Douglas R. Conant - Chairman
President & CEO
Campbell Soup Company
Joel Conner - Vice Chairman
Chairman & CEO
Bellisio Foods, Inc.
Ed Adams
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company
Alfred P. Aldridge
Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer
Pharmavite Corp Llc
Harvey P. Alstodt
President Del Cosmetics
Del Laboratories, Inc.
Tarang Amin
Vice President, Global Health & Wellness
The Clorox Company
Paul S. Amos, II
President & COO, Aflac US
Aflac Incorporated
Daniel P. Amos
Chairman and CEO
Aflac Incorporated
Robert S. Apatoff
President & CEO
Rand McNally & Company
Honorable John Ashcroft
William Asiko
Public Affairs & Communication Director and President
The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation
Diane Barrett
Vice President National Circulation Sales
USA Today
Lynne Bartusek
Vice President Director of Associate Recruitment
JC Penney
Guillaume Bastiaens
Vice Chairman
Cargill, Incorporated
Timothy A. Benolken
SVP - Central US, Mexico & South America
Hilton Hotels Corporation
David W. Bernauer
Retired Chairman & CEO
Walgreen Company
O. G. Bicknell
Chairman of the Board & CEO
The Bicknell Foundation
Dave Bilas
General Manager Retail Sales Appliances
GE Consumer & Industrial
David Blumenthal
President/CEO
Lion Brand Yarn Company
Judith L. Borck
Owner/Partner
Bake My Day
Philip Brandl
President
International Housewares Association
Peter Brennan
Vice Chairman
Daymon Worldwide, Inc.
C. J. Briggs
President, SmartStyle Division
Regis Corporation
Tregg Brown
Senior Vice President, Wal-Mart Global Team
Revlon
Jerry Brown
Vice President, Customer & Industry Development
Unilever
Claus Brueckner
President
AXIOM GROUP OF COMPANIES
Dr. Janice Bryant Howroyd
Chairman & CEO
ACT 1 Group
William A. Buckner
Senior Vice President
Cargill, Incorporated
Vince G. Burke
Vice President, Trade Development
Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
Greg Burns
Chairman & CEO
O'Charley's
Cheryl Buxton
Managing Director, Client Services
Korn/Ferry International
Wayne Callahan
President, Global Wal-Mart Business
H.J. Heinz Company
Jason Callaway
Vice President, Human Resources
Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
Rick L. Carpenter
President, DDB Chicago
DDB Worldwide Advertising
Brian E. Cartier
CEO
National Association of College Stores
Peter Carvalho
Chief Operating Officer
Agile 1
Bradley Casper
President & CEO
The Dial Corporation
Joe Cavaliere
VP, Customer Development Wal-Mart
Unilever
Rizwan Chand
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Energy Future Holdings Corporation
Gary Chartrand
Chairman & CEO
Acosta Sales & Marketing
Edward F. Clemons
Senior VP & Chief Human Resources Officer
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Ric Clifford
Vice President, Wal-Mart Team
Del Monte Foods
David W. Cole
CEO
Coinstar, Inc.
Joe Conoscenti
Vice President, Global Customer Development
McCormick & Company
Mike Cook
Vice President, Wal-Mart Team
Cadbury Adams USA LLC
Mary A. Coventry
Vice President, Communications & Government Affairs
Sealed Air Corporation
Robert H. Cowan
President
Cowan Enterprises
Joe Crafton
President, Strategic Alliances
CROSSMARK
Nader Damaghi
Proprietor
First Quality Enterprises, Inc.
Greg Davis
Vice President, Store Operations
Finish Line, Inc.
Tom Dee
Senior Director & GM Wal-Mart/Sam's Club Team
Schering-Plough HealthCare Products
Bryan Del Sol
Team Leader
Eastman Kodak Company
Peter deSilva
Chairman of the Board
UMB Bank, n.a.
Derek Dodge
Vice President Wal-Mart/SAM'S Club
Cadbury Schweppes plc
John Doherty
Chief Operating Officer
Hollander Home Fashions Corp.
Cal Dooley
President & CEO
GMA
H. P. Dorman
Chairman and CEO
DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Arthur B. Drogue
Senior Vice President, US Customer Development
Unilever
Dave Dudick
Vice President, Director of Sales
General Mills, Inc.
Tom Duffy
Vice President, Industry Services
The Nielsen Company
Tony Dunning
Vice President Global Business Development
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Beth Edinger
Business Dir., Sustainability
3M Company
Craig Edwards
Senior Vice President, Sales
Hollander Home Fashions Corporation
Gregg L. Engles
Chairman & CEO
Dean Foods Company
John L. Exline
COO
Regis Corporation
Paul Finkelstein
President & CEO
Regis Corporation
James D. Finley
President & CEO
Finley Resources, Inc.
Ben Fischer
Chief Operating Officer
CROSSMARK
Erby Foster
Director, Diversity & Inclusion
The Clorox Company
Ted Fox
Senior Vice President
Sustain LLC
Martin E. Franklin
Chairman & CEO
Jarden Corporation
J. Roger Friedman
President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Lebhar-Friedman, Inc.
Jeffrey Friedman
Vice President and Group Publisher, Retail Food Group
VNU Business Publications
Stanley N. Gaines
Chairman
beBetter Health
Mike Gannaway
Vice President, Customer Management
VF Corporation
John A. Garcia
President, Sprint MSO Joint Venture
Sprint Nextel Corporation
Elizabeth Garrett
Group VP Retail HR
SUPERVALU INC.
Denise James Gatling
Director Global Supplier Diversity & Business Development
GlaxoSmithKline plc
Sean Gleason
Chief Marketing Officer
Professional Bull Riders, Inc.
Dan Glickman
Chairman & CEO
Motion Picture Association of America
Michael A. Gorshe
Partner—Client & Industry Development
Accenture
John Griffin
Regional Vice President
AT&T Inc.
Mike Gumina
Vice President, Supply Management
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Craig Hall
Chairman & Founder
Hall Financial Group
Joseph S. Hardin, Jr.
Joe Haviv
Chairman of the Board
The oneCARE Company
Kurt Hellweg
President & CEO
American Dehydrated Foods, Inc.
Kathleen Hessert
President
Communications Concepts
William V. Hickey
President, CEO & Director
Sealed Air Corporation
Andy Hill
President & CEO, Jarden Consumer Solutions
Jarden Corporation
Thomas G. Hills
P&G Alumni Network
Conrad Hock, Jr.
Chairman
William Foods, Inc.
Iain R. Holding
President
Beiersdorf, Inc.
Jeff Hollander
Executive Chairman
Hollander Home Fashions Corporation
R. David Hoover
Chairman, President & CEO
Ball Corporation
Frank M. Hopfinger
Vice President, Growth Channels
Kraft Foods
Dan Houston
Executive Vice President Retirement & Investor Services
Principal Financial Group, Inc.
Rick Huffman
President
HCW, LLC
Kevin J. Hunt
Co-CEO, President, and Director
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
Richard J. Hynes
President, International
Alberto-Culver Company
Joel E. Jacob
President & Founder
The Bottle Crew
Andrew Jacobs
Vice President, Sales Wal-Mart Global Team
The Hershey Company
Trisha L. Jacobs Blake
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Jacobs Management Corporation
Rich Jacobsen
President & CEO
Time Warner Retail
Steve Jensen
Vice President
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Ron Johnson
VP Retail Bus Dev, Gen Manager Wal-Mart
Disney Consumer Products
Don Johnson
Vice President, National Retail Sales
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Marta Jones Turner
Senior Vice President – Corporate Relations
Flowers Foods, Inc.
Jack Kahl, Jr.
President & CEO
Jack Kahl & Associates, L.L.C.
William Kahl
Vice President, Corporate Development
Henkel Corporation
John M. Kahl
CEO
Henkel Corporation
Scott Kaufman
CEO
YSN.com
Jenny Keehan
Executive Vice President
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Shaun Kelly
Vice Chairman - Tax
KPMG LLP
William F. Killian
President & CEO
The Killian Group
Gary S. King
Director, Consumer Sales Team
Crayola
Sonny King
Chairman & CEO
Advantage Sales and Marketing
Scott W. Klein
President & CEO
Information Resources, Inc.
Richard Kley, Jr.
President, Wal-Mart Group
The Coca-Cola Company
Jules F. Knapp
Chairman & CEO
Grisham Corporation
Doug Knudsen
President, ConAgra Food Sales
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Robert J. Kolenda
President
Robert Kolenda & Associates
Staci Kring
Director Retail Sales
Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Ed C. Kuehnle
President, Catalina Marketing Services
Catalina Marketing Corporation
Jennifer L. Kushell
President and Co-Founder
YSN.com
Mary Lawley
Regional Vice President
Office Depot, Inc.
Randy Lawson
President
Lawco Exploration, Inc
Peter J. Layton
CEO
Tallgrass Restoration, LLC
James E. Lillie
President & COO
Jarden Corporation
Troy Link
President
Jack Link's Beef Jerky Link Snacks, Inc.
Steve Llewellyn
Vice President of Sales
Frito-Lay, Inc.
John C. Lopez
Chairman
Lopez Foods Inc.
Robert Low
President
Prime, Inc.
Bill Lowe
Region Vice President, Bayer Consumer Care
Bayer HealthCare
Matthew Lucas
Vice President, Walmart & Sam's Club
Coty, Inc.
Thomas Lutz
Senior Vice President and Director
The Boston Consulting Group
Stephen G. Lutz
Senior Vice President Sales & Operations
Schering-Plough
Jim Mackey
Senior Vice President Sales & Operations
Schering-Plough Healthcare Products
Bruce MacDougall
President and CEO
Elmer's Products, Inc.
Kathy Mance
Vice President
National Retail Federation
Bob Mann
President
Club Marketing Services
John T. Maples
Vice President/GM
PepsiCo, Inc.
Gabrelle Martin
Director Associate Relations, Workforce Diversity
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
Bob L. Martin
Louis J. Martire
Vice President - Trade Development
Energizer, Inc.
Jackie Mathebula
Corporate Affairs Executive
Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd.
David McConnell, Jr.
President & CEO
GMDC
Jim McCormick
Vice President
Shell Oil Company
Mike McCoy
Division President & Business Manager, Wells Fargo Card Services
Wells Fargo & Company
Rick McEttrick
President
BIC Corporation
Doug McMillon
President & CEO, SAM'S CLUB
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Mike S. McNamara
VP Sales Walmart - Sam's Club
BIC Corporation
Glenda G. McNeal
Senior Vice President, General Manager Retail & Emerging Industries
American Express Company
Michael J. Merriman
Advisor - Operations Group
Resilience Capital Partners
Kenneth E. Meyer
President
Meyer Communications, Inc.
Bernard J. Milano
President and Trustee
KPMG Foundation
Chris Mills
SVP & GM BIC Consumer Products North America
BIC Corporation
Bob Mitchell
Vice President of Sales
Cintas Corporation
Tom Moeller
Vice President – Customer Development & Support
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
C. Manly Molpus
President & CEO
Molpus Advisory Group
Karen Mooney
Vice President, Global Human Resources
The Hershey Company
Robert Montgomery
Executive Vice President
Birds Eye Foods, Inc.
Denise M. Morrison
President - North America Soup, Sauces & Beverages
Campbell Soup Company
Richard S. Morrow
Vice President, Wal-Mart, Kellogg USA Sales
Kellogg North America
Tom Moser
Vice Chairman - Strategy
KPMG LLP
Felix Musco
President
Musco Family Olive Company
Bruce M. Nagle
President & CEO
RW3 Technologies
Chris Neugent
President & CEO
Malt-O-Meal
Robert B. Noble
CEO
Noble Communications
Kevin J. O'Donnell
Vice President, Strategic Relationships/National Accounts
Discover Financial Services
George W. Off
Chairman
Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
Sharon Orlopp
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
SAM'S CLUB
Eric O'Toole
Senior Vice President - Sales
The Dannon Company, Inc.
John Owen
Vice President Global Retail Customer - Wal-Mart
The Nielsen Company
Paul Pallon
Vice President of Human Resources
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
Joseph Pedott
President & CEO
Joseph Enterprises, Inc.
David Pinto
Editor
Chain Drug Review
M. L. Pippin
Robert W. Plaster
Chairman
Evergreen Investments LLC
Stephen R. Plaster
President
Evergreen Investments LLC
Timothy Plunkett
Divisional Vice President, Recruitment & Placement
Macy's, Inc.
Dave Pollard
Vice President of Sales, Wal-Mart
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
Mary M. Posner
President
Posner McCleary Inc.
Joe C. Prada
Vice President, Sales
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Gary J. Prince
President
Weston Foods, Inc.
Keith E. Province
President
Innovative Strategies Consulting
Rick Resnick
Vice President, Sales Development
Fortune/Money Group
John Reynolds
President, IFA Educational Foundation
International Franchise Association
Richard F. Ricca
Vice President of Sales
Blistex, Inc.
Robert E. Rich, Jr.
Chairman
Rich Products Corporation
Dame Mary Richardson
Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Global Education Trust
HSBC Holdings plc
Dominic Rispoli
Managing Director
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Leonard H. Roberts
LHR Enterprises
Alvin Rohrs
President & CEO
SIFE
Jay Romans
SVP HR & Chief People Officer
Waste Management
Robert Rosales
Sr. Vice President, Walmart Team
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Darrell Rosen
Senior Account Executive
The Procter & Gamble Company
Adam B. Ross
Chairman & CEO
Goldcrest Investments
Scott Rudolph
Chairman & CEO, NBTY
US Nutrition
Richard Rudolph
President
Rudolph Foods Company, Inc.
Fred R. Ruiz
Chairman of the Board
Ruiz Foods, Inc.
Mary F. Sammons
Chairman & CEO
Rite Aid Corporation
Selena Sanderson
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Interbake Foods LLC
Jan Saumweber
Senior Vice President, Global Wal-Mart Team
Sara Lee Corporation
Robert J. Schlegel
Chairman & CEO
Pavestone Company, L.P.
Tom Schnack
Vice President & General Manager
Ecolab, Inc.
Kenneth W. Schuler
Vice President of Sales
First Quality Enterprises Inc.
Alfred P. Schwan
Retired Chairman
The Schwan Food Company
Vijay L. Shankar
Vice President - Consumer Division Sales
Henkel Corporation
Anthony G. Shelton
Vice President - Wal-Mart, North America
Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
Jack C. Shewmaker
Executive Consultant
J-Com, Inc.
Uday Shrikantia
Director, Wal-Mart Global Development
The Hershey Company
Kevin Shuba
President, CHEP USA
CHEP
Michael Silverstein
Senior Vice President
The Boston Consulting Group
David Singer
President, CEO & Director
Lance, Inc.
Larry Smith
Board of Trustees
Marcus Foundation, Inc.
Bernie K. Smith
VP of Diversity, Human Resource & Talent Acquisitions
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Herb W. Smith
General Manager-Trade Development
E. & J. Gallo Winery
Richard Smucker
President and Co- CEO
The J. M. Smucker Company
Mark Speese
Chairman & CEO
Rent-A-Center
Rick Spurlock
Vice President, HR
Spectrum Brands, Inc.
Larry D. Stone
President & COO
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Martin J. Sullivan
President & CEO
American International Group, Inc.
Joe Swedberg
VP, Legislative Affairs & Marketing Services
Hormel Foods Corporation
Robert Swellie
Sr. Vice President, Walmart
American Greetings Corporation
Gesine Thomson
Timothy Toll
Vice President Global Wal-Mart
Campbell Soup Company
Brian Townson
Vice President, Corporate Relations
Rich Products Corporation
Tony True
Vice President of Sales for Grocer & Mass
PepsiCo, Inc.
Tony Valle
Chief Executive Officer
College Pro
Douglas Viehland
Executive Director
Association of Collegiate Business Schools & Programs
Carole Wainaina
Executive Assistant, The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation
Nicholas C. Walsh
President & Chief Executive Officer
American International Underwriters
Dan K. Wassong
Jeff Webber
Senior Vice President Advertising
USA Today
Zev Weiss
Chief Executive Officer American Greetings Corporation
Mark J. Wells
GM, Consumer Lighting & Electrical Distribution Sales
GE Consumer & Industrial
Elena West
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Robert Half International, Inc.
Randy M. Whaley
Senior Vice President & General Manager for Wal-Mart, Inc.
PepsiCo, Inc.
James White
Sr. Vice President-Consumer Brands
Safeway Inc.
Michael J. White
President, Maersk Logistics USA, Inc.
Maersk, Inc.
Jim Whitman
Senior Vice President, Member & Program Services
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
Hugh Wiley
Publisher
Fortune/Money Group
Christopher Williams
Chairman & CEO
The Williams Capital Group
Brent Willis
CEO
Cott Corporation
Frank N. Wilson
Director of Sales - Wal*Mart
3M Company
Richard Winter
President
Marmon Retail Services, LLC
Edwina D. Woodbury
President & CEO
Chapel Hill Press
Keith Woodhouse
Director of Category Development
Johnson & Johnson Sales and Logistics Company Llc
Nancy L. Woods
Co-Founder & Managing Director
8th & Walton
Carlton Yearwood
Chief Ethics & Diversity Officer
Waste Management, Inc.
Diane F. Yttri
WM OTC Team Leader
Novartis Consumer Health
Paul Zeven
CEO Philips North America Region
Philips Electronics North America Corporation
Lori Zumwinkle
Senior Vice President, Customer Solutions Teams
Best Buy Co., Inc.