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NCA’s 2011 STATE OF THE INDUSTRY CONFERENCE The Consumer Today - The Consumer Tomorrow February 16 -19 | Fontainebleau | Miami, Florida
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NCA’s 2011 STATE OF THE INDUSTRY
CONFERENCEThe Consumer Today -
The Consumer TomorrowFebruary 16 -19 | Fontainebleau | Miami, Florida
W E L C O M E
CHAIRMANRichard RossGalerie
Sarah AtkinsonAtkinson Candy Company
Dave FleischerKraft Foods
Michael GilmoreFerrara Pan Candy Company
Joe VittoriaPez Candy, Inc.
John LeipoldGoetze’s Candy Company, Inc.
Tom JoyceThe Hershey Company
Michael RosenbergThe Promotion In Motion Companies, Inc.
Larry GrahamNational Confectioners Association
Mary Beth GeraciCarlin O’Brien, Inc.
2011 State of the Industry Conference Committee
Shelly ClareyAdams & Brooks, Inc.
Tim QuinnMars ChocolateNorth America
P R O G R A MNational Confectioners Association’s
State of the Industry Conference
February 16 - 19, 2011
Fontainebleau Miami BeachMiami, Florida
Executive Board.........................................................................Board of Trustees.......................................................................Broker Advisory Committee..................................................Chocolate Council/Board.......................................................Supplier Advisory Committee..............................................Conference Program................................................................Speaker Biographies..............................................................Restaurant List.........................................................................Conference Attendees..........................................................Floor Plans.................................................................................Anti-Trust Statement.............................................................
National Confectioners Association1101 30th Street NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202.534.1440 or 1.800.433.1200Fax: 202.337.0637
E-mail: [email protected]: www.CandyUSA.com
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CHAIRMANMitchell T. GoetzeGoetze’s Candy Company, Inc.
VICE CHAIRMANRobert SimpsonJelly Belly Candy Company
TREASURERJohn E. Brooks, Jr. Adams & Brooks, Inc.
VICE PRESIDENTS
Domenic Antonellis New England Confectionery Company, Inc.
C. Daniel AzzaraThe Hershey Company
David Hawk Gertrude Hawk Chocolates
Doreen IdaNestlé Confections & Snacks Division
Renee KopkowskiMars Chocolate North America
Lesya J. LysyjKraft Foods
Don PearsonCargill Cocoa & Chocolate
Daniel Trott Russell Stover Candies, Inc.
Joseph Vittoria Pez Candy, Inc.
EX-OFFICIO – FORMER NCA CHAIRMANMichael Gilmore Ferrara Pan Candy Company
EX-OFFICIO - SWEETS & SNACKS EXPO® CHAIRMANMichael RosenbergThe Promotion in Motion Companies, Inc.
EX-OFFICIO – ICA CHAIRMANSalvatore Ferrara IIFerrara Pan Candy Company
EX-OFFICIO – COCOA PROCESSORHank IzzoMars Chocolate North America
EX-OFFICIO – NCA PRESIDENTLawrence T. GrahamNational Confectioners Association
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EXECUTIVE BOARD
CHAIRMANMitchell T. GoetzeGoetze’s Candy Company, Inc.
Scott Albanese Albanese Confectionery Group, Inc.
Cornelis J. Boon BENEO-Palatinit, Inc.
Cindy L. Brooks Adams & Brooks, Inc.
David Clarke DeMet’s Candy Company
Eugene M. Dunkin, Jr. Thompson Brands, LLC
Dave Fleischer Kraft Foods
Ellen R. Gordon Tootsie Roll Worldwide Ltd.
Lawrence T. Graham National Confectioners Association
Lee HartmanPrintpack, Inc.
Ralf HilpϋschStorck USA, L.P.
Louise Hilsen Nestlé USA, Inc.
Hank Izzo Mars Chocolate North America
Christian Jegen Haribo of America, Inc.
Thomas J. Joyce The Hershey Company
Susan Karl Annabelle Candy Co., Inc.
Lauri Kien KotcherGodiva Chocolatier, Inc.
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Liam C. Killeen Farley’s & Sathers Candy Company, Inc.
Jennifer Martin American Licorice Company
Benjamin McGlaughlin Wolfgang Candy Company, Inc.
Terry Mitchell Fannie May Confections Brands, Inc.
Taz Murray Dynamic Confections, Inc.
Robert A. Nelson Elmer Candy Corporation
Barry Rosenbaum Nassau Candy Distributors, Inc.
Richard Ross Galerie
Barry H. Sokol Sorbee International, LLC
Dean L. SpanglerSpangler Candy Company
Jean J. Thompson Seattle Chocolates
Amy Atkinson Voltz Judson-Atkinson Candies, Inc.
Keith Von Zup Just Born, Inc.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAIRMary Beth GeraciCarlin O’Brien, Inc.
Wally BylinowskiJ Carroll & Associates
Kevin CainTrade Class Solutions
Shelly ClareyAdams & Brooks, Inc.
Robert EdelheitHanson Faso Sales & Marketing
Walt FreedKahler-Senders Group/ISM
Bruce GibbonsAtkinson-Crawford Sales Co. Inc.
Manny MartinsGolick Martins, Inc.
Kevin MillerAcosta Sales & Marketing
Blair Richard SaltzLafreniere & Associates
Phil ShankmanShankman & Associates
Audra VoglerHoffman-Vogler
Greg WoodhouseGodiva Chocolatier, Inc.
Chris ZuleskiSummitHill Sales & Marketing
BROKER ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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CHAIRMANHank IzzoMars Chocolate North America
Dan AzzaraThe Hershey Company
Peter BlommerThe Blommer Chocolate Company
Niel CampbellSeattle Chocolates
Pierson Clair IIIBrown & Haley
Steve GenzoliGhirardelli Chocolate Company
Gary GuittardGuittard Chocolate Company
Jerry Hagedorn Barry Callebaut Americas
Louise HilsenNestlé USA, Inc.
Lesya LysyjKraft Foods
Edmond OplerWorld’s Finest Chocolate, Inc.
Don PearsonCargill Cocoa & Chocolate
David Stuart The Hershey Company
David TaicletFannie May Confections Brands, Inc.
Dennis WhalenADM Cocoa
EX-OFFICIO –Mitchell GoetzeGoetze’s Candy Company, Inc.
EX-OFFICIO –Bill GuytonWorld Cocoa Foundation
EX-OFFICIO –Chris MahonyInternational Confectionery Association
CHOCOLATE COUNCIL/BOARD
CHAIRMANCornelis J. BoonBENEO-Palatinit, Inc.
VICE CHAIRMANLee HartmanPrintpack, Inc.
Becky BushMulti Packaging Solutions
Katherine ClarkCenterchem, Inc.
Russell CrosioCrosio & Associates, Inc.
Thomas ElsinghorstTomric Systems, Inc.
Roman ForowyczClear Lam Packaging, Inc.
Tim GallowayGalloway Company
Pam GesfordKnechtel, Inc.
James GreenbergUnion Confectionery Machinery Co.
Raymond HeinzBell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
David HibbsChefmaster
Frederick HintlianVarick Enterprises, Inc.
John HollandSollich North America, LLC
Michael KnappPioneer Plastics
Tom LivernashFlow Logistics
Mark LozanoTNA North America, Inc.
David SalinasFONA International, Inc.
Arne SandbergConsumer Packaging Group, Inc.
Roderick SowdersSynergy Flavors, Inc.
Dennis TagarelliAAK USA, Inc.
Douglas Taylor, Sr.DT & Associates, Ltd.
Stephen VolkerCorn` Products U.S.
Kevin ZieziulaThe NPD Group, Inc.
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16
7 a.m. - 5 p.m.Registration & Meeting PlaceGlimmer Foyer (level 4)
Sponsored by: Judson-Atkinson Candies, Inc. and Kraft Foods
7:45 - 9:45 a.m.Chocolate Council/Board MeetingSplash 13 - 14 (upper lobby level)
7:45 - 9:45 a.m.SWEETS & SNACKS EXPO® Committee MeetingSplash 9 (upper lobby level)
10 a.m. - 12 noonExecutive Board MeetingSplash 1 - 2 (upper lobby level)
12 noon - 5 p.m.Board of Trustees MeetingSplash 9 -10 (upper lobby level)
FIRST TIMERS RECEPTION6 - 6:30 p.m.Glimmer Terrace (level 4)*in case of inclement weather: Glimmer 5 - 7 (level 4)
WELCOME RECEPTION6:30 - 7:30 p.m.Glimmer Terrace (level 4)
*in case of inclement weather: Glimmer 5 - 7 (level 4)Sponsored by: ADM Cocoa; Barry Callebaut Americas; Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate; The Blommer Chocolate Company; and The Hershey Company
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17
7 a.m. - 5 p.m.Registration & Meeting PlaceGlimmer Foyer (level 4)Sponsored by: Judson-Atkinson Candies, Inc. and Kraft Foods
7:30 - 8 a.m.Continental BreakfastGlimmer Foyer (level 4)
BUSINESS SESSION8 - 11:40 a.m. Glimmer 1- 4 (level 4)Sponsored by: Bemis Flexible Packaging; Perfetti van Melle USA; and The Hershey Company
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Consumer Trends - Today & TomorrowJ. Walker Smith, Executive Chairman, The Futures Co.
Discover insights on what today’s consumer trends are telling us about the future. Gain an outlook on what’s to come for CPG companies, featuring specific insights into the confectionery industry and case studies that offer direct implications for the industry.
Understand how consumer behavior in a post-recessionary environ-ment will create “value shift” to responsibility, prioritization and resourcefulness. Walker will address the “recovery consumer” and discuss how emotional connections impact purchase behavior, a well as how engaging innovation in-store can create a more exciting shopping experience for the consumer.
Confectionery Industry 2011 Update & OutlookTodd Hale, Sr. Vice President, Consumer & Shopper Insights & James Russo, Vice President, Global Consumer Insights - Food Sector, The Nielsen Company
Gather an assessment and gain perspective on key economic, consumer, retail, category and media trends that impact industry per-formance, with an eye on future innovations, risks and opportunities for the confectionery industry. Receive an industry overview about the current state of the consumer packaged goods industry, discover insights on category performance and key drivers, find out about media awareness and the impact of online and television consumer engagements and hear a forecast of what the future looks like in 2015 in terms of retail channels and key
confectionery segment projections.
Catering to the Consumer: Growth & Retention in the Convenience ChannelScott Hartman, President & CEO, Rutter’s Holdings, Inc.
Consumers crave convenience. Join us to hear an overview of the convenience store channel today and an outlook on its future. Hear about top selling c-store categories, and
how they’ve performed in the past several years. Learn store market-ing trends that cater to the consumers’ desires, including store de-sign, green initiatives, confectionery perspectives and social media and mobile marketing. Find out about c-store loyalty programs and consolidation of the channel, with a look into the future to find out where growth may come.
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Dancing with MegaphonesPete Blackshaw, Executive Vice President, Digital Strategic Services, NM Incite - a Nielsen-McKinsey Company
In today’s Internet-driven world, customers have more power than ever. With a growing presence of consumer-generated media, a disgruntled customer can broadcast his com-plaints to an audience of millions. This creates
enormous challenges for companies and brands, but it also presents unprecedented opportunities. To succeed, brands must heed the “Six Drivers of Brand Credibility” - trust, authenticity, transparency, listening, responsiveness and affirmation. Pete will take us on a tour of the new consumer landscape and outline a roadmap to success in social media, addressing trends, growth and transformation of the consumer purchase decision.
LUNCHEON SESSION 12 noon - 1:30 p.m. Glimmer 5 - 7 (level 4)Sponsored by: Galerie
The Political Landscape and its Impact on BusinessSteve Forbes, Chairman of Forbes Media and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine
Steve Forbes, a major force in both the world of business and the world of politics, will share his knowledge, insights, and thoughtful opin-ions on the current state of American politics, and how it will affect business now and in the
future. Forbes, a widely respected and frequently called upon politi-cal and business expert, is the Chairman of Forbes Media and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine, and also a former presidential candidate. He will offer his common sense solutions that not only work to solve business problems, but also attempt to grow the economy and cre-ate new jobs. Join us for this powerful opportunity to hear one of the leading voices in today’s financial world.
NETWORKING DESSERT1:30 - 2:30 p.m.Glimmer Terrace (level 4)
*in case of inclement weather: Glimmer 1 - 2 (level 4)
Sponsored by: The Hershey Company
Book Signing of How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today’s Economy, by Steve Forbes
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AFTERNOON POWER SESSIONSSponsored by: Bemis Flexible Packaging and BENEO-Palatinit, Inc.
2:30 - 4 p.m. - Power Session IGlimmer 7 (level 4)
Social Media 101: A How-to-Guide for Marketing to Empowered ConsumersPete Blackshaw, Executive Vice President, Digital Stragetic Services, NM Incite - a Nielsen-McKinsey Company
What’s next if the consumer is in control? Pete will talk about the consumer landscape,
address key implications of this new atmosphere and look ahead to how businesses can listen and learn to effectively reassign the customer “value.” The new landscape includes a web-savvy consumer, and by engaging, retailers can connect to the consumer on a whole new level. Pete will conduct a social media demonstration, showing examples of real-time consumer insights. Learn about micro-blogging and twitter-terms, and examine case studies of retailers who took on social media the right way.
2:30 - 4 p.m. - Power Session IIGlimmer 4 (level 4)
Insights 101 - From Fact to Act: Are You Ready?Ed See, Executive Vice President and Sr. Partner & Matt Brewer, Vice President, SymphonyIRI Group
How do you go from “Fact to Act” and take simple action steps that translate into sales opportunities? Ed and Matt will help you an-swer simple and complex questions and teach you to think about using multiple data sources for things you’ve never considered. Learn the 10 best practices for transforming data into the actionable insights necessary to remain competitive.
2:30 - 4 p.m. - Power Session IIIGlimmer 2 (level 4)
Scenarios for the Future ConsumerMichele Bowman, Co-Founder, AndSpace, Inc.
How will emerging trends in social media, life sciences, technology and regulation con-verge to create a new consumer reality in the future? Explore scenarios that portray who
the consumer may become. The rise of social markets is accelerating a transformation of the relationship between companies and their customers. In the future, retail will take a back seat as companies compete to gain entry into “gated” customer communities. Learn what innovations will mean for companies and how they could change the regulatory landscape.
4 - 5:30 p.m.SWEETS & SNACKS EXPO® Committee & Retail Customers MeetingGlitter (level 4)
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4 - 5:30 p.m. Supplier Advisory Committee MeetingFacet (level 4)
RECEPTION6 - 7:30 p.m.La Côte Lawn (outside lawn area)
*in case of inclement weather: Glimmer 5 - 7 (level 4)
Sponsored by: Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18
7 a.m. - 5 p.m.Registration & Meeting PlaceGlimmer Foyer (level 4)
Sponsored by: Judson-Atkinson Candies, Inc. and Kraft Foods
7:30 - 8 a.m.Continental BreakfastGlimmer Foyer (level 4)
BUSINESS SESSION8 - 11:30 a.m. Glimmer 1 - 4 (level 4)Sponsored by: FONA International, Inc.; Mars Chocolate North America; and The Hershey Company
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profit, Passion & PurposeTony Hsieh, CEO & Founder, Zappos.com
Tony Hsieh puts his customers and em-ployees first. He is one of the most widely respected and successful business innova-tors in the new economy. As the CEO of the online shoe sales company, Zappos.com, he
has achieved phenomenal company growth through revolutionary approaches to marketing, human resources and customer service. He believes in four strategies for building a brand that matters: vision, retaining customers, transparency of operations and core values. Zappos.com relies heavily on word-of-mouth marketing and return business to advertise their site, which frees up money to pour into extraordinary customer service instead. But Tony’s number one priority is company culture. Get the culture right and success happens on its own.
Emerging Trends in the Retail Landscape & the Store of the FutureJohn Rand, Sr. Vice President Retail Insights, Kantar Retail
In this economy, how has the consumer changed, are those changes lasting, and how can manufacturers and retailers respond? Shoppers looking for relevancy and value are constantly creating new purchase patterns.
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Retailers have responded by developing and clarifying new strate-gies, altering models of profitability and presenting a fresh set of expectations to suppliers. John will examine the permanent changes in today’s consumer and address challenges for business plans of the future. We’ll also look at the global trend of building large chains with smaller physical formats.
The Consumer and the Club Store IndustryTim Rose, Sr. Vice President Merchandising - Foods & Sundries, Costco Wholesale
Price, Quality and Experience - three of the reasons Costco Wholesale recently received the highest ratings from customers in a Con-sumer Reports survey. Consumers appreciate
low prices, and retailers can retain these consumers by supplement-ing good value with excellent quality and the full, customer service experience. Tim will share some reasons for Costco’s success, and he will also talk about strengthening of private label brands, such as Costco’s Kirkland Signature. Learn how the consumer views the club store industry, and how wholesale stores can play an important role in future sales and growth for your business.
The Rise of the Multicultural Nation and its Impact on RetailCarla Dodds, Director Multicultural Marketing, Walmart U.S. & Steven Wolfe Pereira, Sr. Vice President & Managing Director, MV42°, MediaVest
Multicultural marketing to consumers has never been more complex or critical than it is now. Gain insights on opportunities to strengthen your multicultural market-ing outreach with a strategic focus on a total business and total market approach. Identify ways your marketing approach fully integrates at all touch points that resonate with this consumer, including at the com-munity level, as well as during their shopping experience. Discover trends in the changing U.S. consumer, the importance of marketing
to a multicultural nation and what business opportunities exist for retailers and suppliers.
LUNCHEON SESSION 12 noon - 1:45 p.m. Glimmer 5 - 7 (level 4)
Sponsored by: Printpack, Inc.
Customer FirstLinda Severin, Vice President, Corporate Brands, The Kroger Co.
Linda’s top priority is the customer, and her passion for consumers has driven her career. Her background in economics, advertising and marketing gives her a broad perspective. Her customer knowledge and insights gained from experience in the consumer packaged
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goods industry at Sara Lee, Campbell Soup and ConAgra have fueled successful business and brand strategies. At Kroger, Linda leads a team that focuses on building brands to delight shoppers of the Kroger family of stores. Learn more about the vital importance of the customer.
Also during lunch, gain a lively review of the confec-tionery industry from NCA. Get insider perspective on
some of the biggest candy companies in the world and hear what leaders think the future holds. Learn how NCA plans to face challenges to the industry in the years ahead. Hosted by NCA Chairman Mitchell Goetze of Goetze’s Candy Company, Inc., and Vice Chairman Bob Simpson of Jelly Belly Candy Company. This luncheon is a multi-media tribute to the world of candy, chocolate and gum, and a chance to celebrate the finest in the industry during NCA’s annual awards ceremony.
NETWORKING DESSERT 1:45 - 3 p.m.Glimmer Terrace (level 4)
*in case of inclement weather: Glimmer 1 - 2 (level 4)
Sponsored by: Mars Chocolate North America
AFTERNOON POWER SESSIONSSponsored by: Bemis Flexible Packaging and BENEO-Palatinit, Inc.
3 - 4 p.m. - Power Session IGlimmer 4 (level 4)
Insights 201 - From Fact to Act: Is Your Company Ready?Ed See, Executive Vice President & Sr. Partner & Matt Brewer, Vice President, SymphonyIRI Group
How do you plan to help your organization effectively utilize consumer shopper and category insights? Manufacturers and retail-ers now must think more about application and activation rather than just reporting and interpretation. Creating customer value using data requires organizational com-mitment to key disciplines and behaviors that ensure routine fact-based decisions and planning. Prepare your organization to routinely move from “Fact to Act” using
a business planning roadmap. Also, learn how to repeat your suc-cesses by leveraging account scorecards, top-to-top engagement and value-added discussion, and tactic and promotional evaluations.
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3 - 4 p.m. - Power Session IIGlimmer 7 (level 4)
Leveraging the Retail Environment for TomorrowJohn Rand, Sr. Vice President Retail Insights, Kantar Retail
Taking the pulse and responding to emerg-ing consumer trends is what separates lead-ers from the rest of the pack in the highly
competitive and fragmented retail environment. John will share in-sights on today’s dynamic consumer landscape and how retailers are responding to effectively maximize the retail experience and meet their shoppers’ needs. Learn how retailers are building consumer loyalty by managing through trade-offs. See how today’s leaders view the consumer horizon, and are responding with integrated shopper marketing solutions, and improvements in their operations.
3 - 4 p.m. - Power Session IIIGlimmer 2 (level 4)
The Customer Experience IS the MarketingSteve Miller, Founder, The Adventure LLC
It’s time to think about what makes your company unique, and in today’s technology driven world, product quality and customer
service no longer act as the only differentiators. Consumers are not consumers until they buy something, and companies are recognizing the need to do more to encourage that purchase. Companies must think outside the box and wrap products and services that can’t be copied with brand-enhancing experiences that stimulate the con-sumer to buy. Technology has made everything commoditized, and if something can be copied, it will be - so the need to create these compelling and remarkable experiences will only continue to grow.
4 - 5:30 p.m.Customer Relations Committee MeetingFacet (level 4)
RECEPTION & DINNER PARTY 7 p.m.La Côte Restaurant (outside lawn area)
*in case of inclement weather: Glimmer 5 - 7 (level 4)Sponsored by: Adams & Brooks, Inc.; Galerie; Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.; Goetze’s Candy Company, Inc.; Kraft Foods; and Mars Chocolate North America
It’s Candy Time! Join NCA for an exciting and memorable dinner party to celebrate our fun and innovative industry, complete with clever holiday enhancements. Thanks in part to Dylan’s Candy Bar, you will enjoy Christmas, Halloween, CandyLand and Birthday party themes like never seen before. Candy-themed cocktails, music and a delicious dinner and dessert party await you.
Dylan will sign copies of her new book, Dylan’s Candy Bar - Unwrap Your Sweet Life.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19
7 - 10 a.m.Registration & Meeting PlaceGlimmer Foyer (level 4)
Sponsored by: Judson-Atkinson Candies, Inc. and Kraft Foods
8 - 10 a.m. Closing Breakfast Session & NCA’s Inaugural Confectionery Leadership Awards for RetailersGlimmer 1 - 4 (level 4)
Strengths-Driven PerformanceMarcus Buckingham, Best-Selling Author, Expert on Outstanding Leadership and Management Practices
During Marcus Buckingham’s years with the Gallup Organization, he helped guide groundbreaking research on the world’s best leaders and workplaces. Marcus will present key data and demonstrate the correlation
between performance and engagement. He will drill down to what impacts engagement the most: the extent to which employees apply their greatest strengths at work, they turbo-charge their careers and everybody wins. Marcus will examine current corporate levels of engaging strengths, look at the psychological and practical obstacles that can get in the way of creating a strengths-based organization and share strategies on how to support your employees while they make the best of themselves.
Join us at this special awards ceremony to honor key retail customers who have been nominated and selected as best in class by NCA manufacturers and brokers. These individuals demonstrate strategic
retail-based leadership that has brought innovation and growth to the category. They are fearless category leaders who embody the characteristics and business acumen necessary to forge new paths in a business that is hundreds of years old. Join us as we celebrate the success of these key retail customers.
10 - 11 a.m. State of the Industry Conference Committee MeetingFacet (level 4)
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Pete BlackshawExecutive Vice President, Digital Strategic Services, NM Incite, a Nielsen-McKinsey Company
Pete’s background encompasses public policy, interactive marketing and brand management. NM Incite, a recent joint venture between Nielsen and McKinsey, centers around enterprise social media strategy and insights. He’s author of Satisfied Customers Tell Three Friends, Angry Customers Tell 3000: Running a Business in Today’s Consumer-Driven World, and writes a bi-weekly column in Advertising Age centered around the book’s themes. A former award-winning interactive mar-keting leader at P&G and founder of consumer feedback por-tal PlanetFeedback.com, Pete co-founded the Word-of-Mouth Marketing Association. He’s also Chairman of the National Council of Better Business Bureau and serves on the National Advertising Review Council. He’s a 2010 Grand Prize winner of the “Great Minds” award from the Advertising Research Foundation and 2008 “Industry Achievement” award recogni-tion from Ad-Tech. Pete advises non-profit organizations on digital strategy. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Michele BowmanCo-Founder, AndSpace, Inc.
Michele is a futurist and writer who analyzes global trends at the intersection of culture, technology and business. She is also the Curator of the 10 Conference, a unique thought leadership conference that brings together global experts to explore the most important ideas affecting the future of business and society. She focuses on helping organizations understand the strategic implications of change, innovate existing products and identify new opportunities for growth. She has successfully used these processes in private and pub-lic sector engagement. Michele has addressed a wide variety of corporate, trade and civic groups regarding future trends, including Fidelity Investments, Nissan, National Geographic Society, UBS, Where 2.0, South by Southwest, IIR Trend Confer-ence, Pitney Bowes, Babson College, Harvard Business School, Women in Technology Leadership Conference, the Medical Library Association, Boston Trainer’s Roundtable, the Facilities Managers Association and the World Future Society.
Matt BrewerVice President, Consulting and Solutions, SymphonyIRI Group
Matt has always drawn on a powerful combination of strategic, operational, and communication skills to help organizations transform their business models, improve performance, and create world-class organizations. He special-izes in organizational design and transformation, operational process improvement, and change management. He helps his
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clients pragmatically answer the often elusive question of “so what,” but perhaps more importantly, also helps them address the often more daunting question of “how to.” He excels at articulating and communicating the value proposition of client programs to C-level executives across all functions and has developed the ability to help marketers and creatives com-municate their value proposition in ways the CFO can appreci-ate. Matt advises a broad portfolio of CPG companies on how to transform data and technology into improved operational performance. He is also responsible for developing part of SIG’s professional services platform.
Marcus BuckinghamBest Selling Author, Expert on Outstanding Leadership and Management Practices
In a world in which efficiency and competency rule the workplace, where do personal strengths fit in? Marcus Buck-ingham has dedicated his career to addressing this complex issue. Using two decades of experience as a senior researcher at Gallup Organization, he has challenged preconceptions about achievement to get to the core of what drives success. The treatment of strengths in the workplace is revealed in his best-selling books: First, Break All the Rules; Now, Discover Your Strengths; The One Thing You Need to Know; Go Put Your Strengths To Work; and The Truth About You.
Buckingham’s work provides insights into maximizing strengths, understanding differences between leadership and management, and fulfilling the quest for long-lasting personal satisfaction in work and in life. To move companies toward greater success and productivity is to create a workplace in which employees spend more than 75% of each day on the job using their strongest skills and engaged in their favorite tasks. Companies that focus on cultivating employees’ strengths rather than simply improving their weaknesses will dramati-cally increase efficiency while allowing for maximum personal growth. Buckingham touts this strengths revolution as the key to finding the most effective route to personal achieve-ment and the missing link to the efficiency, competence and high performance for which companies constantly strive. He challenges conventional wisdom and shows the correlation between engaged employees and business fundamentals such as turnover rates, customer satisfaction, profits, and productivity.
Carla DoddsDirector, Multicultural Marketing, Walmart U.S.
Carla Dodds is the director of multicultural marketing of Walmart U.S. She is responsible for developing and executing Walmart’s Hispanic and Asian marketing strategies and leads all aspects of the business across the U.S. including consumer insights, creative, media, merchandising and public relations. Carla joined Walmart in 2008 as senior manager, marketing vendor management.
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Prior to joining Walmart, Carla held management roles in the areas of Hispanic marketing, strategic alliances and vendor management at TXU Energy, and more recently at First Choice Power. She has a strong business background having worked with organizations such as Liberty Mutual, the Inter-American Development Bank, Texas Pacific Group and Meridian Global Solutions. Carla started her career at Walmart International in Argentina within merchandising and also played a role for market-entry into Argentina and Brazil.
Steve ForbesChairman of Forbes Media and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine
Forbes is the nation’s leading business magazine, and together with Forbes Global, reaches a worldwide audience of nearly five million. Forbes.com attracts over seven million unique visitors a month and has become the leading destination site for business decision-makers and investors.
Forbes writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of “Fact and Comment.” A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious “Crystal Owl Award” four times. The prize was formerly given by U.S. Steel Corporation to the financial jour-nalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate. He is also the author of A New Birth of Freedom, a book of bold ideas for the new millennium.
Since 1990, the company has launched a variety of new publications and businesses. They include: Forbes FYI, the irreverent lifestyle supplement; Forbes Global, the magazine’s international publication; and Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Bra-zilian, Russian, Arabic and Hebrew editions of the magazine. Forbes also publishes the Gilder Technology Report, as well as a number of investment newsletters. Other company divisions include: Forbes Management Conference Group and Forbes Custom Media. Forbes is also Chairman of the company’s American Heritage division, publisher of American Heritage magazine and two quarterlies, American Legacy and American Heritage of Invention & Technology.
Todd HaleSenior Vice President, Consumer & Shopper Insights, The Nielsen Company
Todd has over 29 years of experience in the area of consumer panel analysis. He has been with Nielsen for over 23 years and has held various marketing and sales management positions. He has been heavily involved in the development of innova-tive consumer panel applications for both manufacturers and retailers. He prepares topical presentations using consumer shopping/buying behavior and attitudes to provide insight to facilitate brand, category, and retail sales growth. Presentation topics have included Channel Blurring, Profile of a Private La-bel Consumer, Leaky Bucket Syndrome, The Walmart Custom-er, The Warehouse Club Consumer, The Fresh Food Consumer,
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The Dollar Store Consumer, Winning Strategies for Your Most Important Shoppers (a study produced in conjunction with the FMI), Aging U.S. Consumer Opportunities, Fuel Price Impact on U.S. Consumers, Consumers on the Edge – Affluent Consumer Opportunities, U.S. Retailing & Consumer Trends, and Bringing Clarity to Channel Choice. Todd earned an MBA and a BA in Business from Wright State University.
Nielsen is the world’s leading provider of marketing informa-tion, audience measurement, and research services. Their retail and manufacturer clients rely on Nielsen’s information, insight, and analysis for sales and marketing solutions.
Scott HartmanPresident & CEO, Rutter’s Holdings, Inc.
Scott is a member of the third generation operating three companies which consist of convenience stores trading as Rutter’s Farm Stores; Rutter’s Dairy, Inc., selling products in the Mid-Atlantic marketplace; and M&G Realty, a real estate management company. In 2010, Rutter’s was listed as the third largest privately held company in Central Pennsylvania and Rutter’s Farm Stores was named 2010 Chain of the Year by Convenience Store Decisions magazine. In 2008, Rutter’s was named Innovator of the Year by Griffin Publishing, and in 2005 Rutter’s was named Central Pennsylvania Business of the Year.
Scott has been a guest lecturer at Boston University, is a guest columnist for Griffin Publishing, is a member of the Food Industry Hall of Fame and has served on advisory boards to various companies including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. Scott was awarded the 2009 Convenience Store News Technology Leadership Award. Scott began working in convenience stores at age 12 for 11 summers and returned to the family business in 1990. He was previously employed by Price Waterhouse as Senior Manager in the Consulting Practice from 1983-1990. Scott served on the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Board and Executive Committee from1998 to 2009 and was NACS Chairman from 2005-2006. He has chaired numerous NACS committees including the Technology Committee, Research & Development and Audit Committee. Scott is also past Chairman of the PA Convenience Store Council and past Chairman of the Pennsylvania Food Mer-chants Association which represents over 6,000 Pennsylvania stores and suppliers.
Tony HsiehCEO & Founder, Zappos.com
In 1999, at the age of 24, Tony sold LinkExchange, the com-pany he co-founded, to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined Zappos.com, the online shoe sales company, as an advisor and investor, and eventually become CEO, where he helped the company grow from $1.6 million to over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales annually, while simultaneously making Fortune magazine’s annual Best Companies to Work for List. In 2009 Zappos.com, Inc. was acquired by Amazon.com
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for $1.2 billion. Both companies share a passion for customer service and the decision was clear to work together.
Tony is a wildly successful business innovator, and has achieved phenomenal company growth through revolution-ary approaches to marketing, human resources and customer service. Zappos.com has 350 associates on its Customer Loyalty Team, the nerve center of Zappos. Tony has earned a zealous following by imposing an ethos of live human connec-tion on the chilly, anonymous bazaar of the Internet. His first book, Delivering Happiness was just released. Tony has a BA in computer science from Harvard University and was a software engineer at Oracle. Zappos comes from the Spanish word for shoe: Zapata, a word that has also turned out fortuitously evocative of the way goods are “zapped” to customers.
Steve MillerFounder, The Adventure LLC
Steve is a strategic marketing gunslinger. Meetings & Conven-tions Magazine calls him an “Idea Man,” delivering innovative and implementable business growth ideas for corporations and associations. Since founding The Adventure LLC in 1984, Steve’s consulting clients have ranged from solo entrepreneurs to Fortune 100 mega-corporations. He has presented over 1200 speeches and workshops around the world for corpo-rations and associations in 123 different industries. He has spoken at the prestigious TED Conference and was featured on MSNBC. His marketing blog, Two Hat Marketing (www.two-hatmarketing.com), has been listed as one the top marketing blogs by AdAge Power 150. In addition to the six books he has published, Steve has been featured in hundreds of publica-tions, including Fast Company, Business Week, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Sales & Marketing Management.
Steven Wolfe PereiraSr. Vice President & Managing Director, MV42°, MediaVest
Steven leads holistic multicultural media and communications planning MediaVest. He’s responsible for strategy, cross-platform marketing initiatives and branded entertainment, and works with world-class brands such as Avon, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Coca-Cola, Kraft, Post Foods and Walmart. Prior to MediaVest, Steven served as Vice President of Partnership Mar-keting at Univision Communications. Earlier, he was a Portfolio Manager overseeing technology investments at multi-strategy investment fund Platinum Partners and held senior manage-ment positions at Akamai Technologies, Experian Digital and Visual Sciences.
A passionate supporter of Hispanic community issues, Steven serves on the boards of the Claudio Reyna Foundation, the Council of Urban Professionals, the Dominican Republic Educa-tion and Mentoring Project, Excelencia in Education, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity and the Tufts University Com-munications and Media Studies program. Steven graduated
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Cum Laude from Tufts University with a B.A. in International Relations. A Fulbright Scholar, he attended the Greater Boston Executive MBA Program at the MIT’s Sloan School of Manage-ment. MediaVest, a division of Starcom MediaVest Group, is one of the leading, full-service media specialist companies offering brand-building results and business solutions.
John RandSenior Vice President Retail Insights, Kantar Retail
John has an established expertise in retailing, manufacturing, and the interface between suppliers and their customers. His highly successful career in retailing and consumer packaged goods has included several significant contributions to the industry. He has designed, built, merchandised, and operated stores for top-level retailers, including Giant and Hannaford. As a regional sales manager, he has brought a wide array of new products to market in several channels including supermar-kets, department stores, drug stores, and convenience retail-ing.
Additionally, John has developed space management and cat-egory management departments at both retailers and at CPG supplier operations in the U.S. John also served as a national consultant for IBM in their Business Intelligence practice, work-ing with both retailers and consumer packaged goods manu-facturers on industry data systems, business processes, and strategic business planning. Considered an industry authority, John has been interviewed and quoted often in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Providence Journal, and Super-market News. He has professional articles published in several industry publications, including GMA Forum, Promo, and Kantar Retail’s Breakthrough Insights.
Tim RoseSr. Vice President Merchandising- Foods & Sundries, Costco Wholesale
Tim began his career in the grocery channel, joining Costco in 1983 as merchandise manager in Seattle eventually becom-ing assistant warehouse manager. In 1984 he was named the warehouse manager of the Tacoma location. Tim managed the Kirkland warehouse, responsible for operations in all Wash-ington and Alaska locations. In 1985 he became Assistant Vice President Operations for the Northwest. In 1987, he moved into merchandising to develop the fresh foods program. In 1987 Tim was promoted to GMM of the Fresh Foods depart-ment, and in 1993 was promoted to Vice President GMM of the Fresh Foods department. He became Senior Vice President in 1996, adding Foods and Sundries to his area of oversight. In 2006, Tim left Fresh Foods to focus on Foods and Sundries. Tim’s primary goal became the continued growth of Costco’s private label, Kirkland Signature.
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James RussoVice President, Global Consumer Insights, The Nielsen Company
James’ responsibilities include leading the company’s efforts to support its food and beverage clients by leveraging and customizing Nielsen’s broad array of insights and analytics to enhance its growth strategies. He identifies and develops new products and consumer insights for Nielsen’s food and bever-age industry clients. James has over 16 years of experience in marketing, sales, business development and research positions across the retail and manufacturing industries. He has served as General Manager delivering strategic insights and analysis of significant trends impacting retailers and suppliers. He has delivered in excess of 75 client, industry and strategic presen-tations to business leaders in the CPG sector. James launched “Executive Perspective,” offering unique industry insight and foresight to hundreds of consumer packaged goods execu-tives. He holds a Masters of Business Administration and Bachelors Degree from St. John’s University.
Nielsen is the world’s leading provider of marketing informa-tion, audience measurement, and research services. Their retail and manufacturer clients rely on Nielsen’s information, insight, and analysis for sales and marketing solutions.
Ed SeeExecutive Vice President & Senior Partner Innovation, SymphonyIRI Group
Ed focuses on marketing effectiveness, digital and emerg-ing media. With experience in designing, developing, and implementing growth models, Ed is a knowledgeable resource in how to effectively use new technologies and emerging media for marketing purposes. His expertise lies in organiz-ing marketing to take advantage of social and digital media, teaching the skills required to master these media spaces, processing and changing management and marketing change transformation. One of Ed’s chief goals is to create the vision of idea-driven decision making, which includes beginning a series of discussions on tempering data with originality. The focus of these discussions is to halt the cycle of being hostage to numbers and, instead, to use innovation for new products and marketing.
Linda SeverinVice President Corporate Brands, The Kroger Co.
Linda Severin has let her passion for consumers drive her ca-reer. Linda received her undergraduate degree from Tufts Uni-versity in economics and spent her first several years working at an ad agency in New York. She received her MBA from the University of Michigan in Marketing and launched her career in the consumer packaged goods business at Sara Lee Hosiery and Campbell Soup. More recently Linda was at ConAgra, where she worked to build their brands, including Butterball, Hebrew National and Parkay.
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Linda was thrilled to join Kroger about four years ago to help develop a team focused on building brands to delight shop-pers of the Kroger family of stores. She believes her passion and enthusiasm for brands and consumer insight will help Corporate Brands drive Kroger’s Customer 1st strategy to the next level.
J. Walker SmithExecutive Chairman, The Futures Company
Walker is an authority and frequently quoted commentator on consumer trends. He has been described by Fortune magazine as “one of America’s leading analysts on consumer trends.” Walker is co-author of Rocking the Ages: The Yankelovich Report on Generational Marketing, a highly regarded book about generational marketing strategies; and Generation Ageless: How Baby Boomers are Changing the Way We Live Today…And They’re Just Getting Started. He’s also co-author of Coming to Concur-rence: Addressable Attitudes and the New Model for Marketing Productivity and Life Is Not Work, Work Is Not Life. Walker writes regular columns for Marketing Management and Media maga-zines. He recently co-authored A Darwinian Gale: The Recovery Consumer Marketplace in the Era of Consequences, an in-depth, groundbreaking white paper on the post-recession economy. Walker holds a doctorate in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Futures Company integrates proprietary quantitative survey data with observational insights to create dynamic perspectives with future-facing qualitative and quantitative custom research and trends and futures consultancy. This unique combination of capabilities on the consumer trends helps their global clients uncover new ways to understand and segment their consumers, identify future sources of value, and build powerful brand connections.
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Asia de Cuba at the Mondrain1100 West Avenue, Miami Beach(305) 514-1940
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Restaurant at The Setai2001 Collins Avenue, Miami(305) 520-6400www.setai.com
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LIST OF ATTENDEES(*as of January 27)
A. Gazerro & Associates, Inc.1343 Hartford Ave., Ste 24Johnston, RI 02919 (401) 751-8850
Andy GazerroPresidentDolores Gazerro
AAK USA, Inc.131 Marsh StreetPort Newark, NJ 07114 (973) 344-1300
Dennis TagarelliVP Sales
Ed WilsonConsultantKathy Wilson
Ackley Machine Corporation1273 N Church St., Ste 106Moorestown, NJ 08057 (856) 419-3144
Tom LambeSales Engineer
Adams & Brooks, Inc.1915 S Hoover StreetLos Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 749-3226
John Brooks, Sr.President
John Brooks, Jr.Vice President
Cindy BrooksProduct Manager
Shelly ClareyDirector of Marketing & Sales
Steve MeisingerVP Sales
ADM Cocoa12500 W Carmen AvenueMilwaukee, WI 53225 (414) 358-5700
Bill RyanConsultantGert Ryan
Anthony SepichDirector Of Sales North AmericaStephanie Sepich
Dennis WhalenVP & General Manager
American Licorice Company2796 NW Clearwater DriveBend, OR 97701 (541) 617-0800
Aaron JohnsonDirector, Consumer Marketing
John KretchmerCEO
Jennifer MartinDirector of Sales
AndSpace, Inc.681 Main Street, Ste 322Waltham, MA 2451 (781) 642-8758
Michele BowmanCo-Founder
Annabelle Candy Co., Inc.27211 Industrial Blvd.Hayward, CA 94545(510) 783-2900
Susan KarlPresident/CEO
Dave KlabundeDirector of Sales & Marketing
Anthon BergToms Allé 1, Ballerup, 2750DENMARK(452) 019-9342
Per Damgaard HansenInternational Business Strategist
Asher’s Chocolates80 Wambold RdSouderton, PA 18964(215) 721-3000
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Jeff AsherVice PresidentNatalie Asher
Ed LomasVice President
Barton McBrideVice President
Associated Food Stores, Inc.1850 W 2100 SouthSalt Lake City, UT 84095 (801) 978-8429
Corby BleckertDirector of Grocery Procurement & Marketing
Chad ChristensenCategory Manager, ConfectionShelli Christensen
Atkinson Candy Company1608 W Frank AvenueLufkin, TX 75904(936) 639-2333
Eric AtkinsonPresident
Sarah AtkinsonDirector of Marketing & Communications
Atkinson-Crawford Sales Co., Inc.11999 Plano Road, Suite 110Dallas, TX 75243 (972) 234-0947
Bruce GibbonsPresidentKaren Gibbons
Scott GibbonsVice President
Rayelynn SpeerVice President
Aunt Sally’s Praline Shops, Inc.2831 Chartres StreetNew Orleans, LA 70117 (504) 944-6090
Larry StattonCEOAlison Statton
Bainbridge Associates, LLC2465 Byron Station Drive SW Suite BByron Center, MI 49315 (616) 583-1458
Ross BainbridgeManaging Partner
Balsu USA, Inc.1160 Kane Concourse, Ste 403Bay Harbor Islands, FL 33160 (305) 993-5045
Karim AzzaouiVice President Sales & Marketing
Barry Callebaut Americas600 West Chicago Ave, Ste 860Chicago, IL 60654(312) 496-7300
Ben De SchryverVP Sales - Corporate Accounts
Mark FreemanVice President of Sales
Jerry HagedornChief Financial Officer
Dave JohnsonPresident & CEO
Bazooka Candy Brands, a Division of The Topps CompanyOne Whitehall StreetNew York, NY 10004 (212) 376-0300
Brent GreerVP of SalesKatie Greer
Michael GrindstaffDirector of Broker Sales
Brian YoungsDirector of National Accounts
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Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.500 Academy DriveNorthbrook, IL 60062(847) 291-8300
Laura ChristianNational Accounts Manager
Jim HeinzPresident & CEOCyndi Heinz
Dominic OlsonSales Manager, FlavorsNadine Sinese
BENEO-Palatinit, Inc.2740 State Rte 10 W, Ste 205Morris Plains, NJ 07950 (973) 539-6644
Cees BoonVP Sales & MarketingYolanda Boon
Big Y Foods2145 Roosevelt AvenueSpringfield, MA 01104 (413) 504-4315
Patrick FoleyCategory ManagerKelly Scott
Bosch Packaging Technology, Inc.5 Deacon DriveMercerville, NJ 8619 (609) 587-4879
Robert DonoNational Sales Manager
BP/ARCO ampm4 Center Point Dr., Ste 303La Palma, CA 90623 (714) 670-5472
Jim HachtelSenior Category Manager
Brown & Haley3600 Port of Tacoma RoadFife, WA 98424 (253) 620-3000
Pierson Clair IIIPresident & CEOSara Clair
Burdette Beckmann, Inc.5851 Johnson StreetHollywood, FL 33021 (954) 983-4360
Jack AndersonExecutive Vice President
Kathy CorcoranAccount Executive
Vincent Di BettaGeneral Manager Special Markets
Glen GauthierAccount Executive
Heath HayesGeneral Manager
Rob MaccubbinGeneral Manager Carolina’s
Stacey RutherfordAccount Executive
Robert TaylorPresident
Paul Van VleckGM Vending
Business Advisor208 Cranbrooke AvenueToronto, Ontario MSM1M7 Canada(862) 452-7032
Jo Paska
CP Flexible Packaging1838 Grandview Pl.Montgomery, IL 60538(630) 801-0986
Kathy PapkeAccount Manager
Calico Cottage, Inc.210 New HwyAmityville, NY 11701 (631) 841-2100
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Larry WurzelVice PresidentElaine Gnessin
Candy Dynamics9700 N Michigan RoadCarmel, IN 46032 (317) 228-5012
Karen Windle-BurchamPresident
Candy Industry155 N. Pfingsten Rd, Ste 205Deerfield, IL 60015 (847) 205-5660
Kristine CollinsPublisher
Bernie PacyniakEditor
Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate20 N Broad StreetLititz, PA 17543(717) 626-3478
Courtney LeDrewMarketing Manager
Carlin O’Brien, Inc.1851 Howard St., Ste MElk Grove Village, IL 60007(847) 228-0020
Mary Beth GeraciManaging Partner
Jeff MahlerCOO
CCSI250 Fulton AvenueNew Hyde Park, NY 11040(516) 629-4949
Aaron SlonimPresidentMarjorie Slonim
CFS Weert B.V. / AquariusPo Box 296Weert, 6000RV Netherlands0031 495 457 777
John DaleySales Manager
Kees Le LouxManager Business Unit Lollipop Equipment
Nomad Van BusselSegment Sales Manager
Chefmaster10871 Forbes AvenueGarden Grove, CA 92843 (215) 766-2122
Dave HibbsDirector of Business Development
Chocolove Co.PO Box 18357Boulder, CO 80308(303) 786-7888
Timothy MoleyOwnerKristian Yehl
Chris Candies, Inc.1557 Spring Garden AvenuePittsburgh, PA 15212 (412) 322-9400
Tim RogersPresident
Clasen Quality Coatings, Inc.5126 West Terrace Dr., Ste 100Madison, WI 53718 (608) 234-4085
Kelly AustinDirector of Technology
Clear Lam Packaging Inc.1950 Pratt Blvd.Elk Grove Village, IL 60007(630) 258-6880
Roman ForowyczGroup President
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Co-Sales Company2700 N Third Street, Ste. 1000Phoenix, AZ 85004 (602) 254-5555
John AnthonyExecutive Vice President
Colorcon, Inc.415 Moyer Blvd., PO Box 24West Point, PA 19486(215) 699-7733
David HoganSr. Business Development Manager
Consolidated Sales Network2355 Fairview Ave, #118Roseville, MN 55113 (612) 616-4013
David TucciExecutive Director
Consumer Packaging Group, Inc.1020 James Drive, Suite LHartland, WI 53029 (262) 912-6924
Arne SandbergSales Exec./Packaging Guru
Core-Mark395 Oyster Point Blvd., Ste 415S. San Francisco, CA 94080(650) 589-9445
Peter LippeSenior Director, Purchasing
Corn Products U.S.210 Executive Drive, Suite 1BNewark, DE 19702 (302) 661-3100
Jeff BilligDirector, North American Confectionery Markets
Bill RaleighDirector-Market Development
Stephen VolkerDirector Of Sales, Eastern Region
Costco Wholesale999 Lake DriveIssaquah, WA 98027 (425) 427-7702
Tim RoseSr. VP Merchandising - Foods & SundriesKristen Ruth Korell
Crosio & Associates, Inc.3165 Sable Ridge DriveBuford, GA 30519(404) 610-3335
Russell CrosioPresident
Danisco USA, Inc.Four New Century PkwyNew Century, KS 66031 (913) 764-8100
Joan DuerrSenior Account Manager
Michael Eliasen
Laura QuinnSr. Application Technologist
Darrell Lea USA1201 Mt. Kemble AvenueMorristown, NJ 07960 (973) 425-1200
Don CookVice President of Sales
David GoldenbergSupply Chain Specialist
DeMet’s Candy Co.30 Buxton Farm RoadStamford, CT 06905 (203) 321-4700
David ClarkePresident and CEO
DT & Associates, Ltd.1103 Markey DrivePO Box 755Bryan, OH 43506 (419) 636-6183
Doug Taylor, Sr.President
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Dylan’s Candy Bar315 E 62nd St., 6th FlNew York, NY 10065
Dylan LaurenFounder & CEO
Maggy SiegelPresident & COO
Dynamic Confections, Inc.1050 S 200 WSalt Lake City, UT 84101 (801) 355-4422
Taz MurrayCEO
E-Z Mart602 West FalveyTexarkana, TX 75504(903) 832-6502
Danna HuskeyCategory Manager
E.A. Berg & Sons, Inc.9 Brook AvenuePO Box 1187Maywood, NJ 07607 (201) 845-8200
David BergVice President
Michael BergVice President
Eby-Brown280 Shuman Blvd, Ste 280Naperville, IL 60563 (630) 536-3958
John ScardinaVice President Merchandising
Elmer Candy CorporationPO Box 788Ponchatoula, LA 70454 (800) 843-9537
Robert NelsonPresident & CEOVirginia Nelson
Ensign Overseas USA Ltd.8800 Boulevard East, Suite 4ANorth Bergen, NJ 07047 (201) 662-7150
Antoine AkarPresident
Enstrom Candies, Inc.PO Box 1088Grand Junction, CO 08150(970) 242-1655
Mary GrovesCFO
Bob JacksonNational Sales Manager
Daniel LivelyIT Manager
Doug SimonsPresident
Jamee SimonsSecretary/Treasurer
Doug TuttleDirector of Manufacturing
ESM AlbanyPO Box 12700Albany, NY 12212(518) 783-8844
Larry KaplanVice President
Fannie May Confections Brands, Inc.5353 Lauby RdNorth Canton, OH 44720 (800) 243-0246
Susan HaynieDirector, Creative Services & Product Management
Lisa MatznickDirector of Marketing
Terry MitchellPresident
David TaicletChief Executive Officer
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Farley’s & Sathers Candy Company, Inc.100 N Riverside PlazaChicago, IL 60606 (507) 945-8774
Matthew FentonVice President, Marketing Liam KilleenChief Executive Officer
Mark MeyerDirector, Customer Marketing
Michael SprinkleVice President of Sales
Ferrero USA, Inc.600 Cottontail LaneSomerset, NJ 08873 (732) 764-2727
Kirk BettesConvenience Channel Leader
Walt ColemanDirector of National Accounts - Grocery
Stan EhrlichDrug Channel Leader
Richard GlasgowEastern Area Manager
John KenningtonVice President of Sales
Marc NissingerDirector of Customer Marketing
Michele OberkirchMass Market Channel Leader
Trey RodenClub/Special Markets Channel Leader
FONA International, Inc.1569 Tattersall WayWest Chester, PA 19380 (610) 436-7477
Dave SalinasSales Director
Luke SlawekConfections Business Unit Director
Food Processing Suppliers Association1451 Dolley Madison BlvdSuite 101Mc Lean, VA 22101(703) 663-1200
David SeckmanCEO/President
Forbes MediaLeading Authorities, Inc.1990 M St. NWWashington, DC 20036 (202)783-0300
Steve ForbesChairman of Forbes Media and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine
Ford Gum & Machine Company, Inc.640 Margate DriveLincolnshire, IL 60069(847) 955-0003
Steve GreeneSr. VP Sales & Marketing
George StegePresident
Frankford Candy & Chocolate Co.9300 Ashton RoadPhiladelphia, PA 19114 (215) 735-5200
Stu SelarnickChief Executive Officer
Fuji Vegetable Oil, Inc.1 Barker AvenueWhite Plains, NY 10601 (914) 761-7900
Jim CliffordDirector of Sales
Galerie3380 Langley DriveHebron, KY 41048 (859) 538-8333
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Tristan AriensTrade Show Manager
Jennifer DiersingMerchandise Manager
Chris EddyDirector of Sales Grocery & Drug
Emily EdmondsonDirector of Sales & Marketing
Mark HilgefordChief Operating Officer Landes RigbyDirector of Sales Target
Rick RossPresident
George J. Howe Co.629 W Main StreetPO Box 269Grove City, PA 16127(724) 458-9410
Dan PhillipsPresident
Gerrit J. Verburg Co.12238 Germany RoadFenton, MI 48430 (810) 750-9779
Gerrit VerburgPresidentTatiana V. Verburg
Giant Eagle, Inc.101 Kappa DrivePittsburgh, PA 15238 (412) 963-6200
Joe MillerDirector of GM/Candy
Tim TackettCategory Manager of CandyColleen Tackett
Gimbal’s Fine Candies250 Hillside Blvd.S. San Francisco, CA 94080 (650) 588-4844
Ron CraftNational Sales Manager
Estle KominowskiCOO
Jennifer LyonsVP of Marketing
Jose SepulvedaVice President of Operations
Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.355 Lexington Avenue, 16 FlNew York, NY 10017 (212) 984-5900
Ed JankowskiSenior VP General Manager North America
Chris MattinaVP of Sales
Greg WoodhouseDirector-Grocery Wholesale North America
Goetze’s Candy Company, Inc.3900 E Monument StreetBaltimore, MD 21205(410) 342-2010
Mitchell GoetzeExecutive Vice President, COONell Goetze
John Leipold, Jr.Director Sales & Marketing
Golick Martins, Inc.140 Sylvan AvenueEnglewood Cliffs, NJ 07632(201) 592-8800
Manny MartinsPresidentMichele Martins
Grow Fast Solutions, LLC5313 Cory DriveEl Paso, TX 79932 (915) 471-7296
Rich CondiePresident
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Haribo of America, Inc.1825 Woodlawn Dr., Ste 204Baltimore, MD 21207 (410) 265-8890
Jim BusemanMidwestern Sales Manager
Christian JegenPresident
Margie WalterMarketing & Product Manager
Harold W. Young, Inc.1 Tech CircleNatick, MA 01760 (508) 655-2300
Andrew YoungCo-President
Henry Lambertz Inc.254 Comly Road, Suite 1Lincoln Park, NJ 07035 (252) 435-5320
Rick LaRueVP Sales & MarketingSandy LaRue
Hosokawa Confectionery and Bakery Technology and Systems4445 Malone RoadPO Box 18844Memphis, TN 38118 (901) 531-6100
Michael ScoutenRegional Sales Engineer
Hudson News1 Meadowlands Plaza, Ste 902East Rutherford, NJ 07073(201) 939-5050
Mike MaslenVice President of Sales
Impact Confections/Melster Candies10822 W. Toller Dr., Ste 350Littleton, CO 80127 (847) 778-6520
Bean KingsburyKey Account Manager
Jeffery RomePresident & CEO
J Carroll & Associates419 Friday RoadPittsburgh, PA 15209 (412) 821-8960
Wally BylinowskiPresident
Gary FleishmanVP/General ManagerDiane Fleishman
Jel Sert CompanyPO Box 261West Chicago, IL 60186 (847) 778-3808
Alex ChimensVP Sales Walmart Team
Bob ClementsVP of Sales & Marketing
Susie FraustoSenior Director of Marketing
Larry LamarreVP National Accounts
Mike NovakVP Sales Planning & Support
Ken WegnerPresident
Jelly Belly Candy CompanyOne Jelly Belly LaneFairfield, CA 94533(707) 428-2800
Lisa BrasherExecutive Vice Chairman
Sharon DuncanVice President, International Business Andy JofferVP - Corporate AccountsRebecca Joffer
Bill KelleyVice Chairman
John PolaVP - Specialty Sales
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Herm Rowland, Sr.Chairman of the Board
Ryan SchaderExec. VP Sales & Marketing
Bob SimpsonPresident & COO
Dennis SpillerDirector of National Sales
Rob SwaigenV.P. of Marketing
JMK100 Maple Park Blvd., Ste 135Saint Clair Shores, MI 48081 (586) 552-4515
Jim KleneCEO
Glen SalterPresident
JOH ConfectionOne Progress RoadBillerica, MA 01821 (978) 663-9000
Chip O’HareCEOBobbie O’Hare
Judson-Atkinson Candies, Inc.4266 Dividend PO Box 200669San Antonio, TX 78219 (210) 359-8380
Amy Atkinson VoltzExecutive Vice President
Just Born, Inc.1300 Stefko Blvd.Bethlehem, PA 18017 (610) 867-7568
Dave BayhaChannel Team Manger-Grocery
Ross BornCo-CEO
Marvin CooperManaging Director
Josh HalpernDirector of Domestic Customer Development
Rich MilkerVP Technical Services Matthew PyeVP of Brand Development
David ShafferCo-CEOSusan Shaffer
Keith Von ZupVP of Global Customer Development
Kris WidenerChannel Team Manager - Mass & Club
Kahler-Senders Group/ISM4706-A 20th St. EastFife, WA 98424 (253) 344-3220
Walt FreedPresident
Kevin JenkinsVice President/Partner
Kantar Retail245 First Street, Suite 1000Cambridge, MA 02142 (617) 588-4104
John RandSenior Vice President Retail Insights
Kimmie Candy Company525 Reactor WayReno, NV 89502(775) 284-9200
Joe DutraPresidentMarina Dutra
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King Leo Confections1420 Jet Stream DriveHenderson, NV 89052 (702) 565-4711
Laurie RedmondVice President
Kraft Foods100 DeForrest AvenueEast Hanover, NJ 07936 (973) 503-3242
Dave FleischerDirector, Trade DevelopmentLinda Fleischer
Lesya LysyjVP Marketing, Confectionery
Chuck MasseyRegional Sales Director
Pat McCrossanRegional Sales Director
Katherine PhegleyNational Sales Director, Chocolate
Regenia SteinVP Business Performance, Industry Development & Communications
Mike TaylorDirector of Strategy
Dan WoodsRegional Sales Director
Walt ZolaNational Sales Director, Specialty
L.H. Sisitzky Sales, Inc.244 W Cummings ParkWoburn, MA 01801 (781) 935-3023
Brian SisitzkyPresident
Lindt & Sprungli USA, Inc.One Fine Chocolate PlacePO Box 276Stratham, NH 03885 (603) 778-3364
Jim DillDirector of Mass/Club Channel SalesChristine Dill
Larry FineburgVice President SalesRhonda Fineburg
Ray TiceVice President FinanceRenee Tice
M2MEDIA 360/ProfessionalCandy Buyer1030 W. Higgins Rd, Ste 230Park Ridge, IL 60068(847) 720-5616
Paula TrapalisEditor
Management Science Associates, Inc.6565 Penn AvenuePittsburgh, PA 15206 (412) 362-2000
Suzanne SillimanSenior Vice President
Mane, Inc.999 Tech DriveMilford, OH 45150(513) 248-9876
David BanksDirector of Consumer Insights
Mantrose-Haeuser Co., Inc.1175 Post Rd EWestport, CT 06880 (203) 454-1800
Susan ColemanDirector/Food & Pharmaceutical
Marine Corps Exchange HQ3044 Catlin AvenueQuantico, VA 22134(703) 784-2643
Rebecca FriesBuyer
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Mars Chocolate North America800 High StreetHackettstown, NJ 07840 (908) 852-1000
Steve CollinsVP Global Walmart/Mars
Mike GilroyTeam Leader - Costco
Terry GunterSales Director
Hank IzzoVP Research & Development
Mary MyersResearch Director
Tim QuinnVice President Trade Development
Steven RizkDirector of Scientific & Regulatory Affairs
Mayfair Sales/Tzetzo Bros.1100 Military RoadBuffalo, NY 14217 (716) 877-0800
Keith McDanielPresident
Chris TzetzoVice President of Sales
MC - The Manufacturing Confectioner711 W. Water StreetPrinceton, WI 54968 (920) 295-6969
Mike AlluredPublisher
McLane Company, Inc.4747 McLane ParkwayTemple, TX 76504 (254) 771-7514
Bill WalkerProduct Director
MERESAAve. Reforma 6-64 Zona 9Guatemala City 01009Guatemala(502) 22791534
Luis MejiaGeneral Manager
Molded Fiber Glass Tray Co.6175 Highway 6Linesville, PA 16424 (814) 683-4500
Tom WoodsProduct Manager
Morris National, Inc.5722 Emerson CourtAgoura Hills, CA 91301 (626) 224-2049
Rich ClemmensenVP Sales & Marketing
Craig MatthewsVice President Sales
Bram MorrisBrand Development
Gerry MorrisPresident
Multi Packaging Solutions2750 Whitehall Park DriveCharlotte, NC 28273 (610) 360-2455
David PhillipesVice President of Sales
Murnane Companies607 Northwest AvenueNorthlake, IL 60164 (708) 449-1200
Patrick MurnaneVice PresidentMary Ellen Murnane
MV42°, MediaVest1675 BroadwayNew York, NY 10019 (212) 468-4022
Steven Wolfe PereiraSr. VP & Managing Director
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Nassau Candy Distributors, Inc.530 W John StreetHicksville, NY 11801(516) 433-7100
Barry RosenbaumPresident
Lance StierVP - Business Development / M&A
Natra US, Inc.1059 Tierra Del Ray, Suite 1Chula Vista, CA 91910 +34 648 005 150
Stephane ForrerChief Executive Officer
NCA Past Chairman403 Estancia CourtMonterey, CA 93940 (831) 656-9961
Jim Hanlon
NCA Past President20 Intracoastal CourtIsle of Palms, SC 29451(843) 886-6332
Richard O’Connell
NCA Publications Team10225 Berea Road, Suite BCleveland, OH 44102 (216) 631-8200
Steve ForsterExecutive Editor
Sara LieberthSenior Staff Writer
Teresa TarantinoEditor-in-Chief
Nestlé USA, Inc.1101 Pennsylvania Ave NWSte 600Washington, DC 20004(202) 756-2491
Louise HilsenVice President, Government Relations
New Bloomer Candy Company2200 Linden AvenueZanesville, OH 43702 (740) 452-7501
Jerry NolderChief Executive Officer
New England Confectionery Company, Inc.135 American Legion HwyRevere, MA 02151 (781) 485-4500
Domenic AntonellisChairman of BoardJoan Antonellis
Steve OrnellVP Sales
NM Incite, a Nielsen-McKinsey Company50 Rivercenter Blvd. 3rd Fl.Convington, KY 41011 (859) 905-4932
Pete BlackshawExecutive Vice President, Digital Strategic ServicesErika Brown
NXT Nutritionals, Inc.933 E. Columbus Ave., Ste CSpringfield, MA 01105(413) 747-9300
Gary Reeves
Blair UnderwoodSpokesperson
P Magee Enterprises (CANDYMAIL)2550 Southern RoadRichfield, OH 44286 (330) 659-7048
Pat MageeOwner
Pearson Candy Company2140 W 7th StreetSaint Paul, MN 55116 (651) 696-2220
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Andy GromenNational Accounts Manager
Larry HasslerPresident & CEO
Perfetti Van Melle USA Inc.3645 Turfway RoadErlanger, KY 41018(859) 283-6953
Ken BrockNational Sales Manager
Ralph ChauvinVice President Sales
Craig CuchraBrand Manager
Nick EleniakNational Sales Manager
Ronald KorenhofPresident
Laura NyeCategory Manager
Anne PezelVice President, Global Supply Chain
Irene PritchettSenior Brand Manager
Stephen WhaleyBrand Manager - Mentos Gum
Mehmet YuksekExecutive Vice President, Marketing
Pez Candy, Inc.35 Prindle Hill RoadOrange, CT 06477(203) 795-0531
Joe VittoriaPresident & CEO
PLB ConfectionsPenn Center W, Bldg 3, Ste 411Pittsburgh, PA 15276(412) 787-8800
Dan GrayVP Sales
Printpack, Inc.2800 Overlook Parkway NEAtlanta, GA 30339(800) 451-9985
Lee HartmanSales ManagerSusan Hartman
Brad WalkerDirector, Marketing & TechnologyJoy Walker
The Promotion In Motion Companies, Inc.3 Reuten Drive, PO Box 558Closter, NJ 07624(201) 784-5800
Scott BowesWestern Regional Sales Director
Jeff BrownExecutive Vice President
Marilee EdwardsNational Sales Director - Convenience & Military Channel
Paul KlutesVP Sales - National Accounts
Michael MonacoVP National Accounts
Kurt RosenbergTreasurer
Michael RosenbergPresident & CEO
Josh ShapiroVP Marketing
Pucker Powder / Creative Concepts1500 Georgia Road, Bldg AIrondale, AL 35210(205) 838-0570
Scott GreenPresidentKathy Green
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R.M. Palmer Company77 Second AvenueWest Reading, PA 19611 (610) 372-8971
Rich Palmer, Jr.PresidentJean Palmer
Steve TerroniVice President-SalesJudy Terroni
RaceTrac3225 Cumberland Blvd.Ste 100Atlanta, GA 30339 (770) 431-7600
Marielos BrownAssociate Category Manager - Candy, Ice, Ice Cream & Refrigerated Grocery
Real Candy53 Sargent CrosswayBrookline, MA 02445 (203) 227-8333
Tom AaroVice President of Marketing
Jane Cavalier LucasVice President
Roadtex Transportation13 Jensen DriveSomerset, NJ 08873 (908) 452-2971
Robert KellyVice President/Owner
Lynne SzalusExecutive Assistant
Roquette America, Inc.2000 S. Batavia Ave., Ste 400Geneva, IL 60134 (319) 520-8126
Kate JacobsenTechnical Sales Confection
Russell Stover Candies, Inc.4900 Oak StreetKansas City, MO 64112 (816) 842-9240
Dan TrottChief Operations Officer
Rutter’s Holdings, Inc.2295 Susquehanna TrailYork, PA 17404(717) 771-5986
Scott HartmanPresident & CEOCathy Hartman
Sahagian & Associates, Inc.124 Madison StreetOak Park, IL 60302(708) 848-5552
Linda SahagianPresident & CEODouglas Stewart
Sam’s Club598 SW 8th StreetBentonville, AR 72712 (479) 277-8325
Jamal ParkerSenior Buyer
SellEthics Marketing Group, Inc.941 Matthews Mint Hill RoadMatthews, NC 28105 (704) 847-4450
Joel BarhamPresident/CEO
Darren LathanVice President Sales
Wendy MasonSenior Vice President of Sales
Mark WittekindVice President Sales
Shankman & Associates6190 Cochran Road, Suite DSolon, OH 44139-3322 (440) 349-8194
Phil ShankmanPresident
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Skjodt-Barrett Foods, Inc.2395 Lucknow DriveMississauga, ON L5S1H9 Canada(905) 671-2884
Mike BellDirector of Marketing
Snack Food Association1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 600Arlington, VA 22209 (703) 836-4500
Jim McCarthyPresident & CEOBarbara Faculjak
Sollich North America LLC4916 Londonderry DriveTampa, FL 33647 (813) 345-4710
John HollandManaging Partner
Sorbee International, LLC4 Neshaminy Interplex Ste 202Trevose, PA 19053 (215) 677-5200
Barry SokolExecutive Vice President
Spangler Candy CompanyPO Box 71400 N Portland StreetBryan, OH 43506 (419) 636-4221
Denny GunterVice President Sales
Steve KerrVP Manufacturing
Jim KnightVP - Marketing
Bill MartinE.V.P. - CFO
Dean SpanglerChairman & CEO
Kirk VashawPresident
Speedway SuperAmerica, LLC500 Speedway DriveEnon, OH 45323 (937) 863-6773
Rick SamsCategory Manager GM
Storck USA, L.P.325 N La Salle Dr, Ste 400Chicago, IL 60654 (312) 494-5905
Gary ParkerVice President
Summit Hill Sales & Marketing / ISM1501 E. Orangethorpe Ave. Suite 240Fullerton, CA 92831 (714) 985-3444
Jerry HuntCo-President
Chris ZuleskiCo-President
Sunrise Confections1800 Northwestern DriveEl Paso, TX 79912 (915) 877-1173
Jubie RyanVP Retail Sales
Adolpho Ramon TellesPresident and CEO
Curtis WhettenVP of Sales
Sweet Candy Company3780 W Directors RowPO Box 22450Salt Lake City, UT 84104 (801) 886-1444
Greg CaterVP Business Development
Curtis FultonVP Sales
Rick KayPresident
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Sweets Global NetworkGrillparzerstrasse 38D-81675 Munich, 81675 Germany011-49-89-457690880
Hans StrohmaierManaging Director
Sweetriot, Inc.670 Broadway, Rm 302New York, NY 10012(212) 431-7468
Sarah EndlineMastermind & Chief Rioter
SweetWorks, Inc.3500 Genesee StreetBuffalo, NY 14225 (716) 204-0733
Paul DedominicisDirector of Sales
SymphonyIRI Group150 North Clinton StreetChicago, IL 60661 (312) 662-3130
Matt BrewerVice President, Consulting and Solutions
Ed SeeExecutive Vice President & Senior Partner Innovation
Synergy Flavors, Inc.1230 Karl CourtWauconda, IL 60084 (847) 487-1011
Bill CraigAccount Executive
Rod SowdersPresident & CEO
Target Corporation1000 Nicollet Mall, TPS 1291Minneapolis, MN 55403 (612) 696-6286
Alex SellersSr. Buyer, Candy
The Adventure LLC32706-39th Ave SWFederal Way, WA 98023 (253) 874-9665
Steve MillerFounder
The Allan Candy Company Limited3 Robert Speck Pkwy, Ste. 250Mississauga, ON L4Z2G5 Canada(905) 281-7876
Nancy ManiasDirector, Business Development
The Birth of Chocolate1111 North Avenue CElgin, TX 78621 (512) 425-0690
Daniel LorenzettiDirector
Linda Rice LorenzettiEditorial Director
The Blommer Chocolate Company600 W Kinzie StreetChicago, IL 60610(312) 226-7700
Peter BlommerPresident & COO
Rick BlommerVice PresidentTaffy Blommer
The Exchange3911 S Walton Walker Blvd.Dallas, TX 75236(214) 312-3215
David ArensDivisional Merchandise Manager
Kathy WulffSenior Buyer
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The Foreign Candy Company, Inc.1 Foreign Candy DriveHull, IA 51239(712) 439-1496
Peter De YagerCEO, President & Owner
The Futures Company400 Meadowmont VillageCircle, Suite 431Chapel Hill, NC 27517 (919) 932-8600
J. Walker SmithExecutive Chairman
The Hershey Company14 E Chocolate AvenuePO Box 810Hershey, PA 17033(717) 534-7786
Dan AzzaraSr. VP, Global Research & Development
Ron GrafVice President Andy JacobsVP General Manager US Global Customers
Tom JoyceVP, Global Customer & Industry Affairs
Phil StanleyVP, General Manager, Walmart Global Group
Dave StuartDirector of Natural Product Sciences
Dan VucovichSVP, President Hershey U.S.
The Kroger Co. 1014 Vine StreetCincinnati, OH 45202(513)762-4305
David RiggSr. Brand Manager
Whitney RobeyCorporate Brands Sales Planning Manager
Linda SeverinVice President Corporate Brands
The Lebermuth Company14000 McKinley HwyMishawaka, IN 46545 (800) 648-1123
Mel BrownSenior Account Executive
The Nielsen Company6800 Jericho TurnpikeSyosset, NY 11791 (516) 429-8086
Todd HaleSr. Vice President, Consumer & Shopper Insights
James RussoVice President, Global Consumer InsightsKelly Gitchel
The NPD Group, Inc.9399 West Higgins Rd, Ste 300Rosemont, IL 60018 (847) 692-1815
Kevin ZieziulaDirector, Business Development
The Performance Group/ISM6759 Sierra Ct, Suite CDublin, CA 94568(925) 556-0512
Steve MartinezManaging Partner
Thompson Brands, LLC80 South Vine StreetMeriden, CT 6451 (203) 235-2541
Gene DunkinChief Executive Officer
Gary ParsonsVice President, Sales
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Thorntons10101 Linn Station Rd, Ste 200Louisville, KY 40223 (502) 339-8385
Steve BoomershineDirector of Category ManagementStacey Boomershine
Time Warner Retail Sales and Marketing260 Cherry Hill Rd.Parsippany, NJ 07054(973) 939-0000
Trevor ScoonShopper Insights Analyst
TMBCLeading Authorities, Inc.1990 M Street, NW, 8th FloorWashington, DC 20036 (202) 721-7650
Marcus BuckinghamExpert on Outstanding Leadership and Management Practices
TNA North America, Inc.680 S Royal LaneCoppell, TX 75019 (972) 462-6500
Mark LozanoNational Sales Manager
Tomric Systems, Inc.85 River Rock Drive, Suite 202Buffalo, NY 14207 (716) 854-6050
Thomas ElsinghorstVP - Sales & Marketing
Trade Class Solutions10 Tower Office ParkSuite 100Woburn, MA 01801(781) 938-7551
Greg ButlerSales Manager
Kevin CainOwner
Jim ReaganSales Manager
Gary WilhiteSales Manager
Travel Centers Of America24601 Center Ridge Rd.Ste 200Westlake, OH 44145 (440) 617-8928
Tom NewbouldDirector Of Merchandising
Trend Sales, Inc.5235 Mendenhall Park PlMemphis, TN 38115(901) 368-2698
Joe DonnellyPresident
Bill HoffmanRegional Director
Union Confectionery Machinery Co.801 E 141st StreetBronx, NY 10454 (718) 585-0200
Jim GreenbergCo-President
Varick Enterprises, Inc.14 Fieldstone DriveP.O. Box 84Winchester, MA 01890(781) 729-9141
Fred HintlianPresidentAlicia Hintlian
VIDAL CANDIES USA, INC.Avda. Gutierrez MelladoMurcia, 30500 Spain011-34-968-647-100
Paco Hernandez VidalCEO & President
Francisco Hernandez Arnaldos, Sr.CEO & Vice President
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Mitchell BernsteinNational Sales Director
Vistar12650 E Arapahoe RoadCentennial, CO 80112 (303) 662-7200
Patrick HagertyPresident/CEO
Mark HodgeCorporate Director of Merchandising
Walmart Stores, Inc.702 SW 8th StreetBentonville, AR 72716
Joe GradyVP Candy & Impulse Merchandising
Kim KelleySenior Buyer
Nic KeneippSeasonal Candy Buyer
Seth MalleySenior Buyer Seasonal Candy
Michael McFaddenSenior Manager, Merchant Planning
Robert PricePlanning Director
Walmart U.S.702 Southwest 8th StreetBentonville, AR 72716 (479) 277-9076
Carla DoddsDirector, Multicultural Marketing and Marketing Vendor Management
Wild Flavors, Inc.1261 Pacific AvenueErlanger, KY 41018 (859) 342-3600
Marlene SmothersSr. Manager SweetReese Smothers
Wolfgang Candy Company, Inc.50 E. 4th Ave., PO Box 226York, PA 17404 (717) 843-5536
Benjamin McGlaughlinPresident & CEO
World’s Finest Chocolate, Inc.4801 S Lawndale AvenueChicago, IL 60632(773) 847-4600
Tyler JeffreySVP & Chief Marketing Officer
Jennifer LucasDirector
Ed OplerCEO
Zachary Confections, Inc.2130 W State Rd 28Frankfort, IN 46041 (765) 659-4751
George AnichiniSenior Vice PresidentValerie Anichini
Zappos.comLeigh Bureau92 E. Main StreetSomerville, NJ 8876 (908) 253-0639
Tony HsiehFounder & CEO
ZoomEssence, Inc.1131 Victory PlaceHebron, KY 41048 (859) 534-5974
Bob CorbettCEO & Chairman
Steve HardekCFO & Director of Business Development
FACET- Supplier Advisory Committee Meeting
- Customer Relations Committee Meeting- State of the Industry Conference Committee Meeting
GlitterSWEETS & SNACKS EXPO® Committee & Retail Customers
Meeting
Level 4
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FLOORPLANS
Glimmer Terrace- First Timers Reception& Welcome Reception - Networking Dessert
Glimmer 1-7Business Sessions
Lunch SessionsAfternoon Power Sessions
Glimmer FoyerRegistration, Meeting Place
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La Côte RestaurantFriday Reception & Dinner Party*in case of inclement weather: Glimmer 5-7
La Côte
Outside Lawn Area
Upper Lobby Level
Splash 9 - 10 - Board of Trustees Committee Meeting
- SWEETS & SNACKS EXPO® Committee Meeting
Splash 13 - 14Chocolate Council/Board
Meeting
La Côte LawnThursday Reception
*in case of inclement weather: Glimmer 5-7
Splash 1 - 2Executive Board
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NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION ANTITRUST COMPLIANCE POLICY
It is the policy and practice of the National Confectioners Associa-tion (NCA) to conduct all of its meetings and activities in strict compliance with applicable federal and state laws. Because NCA members are often competitors, it is particularly important to comply fully with national and state antitrust laws. Antitrust laws / seek to preserve and promote competition and to deter anticompetitive conduct. NCA is committed both to strict compliance with the antitrust laws and to the avoidance of any appearance of improper or anticom-petitive conduct. All meetings of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, as well as committee meetings that might give rise to competitive concerns will be monitored by trained NCA staff or counsel. To avoid subject matter or discussions which might be construed as anticompetitive, meeting agendas and minutes will be reviewed by counsel. The Association has re-tained special counsel to assist in addressing antitrust questions, if any, which may arise.
Violations of the antitrust laws can result in serious penalties for both companies and individuals. These penalties include treble damage awards, fines, and injunctions. Individuals may be subject to criminal prosecution. It is therefore incumbent upon ev-eryone participating in NCA activities to avoid subject areas and discussions which might be construed as anticompetitive.
Individuals who participate in NCA activities should read and abide by the following rules:
1. There should be no discussion of prices, one’s own or those of a competitor, or of any factors which might affect prices such as discounts or margins.
2. There should be no discussions regarding allocations of ter-ritories, markets or customers.
3. The Association will not develop standards or practices which restrict the business of any firm or individual.
4. If any subject with any anticompetitive implication or appear-ance is raised at any NCA meeting, persons attending the meet-ing should object immediately to an NCA staff person and request that the subject be dropped.
5. No NCA sponsored meeting will begin until its agenda has been reviewed by trained NCA staff or by counsel.
6. Minutes of each NCA meeting and committee meeting shall be reviewed and approved by trained NCA staff or by counsel.
7. Speakers at NCA meetings shall comply with these guidelines. Where a speaker who is a member of NCA or affiliated with a member of NCA intends to address a topic dealing with eco-nomics, business practices, or product or service standards, an outline or prepared text of the speaker’s presentation shall be reviewed by trained NCA staff or counsel in advance of the meet-ing.
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8. NCA’s statistical data collection and reporting programs will relate only to past transactions, and data will be reported in an aggregate form that does not permit identification of individual transactions or reporting companies. Membership participation in such programs is always voluntary.
9. Any research or standard setting activities of NCA will be con-ducted only with monitoring by legal counsel and with full opportu-nity for participation by both members and non-members of NCA.
A fundamental purpose of NCA’s schools, seminars, and conferenc-es is to improve competition and to facilitate competitive marketing. Adherence to these guidelines will facilitate that purpose.
Richard L. Frank, Esq.
OLSSON, FRANK AND WEEDA, P.C.
NCA Counsel
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NCA would like to recognize and express our appreciation to the
2011 State of the Industry Conference Sponsors.
