Food Marketing Institute Announces 2018 Board of Directors

Jan 29, 2018

Miami – Food Marketing Institute (FMI) today introduced new officers to its board of directors during its annual meeting at the FMI Midwinter Executive Conference in Miami. President and CEO of Bristol Farms, Kevin Davis, announced the appointments and transitioned his leadership role as FMI Board Chairman to Joe Sheridan, president and COO, Wakefern Food Corp.

New Officers (2-year term with committee oversight)

  • Joe Sheridan, Wakefern Food Corp. Keasbey, NJ (Chairman)
  • Kevin Davis, Bristol Farms, Inc., Carson, CA (Immediate Past Chairman)
  • David Smith, Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc., Kansas City, KS (Vice Chairman, Finance)
  • Dean Janeway, Jr., Key Food Stores, Co-operative, Inc., Staten Island, NY (Vice Chairman, Wholesaler)
  • Micheal Needler, Jr., Fresh Encounter, Inc., Findlay, OH (Vice Chairman, Independent Operator)
  • Craig Boyan, HEB, San Antonio, TX (Vice Chairman, Food Safety)
  • Chris Coborn, Coborn’s Inc., St. Cloud, MN (Vice Chairman, Member Services)
  • Todd Jones, Publix Super Markets, Inc., Lakeland, FL (Vice Chairman, Industry Relations)
  • Brian George, Alex Lee, Inc., Hickory, NC (Vice Chairman, Public Affairs)
  • Randy Edeker, Hy-Vee, Inc., Wes Des Moines, IA (Vice Chairman, Communications)

New Directors (3-year term)

  • Stuart Aitken, 84.51º, The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, OH
  • Edward Basha III, Bashas' Inc., Chandler, AZ 
  • Mike Duffy, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., Keene, NH
  • Lou Fisher, Main Street Supermarket Corp., Millville, NJ
  • Paul Grimwood, Nestlé USA, Inc., Arlington, VA
  • John Najjar, Seaside Market, Cardiff by the Sea, California
  • Rick Wright, Market of Choice, Inc., Eugene, OR

New Chairman’s Appointees (2-year terms)

  • Anthony Hucker, Southeastern Grocers, LLC, Jacksonville, FL
  • Kenneth McGrath, Save-A-Lot, Ltd., Earth City, MO 
  • Denise M. Morrison, Campbell Soup Company, Camden, NJ
  • John Ross, IGA, INC., Chicago, IL
  • Randall J. Skoda, Topco Associates, LLC, Elk Grove Village, IL
  • Tobias Wasmuht, SPAR International, Amsterdam, Netherlands

The goal of the FMI Board is to promote and carry out the objectives and purposes of FMI; to represent the total and varied membership of FMI; to establish major policies for FMI; to demonstrate a model of an active, participative and sharing membership; to appoint the president; and to provide industry leadership.

A full member listing of FMI’s leadership can be found here.

To review a microsite and video summarizing FMI 2017 accomplishments, visit http://www.FMI.org/YearInReview

About FMI

As the food industry association, FMI works with and on behalf of the entire industry to advance a safer, healthier and more efficient consumer food supply chain. FMI brings together a wide range of members across the value chain — from retailers that sell to consumers, to producers that supply food and other products, as well as the wide variety of companies providing critical services — to amplify the collective work of the industry. www.FMI.org