Food Sales, Inc.
Kent Harrison Founder and President Pro Max Consulting, LLC
Charles Moore Founder/Managing Partner Niman Ranch
Mike Bonniwell Fresh Consultant
Ray Dowless Fresh Consultant
Grover Johns Fresh Consultant SUPERVALU - East Region
Shane Lee Fresh Consultant Meat, Deli and Produce
Terry Martin Fresh Merchandising Manager, Meat and Seafood
Larry Powell Fresh Sales Consultant
David Zach Futurist
Andy Kuthalingam General Manager
Scott Bonta General Manager, Sales and Marketing
Mark Spagnola Group Manager, Meat Merchandising Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Ryan Pociask Group Marketing Manager Johnsonville Sausage, LLC
Steve Venenga Group Product Manager Hormel Foods Corporation
Larry Vorpahl Group Vice President and President, Hormel Food International
Mark VanBuskirk Group Vice President of Fresh Wakefern Food Corp.
Chris Scott Group Vice President, Logistics and Distribution
Jeffrey Baker Group Vice President, Marketing-Value Added Meat - Retail Hormel Foods Corporation
Edward Meyer Group Vice President, Meat, Seafood and Bakery
Kevin Quam Head of Lamb Division
George Price Head of Pork Outside Sales East Region JBS Foods USA, LLC
Ross Manternach Head of Pork Sales and Marketing JBS Foods USA, LLC
Chris Benson Head of Sales, Beef and Pork Tyson Foods, Inc.
Duncan Webb HEB Team Leader Acosta
Hiral Patel Independent
Lee Bonecutter Integration Lead Cargill Protein
John Cravens Key Account Manager
Robin Peterson Key Accounts Manager
Greg Cash Kroger National Account Manager
Jose Miguel Ramirez Manager
Kevin Thompson Manager
Neil Norman Manager of Customer Loyalty Ahold Delhaize USA
Chuck Godwin Manager, Account Development
Jody Smith Manager, Case Ready
Don Ellen Manager, Customer Relations
Hillary Burroughs Manager, Marketing Wayne - Sanderson Farms
Jeff Austin Manager, Meat
Glenn Hedlund Manager, Meat Merchandising
Monica D'Ancona Manager, Retail Accounts Catelli Brothers
Ron Koenig Manager, Sales Marcho Farms, Inc.
Tucker McNeese Manager, Sales
Chad Spaulding Managing Director
Kimberlie Clyma Managing Editor Meat & Poultry Magazine
Chris Penning Managing Partner FX Technology & Products LLC
Christopher Warne Managing VP of Sales SmartBrief, Inc.
Stephen Scott Market Analyst Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency
Sean Brady Market Development Manager Sealed Air Corporation
Jeff Womack Market Development Sales Specialist
Jesus Iglesias Market Specialist
Lynne Kent Marketing
Vicki Partida Marketing
Shawn Harris Marketing Director Sealed Air Corporation
Dee Reviere Marketing Director, Retail Task Force
Jordan Miller Marketing Manager
Cathy Sturm Marketing Manager National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Carrie Thomas Marketing Manager
Erin Mohler Marketing Specialist
Jamie Hunter Marketing, Development Sales
Il Kim Meat Advisor Food Bazaar Supermarkets
Rick Woienski Meat Associate
Steve Keville Meat Buyer Grocery Outlet Inc.
Jack Kwon Meat Buyer Food Bazaar Supermarkets
Greg Smith Meat Buyer
Jason DiLillo Meat Director Village Supermarket ShopRite
Peter Fitzgerald Meat Director
Mike Halley Meat Director
Jason McCarthy Meat Director
Kelly Mortensen Meat Director
Carey Otwell Meat Director Mitchell Grocery Corporation
Del Peeno Meat Field Specialist
Dale Booms Meat Manager
Joe Parajecki Meat Manager
Jorge Vallejo Meat Manager
Blaine Bourgeois Meat Merchandiser
Merrill Jones Meat Merchandiser
Thomas Neal Meat Merchandiser Associated Grocers, Inc. (LA)
Robert Stanton Meat Merchandiser
Ryan Woodfield Meat Operations Specialist Associated Food Stores, Inc.
Walter Goodman Meat Procurement
Rodrigo Tapia Meat Purchasing Manager
Adolfo Villa Meat Purchasing Manager
Kenwin Smart Meat Room Manager
Jin Hur Meat Supervisor Food Bazaar Supermarkets
Julio Southerland Meats Manager
Steve Alberts Merchandise Manager FPL Food LLC
Mark Salerno Merchandiser Supervisor Wakefern Food Corp.
Jeffrey Ludwin Merchandising Manager
Stephen Rohrbach Merchandising Manager
Terry Harriman Merchandising Manager, Meat and Seafood
Tom Scheidt Mid-Atlantic Regional Sales Manager Kayem Foods Inc.
Mike McElwain National Account Manager Pactiv LLC
Mark Millen National Account Manager
Dave Quinn National Account Manager
Tom Haynie National Accounts Sales Pilgrim's USA
Susan Beebe National Business Development Manager Sealed Air Corporation
Jerry Kelly National Business Development Manager Sealed Air Corporation
Jon Hansen National Retail Account Manager, Retail Task Force Sealed Air Corporation
Robert Gabage National Retail Marketing Manager
Rob Kirchofer National Retail Marketing Manager
Donna Bartch National Sales
Jeff Cormier National Sales Manager DS Smith Packaging
Laura Eichmann National Sales Manager
Ron Gaydosh National Sales Manager
Irv Isaacson National Sales Manager, Retail
Mark Howell National Vice President, Fresh Foods Acosta
Sharon Cordina New Business Development Manager Food And Drug Packaging
Ray White Northeast Regional Manager
Carol Lakey Northwest Region Sales
Scott Strasinger Outside Sales Representative American Foods Group, LLC
Gry Engen Owned Brand Buyer Meat and Seafood Target Corporation
Patrick Beyer Owner Etherton Sales and Merchandising
Jason Ravitz Owner Ravitz Family Markets
Galen Miller Owner and President Pine Manor/Miller Poultry
Dave Murray Owner and President
Jeffrey Berlin Partner
Brett Verkaik Partner Standard Market
Neal Matthews Performance Validation Specialist PIC NA
Wendy Hughes Perishable Merchandising Analyst
Adrian Eugene Perishables Manager
Fred Printzlau Perishables Procurement Manager Harris Teeter LLC
David Wier Planning Manager, Meat and Seafood
Steven Bunke PNW Senior Category Merchandiser
Kevin Miller Poultry Category Manager
Alfred Albano President Pryority Food Marketing
J.D. Alexander President
David Atcherley President Grasselli SSI
Jordan Beeman President
Mike Boggeri President Boggeri Sales & Marketing
Cammie Chatterton President Bay Food Brokerage, Inc.
Alvaro Cofino President INHARSA
Jim Dorey President
Mike Ensley President
Jeffrey Friedman President retailmediaIQ
John Hagerla President Steakhouse Naturals, LLC
Dave Hazekamp President
Kenneth Hopkins President Everson Spice Company, Inc.
Dennis Keresey President Northeast Food Marketing
Erik Lieberman President USFI Sales LLC
James Mattson President Baldwin & Mattson, Inc.
Rex Moore President
Benjamin Pasternak President Olek Group, Inc.
Mike Plunk President Arthur-Bertel & Associates, Inc.
James Renda President Multisorb Filtration Group
Ed Scavuzzo President Kansas City Steak Co
Brian Snyder President
Frank Tarantino President Thomas Foods International USA
Paul Towle President Empire Marketing Strategies
Doug Von Iderstein President
Andy Wertheim President D'Artagnan
James Wilcox President Wilcox Marketing
Brent Wolke President Teys USA Inc.
Art Yerecic President Yerecic Label
Art Yerecic President Yerecic Label
Pete Eckes President / CEO Global Perishable Strategies
Donnie Smith President / CEO Foster Farms
Matt Monkiewicz President & CEO Kayem Foods Inc.
Shane O'Hara President & CEO The Lamb Company
Stephanie Reid President & COO Shelby Publishing Co., Inc.
Rod Brenneman President and CEO
Anthony Catelli President and CEO Catelli Brothers
John Csukor President and CEO
Tim Klein President and CEO National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Nick Mantyla President and CEO
William Morris President and CEO Bubba Foods, LLC
Erik Everson President and CFO Everson Spice Company, Inc.
Adam Taki President and Chief Executive Officer Amazing Taste Foods, Inc.
Mike Brown President and COO
Harlan Clemmons President and COO
Leonal Kilgore President And COO Vantage Foods, Inc.
Rodney McCrum President and COO
Wayne Gilreath President, Atlanta Service Center Tyson Foods, Inc.
Woody Norris President, Business Development
Brent Beerens President, Empire Corporate Brands Empire Marketing Strategies
Mike Townsley President, Food Products Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
Marcy LeBlanc Sr. President, LeBlanc's Payless
Joe Weber President, Mexico Operations Smithfield Foods Inc.
Joseph Sebring President, Packaged Meats Division Smithfield Foods Inc.
Steven Evans President, Premium Prepared Foods Perdue Foods
Alan Byers President, Regional Beef JBS Foods USA, LLC
Thomas Windish President, Retail Channel Cargill Protein
Joe DePippo President, Sales, Marketing, and Chicken Operations
Eugene Giddens President, Sales, Southern Region
Chris Spangler President/CEO HS&R Sales and Marketing Solutions
Danette Amstein Principal Midan Marketing Inc.
Frank Beurskens Principal ShoptoCook, Inc.
Helen Levinson Principal
Rita Munoz Principal Marketing Partners, Inc.
Michael Uetz Principal Midan Marketing Inc.
Michael Walser Principal Marketing Partners, Inc.
Dave Shepard Principle Meat Solutions, Inc.
Vincent Ligas Procurement Manager
Jeff Twomey Product Manager
Keith Belk Professor and Chair Colorado State University
Caroline Ahn Public Relations
Frank Prokos Publisher
Jerry Rymont Publisher Informa
David Ferrelli Purchasing Director, Meat, Deli, Bakery and Seafood
Don Javorsky Region Manager American Foods Group, LLC
Leonard Rochon Regional Account Manager
Rick Laakkonen Regional Food Service Sales Manager
Chris Hyatt Regional Manager
Steve Edwards Regional Manager, North America
Bill Gandy Regional Manager, Southwest Region
Michael Nucero Regional Meat Consultant
Steven Giroux Regional Sales Ambassador Meat Distributors, Inc.
Kevin Carrazzone Regional Sales Manager Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC
Sharon Cook Regional Sales Manager
Danny Hodge Regional Sales Manager
Robert Kleis Regional Sales Manager
Tom Kramlich Regional Sales Manager Mountaire Farms, Inc.
Wayne Morgan Regional Sales Manager Mountaire Farms, Inc.
Bruce Mumpower Regional Sales Manager
Tony Neal Regional Sales Manager Pilgrim's USA
Jay Robinson Regional Sales Manager Pilgrim's USA
John Schneider Regional Sales Manager
Bruce Smith Regional Sales Manager
Heather Whalen Regional Sales Manager Butterball, LLC
John Knierim Regional Sales Representative
Bruce Longo Reporter, Beef Market Expana Markets/ Urner Barry
Gregg Slaughter Retail Business Development Manager Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
Marianne Denomme Retail Excellence Team Director
Javier Garcia Retail Manager US Meat Export Federation (USMEF)
Warren Nicholson Retail Product Development Land O' Frost, Inc.
Greg Basham Retail Regional Sales Manager
Ray Green Retail Regional Sales Manager
Jim Meka Retail Regional Sales Manager Birchwood Foods
Mark Waldron Retail Regional Sales Manager
Miles Atchison Retail Sales Manager
Mike Hamrock Retail Sales Manager
Terry Holland Retail Sales Manager
Dan O'Neill Retail Sales Support Fieldale Farms Corporation
Taylor Osborne Retail Sales Support Fieldale Farms Corporation
Brian Word Retail Specialist Superior Farms
Paul Canon Sales Pilgrim's USA
Chad Cliburn Sales Pilgrim's USA
Dan Daley Sales Pilgrim's USA
Larry Higdem Sales
Thomas Kiniry Sales
David Kyzer Sales
Justin Malvick Sales
James Varveris Sales
Kile Waters Sales
Zak Romanoff Sales Account Support Fieldale Farms Corporation
Jennifer Anderson Sales Accounting Manager Land O' Frost, Inc.
Chris Chatterton Sales Analyst Bay Food Brokerage, Inc.
Cole Fletcher Sales and Business Development Manager
Kelly Perrier Sales and Business Development Manager, Pork
Laura Taney Sales and Marketing Specialist
Lloyd Palmer Sales Consultant
Bill Leatherbury Sales Coordinator Value Added Programs
Tom Schneider Sales Director Johnsonville Sausage, LLC
Jeff Sullivan Sales Director R Squared Solutions; a division of Advantage Solutions
Justin Teten Sales Executive
John Field Sales Leader, Eastern Division
Jim Baird Sales Manager
Ken Barnes Sales Manager
Adam Bauer Sales Manager Sun Fed Ranch
Rick Bills Sales Manager
Jerry Dotson Sales Manager
James McKnight Sales Manager Nebraska Beef
Dave Meguiar Sales Manager
Bill Santos Sales Manager The Lamb Company
Derek Seibert Sales Manager
Tom Slagle Sales Manager Advantage Solutions
Richard Sprayberry Sales Manager
Chris Sutliff Sales Manager Mountain States Rosen, LLC
Ron Gardner Sales Manager, Fresh
Gregg Sylvester Sales Manager, Fresh American Foods Group, LLC
Greg Morgan Sales Manager, Kroger
Jim Duncan Sales Manager, West Division
Brecklyn Ferrell Sales Manager, Western Region
Chad Ferguson Sales Plan Coordinator The Kroger Co.
Stan Streetman Sales Rep D&H Marketing Group
Brian Fall Sales Representative
Mehdi Shirazi Sales Representative
Rick Holman Sales Strategy Manager Pilgrim's USA
Joe VanZandt Seafood and Meat Specialist
Darryl Marshall Senior Account Executive Wilcox Marketing
Karen Shearer Senior Account Executive
Chad Warren Senior Account Executive Wilcox Marketing
John Donnelly Jr. Senior Analyst
Ed Wayda Senior Brand Manager, CPG Smithfield Farmland Sales Corp.
David Myers Senior Business Manager Acosta
Abel Pulido Senior Buyer, Beef Sam's Club
John Peine Senior Buyer, Frozen and Processed Meat Target Corporation
David Zientek Senior Category Manager Topco Associates LLC
Tom Morris Senior Category Manager, Fresh Meat Topco Associates LLC
Laura Melin Senior Category Strategy and Innovation Manager The Kroger Co.
Sabrina McManus Senior Director Loblaw Companies Limited
Jamey Payne Senior Director
Jeff Trafford Senior Director of Market Development and Branding Colorado Boxed Beef Co.
Stefan Oellinger Senior Director of Raw Business Applegate
Jeff Poehls Senior Director, Case Ready
Shelley Bradway Senior Director, Channel Marketing National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Keith Bollman Senior Director, Commodities Topco Associates LLC
Michael Shinstine Senior Director, Customer Development Tyson Foods, Inc.
Jeff Neil Senior Director, IQF and Cornish
Eric Esch Senior Director, Marketing
Timothy Kent Senior Director, Meat and Seafood Merchandising SpartanNash Company
Frank Thurlow Senior Director, Meat Merchandising
Ben Quigley Senior Director, Meeting Services FMI
Brian Murray Senior Director, Packaged Meat Sales, Retail South Central Region
Todd Russell Senior Director, Retail Sales Cloverdale Foods Company
Mark Cassady Senior Director, Sales Smithfield Foods Inc.
Ed Tanksley Senior Director, Sales Smithfield Foods Inc.
Darryl Butler Senior Key Account Manager
Colleen Bailey Senior Manager, Meeting Services
Russell Woodward Senior Manager, Product Marketing Texas Beef Council
Bill Goerich Senior Market Manager
Jay Wilson Senior Marketing Director
Pete Bruehl Senior Marketing Manager Amcor Flexibles North America
Brandon Dittrich Senior Meat Buyer
Aaron Bush Senior Meat Category Sales Manager Merchants Distributors, LLC
Robert Fields Senior Merchandise Director, Fresh Meat, Seafood and Deli Sam's Club
Robert Fields Senior National Account Manager Everson Spice Company, Inc.
Bob Alexander Senior Vice President
Chris Boudinet Senior Vice President
Dennis Brucker Senior Vice President
Eric Buckman Senior Vice President
Tony Buono Senior Vice President
Brent Eichar Senior Vice President
Jevon Ewig Senior Vice President Porky Products
Ron Ratz Senior Vice President Wixon, Inc.
William Roenigk Senior Vice President National Chicken Council
Donald Vaughn Senior Vice President
Will Brunt Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer
Drew McGee Senior Vice President and GM, Raw Poultry Tyson Foods, Inc.
Tom Klein Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Guy McFarlane Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Douglas Reetz Senior Vice President Sales, CPS
Mike McGinnis Senior Vice President, Corporate Meat and Seafood
Bruce Graham Senior Vice President, Divisional Merchandise Manager
Chris Hodges Senior Vice President, Fresh Business Development
Ken Wicker Senior Vice President, Fresh Foods Festival Foods
Ernie Vespole Senior Vice President, Fresh Foods Grocery Sales East Region Acosta
Frank Carfioli Senior Vice President, Fresh Foods West
Jerry Holbrook Senior Vice President, Fresh Meats Sales and Marketing Tyson Foods, Inc.
Michael Leary Senior Vice President, General Merchandise Manager BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.
Mike Miller Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and Research National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Lucky Hicks Senior Vice President, Marketing
James Beauvais Senior Vice President, Marketing and Merchandising Albertsons Companies, Inc. - Southern California Division
Brendan Smith Senior Vice President, Marketing and Research and Development
David Kent Senior Vice President, New Business Development Meyer Natural Foods
Kelly Schoeneck Senior Vice President, New England Division Operations Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Sargon Boudakh Senior Vice President, Operations
Tracy Wind Senior Vice President, Packaged Meats Sales, Retail East Division Smithfield Foods Inc.
Jeff Tripician Senior Vice President, PPMC Coleman Natural Foods
Chad Baker Senior Vice President, Retail Brands
Chris Lambrix Senior Vice President, Retail Business Development
William Klump Senior Vice President, Retail Marketing Butterball, LLC
Kent Partida Senior Vice President, Retail Sales Meyer Natural Foods
Richard Sarvas Senior Vice President, Retail Sales
Tim Weiler Senior Vice President, Retail Sales Meyer Natural Foods
Chuck Meath Senior Vice President, Retail Sales & Marketing
Alan Casey Senior Vice President, Sales
Carl Hermreck Senior Vice President, Sales Burger Specialty Foods
Randy Meyers Senior Vice President, Sales
Kurt Mueller Senior Vice President, Sales Hormel Foods Corporation
Mike Pratt Senior Vice President, Sales Meyer Natural Foods
David Hickey Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Barry Lynch Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Andrew Urban Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Perdue Foods
Jeff Culhane Senior Vice President, Sales and Merchandising, Northeast Grocery Shared Services - Market 32, Price Chopper, Tops Markets Northeast Grocery, Inc.
Daniel Hartzog Senior Vice President, Sales, CPS
John Horton Senior Vice President, Supply Chains
Jessica Julca South America Manager US Meat Export Federation (USMEF)
Steve Stahl Southeast Field Sales Manager
Jeff Jarvis Southeast Regional Manager Kayem Foods Inc.
Thomas Pirkle Southeast Regional Sales
Wally Duplaga Special Accounts Executive
Bud Trunk Sr Vice President, Sales-Western Division Butterball, LLC
Mark Walthers Sr. Director of Sales, Meat and Seafood Pacific Region UNFI
Brett DiNaples Sr. Key Account Manager Yerecic Label
Chris Peach Sr. Vice President, Retail Sales Butterball, LLC
Erick Jensen Sr. VP of Sales Meyer Natural Foods
Mathilda Dejean Store Manager Fine Foods Inc
Adam Khan Store Manager
Gary Robertson Strategic Account Manager
David Bray SVP Poultry & Retail Case Ready Business Development Tyson Foods, Inc.
Keith Culver SVP Sales and Marketing Tyson Foods, Inc.
Chris Hauser Team Lead Meat Specialist
Michael Brewer Technical Account Manager, Protein Group Wixon, Inc.
Gary Mills Technical Engineer
Jace Hetherley Technical Sales Engineer
Randy Schweitzer Technical Sales Engineer, Processor Group
Gary DelDuca Technical Sales Manager
Lindsay Riehle Technical Sales manager Paper Pak Industries
David Yates Technical Services Manager
Alberto Diaz Translator US Meat Export Federation (USMEF)
Brad Moore Tray-Pack Sales Manager Fieldale Farms Corporation
Bob Mann Vice Chairman
Jerry Broms Vice President
Jerry Grove Vice President Express Markets, Inc.
Thomas Hayes Vice President
Mike Kraner Vice President
Michael Lanahan Vice President Superior Food Brokerage
Howard Lo Vice President
Marty Nichols Vice President Wilcox Marketing
Michael Platt Vice President Daymon
John Tallant Vice President
Jack White Vice President
Mark Woolever Vice President
Jeff White Vice President – Florida Sales Division R Squared Solutions; a division of Advantage Solutions
Zack Kimbell Vice President Business Development, Consumer Ready National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Patrick Fleming Vice President Demand Devlopment National Pork Board
Jason Resner Vice President Fresh Merchandising Fresh Thyme Market
Jack Gridley Vice President Meat, Seafood and Prepared Foods Dorothy Lane Market, Inc.
Jamie Sakin Vice President of Business Development Bubba Foods, LLC
Mike Richter Vice President of Fresh Merchandising
Andrew Brooks Vice President of Marketing Certified Hereford Beef, LLC
Jennifer Dibbern Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications American Foods Group, LLC
Mark Molter Vice President of Product
Raymond Capozzi Vice President of Retail Sales and Marketing Catelli Brothers
Dan Rokjer Vice President of Sales
Steve Smith Vice President of Sales
Ryan Vatan Vice President of Sales
Brian Roelofs Vice President of Sales and Marketing GNP Company
Jeff Johnson Vice President of Sales East Crystal Farms
Roger Kaiser Vice President Retail Sales
John Nugent Vice President, Alternate Channels, Hams and Deli
Spencer Knierim Vice President, Analytical Services
Bill Chastain Vice President, BallGround
Eric Zito Vice President, Business Development Meat Institute
Tim Price Vice President, Business Development Raw Poultry Tyson Foods, Inc.
Jason Robertson Vice President, Case Ready Beef and Pork Tyson Foods, Inc.
Bruce Brooking Vice President, Case Ready Meat
Randy King Vice President, Center Store Merchandising UNFI
Joe Barrie Vice President, Client Services
Jim Engstrom Vice President, Client Services
Donald King Vice President, Client Services, East Acosta
Jeffrey Gregori Vice President, Consumer and Shopper Analytics
John Conklin Vice President, Customer Development
Eric Siegfried Vice President, Customer Development National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Elmer Vazquez Vice President, Customer Development
Steve Hixon Vice President, Customer Engagement Midan Marketing Inc.
Will Therrien Vice President, Deli and Prepared Foods
Ceci Snyder Vice President, Domestic Marketing
Scott Webb Vice President, Domestic Sales and Marketing Seaboard Foods
Marie Ternieden Vice President, Education and Professional Development
Cheryl Radisa Vice President, Fresh
Rusty Mcdaniel Vice President, Fresh Foods Acosta
Weldon Weatherly Vice President, Fresh Meat and Seafood Grocery Outlet Inc.
Mark Gingerich Vice President, Fresh Meats Tyson Foods, Inc.
Jerry Suter Vice President, Fresh Operations Specialist and Compliance Officer, Weights and Measurements
Robert Darrell Vice President, Fresh Pork Sales Smithfield Foods Inc.
Michael Roe Vice President, Fresh, Kroger Team
Steve Orton Vice President, Ground Beef and Trim Sales National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Bill Dooley Vice President, Group Associate Publisher Shelby Publishing Co., Inc.
Brian Lynch Vice President, Industry Relations International Foodservice Distributors Association
Joe Vandette Vice President, JO'H Fresh JOH
Chris Jensen Vice President, Key Account Sales
Fabian Pereira Vice President, Marketing
Larry Saywell Vice President, Marketing
Andy Stenson Vice President, Marketing Bubba Foods, LLC
Derrick Sytsma Vice President, Marketing
Keith Welty Vice President, Marketing National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Sherrie Rosenblatt Vice President, Marketing and Communications Can Manufacturers Institute
Chad Nicholson Vice President, Marketing, Farmland and Gwaltney
Lise Gagnon Vice President, Marketing, Research and Development
Kevin Hawkins Vice President, Meat
Tony Busalacchi Vice President, Meat and Seafood
Stephen Edwards Vice President, Meat and Seafood
Todd Reidy Vice President, Meat and Seafood Ingles Markets, Inc.
Edward Steinmetz Vice President, Meat and Seafood Giant Eagle, Inc.
Russell Stevens Vice President, Meat and Seafood
Jim Sheeran Vice President, Meat and Seafood Retail Support
Roger Savoia Vice President, Meat Division Wakefern Food Corp.
Mike Jarzombek Vice President, Meat Marketing and Procurement H-E-B
Larry Ritzert Vice President, Meat Merchandising
James Chung Vice President, Meat Operations Food Bazaar Supermarkets
Louis Piscottano Vice President, Meat Operations C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Dan Unolt Vice President, Meat Purchasing
Marc Kurkiewicz Vice President, Member Development Topco Associates LLC
Rick Wheeler Vice President, Merchandising and Procurement
Rick Fernandes Vice President, Multicultural Merchandising
Kevin Younger Vice President, National Account Sales Tyson Foods, Inc.
Russell Rutter Vice President, Packaged Meat Sales, National Accounts Smithfield Foods Inc.
Tim Totin Vice President, Packaged Meats Sales, National Accounts Kroger Smithfield Foods Inc.
Michael Wallace Vice President, Perishables
Doug Davis Vice President, Perishables Operations
Mel Coleman Vice President, PPMC Coleman Natural Foods
Monty Staggs Vice President, Product Development
Charles Mostek Vice President, Product Production and Sales
Robert Giguere Vice President, Programs
Marilyn Kelly Vice President, Purchasing
Michael Ambrosio Vice President, Quality Assurance Division
Jay Jandrain Vice President, Research and Development
David MacVane Vice President, Retail Certified Angus Beef, LLC
David O'Diam Vice President, Retail Certified Angus Beef, LLC
Gary Darling Vice President, Retail Business Development
Jim Nowicki Vice President, Retail Business Development
Jim Smits Vice President, Retail Development
Robert Rohlander Vice President, Retail Operations Wakefern Food Corp.
Bruce Mooney Vice President, Retail Sales Mountaire Farms, Inc.
Robert Russo Vice President, Retail Sales
Todd Fawver Vice President, Retail Sales - West Cargill Protein
Ed Reina Vice President, Retail Sales and Development American Foods Group, LLC
Paul Pardini Vice President, Retail Sales and Marketing Foodcomm International
Joe Super Vice President, Retail Sales and Operations
Ron Marsh Vice President, Retail Sales and Regional Accounts
Dom Leal Vice President, Retail Sales, East Meyer Natural Foods
Jimmy Aiello Vice President, Sales
David Blackmon Vice President, Sales Pilgrim's USA
Jim Burke Vice President, Sales
Dan Burton Vice President, Sales
Kevin Butler Vice President, Sales American Foods Group, LLC
John Curran Vice President, Sales Pilgrim's USA
Dave Funk Vice President, Sales
David Gage Vice President, Sales
Robert Hamilton Vice President, Sales
Leah Harpole Vice President, Sales Pilgrim's USA
Chris Huff Vice President, Sales Hickory Foods, Inc
Jim Huston Vice President, Sales Johnsonville Sausage, LLC
Gregg Ibes Vice President, Sales Everson Spice Company, Inc.
Stephen Juliano Vice President, Sales D'Artagnan
Mike Naticchioni Vice President, Sales
Tony Palesotti Vice President, Sales
Todd Pogorzelski Vice President, Sales
Chris Reisner Vice President, Sales Kayem Foods Inc.
Jeff Rowley Vice President, Sales Carl Buddig & Company
Mark Slaughter Vice President, Sales Fresh Mark, Inc.
Dave Smith Vice President, Sales
Jeff Thomas Vice President, Sales Crystal Farms
John Brewer Vice President, Sales and Marketing Excalibur Seasoning Co. Ltd.
John Flynn Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Peter Gilligan Vice President, Sales and Marketing
James Hea Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Anthony Longino Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Brad Lorenger Vice President, Sales and Marketing JBS Foods USA, LLC
David Ordway Vice President, Sales and Marketing Pineland Farms
Jeff Paschall Vice President, Sales and Marketing Fieldale Farms Corporation
Morty Phillips Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Craig Powell Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Rick Ruge Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Richard Thoma Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Terry Wise Vice President, Sales and Marketing Frick's Quality Meats, Inc.
Lori Dunn Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Beef Strauss Brands
Sue Quillin Vice President, Sales Services
Vito Santoro Vice President, Sales Strategic Accounts Sealed Air Corporation
Ron Link Vice President, Sales, Lunch Meat and Ham
Thomas Black Vice President, The Americas'
Randy Toleman Vice-President, Sales & Marketing
Sherry Frey VP NielsenIQ
Audrey King VP Marketing Bell & Evans
Bob Bean VP of Marketing National Beef Packing Company, LLC
David Gadd VP of Retail Sales Wayne - Sanderson Farms
Brad Vokac VP Sales & Marketing Pure Prairie Poultry
Patrick Schwab VP Sales-East-Retail Hormel Foods Corporation
Gregory Persing West Sales Leader Cargill Protein
Randell Schneider Western Produce Sales Director Grocery Headquarters Magazine
Charlie Beckett
Michael Froehle
Tony Procida
Jonathan Quinn Multisorb Filtration Group
Trey Taylor