Leading Experts at Encore Associates, Inc.

Minos Athanassiadis is currently a consultant at Encore Associates, a food and consumer goods consulting firm. Minos has more than 20 years of expertise in both the agriculture and technology industries. He has held a series of produce industry positions including Director of Sales and Marketing at...

Sandy Campbell-Springfield has more than 35 years of experience in the wholesale and retail grocery marketing field. Prior to her retirement from Safeway as Director of Specialty Marketing, Ms. Campbell-Springfield was charged with Building a centralized specialty foods team at Safeway and with consolidating...

Jack Cupp is currently the owner of Jack Cupp Consulting, a perishable products consulting company, a venture Jack started in 2006. Mr. Cupp is also a consultant with Encore Associates, a strategic advisory, sales & marketing and solutions provider to the food and consumer goods industry, where he...

Tom DeMott is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Encore Associates, a food and beverage consultancy firm. Previously, Mr. DeMott has served as the Vice President of Perishables for Safeway, where he was responsible for procurement and was involved in the acquisitions of Dominick's, Randalls, and...

As of 2008 Greg Ibsen serves as an Advisor and Consultant with Encore Associates, a strategic advisory, sales & marketing and solutions provider to the food and consumer goods industry. As a Consultant, he is serving on the board of a foodservice beverage company and as a board advisor to a manufacturer...

Peter Larkin currently is President of Larkin Public Affairs, a company he started in 2008 representing food industry clients and providing services including government relations, issues management, communications, community relations, environmental affairs and industry relations. In addition to Larkin...

Dan Nelson is currently an Advisory Board Member with Encore Associates, a strategic advisory, sales & marketing and solutions provider to the food and consumer goods industry, where he has been since 2008. Previously, Dan served as Senior Vice President of Marketing & Chief Operating Officer for General...

Art Patch is an Independent Consultant with Encore Associates, a strategic advisory firm, sales and marketing organization, and solutions provider to the national food and consumer goods industry. Most recently, he was the Vice President & General Manager at Food Maxx, a 44 store price impact division...

Glynn Phillips was formerly Executive Vice President of Sales for Del Monte Foods which he departed in late 2002. Mr. Phillips is a senior executive in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry with over 40 years of experience, the majority of which in senior management positions. Mr. Phillips began his...

Stephen Roath retired as CEO of Longs Drug Stores in 2002. Mr. Roath had 38 years of experience working for Longs. He began his career there as a pharmacist and graduated through the ranks to Longs' executive management team in 1988. He held the roles of Executive Vice President, President, and ...

Bill Schauber is a consultant at Encore Associates, a consumer packaged goods consultancy firm. Mr. Schauber is a supply chain and logistics operations executive with emphasis in procurement, distribution, logistics, import/export transportation and manufacturing. Prior, Mr. Schauber has worked with...

Jesse Singerman is an Exec Force Associate at Encore Associates, Inc., a food and beverage consulting firm. Mr. Singerman has over 25 years of experience in natural/organic industry experience including wholesale and retail grocery experience. He served as President & CEO of Blooming Prairie Warehouse,...

Gary Smith has a distinguished career in grocery marketing, merchandising and retail operations spanning more than 40 years. Prior to founding Encore Associates, Gary served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Safeway where he was credited with the development and implementation of many of Safeway’s...

Robin Thomas is currently a Consultant at Encore Associates. Mr. Thomas has over 20 years of senior management experience in sales, marketing, & strategic business planning for corporate grocery retail & wholesale distribution businesses. Robin served as President and COO of Signature NW, LLC, dba Bales...

Jim Whitticom has 31+ years of GMHBC/drug store experience. He was the Corporate VP of GMHBC (general merchandise, health and beauty care) for Safeway Inc. for 15 years and served as a store manager for Walgreens for 16 years; VP of Marketing for Carl's Drugs and was a Director of Pharmacy for Kr...