2023 Board of Directors
Herb Ring
Chair of the Board
The Hershey Company
National Foodservice Director
Ben Wexler
First Vice-Chair
Custom Culinary, Inc.
President
Teri Trullinger
Vice-Chair
Cargill
Group Vice President Field Sales
Paul Edmondson
Vice-Chair
Procter & Gamble Professional Americas
Vice President
David Rizley
Treasurer
Essity Professional Hygiene
Vice President Foodservice Distribution
Nanette Luningham
Membership
Tyson Foods
Vice President Foodservice Marketing and Channel Development
Greg Cocchiarella
Education Foundation Chair
Ecolab
Vice President, Industry Relations
Oliver Kelly
At-Large
Kerry
President & Chief Executive Officer, North America
Tim Wayne
At-Large
The J.M. Smucker Company
Vice President & General Manager
Hugh Roth
2021 Chair of the Board
PepsiCo Global Foodservice
Senior Vice President - Chief Customer and Business Development Officer
Phil Kafarakis
IFMA President and CEO
IFMA
Luis Andrade
Ventura Foods
Executive Vice President, Commercial
Tom Bell
Wayne Farms LLC
Vice President, General Manager, Prepared Foods
Erin Buntin
Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Director of Foodservice Sales
Eric Blumenthal
The Coca-Cola Company
Sr. Vice President, North America Operating Unit
Kelly Crouse
C.H. Guenther & Son
Senior Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer - Retail & Foodservice
Joe Cusick
Olam Food Ingredients
Vice President, Sales, Edible Nuts Division
Christos Dinopoulos
Unilever
Vice President & Managing Director North America
Rosalyn Emerson
Chobani
Sr. Director of Channel Marketing
Mary Flinn
Tofurky – Turtle Island Foods
National Manager Non-Commercial Sales
Mary Klakulak-Sclafani
Genpak LLC
Vice President of Market Innovation Strategy
Art Michaels
Smithfield Foods
Vice President Foodservice
Beau Netzer
Aspire Bakeries
President
Mark Ourada
Hormel Foods Corporation
Group Vice President, Foodservice
Ashley Peeples
Royal Cup Coffee
Senior Vice President Foodservice
Bob Pierce
Bunn-O-Matic Corporation
Senior Vice President North American Sales and Global Accounts
Barbara Powell
Mount Franklin Foods dba Azar Nut Company
Vice President Foodservice
Ian Roberts
Conagra
Vice President & General Manager Foodservice
Tom Rupkey
High Liner Foods Inc
Vice President-North America Foodservice Sales
Tom Ruszkowski
Red Diamond
Executive Vice President Foodservice
Kristin Bird
Basic American Foods
President
Don Davis
Kellogg Company
General Manager
Lauren Lopez
Rich Products Corporation
Senior Vice President Foodservice
Fleur Veldhoven
Nestlé Professional North America
Vice President of Food