2025 Food Marketing Conference Agenda

Stay tuned as information for sessions, events and more are added here leading up to The FMC 2025!

Tuesday, March 25

Lunch will be served in the Radisson Plaza Hotel.

Speaker: Dr. Russell Zwanka, director of the food marketing program at Western Michigan University

Speaker: Don Sanderson, chief merchandising and marketing officer at Meijer

Moderator: Leslie Sarasin, president and CEO at FMI – The Food Industry Association

Speakers:

  • Kristina Cole, chief customer officer and president of sales at Danone
  • Erin Sanchez, vice president of grocery merchandising at Kroger
  • Carrie Sander, chief customer officer at Kellanova

Speaker: Spencer Baird, CEO at Inmar Intelligence

Speakers:

  • Derek Steele, group vice president, marketing and customer strategy at Meijer
  • Kristen Williams, chief technology officer and group vice president at Meijer

Networking break

Speaker: Amy Bosek, area vice president at The Kraft Heinz Company

Moderator: Katie Hotze, Founder of Grocery Shopii

Speakers:

  • Meagen Arensdorff, vice president of C.A. BUILD at C.A. Fortune
  • Deepak Jose, vice president, head of data sciences and business intelligence at Niagara Bottling
  • Sunny Yurasek, head of advanced analytics and RGM at Wells Enterprises

 

Speakers:

  • Gema Alvarado-Guerrero, workforce wellness facilitator at Hormel Foods
  • Stephanie Postma, agile transformation lead at Hormel Foods

Speaker: Tammy DeBoer, president at Harris Teeter

Sponsored by Constellation Brands, Gallo and Founders Brewing Company.

Wednesday, March 26

Speaker: Dr. Russell Zwanka, director of the food marketing program at Western Michigan University

Speaker: Elizabeth Buchanan, president of North America at NielsenIQ

Moderator: Heidi Reale, founder and CEO at SparkShoppe

Speakers:

  • Jill Blanchard, industry leader
  • Amanda Gleason, senior vice president, sales at Constellation Brands
  • Jackie LaPointe, director of retail, Southwest market at PepsiCo

Networking break

Speaker: Jim Griffin, president, North America at Daymon

Moderator: Amanda Lai, director, food industry practice at McMillanDoolittle

Speakers:

  • Michael Doss, president and CEO at Graphic Packaging International
  • Don Fitzgerald, partner at The Partnering Group
  • Dr. Brian Harris, global thought leader on retail and category management

Lunch will be served in the Radisson Plaza Hotel.

Speaker: Lori Stillman, vice president of research and education at NACS

Speaker: Psyche Terry, co-founder at UI Global Brands

Moderator: Lynn Petrak, senior editor at Progressive Grocer

Speakers:

  • Sarah Ludmer, chief wellbeing and sustainable business officer at WK Kellogg Co
  • LeQuan Page, regional president at Sysco
  • Jim Seidler, grocery sales manager at Jewel-Osco
  • Patricia Wilcox, co-founder at Awestruck Ciders

Networking break

Speaker: Amy McClellan, executive vice president, chief customer officer at SpartanNash

Speaker: Anthony Kyles, chief customer officer at Campbell’s