SPEAKER LIST

RETAILERS BY CHANNEL

Grocery
Thomas Becker, Director of Marketing, Own Brands, Stop & Shop
Nancy Dumais, Director of Branding and Design, Private Brands, Delhaize America
Maggie Hodgetts, Head of Design, Waitrose
Alex Petrov, Vice President Consumer Brands, Safeway
Susan Sanderson, Director, Corporate Brand Management, The Kroger Company
Roger White, VP, Store Brands, Associated Food Stores

Apparel/ Sporting Goods & Outdoors/ Crafts
Lisa DiMartino-Edwards, Package Design Manager, Belk
Eli Getson, SVP, GMM, Golfsmith
Kelly Kraus, Director of Retail Marketing, REI
Betsy Schowachert, Director of Private Brand and Licensing, Michael's Stores
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Health & Beautys
Melanie Wiesenthal, Director, Creative 3D, Victoria's Secret Beauty
David K. Lyon, Vice President Brand Design, Bath & Body Works
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Mass & Electronics
Rick Rommel, SVP Exclusive Brands and Global Sourcing, Best Buy, Inc.
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Office Supply
Mike Kitz, Vice-President of OfficeMax Brands and Product Development, OfficeMax
Marc Okicich, Director-Branding & Marketing-New Business Development, OfficeMax
Bob Thacker, SVP, Advertising & Marketing, OfficeMax
Connie Walsh, Director of Marketing & Packaging, Staples
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Petcare
Shelly Turgeon, Director, Brand, Packaging Design, and Quality Assurance, Private Brand, PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc
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PRIVATE LABEL MANUFACTURERS & NATIONAL BRANDS
Lara Harris, Design Director, Johnson & Johnson
Matt Rompala, Business Development Manager, Private Brands, Label and Packaging Materials, Avery Dennison
Jon Weber, Creative Director, Metromint
Chris Wilkins, Vice President, GM, Contract & Store Brands, ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Michael Muntean, Director Global New Products, Church & Dwight
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INDUSTRY THOUGHT-LEADERS
Andres Siefken – VP Marketing and Corporate Communications, Daymon Worldwide
Carol Best, VP Brand Strategy, Anthem
Carla Cooper, CEO, Daymon Worldwide
Koen de Jong, Founding Director, IPLC & Author of Private Label Uncovered
Christopher Durham, Founder & Chief Blogger, MyPBrand.com
Glenn Pfeifer, VP, Daymon Design
Jonathan Ford, Creative Partner, Pearlfisher
Jonathan Sands, Chairman, Elmwood
Sarah Dear, Group Client Service Director, Elmwood