PREVIOUS 2025 SPEAKERS
Sir Lewis Hamilton
Co-Founder & Partner
Moisés Guindi
Co-Founder & CEO
Jay Shetty
Founder & Chief Purpose Officer
Kim Perell
Founder & CEO
Hulk Hogan
Co-Founder
Mike Cessario
Founder & CEO
Shawn Darmody
VP - Merchandising, Snacks, Beverages, Candy & Impulse
Troy Rice
CEO
Melody Richard
Senior Vice President
Kat Cole
CEO
Mark French
CEO
Will McDonald
VP - DMM Beverages
Maria Del Rio
Chief Marketing Officer
Rohan Oza
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Lance Collins
Founder & CEO
Brandy Rand
Founder
Greg LaVecchia
Co-Founder & CEO
Merrilee Kick
Founder & Strategic Advisor
Lisa Baird
CEO
Buster Houston
VP National Merchandising
David Spohr
Sr. Director, Liquor Merchandising
Joseph Escobar
National Category Director
Beto Galvan
VP of Albertsons Own Brands
Anthony Suggs
Group Vice President Center Store
Kathleen Pitre
President, NCA
Tom Allison
Head of New Ventures
Deb Conklin
President & CEO
Christina Schmidt
Senior Category Manager
Clement Pappas
CEO & Co-Founder
Christopher Hunter
Co-Founder of Four Loko
Co-Founder & CEO of Koia
Co-Founder & CEO of Koia
Pam Stewart
Chief Customer Officer
Eric Blumenthal
Sr. Vice President, Foodservice Commercial and Growth
Jake Bullock
Co-Founder & CEO
Carlos Laboy
Managing Director
Kheri Tillman
CMO
Ryan Dickerson
CMO
Jason Strauss
Co-CEO
Kevin Nitz
Vice President - Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Wayne Wu
General Partner
John Herman
Co-Founder & CEO
Caroline Levy
Board Member
Brad Schultz
Co-Founder & CMO
Pete Marino
President
Robert Gamgort
Executive Chairman
Bonnie Herzog
Managing Director
Jack Sinclair
CEO
Alisa Gmelich
Chief Marketing Officer
Kim Coffin
Senior Vice President & Chief Forager
Brody Burk
Forager Manager
Christi Frizzell
Sr Director Store Innovation
Nikki Boyers
Vice President of Private Brands, 7 Ventures, and Emerging Brands
Jesus Delgado-Jenkins
EVP & Chief Merchant Officer
Ryan Schemmel
Director of Alcohol
Jeff Reynolds
Founder
Chris Wagner
President
Jim Whicker
Grocery Category Manager-Water
Taylor Cathala
Adult Beverage Category Merchandising, Spirits
Robert Ottenstein
Analyst
Ken Sadowsky
Senior Beverage Advisor
Chris Stewart
Vice President of Merchandising
Fareed Siddiqui
Director, Packaged Beverages
Ryan Lewendon
Partner
Todd Jacobs
Partner
Justin Nabozna
CEO
Clayton Christopher
Managing Partner
Randy Ornstein
Senior Director of Beverage
Erin Haug
Category Manager - Beverage
John McDowell
President
Cassandra McAlister
Natural Foods Sales Manager
Ryan Adams
President & CEO
Kristin Alas
Category Manager
Doss Cunningham
Chairman & CEO
Dave Peacock
CEO
Clif Rigsbee
CEO
Marti Sunderlin
Chief Marketing Officer
Joel Dahil
Category Director, of Natural Living
Brett Copley
Category Director, Beverage
Daniel Scharff
Founder & CEO
Darren Viscount
Sr. Category Manager
Danny Stepper
CEO
Dino Sarti
Co-Founder & COO
Pat Bolden
Partner
Bonnie Shah
CMO
Christine Phan
Vice President, Brand Experience & Retail Marketing

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