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March 25 to 26, 2025

Radisson Plaza Hotel in Kalamazoo, MI

2025 Speakers and partners

Gema Alvarado-Guerrero, workforce wellness facilitator at Hormel Foods

Gema Alvarado-Guerrero

Workforce Wellness Facilitator at Hormel Foods
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Meagen Arensdorff

Vice President of C.A. BUILD at C.A. Fortune
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Jill Blanchard

President, Enterprise Client Solutions at Advantage Solutions
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Amy Bosek

Area Vice President at The Kraft Heinz Company
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Elizabeth Buchanan

President of North America at NielsenIQ
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Kristina Cole

President and Chief Customer Officer at Danone
Ryan Coon, chief marketing officer at Stellar Snacks

Ryan Coon

Chief Marketing Officer at Stellar Snacks
Tammy DeBoer, president at Harris Teeter

Tammy DeBoer

President at Harris Teeter
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Michael Doss

President and CEO at Graphic Packaging International
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Don Fitzgerald

Partner at The Partnering Group
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Amanda Gleason

Senior Vice President, Sales at Constellation Brands
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Jim Griffin

President, North America at Daymon
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Dr. Brian Harris

Global Thought Leader on Retail and Category Management
Jacqueline Holliday, president at Upland

Jacqueline Holliday

President at Upland
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Katie Hotze

Founder and CEO at Grocery Shopii
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Deepak Jose

Global Head of One Demand Data and Analytics Solutions at Mars
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Anthony Kyles

Chief Customer Officer of Meals and Beverages at Campbell's
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Amanda Lai

Director, Food Industry Practice at McMillanDoolittle
Jackie LaPointe, 7-Eleven enterprise director at PepsiCo

Jackie LaPointe

7-Eleven Enterprise Director at PepsiCo
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Sarah Ludmer

Chief Wellbeing and Sustainable Business Officer at WK Kellogg Co
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Amy McClellan

Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer at SpartanNash
LeQuan Page, regional president at Sysco

LeQuan Page

Regional President at Sysco
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Lynn Petrak

Senior Editor at Progressive Grocer
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Stephanie Postma

Agile Transformation Lead at Hormel Foods
Heidi Reale, founder and CEO at SparkShoppe

Heidi Reale

Founder and CEO at SparkShoppe
Erin Sanchez, vice president of grocery merchandising at Kroger

Erin Sanchez

Vice President of Grocery Merchandising at Kroger
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Carrie Sander

Chief Customer Officer at Kellanova
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Don Sanderson

Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer at Meijer
Leslie Sarasin, president and CEO at FMI – The Food Industry Association

Leslie Sarasin

President and CEO at FMI – The Food Industry Association
Jim Seidler, grocery sales manager at Jewel-Osco

Jim Seidler

Grocery Sales Manager at Jewel-Osco
Derek Steele, group vice president, marketing and customer strategy at Meijer

Derek Steele

Group Vice President, Marketing and Customer Strategy at Meijer
Lori Buss Stillman, vice president of research and education at NACS

Lori Stillman

Vice President of Research and Education at NACS
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Psyche Terry

Co-Founder at UI Global Brands
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Patricia Wilcox

Co-Founder at Awestruck Ciders
Kristen Williams, chief technology officer and group vice president at Meijer

Kristen Williams

Chief Technology Officer and Group Vice President at Meijer
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Sunny Yurasek

Vice President, Client Development, North America at Decision Point Analytics
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Dr. Russell Zwanka

Director of the Food Marketing Program and Associate Professor of Marketing at Western Michigan University

2025 Sponsorship opportunities

For more information regarding sponsoring the 2025 Food Marketing Conference, please review the sponsor level information below or contact Lisa Youtzy for more information.

  • Includes in-person conference registration for 24 people. Additional registration or blocks discounted at 20%.
  • Includes unlimited live-hybrid access to all sessions for your organization.
  • Sole sponsor recognition for keynote speaker session, with commercial feature before session—limited.
  • Company ad copy and logo featured prominently within conference ballroom, on website and on all promotional materials.
  • High priority for Food Marketing Association Company Day (Fall 2025/Spring 2026)—student interviews, internship priority, presentations full-time graduate hiring priority.
  • Three $2,000 Priority Access Sponsor Scholarships awarded in your company’s name.
  • Includes in-person conference registration for 18 people. Additional registration or blocks discounted at 20%.
  • Includes live-hybrid access to all sessions for 40 people in your organization.
  • Sole sponsor recognition for keynote speaker session, with commercial feature before session—limited.
  • Company ad copy and logo featured prominently within conference ballroom, on website and on all promotional materials.
  • High priority for Food Marketing Association Company Day (Fall 2025/Spring 2026)—student interviews, internship priority, presentations and full-time graduate hiring priority.
  • Two $2,000 Platinum Plus Sponsor Scholarships awarded in your company’s name.
  • Includes in-person conference registration for 12 people. Additional registration or blocks discounted at 15%.
  • Includes live-hybrid access to all sessions for 30 people in your organization.
  • Sponsor recognition for keynote speaker session or breakout session.
  • Company ad copy and logo featured prominently within conference ballroom.
  • Sponsor recognition on conference website and company logo on scrolling banner.
  • Two $1,000 Platinum Sponsor Scholarships awarded in your company’s name.
  • Includes in-person conference registration for 8 people. Additional registration or blocks discounted at 10%.
  • Includes live-hybrid access to all sessions for 20 people in your organization.
  • Sponsor recognition for a breakout session.
  • Company will be recognized before and after sponsored breakout session.
  • Conference signage recognizing your company throughout the event.
  • Company recognition in select conference promotional materials including print, social media and virtual.
  • Two $1,000 Gold Sponsor Scholarships awarded in your company’s name.
  • Includes in-person conference registration for 6 people. Additional registration or blocks discounted at 5%.
  • Includes live-hybrid access to all sessions for 10 people in your organization.
  • Sponsor recognition on conference website.
  • Conference signage recognizing your company throughout the event.
  • Company recognition in select conference promotional materials including print, social media and virtual.
  • One $500 Silver Sponsor Scholarship awarded in your company’s name.
  • Includes in-person conference registration for 3 people.
  • Includes live-hybrid access to all sessions for 5 people in your organization.
  • Sponsor recognition on conference website.
  • Conference signage recognizing your company as a Bronze Sponsor.
  • Company recognition in select conference promotional materials including print, social media and virtual.

Meet our 2024 sponsors

Questions? Contact the coordinators.