Food Marketing Conference 2024 | Western Michigan University | 26 March 2024 | Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA

Why Attend?
• Highlighting Industry Trends
• Connecting Professionals
• Supporting Future Industry Leaders

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Victor Antonio
Sales Trainer and Motivational Keynote Speaker, Founder, Sales Velocity Academy

SPEAKERS:

Sophie Abrahamsson
President of Americas, Bambuser

Denny Belcastro
Vice President Industry Initiatives and Customer Development, Kimberly-Clark

Erin Bonovetz
Senior Vice President and General Manager OTC, Perrigo

Dr. Jennifer Bott
Professor of Management, Western Michigan University

Kevin Coupe
Author and Content Guy, MorningNewsBeat

Kristin Crouse
Principal, Circana

Marta Cyhan-Bowles
Chief Communications Officer and Head of Marketing, NielsenIQ North America

Peggy Davies
President, Private Label Manufacturers Association

Juan De Paoli
Vice President of Our Brands, Kroger

Sherry Ellies
Vice President Customer Development, Kimberly-Clark

Amy Feldman
Senior Executive Vice President of Sales, Lifeway Foods

Don Fitzgerald
Former CEO, DOM's Kitchen & Market

Bryan Gildenberg
Founder and CEO, Confluencer Commerce

Justin Honaman
Head of Worldwide Retail and Consumer Goods Go-To-Market, Amazon Web Services

Katie Hotze
Founder and CEO, Grocery Shopii

Rick Keyes
President and CEO, Meijer

Anthony Kyles
Chief Customer Officer, Meals & Beverages, Campbell's

Colleen Lindholz
President at Kroger Health

Joe Mueller
Vice President of Purposeful Engagement, Kellanova

Katie Paul
Senior Vice President of Merchandising, KeHE Distributors

Dave Peacock
CEO, Advantage Solutions

Kathryn Peters
Head of Industry Relations, SPINS

Allison Quick
Food Marketing And Supply Chain Management Student and Executive Vice President of the Food Marketing Association, WMU

Don Sanderson
Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer, Meijer

Tony Sarsam
President and CEO, SpartanNash

Herb Smith
Vice President Off-Premise Customer Development and Category Management, E. & J. Gallo Winery

Jason Smith
Managing Director - USA, Shopper Intelligence

Stephanie Stuckey
Chair, Stuckey's Corporation

Michael Taylor
Chief Operating Officer of Retail Services, Advantage Solutions

Jessica Waller
General Manager of Away From Home, Kellanova

Dan Wandel
Senior Director Strategic Insights and Category Management, Mark Anthony Brands

Ben Wynkoop
Global Strategist, Blue Yonder

Lily Zwanka
Food Marketing Student and President of the Food Marketing Association, WMU

Dr. Russell Zwanka
Director of the Food Marketing Program and Associate Professor of Marketing, Western Michigan University

2024 Sponsors

• Abbott Nutrition
• Acosta Sales & Marketing
• Advantage Solutions
• Alliance Amazon logo
• Amazon
• Aunt Millie's
• Blue Yonder
• C.A. Carlin
• Circana
• The Clorox Company
• Coca-Cola
• Conagra Brands
• Constellation Brands
• Country Fresh
• Crossmark
• Danone
• Dawn Foods
• Daymon
• Dunnhumby
• E. & J. Gallo Winery
• Flashfood
• Founders Brewing
• Four Sigmatic
• Graphic Packaging International
• Hershey Company
• Hormel Foods
• H.T. Hackney
• Inmar Intelligence
• JOH
• Johnsonville
• KeHE
• Kellanova
• Keurig Dr. Pepper
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation
• Kraft Heinz Company
• Kroger
• Land O'Frost
• Learning Evolution
• Lifeway
• L ipari
•Lynn's DakotaMart
• Mark Anthony Brands
• Meijer
• Mondelez International
• NGA National Grocers Association
• Nestle
• NielsenIQ
• PepsiCo
• Perrigo
• Pratt Industries
• Riveridge Produce Marketing
• Sargento
• SC Johnson
• Shankman & Associates, Inc.
• SpartanNash
• SPINS
• Sysco
• Unilever
• WK Kellogg Co