A unique 40 person board of governors made up of chief executive officers and senior executives from many national food and related products firms provide direction, counsel, planning and financial support to the Academy.
CHAIR
JUDITH SPIRES
President and CEO
Kings Super Markets, Inc
VICE CHAIR
MICHAEL KELLY
VP, Procurement
C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
VICE CHAIR / TREASURER
MICHAEL ROTHWELL
VP and General Manager
Pennington Quality Market
SECRETARY
ROBERT R. HIGGINS
(Ex Officio) Executive Director
Academy of Food Marketing
Saint Joseph's University
| BRUCE ALLEN VP-Sales – Convenience & Foodservice General Mills, Inc. |
ANTONY J.FEROLIE Chief Executive Officer ESM Ferolie |
PETE POUTRE Senior Vice President- GMM Grocery Edibles/Perishables BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. |
| TIM ANHORN | MATTHEW GUTERMUTH President G7 Leadership Development & Consulting LLC |
J.M. PROCACCI Chief Operating Officer Procacci Brothers Sales Corporation |
| STAN BARRASSO Sr. VP – Customer Teams Acosta Sales and Marketing |
DAVE JONES Vice President, Industry Initiatives Kellogg, USA |
YIN RANI Vice President, Integrated Marketing Campbell Soup Company |
| GEOFF BETRUS Sr. Director of Customer Development Johnson & Johnson |
JACK KELLY President KG Associates |
DR. MARK C. REED (ex officio) President Saint Joseph’s University |
| DR. JEANNE F. BRADY (Ex officio) Provost & Vice President/Academic Affairs Saint Joseph’s University |
ERIK KEPTNER Senior Vice President, Sales,Merchandising & Marketing Giant/Martin's Division |
RICK J. SAKER Vice President of Operations Saker ShopRites, Inc. |
| DANIEL T. CASSIDY President & CEO Key Impact Sales & Systems, Inc |
EDWARD KUEHNLE President (retired) Catalina Marketing Corporation |
LESLIE G. SARASIN President and Chief Executive Officer Food Marketing Institute |
| DAN CROCE President Acme Markets |
ALAN LEVITAN IFM Corp. |
KURT SCHERTLE Chief Operating Officer Weis Markets, Inc. |
| NEILL CROWLEY Pathmark Stores, Inc. (ret’d) |
MARIA MACHITA Vice President, Consumer Sales & Marketing Domino Foods, Inc. |
MICHAEL P. SENACKERIB CEO and Co-Founder Farm & Oven Snacks, Inc. |
| RICHARD A. DEL VISCIO Senior Vice President & General Manager U.S. Customer Development Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
PETE MARUCCI Vice President / Managing Director Nestle Purina PetCare |
MIKE SHERLOCK Vice President, Fresh Food & Beverage Wawa, Inc. |
| DR. JOSEPH DiANGELO (Ex Officio) Dean, Haub School of Business St. Joseph's University |
WILLIAM J. MAYO Senior VP of Logistics, Technology & Engineering Wakefern Food Corp |
BILL SIMON Vice President, Sales USCPD McCormick & Company, Inc. |
| LOUIS J. ENI, JR. President, CEO Dietz & Watson, Inc. |
TOM MCALOON Zone Vice President Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. |
NEIL STRONG |
| GENE FALLER Vice President of Retail Operations Food Lion |
GRANT McLOUGHLIN Executive Vice President The Fresh Grocer |
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HONORARY MEMBERS
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| RAYMOND GOLDBERG Penn Maid Foods (ret'd) | BERNARD KENNY Owner / President / CEO The Kenny Family ShopRites of Delaware | JOHN MACHUZICK General Mills, Inc (retired) |
| JOSEPH J. SAKER Chairman (retired) Foodarama Supermarkets | ||