Leading Experts in Experts in the Food & Beverage Council

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...

Jon Bratta is currently the Proprietary Brand Director at BP, a convenience store chain, where he has worked since 2001. At BP, Mr. Bratta is responsible for overseeing the Proprietary Category Management team's effort against Packaged Beverages, all Dispensed Beverages, Proprietary Brands, and product...

Fred Brown is currently working as an Independent Consultant in the consumer goods industry. Mr. Brown has more than 17 years of pharmaceutical industry experience and 15 years of experience in the packaging industry. He has expertise in production support, packaging equipment maintenance, process improvement,...

Donald Calhoon was EVP of Marketing for Wendy's until 2004, overseeing total marketing direction for Wendy's restaurants worldwide. He was a member of the company's Executive Management Team, which directs business plans to ensure company profitability and growth. In the 90's, Calhoon led the successful...

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...

Thomas Cosentino is the Multi Unit Sales Manager for Performance Food Group, a leading broadline food service distributor in the US, where he has worked since 2000. At Performance Food Group, he is responsible for the administration of the contracts department, servicing the multi-unit accounts for...

Dr. Robert Cropp is a Professor Emeritus at University of Wisconsin and an agricultural economist. He has been associated with the University of Wisconsin system for 41 years where he has specialized in conducting research, providing extension/outreach programs in dairy marketing, dairy policy and agricultural...

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...

Steve Davis is a senior executive with over 25 years of experience with Fortune 500 companies in a variety of consumer driven businesses and product categories. Until June 2005, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Heineken USA, a position he held for 10 years. As part of...

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...

John Ducey was an EVP of Operations at Darden Restaurants. Mr. Ducey worked with Darden for over 26 years. He spent over 14 years with Red Lobster in operations doing every job from Assistant Restaurant Manager to Area Supervisor (5 locations) through Director of Operations (40 locations). He held a...

John Duffy is currently the President of MarketOps, a food and beverage consultancy firm, where he has worked since 2001. Mr. Duffy has more than 15 years of experience in the food and beverage industry and has expertise in wholesale, retail, marketing, sales, product development and business development....

Daniel Durick is President at Emerging Food Technologies, a strategy, sales, development, and operations consultant where he has worked since 1983. Mr. Durick has more than 28 years of quality food, beverage, processing and operations experience in a wide variety of multi-unit restaurant and supermarket...

Vince Gennaro is a consultant in the area of consumer packaged goods and beverages. He is also the author of a new book "Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball", which some have called a sequel to Michael Lewis' "Moneyball". He also consults with MLB teams. Mr. Gennaro served as the CEO...

Harvey Gutman is the President of Brookside Advisors LLC, a company focusing on retail and real estate consultancy serving clients including retail chains, wholesalers, private equity firms, non-profit firms, and development companies. Mr. Gutman is knowledgeable on all aspects of commercial real estate...

Mike Hamblin is the President of American Heritage Foods, a further processed poultry supplier, where he has worked since 2005. Prior to American Heritage, he was Vice President of National Accounts, Deli and B&I at ConAgra Foods / Pilgrims Pride, where he was responsible for overseeing National Account...

Edwin Heethuis is the Director of Information Based Selling at Straub Distributing Company, an independent beer and energy drink wholesaler with distribution rights for Anheuser-Busch and Hansen Natural. Straub Distributing sales in 2007 exceeded the 10.4 million case equivalent mark and continue to...

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...

Martin Jones is the President of Artisan Source, a California based management firm specializing in the alcoholic beverage industry. Mr. Jones has more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience in the competitive, affordable luxury goods market. Prior, he was the President and Chief Executive...

John Kernan is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Bartons Confections, a consumer packaged goods manufacturer where he has worked since July 2005. Bartons Confections is a confectionery and nutrition bar manufacturer working with many major companies through contract manufacturing, a private...