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6 SPECIALTY FOOD SPECIALTYFOOD.COM CONTRIBUTORS Specialty Food is pleased to publish insightful and actionable articles from leading journalists and retail practitioners. M A R K H A M S T R A R E G U L A R C O N T R I B U T O R T O S P E C I A LT Y F O O D A N D S F A N E W S D A I LY Trends & Happenings Store Tour: Sin City Specialties SFA COMMITTEE & INDUSTRY WORK GROUP MEMBERS FINANCE COMMITTEE Pierre Abushacra Firehook Bakery Chair Charlie Apt Sarabeth's Kitchen Victoria Ho Sherpa CPG Scott Jensen Rhythm Superfoods Jeff Koeze Koeze Company Tyler Lowell C.A. Fortune Teresa Tsou Pipsnacks LLC (dba Pipcorn) DISTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE Beth Haley DPI Specialty Foods Inc. Chair Gary Allen S. Katzman Produce Rebekah Baker UNFI Kelly Cosgrove Fortune Fish and Gourmet Chris Doering Europe Imports/Sysco Dee Ann Donnelly Frontier Coop Gary Gottfried Silvadore Brands Michael Isenberg Chex Finer Foods Emilio Mignucci Di Bruno Brothers Michael Reich Hanson Faso Sales & Marketing Rodd Willis Dot Foods, Inc. DEI COMMITTEE Sarah Wallace The Good Bean, Inc. Co-Chair Aki Cipriani Specialty Food Association Beth Haley DPI Specialty Foods Co-Chair Nona Lim Nona Lim Sarah Masoni Food Innovation Center at Oregon State University Jomaree Pinkard Hella Cocktail Co. GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Lee Zalben Peanut Butter & Co. Chair Jack Acree Saffron Road Foods/ American Halal Charlie Apt Sarabeth's Kitchen Victoria Ho Sherpa CPG Deb Holt Real Food From the Ground Up Jomaree Pinkard Hella Cocktail Co. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Sarah Masoni Oregon State University Food Innovation Center Co-Chair Julie Busha Slawsa Co-Chair Jennifer Billips McNeese Fratelli McNeese, Inc. Laura Briscoe Laura's Gourmet Brandon Gross FOODMatch Scott Jensen Rhythm Superfoods Nolan Lewin Rutgers Food Innovation Center Charlie Moro CFS Consulting Greg O'Neill GRO(W) Ideas LLC Michael Oraschewsky TBJ Gourmet COMMUNITY (BUYER RELATIONS) INDUSTRY WORK GROUP Amelia Rappaport Woodstock Farmers' Market Chair Bonnie Brauner Specialty Food Network Craig Kanarick New York Cruise Lines Peter MacGillivray Provisions Williamstown Pete Marczyk Marczyk Fine Foods Dwight Richmond Town & Country Markets LLC Akhmal Teal Coastal Sunbelt Produce Arnim von Friedeburg German Foods North America LLC Becky Yehia Yehia & Associates DIGITAL OFFERINGS IWG Brad Van Dam MARICH Confectionery Company Chair Curt Alpeter Runamok Sam Blaney Two Rivers Coffee Noah Bleich The TeaBook Christopher Buono Buon-Riche Foods, Inc. Ben Glass The Good Chocolate Monica Herrero NewDay Food Company Vincent James Earthly Treats, Inc. Felice Kaufman The Vine Serafina Palandech Seal the Seasons IN-PERSON EVENTS INDUSTRY WORK GROUP Anna Gallo Savello USA, Inc. Chair Jeanette Brown Bona Furtuna Adrian Czahar Voyage-Marche, Inc. Dina Fleischman Dimimiko, Inc. d/b/a Oilladi Arn Grashoff Innovative Food Holdings Elizabeth Hemphill-Burns Pressed Krystina Murawski Noomi Henry Naviasky Celtic Marketing Food Brokers David Neuman Wild In Nature Ventures Inc Jeffrey Shaw Foods from Spain PREPAREDNESS INDUSTRY WORK GROUP Bob Burke Natural Products Consulting, LLC Chair Kelly Burling Culinary Collective Lou Foah Foah International LLC Peter Guyer Athena Marketing International Norm Jelsma Lesley Elizabeth Inc. Cameron Morris Tia Lupita Foods Alejandro Piasecki Seal the Seasons Sarabjit Sawhney Ma Ka Khana LLC Bill Stephenson DPI Specialty Foods Tom Wallace Personal Coverage/ Specialty Food & Beverage Insurance RECOGNITION INDUSTRY WORK GROUP Kent Laux Angkor Cambodian Food Chair Jerome Dees Beck & Bloom LLC Maha Freij Les Trois Petits Cochons Isela Hernandez Hernan Allyson Holt Bonnie's Jams Paula Lambert Mozzarella Co. Shawn McBride Foah International Sharon Meehan Ham I Am Nick Mendoza Neptune Snacks Becky Renfro Borbolla Renfro Foods, Inc. Jay Rosengarten Felicetti US Inc. D E N I S E S H O U K A S C O N T R I B U T I N G E D I T O R T O S P E C I A LT Y F O O D Trends & Happenings R O N TA N N E R P R E S I D E N T O F TA N N E R F O O D G R O U P 2023 Leadership Award Winners What food or food trend would you like to try in 2023? Nigerian cuisine canned beverages with adaptogenic mushrooms like reishi, turkey tail, and cordycips

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