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SFA COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
DEI COMMITTEE
Sarah Wallace
The Good Bean, Inc.
Chair
Julie Busha
Slawsa
Nona Lim
Nona Lim
Sarah Masoni
Oregon State University
Food Innovation Center
Lee Zalben
Peanut Butter & Co.
FINANCE
COMMITTEE
Pierre Abushacra
Firehook Bakery
Chair
Scott Jensen
Kosmos Q
Emilio Mignucci
Di Bruno Bros.
Michael Reich
Hanson Faso Sales
& Marketing
NOMINATING
COMMITTEE
Victoria Ho
Sherpa CPG
Co-Chair
Jomaree Pinkard
Hella Cocktail Co.
Co-Chair
Jack Acree
Saffron Road Foods
Cara Figgins
PARTNERS, A Tasteful
Choice Company
Dwight Richmond
Town & Country Markets
DISTRIBUTOR
COUNCIL
Beth Haley
KeHE
Chair
Stephenie Andrews
BiRite Foodservice
Distributors
Rebekah Baker
UNFI
Kelly Cosgrove
Fortune Fish & Gourmet
Chris Doering
European Imports
Gary Gottfried
Silvadore Brands
Becky Hines
Mary Mack's, Inc.
Shawn Hockert
Seacrest Foods
International, Inc.
Henry Naviasky
Celtic Marketing
Food Brokers Inc.
Tori Sickles
Sickles Market, LLC
Rodd Willis
Dot Foods, Inc.
FANCY FOOD
SHOW COUNCIL
Dina DiCenso
Rind, LLC
Arn Grasoff
Food Innovations
Alexandra Groezinger
Alexian Pate
Craig Kanarick
New York Cruise Lines
Jay Lombard
Stonewall Kitchen
Charlie Moro
CFS Consulting
Group, LLC
Amelia Rappaport
Woodstock
Farmers' Market
Trip Straub
Straub's Fine Grocers
Arnim von Friedeburg
CMA Global Partners–
German Foods
Marielle Wolf
NJ Business
Action Center
MEMBERSHIP
COUNCIL
Kevin Doherty
CommonWealth
Kitchen Inc.
Deb Holt
Real Food From
The Ground Up
Norm Jelsma
Lesley Elizabeth Inc.
Jeffrey Landsman
Specialty Food Sales
Claudio LoCascio
Mochidoki
Pete Marczyk
Marczyk Fine Foods
Sydney Rieckhoff
Rieckhoff Family
Businesses, Inc., DBA
Almost Famous
Popcorn Company
Sarabjit Sawhney
Ma Ka Khana LLC
RECOGNITION
COUNCIL
Bob Burke
Natural Products
Consulting
Jerome Dees
Dees Partners
Loralie Holly
Texas Tamale Company/
Brazos Legends
Allyson Holt
Bonnie's Jams
Rowena Montoya
JulieAnn Caramels
Jonathan Pehl
Fischer & Wieser
Specialty Food
Alejandro Piasecki
Seal the Seasons
Becky Renfro Borbolla
Renfro Foods, Inc.
Steven Rosenberg
Liberty Heights Fresh
Bill Stephenson
KeHE
CONTRIBUTORS
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A M A N D A B A LTA Z A R
A N A C O R T E S , WA S H I N G T O N - B A S E D F R E E L A N C E W R I T E R .
• Trends & Happenings
E S T H E R C R A I N
N E W Y O R K- B A S E D F R E E L A N C E W R I T E R
• Store Tour: Big Apple Bites
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: Big Apple Bites
• SFA Recognizes Industry Standouts
• Creating Community Experiences: Q&A With Kevin Kelley
• AI Tools for Food Companies: Q&A With The Spoon's Michael Wolf
• The Future of Sustainability: Q&A With Food Tank's Danielle Nierenberg
What's
your go-to
specialty food
or drink during
the dog days of
summer?
Chilled sweet
cherries.
Nitro
cold brew
coffee.
