Board of Directors

Chair of the Board

Ted Balistreri
Sendik’s Food Markets
Milwaukee, WI

Immediate Past Chairman

Mike Stigers
UNFI/SuperValu
Eden Prairie, MN

Vice Chairman

Steve Henig
Wakefern Food Corporation

Treasurer

Richie Morgan
North State Grocery, Inc.
Cottonwood, CA

Secretary

David E. Smith
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Kansas City, KS

President and CEO

Greg Ferrara
National Grocers Association
Washington D.C.

Neil Greenstein
Brookdale ShopRite
Newark, NJ

Michael Needler Jr.,
Fresh Encounter, Inc.
Findlay, OH

Amy Niemetscheck
Certco, Inc.
Madison, WI

Gary Redner
Redner’s Markets
Reading, PA

John Akins
Akins Market
Quincy, WA

Randy Arceneaux
Affiliated Foods, Inc.
Amarillo, TX

Michele Azar
Merchant Distributors, Inc.
Hickory, NC

Leon Bergmann
Save-A-Lot
Commerce,CA

John Bole
Yoke’s Fresh Markets
Spokane, WA

Amy Bosek
The Kraft Heinz Company
Chicago, IL

Jennifer Bosma
Harvest Market
Fort Bragg, CA

Melissa Buonadonna-Hernandez
Buonadonna ShopRite
Bayshore, NY

Carlos Castro
Todos Neighborhood Supermarket
Woodbridge, VA

Richard Chapman
G&C Food Distributors
Syracuse, NY

Emily Coborn
Coborn’s, Inc.
St. Cloud, MN

Dave Davis
Utah Food Industry Association
Salt Lake City, UT

Matt Echols
UNFI
Providence, RI

Casey Fannon, CFA
National Cooperative Bank
Arlington, VA

Ron Graff Jr.
Columbiana Foods Inc.
Youngstown, OH

Robert Graybill
FMS Solutions
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Winston Griffin
Laurel Grocery Co.
London, KY

Paula Janssen
Janssens Fine Foods
Greenville, DE

Tim Jennings
Roth’s Family
Salem, OR

Bob Jaskolski
T.A. Solberg Co.
Minocqua, WI

Kathy Kuzava
Georgia Food Industry Association
Smyrna, GA

Jordan Kremm
Mondelez International
East Hanover, NJ

Manard Lagasse
Associated Grocers, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA

Jon McCormick
Retail Grocers Association of MO an KS
Westwood, KS

Jay Mitchell
Mitchell Grocery Corp.
Albertville, Al.

Joe Mueller
The Kellogg Company
Battle Creek, MI

Kent Montgomery
PepsiCo, Inc.
West Harrison, NY

Pete Najjar
Cardiff Seaside Market
Cardiff, CA

Michael Needler Jr.,
Fresh Encounter, Inc.
Findlay, OH

Jimmy Nichols
Houchens Industries
Bowling Green, KY

Amy Niemetscheck
Certco, Inc.
Madison, WI

Garrett Piklapp
Fareway Stores, Inc.
Boone, IA

Paul Rowton
GES, Inc./Edwards Food Giant
Marianna, AR

Ray Sprinkle
URM Stores, Inc.
Spokane, WA

Jeff Strack
Strack & Van Til
Highland, IN

Hambdy Shalabi
El Rio Grande
Dallas, TX

Jenna Sowers
Alliance Retail Services
Kansas City, MO

Scott Widtfelt
KeHE
Naperville, IL

Eric Winn
C&S Wholesaler
Keene, NH

Mike Violette
Associated Grocers of New England
Pembroke, NH

J.H. Campbell, Jr.
Associated Grocers, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA

Chris Coborn
Coborn’s, Inc.
St. Cloud, MN

Michael S. Needler, Sr.
Fresh Encounter
Findlay, OH

Rich Niemann, Jr.
Niemann Foods, Inc.
Quincy, IL.

John Ross
IGA, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Joe Sheridan
Wakefern Food Corp.
Keasbey, NJ

Steve Smith
K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Abingdon, VA

Cheryl Sommer
Kaune’s Neighborhood Market
Santa Fe, NM