FMI INDUSTRY COLLABORATION COUNCIL
Main Room: Jeffersonian
October 22 – 23, 2014
Attendees
Committee Members
Steve Arnold (Co-Chair)
Executive Vice President, Marketing
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Kate Coler
Vice President for Federal Government Relations
Safeway Inc.
Joe Bivona (Co-Chair)
Vice President, Customer Development
Time Inc. Retail
Paul Cooke
Vice President & Director, Industry Relations
Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
Ric Alvarez (Committee Chair)
President & CEO
Overhill Farms, Inc.
Brent Cotten
Director, Customer & Industry Affairs
The Hershey Company
Bob Cutler (Committee Chair)
Senior Vice President, Procurement
Western Family Foods, Inc.
Patrick D'Ambrosio
Senior Director, Sales
National Frozen Foods Corporation
Dave Jones (Committee Chair)
Vice President, Industry Initiatives
Kellogg Company
Tom Duffy
Vice President, Industry Services
Nielsen
Keith Olscamp (Committee Chair)
Vice President, Industry Relations & Trade
Marketing
Campbell Soup Compan
Randy Evins
Industry Principal, Food & Drug
SAP America, Inc.
Wayne Altschul
Vice President, Private Brands
IGA, INC.
Denny Belcastro
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs &
Industry Collaboration
Hillshire Brands Company
Mel Bomprezzi
Vice President, National Foods & Multi-Cultural
Merchandising
The Kroger Co.
Steve Burkhardt
Director
Festival Foods
Elise Fennig
Associate Director, Industry Development
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
Michael Hackbarth
Vice President, Private Label
The Fremont Company
James Harris
Director, Supplier Diversity
H-E-B
Melissa Herbert
Director Industry Affairs
Neogen Corporation
Jim Hertel
Managing Partner
Willard Bishop, LLC
Beth Johnson
Executive Director, Business Development &
Industry Relations
Catalina
Tom Joyce
Vice President, Global Customer & Industry
Affairs
The Hershey Company
Bill Kies
Principal
Kies Consulting, LLC
Shawna Lemke
Director, Global Food Industry Relations
Monsanto Company
David MacQuarrie
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
JemPak GK Inc.
Holly Maher
Director of Retail Initiatives
Rehrig Pacific Company
Dexter Manning
Partner
Grant Thornton LLP
John Mayer
Vice President, U.S. Retail Sales
The J.M. Smucker Company
Chris Morrison
CMO
Trace One
Seth Nagle
Marketing Manager
RW3 Technologies, Inc.
Kevin Nemetz
Director of Business Development
Compass Marketing
Gary Petersen
Vice President, Retail & Non Grocery Sales
Red Gold, Inc.
Jack Porter
Executive Vice President, Trade Relations
KeHE Distributors
Mike Potthoff
Vice President, Sales Large Format
Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC
Tim Quinn
Vice President, Trade Development
Mars Chocolate North America
Bob Richardson
Director of Sales
The Clorox Company
Richard Richardson
Business Development Caribbean, LA Export
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
Mike Ridenour
Customer Vice President, Industry Development
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
Art Rosenberg
Vice President, Industry & Customer
Development
PepsiCo, Inc.
Blaine Ross
Executive Vice President, Global Sales &
Marketing Certification Board
Category Management Association
Susan Sentell
President & CEO
Gladson, LLC
Nate Shotwell
Director
Meijer, Inc.
Stephen Sibert
Advisor
inStream Media, Inc
Karen Sickles
Director, Marketing Communications
Park City Group, Inc.
Steve Sigrist
Vice President, Supply Chain
Newell Rubbermaid
Tom Sullivan
President
BD3 Consulting
Tom Solomon
Vice President, U.S. Sales
Altierre Corporation
GWade
Peter Thompson
Director, Customer and Industry Development
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Tim Tillia
Senior Director, Grocery Channel
American Greetings Corporation
Rick Tuma
Central U.S.A. Representative
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
(Ontario Food Exports)
Nick Voss
Director of Customer Solutions
MillerCoors
Gordon Wade
Chief Executive OfficerChieFoods Corporation
Category Management Association
Chuck Wall
Chief Executive Officer
Freight Handlers, Inc.
Win Weber
Chairman & CEO
Winston Weber & Associates, Inc.
Wanda Williams
Sr Director, Strategic Sales & Customer Sr Director,
Development
Waste Management, Inc
Wanda Williams
Sr Director, Strategic Sales & Customer Sr
Director, Development
Larry Vorpahl
President, Consumer Products Sales
Hormel Foods Corporation
Guests
Timothy Laseter
Senior Executive Advisor
Strategy&
Sherry Frey
Vice President
Nielsen Perishables Group
Staff
Leslie Sarasin
President & CEO
Dagmar Farr
Senior Vice President, Member Services
Mark Baum
Senior Vice President, Industry Relations &
Chief Collaboration Officer
Pat Walsh
Vice President, Supply Chain & Chief
Business Development Oficer
Sue Borra
Senior Vice President, Communications
Doug Baker
Vice President, Private Brands
Rick Stein
Vice President, Fresh Foods
Margaret Core
Vice President, Industry Events
Carol Abel
Vice President, Education & Research
Peter Collins
Director, Business Development
Cathy Polley
Vice President, Health & Wellness
Executive Director, FMI Foundation
Charmaine Wiggins
Manager, Total Store Collaboration
Adell Cokley
Administrator, Industry Relations