Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Matt Alexander

Co-Founder & CEO

Neighborhood Goods

Kristi Argyilan

SVP, Retail Media

Albertsons Companies

Deb Benovitz

SVP, Human Truths & Community Impacts

WW

Katherine Black

Partner

Kearney

Charles Blevins

VP, Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning & Replenishment

Dawn Foods

Aron Bohlig

Founder & Managing Partner

ComCap

Carolyn Brown

Head of Commerce Marketing

Anheuser-Busch

Jason Buechel

Chief Operations Officer & Incoming CEO

Whole Foods

Katie Catlin

Partner

The Partnering Group

Megan Crozier

EVP & Chief Merchant

Sam's Club

Adrianne del Sol

VP, Digital Commerce

Kimberly-Clark

Beatrice Dixon

Founder, CEO & Chief Creative Officer

The Honey Pot Company

Ryan Ellis

VP, Retail Marketing & Business Development

Idahoan Foods

Michelle Evans

Global Lead of Retail and Digital Consumer Insights

Euromonitor International

Irving Fain

Founder & CEO

Bowery Farms

Anna Farberov

GM PepsiCo Labs, Global Venture & Innovation

PepsiCo

John Furner

President & CEO, Walmart U.S.

Walmart

John Galloway

President of Americas; Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer

Godiva Chocolatier

Michal Geller

President of eCommerce & Digital

Newell Brands

Nathalie Gerschtein

President, Consumer Products Division, North America

L'Oreal

Bryan Gildenberg

SVP, Commerce

Omnicom Commerce Group

Krystina Gustafson

SVP, Content

Groceryshop

Francesca Hahn

VP Digital Commerce

Mondelēz International

Matt Hamory

Managing Director

AlixPartners

Gary Hawkins

Founder & CEO

Center for Advancing Retail and Technology (CART)

Bonnie Herzog

Managing Director

Goldman Sachs

Brian Houck

Partner

PwC

Charisse Hughes

Chief Brand & Advanced Analytics Officer

The Kellogg Company

Jayme Jansky Beck

Head of Shopper Marketing

Unilever

Mansoor Kazi

Partner

Bain & Company

Ivonne Kinser

VP, Marketing & Innovation

Avocados From Mexico

Stefanie Kruse

VP, Digital Commerce

Walgreens

Tim Laseter

Professor of Practice

UVA Darden School of Business

Rocquan Lucas

Content Director

Groceryshop

Sally Lyons Wyatt

EVP and Practice Leader, Client Insights

IRI

Caroline Masullo

VP, Head of eCommerce Marketing

Peapod Digital Labs

Lindsey Mazza

Global Retail Lead

Capgemini

Ben McKean

Founder & CEO

Hungryroot

Sabrina McPherson

Senior Managing Director

Publicis Sapient

Mike Messersmith

President, North America

Oatly

Inri Mouchette

Head of Innovation, Meals & Beverages

Campbell Soup Company

HG O'Connell

Assistant Content Director

Groceryshop

Rob O'Donnell

VP, Ecommerce & Digital Marketing

Applegate

Jeff Orschell

Americas Retail Lead

Ernst & Young

Kevin Parakkattu

Partner

Plug and Play Ventures

Chad Petersen

VP, Ecommerce

Lowes Food

Abhi Ramesh

Founder & CEO

Misfits Market

Brian Rudolph

Co-Founder

Banza

Jennifer Saenz

Chief Merchandising Officer

Albertsons Companies

Mike Salguero

Founder & CEO

ButcherBox

Stewart Samuel

Program Director, Americas

IGD

Michael Schaefer

Global Lead of Food & Beverage Insights

Euromonitor International

Art Sebastian

VP, Digital Experiences

Casey's

Darren Seifer

Food & Beverage Industry Analyst

The NPD Group

Katie Shire-Engleman

VP, Marketing

Giant Eagle

Karen Short

Managing Director

Barclays

Tim Simmons

SVP & Chief Product Officer

Sam's Club

Deb Sperling

Content Manager

Groceryshop

Peter Strong

Partner

The Partnering Group

Rob Trice

Founding Partner

Better Food Ventures

Leslie Waller

VP Marketing

Campbell Soup Company

Tony Ward

Retail Leader

Ernst & Young

Sara Welch Goucher

Head of eCommerce

Molson-Coors Beverage Company

Rob Wilson

Managing Director & Partner

L.E.K.

Bernardine Wu

CEO

FitForCommerce