2024 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Stuart Aitken

SVP, Chief Merchant & Marketing Officer

Kroger

Gregory Guidotti

Chief Marketing Officer

Ferrara

Lisa Ingram

President & CEO

White Castle

Ram Krishnan

CEO, North America Beverages

PepsiCo

Frans Muller

President & CEO

Ahold Delhaize

Chris Nicholas

President & CEO

Sam's Club

Claire Peters

Worldwide VP

Amazon Fresh

Fidji Simo

CEO & Chair

Instacart

Carla Vernón

CEO

The Honest Company

Anton Vincent

President, North America & Global Ice Cream

Mars Wrigley

Tammy Ackerman

VP eCommerce & Loyalty Marketing

Treasury Wine Estates

Nick Affatato

VP of Sales, Target & Amazon

Danone

Prashant Agrawal

Founder & CEO

Impact Analytics

Imteaz Ahamed

Head of Performance Media

Reckitt

Wajeeha Ahmed

CFO

Hungryroot

Sara Ahmed Holman

Chief Commercial Officer

Bobbie

Chelsey Alexander

VP, New & Emerging Channels

Bayer Consumer Health

Jorge Alfonso

Head of Digital Merchandising

Kroger

Naomi Alford

Partner

Bain & Company

Susan Anderson

VP, Global Head of Grocery & Retail

Uber

Amy Andrews

Chief Business Strategy Officer

Mars United Commerce

John Andrews

CEO

Cimulate.ai

Cristian Arcangeli

VP, Digital & Customer Experience

illy Caffè

Juan Arrieta

VP of Ecommerce

Nature's Way

Amanda Astrologo

Senior Partner

The Parker Avery Group

James Avery

Founder & CEO

Kevel

Mustafa Bartin

Retail CEO

Migros Turkey

Ashley Becker

VP, Global eCommerce Capabilities

Kraft Heinz

Brian Bell

VP, IT Strategy & Planning

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

Amy Benford

VP, GM Integrated Marketing & Advanced Advertising

Colgate-Palmolive

Jordan Berke

Founder & CEO

TOMORROW

Amy Bett

Co-Founder & CEO

Melo

Katherine Black

Partner

Kearney

Nicole Bleiwas

VP, Marketing

Riverside Natural Foods

Aron Bohlig

Founder & Managing Partner

ComCap LLC

Tiffany Boyd

VP, Omnichannel Marketing

Talking Rain (Sparkling Ice)

Erin Cabrey

Senior Reporter, Retail Brew

Morning Brew

Caleb Carr

Head of Data Science & Engineering

Schnuck Markets

Bret Celmer

COO

The Rounds

Matteo Ceurvels

Principal Analyst, Latin America & Spain

EMARKETER

Victor Chan

Co-Founder & CEO

Machyna Inc

Ethan Chernofsky

SVP, Marketing

Placer.ai

Zac Choi

Co-Founder & CEO

Puller AI

Justin Coaldrake

Head of Omnichannel Guest Experience & Media

Casey's

Prabash Coswatte

Chief Operating Officer

Heritage Grocers Group

Julie Craig

VP, Shopper Insights

Kantar Retail

Michael Craig

VP Marketing, Innovations Brands & Portfolio Partnerships

BlueTriton Brands

Rachel Dalton

Head of Retail Insights, North America

Kantar

Helene Drolet

VP, Operations Excellence, North America

Alimentation Couche-Tard

Danny Edsall

Global Grocery Co-Leader

Deloitte

Chris Edwards

Head of GetGo Technology

Giant Eagle

Antonio Escalona

SVP, Emerging Business

PepsiCo Foods North America

Toby Espinosa

VP of Ads & Growth Services

DoorDash

Josh Evertsen

SVP, Customer Development

Mars Pet Nutrition North America

Ross Finman

Founder & CEO

Augmodo

Ben Fisher

Founder & CEO

Rodeo

Sherry Frey

VP, Product Insights

NielsenIQ

Michal Geller

President, eCommerce & Digital

Newell Brands

Mike Glaser

VP, Digital Commerce Marketing

PepsiCo

Jason Goldberg

Chief Commerce Strategy Officer

Publicis Groupe

Jose Gomes

Managing Director, Retail & CPG Google Cloud

Google

Krystina Gustafson

Chief Content Officer

Trybe

Francesca Hahn

VP, Digital Commerce

Mondelēz International

Fuad Hannon

VP, New Verticals

DoorDash

Oisin Hanrahan

Co-Founder & CEO

Keychain

Rulynn Hansen

SVP, Account Director

Arc Worldwide

Jake Hirsch

Head of Commerce & Retail Media, Personal Care

Unilever

Adgild Hop

EMEA Retail Lead Partner

Deloitte

Molly Hop

EVP & Head of Havas Market

Havas Media Network

Jennifer Hopper

Chief Information & Digital Officer

Save A Lot

Adam Houston

SVP, Event Director

Groceryshop

Caroline Israel

Managing Director & Partner

Boston Consulting Group

Deepak Jose

VP & Head of Data Science & Business Intelligence

Niagara

Declan Kearney

Founder & CEO

Digital Commerce Global

Frank Kerr

Chief Customer Officer

Lidl US

Udyan Khanna

VP, Marketing, Digital Commerce & Channel Marketing

McCormick & Company

Ramesh Kollepara

Global VP & Chief Technology Officer

Kellanova

Lara Koslow

Senior Partner & Managing Director

Boston Consulting Group

Krystyna Kostka

Senior Vice President, Operations

BJ's

April Lane

Chief Merchandising Officer

Thrive Market

Joe Laszlo

Head of Content, U.S.

Groceryshop

Danielle Lay

Partner

NEA

Kimberlie Le

Co-Founder & CEO

Prime Roots

Bryan Leach

CEO & Founder

Ibotta

Alicia LeBeouf

Head of Industry, Retail, Grocery & Marketplaces

Meta

Rocquan Lucas

VP, Content

Groceryshop

Mette Lykke

CEO

Too Good To Go

Riana Lynn

CEO

Journey Foods

Sally Lyons Wyatt

Global EVP & Chief Advisor, Consumer Goods & Foodservice Insights

Circana

Raghu Mahadevan

EVP, Logistics, Demand Chain & Chief Digital Officer

7-Eleven

Neha Mallik

Head of Connected Commerce

Mizkan America

Nathan Mansperger

VP of Digital Supplier Growth

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits

Cristina Marinucci

Global Head, Shopper Excellence Insights & Analytics

Mondelēz International

Seth Marks

SVP, Extreme Value Sourcing

Big Lots

Sarah Mastrorocco

VP & GM, Health

Instacart

Lindsey Mazza

Global Retail Lead

Capgemini

Amy McClellan

EVP & Chief Customer Officer

SpartanNash

Jenny McLean

Managing Partner & Retail Industry Lead

Clarkston Consulting

Sabrina McPherson

Senior Managing Director & SVP

Publicis Sapient

Penney McTaggart-Cowan

VP, Marketing & Member Experiences

Calgary Co-op

Jason Melone

Head of Applied Marketing Analytics

Wawa

Keith Mercier

GM, Worldwide Retail & Consumer Goods

Microsoft

Anne Mezzenga

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Ben Miller

VP, Original Content & Strategy

Groceryshop

Dominick Miserandino

CEO

RetailWire

Zahra Mohamed

Content Director

Groceryshop

Bryan Moore

Co-Founder & CEO

TalkShopLive

Michelle Morale

VP, Digital Commerce & Omni-Shopper Marketing

Campbell Soup Company

Nitin Murali

VP, Supply Chain Excellence

Gallo

Michelle Nadeau

Chief Marketing Officer

Martie

Iman Nahvi

Co-Founder & CEO

Advertima Vision

Raquel Navarrski

Customer Vice President, NA eCommerce

General Mills

Justin Nedelman

CEO

Pressed Juicery

Georgina Nelson

Founder & CEO

TruRating

Matt Nichols

Partner

Commerce Ventures

Danielle Nicoll

SVP of Marketing

Cann Social Tonics

Ken Ninomiya

VP, Ecommerce

Sedano's Supermarkets

HG O'Connell

Senior Content Director

Groceryshop

Gaurav Pant

Co-Founder & Chief Insights Officer

Incisiv

Tamara Pattison

SVP, Chief Digital Officer

The Save Mart Companies

Chad Petersen

SVP, Digital & eCommerce

Lowes Foods

Soche Picard

CEO

Arc Worldwide

Kristin Popp

EVP

Woodman's Food Markets

Daryl Porter

Senior Partner

TOMORROW

Sean Ransenberg

Managing Director

H-E-B

Melissa Repko

Retail & Consumer Reporter

CNBC

Jorge Risquez

Co-Founder & CEO

bops

Michele Roney

EVP, Retailer CX

Mars United Commerce

Brita Rosenheim

Managing Partner

Vita Vera Ventures

Lindsay Rowles

General Manager, Retail & Property

Foodstuffs North Island Limited

Olivier Roy

Co-Founder & CEO

Leav

Shelly Rupel

Co-Founder & CEO

Devour

Mirko Saul

SVP, Innovation

Schwarz Digital (Lidl & Kaufland)

Ariel Schabas

CTO, Digital Commerce

Falabella

Fred Schonenberg

Founder & CEO

VentureFuel

Art Sebastian

CEO

NexChapter

Ruby Singh

Co-Founder

Indellia

Ethan Sinick

Managing Director

Shirland Ventures

Dave Steck

VP, IT Store & Emerging Technologies

Schnuck Markets

Emily Steele

Co-Founder & CEO

Hummingbirds

Neil Stern

CEO

Good Food Holdings

Katie Stratton

Chief Growth & Strategy Officer

Shipt

Peter Strong

Partner

The Partnering Group

Rogayeh Tabrizi

Founder & CEO

Theory+Practice

Amishi Takalkar

Co-Founder & CEO

Nailbiter

Andrew Thomas

VP of Marketing

Country Archer Provisions

Benjamin Thompson

Head of Global Insights & Strategic Partnerships

Endeavour Group

Troy Townsend

Co-Founder & CEO

Zitcha

Vibha Tuli

Partner, Digital Commerce Practice

The Partnering Group

Matt Van Gilder

Head of Ecommerce & Digital Experience

SpartanNash

Dr. Oliver Vogt

CEO, Transcend

Tesco

Jenna Vondrasek

Head of Omni Shopper Marketing

Kraft Heinz

Tom Wakeman

Insight Director

IGD

Wendy Wallner

EVP, Client Officer, Retail & Restaurants

Ipsos

Chris Walton

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Tony Ward

Partner - Retail Leader

Ernst & Young

Sophie Wawro

Global President

Groceryshop

Justin Weinstein

EVP, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer

Giant Eagle

Deborah Weinswig

Founder & CEO

Coresight Research

Carman Wenkoff

EVP & Chief Information Officer

Dollar General

Rod West

EVP, Global Supply Chain

Dollar General

Angie Westbrock

CEO

Standard AI

Zachary Wilson

Head of eCommerce

The Raley's Companies

Emily Xu

SVP, eCommerce & Marketing

Republic National Distributing Company

Eyal Yair

Co-Founder & CEO

Xpand

Venessa Yates

SVP & General Manager

Walmart+

Linara Zakirova

Head of Amazon & Natural Channels

The Coca-Cola Company

Mike Zayonc

Co-Founder

Kodif

Greg Zeh

SVP & CIO

Weis Markets