2025 Speakers and partners
![Gema Alvarado-Guerrero, workforce wellness facilitator at Hormel Foods](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/gema-alvarado-guerrero-home_cms.png?h=34b54439&itok=cCH33XFK)
Gema Alvarado-Guerrero
Workforce Wellness Facilitator at Hormel Foods
![Meagen Arensdorff headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/meagen-arensdorff-home_CMS.jpg?itok=nZZpcCus)
![Spencer Baird headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/spencer-baird-home_CMS.jpg?itok=VCerSm5C)
![Jill Blanchard headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/jill-blanchard-home_CMS.jpg?itok=705_F9qd)
Jill Blanchard
President, Enterprise Client Solutions at Advantage Solutions
![Amy Bosek headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/amy-bosek-home_CMS.jpg?itok=b9qoq3L9)
![Elizabeth Buchanan headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/liz-buchanan-home_CMS.jpg?itok=T8htSKF2)
![kristina headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/kristina_grayscale.jpg?h=eebaf6c7&itok=MYJIORY9)
![Ryan Coon, chief marketing officer at Stellar Snacks](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/ryan-coon-home_cms.png?h=b69e0e0e&itok=dUw-goN2)
Ryan Coon
Chief Marketing Officer at Stellar Snacks
![Tammy DeBoer, president at Harris Teeter](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/tammy-deboer-home_cms.png?h=b69e0e0e&itok=tYmjSocv)
Tammy DeBoer
President at Harris Teeter
![Michael Doss headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/michael-doss-home_CMS.jpg?itok=UsxgoRhI)
![don headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/don_grayscale_0.jpg?h=dfdb45e4&itok=52Rb-bwQ)
![Image](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/amanda-gleason-home_CMS.png?itok=WVQT5tWG)
![Dr. Brian Harris headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/brian-harris-home_CMS.png?itok=VAtwYYFD)
![Jacqueline Holliday, president at Upland](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/jacqueline-holliday-home_cms.png?h=a61266fd&itok=4ZSg7wPA)
Jacqueline Holliday
President at Upland
![Katie Hotze headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u56/2023/Katie-Hotze-Headshot.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=pjvQ8mx9)
![Deepak Jose headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/deepak-jose-home_CMS.png?itok=9waFBF3X)
![Amanda Lai headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/amanda-lai-home_CMS.png?itok=oR102saw)
![Jackie LaPointe, 7-Eleven enterprise director at PepsiCo](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/jackie-lapointe-home_cms.png?h=b69e0e0e&itok=Vt91hlbJ)
Jackie LaPointe
7-Eleven Enterprise Director at PepsiCo
![Sarah Ludmer headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/sarah-ludmer-home_CMS.png?itok=7bkTiMWL)
Sarah Ludmer
Chief Wellbeing and Sustainable Business Officer at WK Kellogg Co.
![Amy McClellan headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/amy-mcclellan-home_CMS.jpg?itok=yigGEI8c)
Amy McClellan
Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer at SpartanNash
![LeQuan Page, regional president at Sysco](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/lequan-page-home_cms.png?h=3873714b&itok=N9Skzis1)
LeQuan Page
Regional President at Sysco
![Lynn Petrak headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/lynn-petrak-home_CMS.jpg?itok=QFqldX7F)
![Stephanie K. Postma headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/stephanie-postma-home_CMS.png?itok=Qau6NNzT)
![Heidi Reale, founder and CEO at SparkShoppe](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/heidi-reale-home_cms.png?h=b69e0e0e&itok=W4qDwQG6)
Heidi Reale
Founder and CEO at SparkShoppe
![Carrie Sander headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/carrie-sander-home_CMS.png?itok=IMKvZR18)
![Don Sanderson headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/don-sanderson-horizontal_CMS.jpg?h=b76d0694&itok=-y1e-KAV)
![Erin Sanchez, vice president of grocery merchandising at Kroger](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/erin-sanchez-home_cms.png?h=b69e0e0e&itok=DjvxMTwr)
Erin Sanchez
Vice President of Grocery Merchandising at Kroger
![Leslie Sarasin, president and CEO at FMI – The Food Industry Association](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/leslie-sarasin-home_cms.png?h=b69e0e0e&itok=uOXTI975)
![Jim Seidler, grocery sales manager at Jewel-Osco](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/jim-seidler-home_cms.png?h=b69e0e0e&itok=mtt4dQXv)
Jim Seidler
Grocery Sales Manager at Jewel-Osco
![Derek Steele, group vice president, marketing and customer strategy at Meijer](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/derek-steele-home_cms.png?h=1057b5c1&itok=tR8K_ghG)
Derek Steele
Group Vice President, Marketing and Customer Strategy at Meijer
![Lori Buss Stillman, vice president of research and education at NACS](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/lori-buss-stillman-home_cms.jpg?h=b69e0e0e&itok=cct2u8K2)
![Image](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/psyche-terry-home_CMS.png?itok=dr4i5a0F)
![Patricia Wilcox heashot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u5476/2024/patricia-wilcox-home_CMS.jpg?itok=Qffbp2le)
![Kristen Williams, chief technology officer and group vice president at Meijer](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/kristen-williams-home_cms.png?h=d2336f69&itok=ic3FQong)
Kristen Williams
Chief Technology Officer and Group Vice President at Meijer
![sunny headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/2024-08/sunny_grayscale.jpg?h=252f27fa&itok=emEQCcBi)
Sunny Yurasek
Vice President, Client Development, North America at Decision Point Analytics
![Dr. Russell Zwanka headshot](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/3_2/public/images/u56/2023/zwanka-russell.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=nH5n61vY)
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.