A

John Abbene
President
BRdata Software Solutions
Mike Abbene
Cloud Services Manager
BRDATA Software Solutions
Arthur Ackles
Senior Vice President of Merchandising, Buying and Store Design
Roche Bros
Paul Adams
President
Paul Adams & Associates
Eric Anderson
Principal
AR Marketing
Ken Andrews
President
Millennium Data Technologies

B

Ted Balistreri
Co-Owner
Sendik's Food Markets
Troy Beeler
General Manager
Future Commerce Initiative
Rob Belcore
Chief Customer Officer/Co-Founder
RSA America
Brittany Benton
Customer Care Manager
ECRS
Carey Berger
President
The BSR Group, Inc.
Amit Bhardwaj
VP of Customer Experience & Product Consulting
Algonomy
Thomas Bird
Shareholder
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A
Phil Blackburn
Owner
REM Market LLC
Thom Blischok
Chairman and CEO
The Dialogic Group
Michelle Breyer
Chief Marketing Officer
michelle@sku.is
Kevin Brooks
Chief Marketing Officer
Procurant

C

Chris Christie
Former Governor, New Jersey
Dave Cleckner
Director of Operations
Buehler's Fresh Foods
William Colon
President and CEO
World of the Latino Cuisine, Inc.
Jennifer Conrad
Senior Consultant, Education Partnerships
Strategic Education, Inc.
Peter Cooke
Director of Programs and Partnerships
Ratio Institute
Kevin Coupe
Content Guy
MorningNewsBeat.com

D

Alexa Dash
Director of E-Commerce
Dash's Markets
Mayson Dawson
Western Michigan University
Jim Dudlicek
Director, Communications and External Affairs
National Grocers Association
Joseph Dwyer
Data Scientist
BRdata Software Solutions

E

Robert Easley
INDUSTRY VETERN|RETAIL SENIOR EXECUTIVE
RSA America
Leigh Engelbrecht
President
ADvay Media Group
Richard Estep
Eastern Division Business Development Manager
Ace Hardware Corporation

F

Greg Ferrara
President and CEO
National Grocers Association Foundation
Jason Forrester
Retail Business Solutions
Associated Wholesale Grocers
Doug Fritsch
Senior Vice President, Retail & Business Development ;
Tom Furphy
CEO and Managing Director
Consumer Equity Partners

G

Brett Gardner
Director, Safety and Food Safety
Cub Foods
Vic Gatto
Founder & CEO
Jump Start Health
Paulo Goezler
President & CEO
IGA Coca-Cola Institute
Ron Graff
Owner
Columbiana Foods, Inc.

H

Doug Haworth
Vice President, Operations
Woods Supermarkets
Eve Hedges
California Polytechnic State University
David Henry
COO & Co-Founder
Card Isle
Cristy Hess
Director of Human Resources
Busch's, INC.
Nick Hidalgo
Vice President, IT
Redner’s Food Markets
Jill Hollingsworth
Vice President, Food Safety
EcoLab Retail
Corbin Holsinger
Senior Director, Retail Technology
UNFI
Mike Hornigold
Executive Vice President of Digital
Accelerate360
Dennis Host
VP of Marketing
Coborns, Inc.
Katie Hotze
Founder & CEO
Grocery Shopii
Heidi Huff
Vice President, Business Partnerships
IGA, Inc.

K

Steve K Kasper
Director of MIS
North State Grocery, Inc.
Gerry Kettler
DIRECTOR OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
NIEMANN FOODS, INC.
Emma Kite
Western Michigan University

L

Amanda Lai
Consulting Senior Manager
McMillanDoolittle
Jay Lovelace
Chief Commercial Officer
SPINS LLC

M

Meg Major
Director of Industry Relations
NielsenIQ
Eric Martell
Co-Founder
Pear Commerce
Ted Mason
Retail Technology Consultant
National Grocers Association Foundation
Gary Massengill
General Manager
Retail Data Systems
Chelsea Matzen
Project Manager
National Grocers Association
Andrew McQuilkin
Retail Leader - Partner
BHDP Architects
Michelle Mendoza
VP of Marketing & Customer Experience
Associated Supermarket Group
Larry Miller
President
Smart Retail Solutions
Eric Mittenthal
Chief Strategy Office
North American Meat Institute
Joe Moody
Founder / Banjo’s Buddies and Senior VP/East Coast Region
SmartMarket for Business
Scott Moses
Managing Director Head – Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants Investment Banking
Solomon Partners
Ron Murphy
Vice President
Murphy's Fresh Markets

N

Meagan Nelson
Director Retail Partners
SPINS LLC
Nick Nickitas
founder & CEO
Rosie
Alex Nin
President
NIN Consulting, Inc.
Jon Nordmark
CEO
Iterate.ai

P

Thomas Parkinson
Founder and Chief Product Officer
Sifter SP, Inc
Nakul Patel
President
Mt Plymouth IGA Fresh Market
Phil Penta
Managing Director
3 Guys From Brooklyn
Sastry Penumarthy
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
Punchh
David Peterson
Vice President of Retail Operations, Merchandising and Marketing
Reasor's Foods
John Phillips
Senior Vice President, Customer Supply Chain and Go-to-Market
PepsiCo

R

Lauren Redman
Leader of the Pack/President and CEO
Rudy's Market, Inc.. DBA Newport Avenue Market
Ryan Richard
Vice President, Community Engagement
GS1
Chris Richmond
Director of E-Commerce Sales at Post Consumer Brands
Post Consumer Brands
Shawn Robertson
Western Division - Business Development Manager
Ace Hardware Corporation
John Ross
President & CEO
IGA Inc.
Charlie Russell
Director - Produce & Floral
Cub Foods
Robert Rybick
President and CEO
Geissler’s Supermarkets, Inc.

S

Britanny Saunier
Executive Director
The Partnership for Food Safety Education
Johnny Serrano
Sr. Director, Retail Sales
Fortinet
Dylana Silver
Director of Marketing
Krasdale Foods
Dmitry Sokolov
Global Industry Strategist
HP
Patrick Spear
Co-Founder
Tomorrow Group
Kyle Spencer
Chief Operating Officer
ShopHero
Neil Stern
Chief Executive Office
Good Food Holdings, LLC
Mike Stigers
Chief Executive Officer, Cub Foods
UNFI
Stephanie Stuckey
CEO
Stuckey's Corporation

T

Seth Tamminga
Area Vice President
Talent Reef
Gray Taylor
Executive Director
Conexxus
Shad Taylor
Solution Architect – Retail & Hospitality
Fortinet
Laura Temke
Food Safety Manager
Sendik's Foods Markets
Brad Thomas
Vice President, Customer Development-Sales Agency
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
John Thompson
President and Chief Executive Officer
ShoptoCook, LLC
Joe Toscano
Vice President and Director of Trade and Industry Development
Nestle Purina North America

U

Michael Uetz
Principal
Midan Marketing

V

Dawn Valandingham
Senior Vice President of Retail
SPINS LLC

W

Emilie Webb
California Polytechnic State University
Nataly Weir
California Polytechnic State University
Jenn Weisgram
Sr. Director of Fresh Merchandising
Coborns, Inc.
Dave Wendland
Vice President of Strategic Relations
Hamacher Resource Group
Josh White
Chief Marketing Officer
Local Bounti
Maggie White
Director, NGA Foundation
National Grocers Association

X

JUSTIN XU
Founder and General Manager
ZLight Technology

Z

Laura Zappi
Director of Marketing
HAC, Inc.
Adam Zimmerman
Partner, SVP Product Development
Design House
Russell Zwanka
Associate Professor of Marketing
Western Michigan University