2025 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Diana Schildhouse

Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Colgate Palmolive

Joel Rampoldt

CEO

Lidl US

Tim Steiner

CEO

Ocado Group

Allison Ellsworth

Co-Founder & Chief Brand Officer

poppi

Jack Sinclair

CEO

Sprouts Farmers Market

Loren Brill Castle

CEO & Founder

Sweet Loren's

Nick Green

CEO & Co-Founder

Thrive Market

Susan Anderson

Global Head of Delivery

Uber

Desirée Gosby

SVP, Tech Strategy & Emerging Tech

Walmart Global Tech

Raghu Mahadevan

EVP, Logistics & Chief Digital Officer

7-Eleven

John Carroll

President, Digital Commerce & Advanced Analytics

Acosta Group

Karin Chu

Vice President, Head of AI, Data Science & Analytics

Ahold Delhaize USA

Bobby Watts

SVP AD Retail Media & Digital Merchandising

Ahold Delhaize USA

Harshad Agashe

VP Data Products

Albertsons

Liz Roche

VP, Media & Measurement

Albertsons Media Collective

Adam Goodliss

Partner

Alix Partners

Andrew Thomas

VP, Marketing

Archer Meat Snacks

Marian Leitner-Waldman

CEO & Founder

Archer Roose Wines

Felipe Alonso

Head of Ecommerce

Auto Mercado

Benjamin Thompson

Founder & CEO

AytonLeigh Consulting

Wes Janson

Partner

Bain

Ajay Sharma

VP, eCommerce & OmniChannel, Target & Emerging Platforms, North America

Bayer Consumer Health

Sebastian Bak

Managing Director & Partner

BCG

Jill Wang

Managing Director & Partner

BCG

Leon Zhang

Co-Founder & CEO

BetterBasket

Sarah Bakx

President

BOLD Brands (Treasury Wine Estates)

Manuel Queiroz

Partner

Bright Pixel Capital (Sonae)

Kait Stephens

CEO & Founder

Brij

Bharat Pulgam

Co-Founder & CEO

Buncha

Penney Mctaggart Cowan

VP, Marketing & Member Experiences

Calgary Coop

Jennifer Conklin

VP, Retail Technologies

Capgemini

Eric Skae

CEO

Carbone Fine Food

Gary Hawkins

CEO

Center for Advancing Retail and Technology (CART)

Dennys Espinoza

Head of Omnichannel

Chedraui

Arda Mutlu, PhD

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Chimeable

Talia Monroe

SVP, Commercial Growth

Chobani

Brian Bell

VP, Strategy & Planning

Church & Dwight Co., Inc

Vivek Farias

CTO & Co-Founder

Cimulate

Chris Edwards

Global Retail Platforms & Emerging Technology

Circle K

Jenny McLean

Managing Partner & Retail Industry Lead

Clarkston Consulting

Matt Nichols

Partner

Commerce Ventures

Anders Mittag

Chief Commercial Officer, Lobyco

Coop Denmark

Deborah Weinswig

Founder & CEO

Coresight Research

Linda Bethea

CMO, North America

Danone

Arthur Sylvestre

VP, Digital Commerce

Danone North America

Danny Edsall

Principal, Global Grocery Leader

Deloitte

Abby Slark

Principal

Deloitte

Prasanna Kumar

Global Digital Commerce Experience Director

Diageo

Gregor Murray

Chief 'So What' Officer

Digital Commere Global

Lori Schafer

CEO & Co-Founder

Digital Wave Technology

Elena MacGurn

SVP, Search

Digitas

Shaoming Yang

VP

Dingdong Fresh

Toby Espinosa

VP, Ads & Growth Services

DoorDash

Fuad Hannon

VP, New Verticals

DoorDash

Alastair Dorward

CEO

Dropps

Leo Nagdas

Head of Corporate Development & Ventures

dunnhumby

Matt O'Grady

President, Americas

dunnhumby

Ekta Chopra

Chief Digital Officer

e.l.f. Beauty

Sarah Marzano

Principal Analyst, Retail & Commerce Media

EMARKETER

Kabir Jain

Chief Growth Officer

Erewhon

Jennifer Fagan

Retail Partner

EY

Danielle Sporkin

SVP, Media & Marketing Services

Ferrero

Jordan Schenck

CEO

Flashfood

Suzy Monford

CEO

Food Sport International

Michael Gabay

CEO & Co-Founder

Gain

Nitin Murali

VP, Supply Chain Excellence

Gallo

Shweta Prabhu

VP, Digital, MarTech, Enterprise Systems, Data & Analytics

Giant Eagle

Justin Weinstein

EVP, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer

Giant Eagle Inc.

Ryan Draude

Head of Loyalty & Digital

Giant Food

Chris Jocson

Chief Operating Officer

Good Eggs

Neil Stern

CEO

Good Food Holdings

Sanjiv Karani

Founder & Chief Product Officer

GrocerAI

Amy Darlison-Lee

Global Head of Retailers & Brands

Groceryshop

Adam Houston

SVP, Event Director

Groceryshop

Joe Laszlo

Global Head of Insights

Groceryshop

Kelly Lindenau

Content Director

Groceryshop

Rocquan Lucas

VP, Content

Groceryshop

Ben Miller

VP, Original Content & Strategy

Groceryshop

Joe Sta-Romana

Chief Customer Officer, US

Haleon

Bruce Hatch

Chief Information Officer

Harmons Grocery

Cem Kent

Co-Founder & CEO

Harmonya

Molly Hop

EVP & North American Lead of Havas Market

Havas Media Network

Prabash Coswatte

Chief Operating Officer

Heritage Grocers Group

Leslie Lee

VP, Digital Experiences

Hormel Foods

Zia Daniell Wigder

Co-Founder, Groceryshop & Global President, Connected Commerce

Hyve

Michael La Kier

VP, Brand Development

IGA USA

Stewart Samuel

Director of Retail Futures

IGD

Cristian Arcangeli

VP, Omnichannel & Customer Experience

illy Caffé

Gaurav Pant

Co-Founder & Chief Insights Officer

Incisiv

David McIntosh

Chief Connected Stores Officer

Instacart

Ali Miller

General Manager, Advertising

Instacart

Kris Hull

EVP, Senior Client Officer, Consumer Products

Ipsos

Sarah Engel

President

January Digital

Gokce Guven

Founder & CEO

Kalder

Leigh O'Donnell

Head of Shopper & Category Insights

Kantar

Brett Matthews

Chairman & CEO

Kate Farms

Julie Bowerman

CMO

Kellanova

Louise Cotterill

Global Senior Director, Insights & Intelligence

Kellanova

Andrea Steele

AVP eCommerce & Customer Marketing

Kraft Heinz

Christine Foster

SVP

Kroger Precision Marketing

Zara Ngouen

VP, Information Technology

Lidl US

Benoit Vatere

Chief Media Officer

Liquid Death

Lauren Steinberg

EVP & Chief Digital Officer

Loblaw

Janet Rickford

VP, Stores and Merchandising Solutions

Loblaw Companies

Neil Reynolds

Global Chief Customer & Digital Commerce Officer

Mars Snacking

Michele Roney

EVP, Retailer CX

Mars United Commerce

Louise Fritjofsson

Founder & CEO

Martie

Sunil Rao

Head of Analytics, Americas

Merkle

Alicia LeBeouf

Head of Industry, Retail & Grocery

Meta

Vic Miles

Region Business Leader, Americas

Microsoft

Mustafa Bartin

Retail CEO

Migros Turkey

Cristina Marinucci

VP, Global Growth & Omni Commercial Insights

Mondelēz International

Mindy Shaltry

Head of Omnichannel Marketing and Activation

Mondelez International

Erin Cabrey

Senior Reporter

Morning Brew

Yasutaka Kasagi

CEO & Founder

MUSE Inc.

Misbah Uraizee

Co-Founder & CEO

Nectar Social

Sambit Dutta

VP, Digital Strategy & Transformation

Nestle

Tony Ward

Partner/Principal, Retail & Supply Chain

Newton

Deepak Jose

VP & Head of Data & Decision Intelligence

Niagara Bottling

Jennie Bell

Managing Director, Snacks & Beverages

NielsenIQ

Hagen Panton

VP, Retail Development & Sales Capability

Nutrabolt

Anne Mezzenga

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Chris Walton

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Jason Cottrell

CEO & Founder

Orium

Rahul Choraria

CEO

Pacvue

Alex Weissman

Co-Founder & CEO

Palate

Mike Glaser

VP Commerce Media

PepsiCo

Marisa Perez

SVP, Digital Commerce

PepsiCo

Lauren Sanvidge

Executive Director, Head of Commerce

PHD Media

Simon Rodeiro

Vice President Digital Commerce & Omni-Channel Marketing

PIM Brands

Ken Fenyo

CEO

Pine Street Advisors

Jason Goldberg

Chief Commerce Strategy Officer

Publicis Groupe

Courtney Trudeau

Managing Director, Technology

Publicis Sapient

James Sachs

Chief Operating Officer

Puroast Coffee

Julian Mills

CEO & Co-Founder

Quorso

Scot Wingo

CEO & Co-Founder

ReFiBuy

Wayne McIntyre

Co-Founder & CEO

Relocalize

Emily Xu

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Republic National Distributing Company

Vineta Bajaj

Chief Financial Officer

Rohlik Group

Richard McKenzie

CEO, Veloq

Rohlik Group

Rina Hurst

VP, Digital Merchandising

Sam's Club

Michael Wait

Head of Infrastructure & Application Development

Schnuck Markets

Mirko Saul

SVP, Innovation

Schwarz Group

Angelo Damiano

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Scrollmark

Ethan Sinick

Managing Director

Shirland Ventures

Brad Bogolea

Co-Founder & CEO

Simbe Robotics

Amrita Bhasin

Co-Founder & CEO

Sotira

Nathan Mansperger

VP, Digital Account Execution

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits

Alan Wizemann

Chief Digital Officer

Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits

Chaz Flexman

CEO & Co-Founder

Starday Foods

Oliver Chen

Managing Director, Luxury, Retail, New Platforms Sector Head

TD Cowen

Oliver Vogt

CEO, Transcend

Tesco

Grace Wilkinson

Managing Director, Peckish

The Co-operative Group

Katie Neil

Head of Connected Commerce

The Coca-Cola Company

Kate Barton

Chief Growth Officer

The Honest Company

Michael Reda

VP, Omni-Channel Marketing & Insights

The Marzetti Company

Keith LaFrance

Partner

The Partnering Group

Manish Sharma

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

Think Blue

Amanda Parker

Head of Food

TikTok Shop

Jordan Berke

CEO & Founder

TOMORROW

Daryl Porter

Senior Partner

TOMORROW

Alice Ponti

SVP of Innovation & Strategy

VentureFuel

Heather Hughes

Group VP, General Merchandise Manager of Health, Wellness & Nutrition

Walgreens

Abi Subramanian

Group VP, Loyalty, Walgreens Advertising Group & Owned Asset Monetization

Walgreens

Sam Tomlinson

EVP

Warschawski

Sonya Gafsi Oblisk

Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer

Whole Foods

Bob Ma

Head of Retail VC Investing

WIND Ventures

Joe Yakuel

CEO

WITHIN

Callum Wilson

GM, Analytics

Woolworths

Darshan Shah

Head of Early-Stage Investments

XRC Ventures