2023 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Mir Aamir

CEO

Fulfil Solutions

Tammy Ackerman

VP, Retail eCommerce

Treasury Wine Estates

Imteaz Ahamed

Head of Performance Marketing - Nutrition

Reckitt

Chelsey Alexander

VP of New & Emerging Channels

Bayer Consumer Health

Yegor Anchyshkin

Co-Founder & CEO

Instock.com

Luke Anderson

Chief Information Officer

Cub

Meghan Archer

VP, Digital Commerce, Omni Retail Transformation

PepsiCo

Sebastian Bak

Partner & Managing Director

Boston Consulting Group

Mustafa Bartin

CEO

Migros Turkey Retail

Anna Bell

SVP of Marketing, Pet

Central Garden & Pet

Lorelei Bergin

VP, North American Retail

NielsenIQ

Jordan Berke

Founder & CEO

Tomorrow Retail Consulting

Brad Bogolea

Co-Founder & CEO

Simbe Robotics

Aron Bohlig

Founder & Managing Partner

ComCap LLC

Ron Bonacci

VP of Advertising & Marketing

Rouses Markets

Tom Borgers

Founder & CEO

3mint

Rhasheda Boyd

VP, Better Choice Snacking Portfolio

Frito-Lay North America

Kendra Bracken-Ferguson

Founder & CEO

BrainTrust

Shaun Brown

EVP, Commerce

Tinuiti

Khuldoon Bukhari

Co-Founder & CEO

Envelope

Laura Burbedge

Director of Online

Waitrose

Danielle Carney

Head of NFL Ads

Amazon

John Carroll

President of Digital Commerce & Advanced Analytics

Acosta Group

Katie Catlin

Partner

The Partnering Group

Jie Cheng

VP & Global Head, Digital Commerce

Mondelēz International

Karin Chu

VP, Data Science & Digital Analytics

Peapod Digital Labs

Jacqueline Claudia

CEO

SmarterX

Julia Cohen

Co-Founder & CEO

Mammoth

Barbara Connors

VP, Strategy & Acceleration

84.51° (Kroger)

Prabash Coswatte

Chief Administrative Officer

Heritage Grocers Group

Suzy Davidkhanian

VP, Content - Retail & Ecommerce

Insider Intelligence

Frances Dillard

VP, Brand & Product Marketing

Driscoll's

Beatrice Dixon

Founder, CEO & Chief Innovation Officer

The Honey Pot

Ryan Draude

Head of Loyalty & Digital

Giant Food

Esi Eggleston Bracey

President, Unilever USA & CEO, Personal Care, Unilever North America

Unilever

Matt Eichorn

Co-Founder, President & CEO

Freeosk

Shai Eisenman

Founder & CEO

Bubble

Yaron Elboim

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Wiliot

Sarah Engel

President

January Digital

Ben Eppler

Partner & Managing Director

Boston Consulting Group

Jeff Erickson

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Viable

Michelle Evans

Global Lead of Retail & Digital Consumer Insights

Euromonitor International

Jordan Fisher

Founder & CEO

Standard AI

JJ Fleeman

CEO

Ahold Delhaize USA

Chad Fox

SVP & Chief Marketing Officer

Dollar General

Kathryn Ganz

VP Product

Holland & Barrett

Tomás Gazmuri

Co-Founder & CEO

AndesML

John Giaquinto

VP, Loyalty, Personalization & Analytics

Rite Aid

Bryan Gildenberg

Co-Host

CPG Guys

Jasteena Gill

VP of Marketing

CeraVe (L'Oréal)

Jason Goldberg

Chief Commerce Strategy Officer

Publicis Groupe

Seth Goldman

Co-Founder & CEO

Eat the Change

Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty

SVP, Delivery

Uber

Krystina Gustafson

SVP Content

Groceryshop

Matt Hamory

Partner & Managing Director

AlixPartners

Nick Handrinos

Vice Chairman, Retail & Consumer Products Leader

Deloitte

Fuad Hannon

VP, New Business Verticals

DoorDash

Kate Hardcastle MBE

Broadcaster & The Customer Whisperer

Insight with Passion Consultancy

David Hardiman-Evans

SVP

Ocado Solutions

Devo Harris

Founder & CEO

Adventr

Elizabeth Harris

Chief Strategy Officer

Arc Worldwide

Ashley Hartman

Managing Partner

Bluestein Ventures

Francisca Hawkins

VP, Digital & Enterprise Technology

Blue Bottle Coffee

Gary Hawkins

Founder & CEO

Center for Advancing Retail and Technology (CART)

Jessica Hendrix

President & CEO

Saatchi & Saatchi X

Steve Henig

Chief Customer Officer

Wakefern Food Corp

Tiffany Hicks

VP - eCommerce, Foodservice & Specialty Channels

Bumble Bee Seafood

Matt Hodge

VP, B2C eCommerce & eTail

Republic National Distributing Company

Sarah Hofstetter

Member, Board of Directors

Campbell Soup Company

Graham Hogg

Co-Founder & CEO

see6

Jennifer Hopper

Chief Information Officer

Save A Lot

Mark Ibbotson

Senior Advisor

McKinsey & Company

Jayme Jansky Beck

Head of Field Omni-Shopper Marketing

Unilever

Russell Jones

Director, Grocery Partnerships Worldwide

Amazon

Deepak Jose

Global Head of One Demand Data & Analytics Solutions

Mars Wrigley

Allison Kahler

Partner

Bain & Company

Shefali Kapadia

Managing Editor, CPG Specialist

Financial Times

Cara Keating

Chief Customer Officer, Frito-Lay North America

PepsiCo

Tyler King

VP, Retail Finance

SpartanNash

Konrad Kopczynski

VP, Strategic Analytics

Croud

Joe Laszlo

VP Content

Groceryshop

Mike LaVitola

Co-Founder & Chairman

Foxtrot

Alicia LeBeouf

Head of Industry - Retail, Marketplaces, & Grocery

Meta

Victor Lee

President

Advantage Unified Commerce

Andrew Lipsman

Principal Analyst

Insider Intelligence

Rocquan Lucas

VP Content

Groceryshop

Daniel Lundh

Founder

Lifvs/Storekey

Amitabh Mall

Chief Analytics Officer & Managing Director, wiq

Woolworths Group

Nathan Mansperger

VP, eCommerce

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits

Diana Marshall

EVP & Chief Growth Officer

Sam's Club

Elizabeth Mayer

Partner

The Partnering Group

Lindsey Mazza

Global Retail Lead

Capgemini

Alanna McDonald

President, Mars Pet Nutrition North America

Mars Petcare

Monica McGurk

CEO, Tropicana Brands & Mainstream

Tropicana

Ben McKean

Founder & CEO

Hungryroot

Jennifer McKeehan

SVP, End to End Delivery, Walmart U.S.

Walmart

Rodney McMullen

Chairman & CEO

Kroger

Angus McOuat

Partner

McKinsey & Company

Anne Mezzenga

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Mario Mijares

VP, Insights, Loyalty, Marketing & Monetization Platforms

7-Eleven

Simon Miles

VP, Global OmniChannel Commercial Strategy

The Coca-Cola Company

Ben Miller

Director of Original Content

Groceryshop

Kevin Miller

Chief Marketing Officer

The Fresh Market

Michelle Morale

VP Digital Commerce & Omni Shopper Marketing

Campbell Soup Company

Scott Moses

Partner & Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants Investment Banking

Solomon Partners

Nitin Murali

VP, Supply Chain Excellence

E. & J. Gallo Winery

Khaled Naim

Co-Founder & CEO

Onfleet

Raquel Navarrski

Customer VP, eCommerce Pure Play

General Mills

Sarah Nesheim

Co-Founder

Crafted

Matt Nichols

General Partner

Commerce Ventures

Beatriz Alejandra Núñez Jiménez

Chief Growth Officer

Walmart de México y Centroamérica

Wendy Nunnelley

Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer

Danone North America

HG O'Connell

Content Director

Groceryshop

Jay Owen

Co-Founder & Chairman

Dom's Kitchen & Market

Kevin Parakkattu

Partner

Plug and Play Ventures

Rupal Parekh

Partner

Work & Co

Irina Pelphrey

VP, Health & Managed Care

Albertsons Companies

Jennie Perry

Chief Marketing Officer

Grove Collaborative

Chad Petersen

SVP, eCommerce

Lowes Foods/Alex Lee Retail

John Phillips

SVP Customer Supply Chain & Go-To-Market

PepsiCo

Frank Pica

Co-Founder & CEO

Native AI

Surabhi Pokhriyal

Chief Digital Growth Officer

Church & Dwight

Daryl Porter

Senior Partner

Tomorrow Retail Consulting

Melissa Repko

Retail & Consumer Reporter

CNBC

Kristen Riggs

President, Salty Snacks

The Hershey Company

Elaine Russell

Operating Partner & Co-Lead of Albertsons Fund

Greycroft

Jacques-Edouard Sabatier

Co-Founder & CEO

Jow

Stewart Samuel

Director of Retail Futures

IGD

Channan Sawhney

Head, Global eCommerce

Kenvue

Katerina Schneider

Founder & CEO

Ritual

Damian Scott

EVP, Retail Media & Front-End Digital Development

Giant Eagle

Art Sebastian

Founder & CEO

Nexchapter

Veeral Shah

Chief Digital & Ecommerce Officer, Nestle USA

Nestle

Ajay Sharma

VP, eCommerce & OmniChannel, North America

Bayer Consumer Health

Asha Sharma

Chief Operating Officer

Instacart

Manish Sharma

VP & GM Omni-commerce

The Kellogg Company

Karen Short

Managing Director

Credit Suisse

Shariq Siddiqui

Founder & CEO

Veeve

Kathy Silva

Founder & Chief Operating Officer

TAINR

Stephanie Silvestre

EVP & Managing Director

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits

Tim Simmons

Chief Product Officer

Sam's Club

Neha Singh

Founder & CEO

Obsess

Atul Sood

Co-Founder & CEO

Kitchen United

Adam Stave

Founder & CEO

swish brand experiences

Dave Steck

VP, IT Infrastructure & Application Development

Schnuck Markets

Lauren Steinberg

SVP, Loblaw Digital

Loblaw Companies

Carle Stenmark

General Partner

VMG Partners

Katie Stratton

Chief Growth Officer

Shipt

Peter Strong

Partner

The Partnering Group

Tanvi Surti

Co-Founder & CEO

Luca

Matt Swalley

Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer

Omneky

Flavia Takey

Head of Supermarket

Mercado Libre

Mike Tattersall

Chief Commercial Officer

True

Erica Thein

VP, Food & Beverage Owned Brands

Target

Charu Thomas

Founder & CEO

Ox

Katie Thomas

Head of the Consumer Institute

Kearney

Satish Thomas

Corporate VP, Microsoft Industry Clouds

Microsoft

Benjamin Thompson

Head of Digital Transformation

Endeavour Drinks Group

Seshu Kumar Tirumala

Chief Buying & Merchandising Officer

BigBasket

Sam Tomlinson

EVP of Strategy & Analytics

Warschawski

Jeff Turnas

SVP of Culinary

Whole Foods Market

Donna Tweeten

President

Hy-Vee

Matt Van Gilder

Head of Ecommerce & Digital Experience

SpartanNash

Jason Vego

Co-Founder & CEO

Bevz

Brandon Vick

VP, North America Fabric Care

P&G

David von Laskowski

President & CEO

Picadeli & Greenfood Group

Heather Wallace

CEO

Curology

Chris Walton

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Euro Wang

Co-Founder & CEO

Guac

Tony Ward

Retail Leader

Ernst & Young

Jody Wasbro

SVP, Strategy & Experience Design

WD Partners

Sophie Wawro

Global President

Groceryshop

Deborah Weinswig

Founder & CEO

Coresight Research

Aaron Wiese

President

Hy-Vee

Bernardine Wu

Executive Managing Director

OSF Digital

Brandon Yahn

Co-Founder & Partner

Convivialité Ventures (Pernod Ricard)