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EDITOR Denise Purcell
MANAGING EDITOR Deanna Ting
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Susan Segrest
ART DIRECTOR Maria San Andres
BUYERS' PICKS Nicole Potenza Denis
TRENDS & HAPPENINGS Denise Shoukas
PREPARED FOOD FOCUS Joanna Pruess
CHEESE FOCUS Janet Fletcher
William (Pete) Booker III,
Smithfield Specialty Foods
Dan W. Dowe, Artisanal Cheese, LLC
Susan Eriksen, Char Crust
Cara Figgins, Partners, A Tasteful Choice Co.
Case D. Fischer, Fischer & Wieser Specialty
Foods, Inc.
Arnim von Friedeburg, German Foods
North America, LLC
Paula Lambert, Mozzarella Company
Patricia N. Lobel, Avenue Gourmet
Greg O'Neill, Pastoral Artisan Cheese,
Bread & Wine
Trish Pohanka, European Imports, Inc.
Jon Pruden, TASTE
Greg O'Neill, Pastoral Artisan Cheese,
Bread & Wine
Patricia N. Lobel, Avenue Gourmet
William (Pete) Booker III,
Smithfeld Specialty Foods
Patrick Crowl, Woodstock Farmers Market
Pete Marczyk, Marczyk Fine Foods
Phil Myers, Central Market
Liz Martinez, Bi-Rite Market
Emilio Mignucci, Di Bruno Bros.
Linda Sikorski, Market Hall Foods
Trip Straub, Straub's
Richard Tarlov, Canyon Market
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EXECUTIVE TEAM
Senior Vice President, Content & Media Chris Crocker
Senior Vice President, Business
Development and Member Relations Chris Nemchek
Vice President, Philanthropy,
Government, and Industry Relations Ron Tanner
Vice President, Finance Michael A. Tuccillo
Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer Laura Santella-Saccone
Chief Human Resources Officer Camille Gargiso
Chief Operations Officer Bill Lynch
Chief Information Technology Officer Lisa Stefanoff
Head of Digital Ric Camacho
Head of Content Denise Purcell
Head of Marketing Services Betsy Schwartz
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairwoman: Shawn McBride, Foah International, LLC
Vice Chairwoman: Becky Renfro Borbolla, Renfro Foods, Inc.
Treasurer: Matt Nielsen, Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, Inc.
Secretary: Jack Acree, Saffron Road
Past Chairman: Mike Silver, Neomonde Baking Company, Inc.
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