beverage forum 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
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
Deb Conklin
President & CEO
Christina Schmidt
Senior Category Manager
Clement Pappas
CEO & Co-Founder
Pam Stewart
Chief Customer Officer
Eric Blumenthal
Sr. Vice President, Foodservice Commercial and Growth
Christopher Hunter
Co-Founder of Four Loko
Co-Founder & CEO of Koia
Co-Founder & CEO of Koia
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
John Herman
Co-Founder & CEO
Caroline Levy
Board Member
Tom Allison
Head of New Ventures
Brad Schultz
Co-Founder & CMO
Robert Gamgort
Executive Chairman
Jack Sinclair
CEO
Alisa Gmelich
Chief Marketing Officer
Kim Coffin
Senior Vice President & Chief Forager
Brody Burk
Forager Manager
Bonnie Herzog
Managing Director
Jeff Reynolds
Founder
Christi Frizzell
Sr Director Store Innovation
Nikki Boyers
Vice President Private Brands & 7 Ventures
Jesus Delgado-Jenkins
EVP & Chief Merchant Officer
Ryan Schemmel
Director of Alcohol
Naseeb Gill
Talent Agent
Chris Wagner
President
Josh Wand
Founder
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
Justin Nabozna
CEO
Todd Jacobs
Partner
David Andrew
Founder & Managing Director
Wayne Wu
General Partner
Ryan Lewendon
Partner
Clayton Christopher
Managing Partner
Pete Marino
President
Jim Whicker
Grocery Category Manager-Water
Randy Ornstein
Senior Director of Beverage
Erin Haug
Category Manager - Beverage
John McDowell
President, McDowell Label – A Resource Label Group Company
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
Co-Founder & CEO
Dino Sarti
Co-Founder & COO
Pat Bolden
Partner
Bonnie Shah
CMO
Christine Phan
Vice President, Brand Experience & Retail Marketing
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