FMI Midwinter Executive Conference 2024 | Food Industry Association (FMI) | 18 January 2024 | JW Marriott Marco Island, 400 S Collier Blvd, Marco Island, FL 34145, USA

This conference has always been the premier forum for high-impact industry dialog — our moment to tackle what’s next in grocery. You won’t find a more qualified, captive audience of executive-level food industry attendees anywhere else. As an invitation-only event, FMI members focus on the industry's most pressing issues, together.

2024 Speakers

Steven Antoine
Vice President, Global Security, PepsiCo, Inc.

Twyla Bailey
Senior VP US Food & Mass, Mondelēz International

Doug Baker
Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI

Mark Baum
Chief Collaboration Officer & Senior Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI

David Best
Chief Operating Officer, President, and Board Director, Coborn's, Inc.

Sandy Douglas
Chief Executive Officer, UNFI

Will England
Vice President, Asset Protection, Weis Markets, Inc.

Leo Feler
Chief Economist, Numerator

David Fikes
Executive Director, FMI Foundation

Ross Finman
CEO, Augmodo

Diego Fonseca
Head of Digital Supply Chain Transformation, The Kraft Heinz Company

Oliver Ganschar
Head of Global Digital Manufacturing, The Kraft Heinz Company

Brian George
President, Chairman and CEO, Alex Lee, Inc.

Bobby Gibbs
Partner, Retail & Consumer Goods Practice, Oliver Wyman

Laura Goodman
Vice President – Resource Development & Volunteer Partnerships, Junior Achievement USA

Robert Grey
Director, FoodTech, Plug and Play Tech Center

Francesca Hahn
VP Digital Commerce, Mondelēz International

Andy S. Harig
Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development, FMI (Food Marketing Institute)

Jennifer Hatcher
Chief Public Policy Officer & Senior Vice President, Government Relations, FMI

Gary Hawkins
CEO & Founder, CART

Melanie Hilton
Senior Vice President Innovations & Partnerships, GS1 US

Katie Hotze
Founder & CEO, Grocery Shopii

Omar Jorge
Midwinter Chairperson, CEO, Compare Foods, Chairman, Aurora Grocery Group (AGG)

Galen Karlan-Mason
Founder & CEO, Green Choice

Cory Lowe
Research Scientist, Loss Prevention Research Council

Jose Luis-Gomes
Managing Director Retail & Consumer, Google Cloud | Non Executive Board Member

Sally Lyons Wyatt
Global EVP & Chief Advisor, Consumer Goods & Foodservice Insights, Circana

Steve Markenson
Vice President, Research, FMI

Tim Mason
CEO, Eagle Eye Solutions Limited

Siobhan O'Bara
Senior Vice President of Community Engagement, GS1 US

Dan O'Connor
Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School

Martin Otto
Board of Directors Member, Retired Chief Operating Officer, H-E-B

Chad Peterson
Sr. Vice President of eCommerce, Lowes Foods / Alex Lee Retail

2024 Sponsors

TITLE SPONSORS:
• Acosta Group
• Advantage Solutions
• Afresh
• Anheuser Busch
• Bimbo
• Inva Fresh
• Relex
• The Coca Cola Company

PREMIER SPONSORS
• E&J Gallo Winery
• Hershey
• Mars Wrigley
• Nestle Purina
• Unilever

PARTNER SPONSORS:
• Blueco
• BMO
• Bodyanrmor
• Brain Corp
• Circana
• Danone
• Eagle Foods
• General Mills
• Hy Vee
• Design House
• Lavazza
• Mondalez
• Nielsen IO
• Pepsico
• Prodx
• Red Bull
• Visa