Board of Directors

Chair of the Board

Ted Balistreri
Sendik’s Food Market
Milwaukee, WI

Immediate Past Chairman

Mike Stigers
Wakefern Food Corporation
Keasbey, NJ

Vice Chairman

Steve Henig
Wakefern Food Corporation
Keasbey, NJ

Treasurer

Richie Morgan Jr.
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

Manard Lagasse
Associated Grocers, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA

John Akins
Akins Market
Quincy, WA

Randy Arceneaux
Affiliated Foods, Inc.
Amarillo, TX

Michele Azar
Merchant Distributors, LLC (MDI)
Hickory, NC

Leon Bergmann
Save-A-Lot Food Stores, Ltd.
St. Ann, MO

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, LLC
Bayshore, NY

Carlos Castro
Todos Neighborhood Market
Woodbridge, VA

Richard Chapman
G&C Food Distributors
Syracuse, NY

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

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
Janssen’s Market
Greenville, DE

Bob Jaskolski
Trig’s – T.A. Solberg Co., Inc.
Minocqua, WI

Tim Jennings
Roth’s Fresh Markets
Salem, OR

Jordan Kremm
Mondeléz International
Cincinnati, OH

Kathy Kuzava
Georgia Food Industry Association
Smyrna, GA

Rob Marsh
Pyramid Foods
Rogersville, MO

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

Jay Mitchell
Mitchell Grocery Corp.
Albertville, Al.

Kent Montgomery
PepsiCo, Inc.
Plano, TX

Joe Mueller
The Kellogg Company
Battle Creek, MI

Pete Najjar
Cardiff Seaside Market
Cardiff, CA

Jimmy Nichols
Houchens Food Group, Inc.
Bowling Green, KY

Garrett Piklapp
Fareway Stores, Inc.
Boone, IA

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

Jeff Strack
Strack & Van Til
Highland, IN

Hamdy M. Shalabi
El Rio Grande Latin Market
Dallas, TX

Jena Sowers
Alliance Retail Group
Kansas City, MO

Ray Sprinkle
URM Stores, Inc.
Spokane, WA

Mike Violette
Associated Grocers of New England
Pembroke, NH

Scott Widtfelt
KeHE Distributors
Naperville, IL

Eric Winn
C&S Wholesaler Grocers
Keene, NH

J.H. Campbell, Jr.
Client Consulting Services, LLC
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

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

Cheryl Sommer
Kaune’s Neighborhood Market, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM