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2017 ANNUAL REPORT 

®

TABLE OF 

CONTENTS 

A Message From the President & CEO 4 

The Year in Review 7 

2017 Key Accomplishments 8 

Member Value 20 

2017 Awards 22 

2017 Executive Committee 26 

2017 Board of Directors 27 

Financials 29 

2017 Partners 30 

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A MESSAGE FROM 

THE PRESIDENT & CEO 

In 2025, when the CEOs of major companies 

are as likely to be women as men, and women 

are promoted at the same rates as men, we will 

overhear industry leaders say, “Things really 

started to change back in 2017.” 

That is the vision and opportunity that drives 

everything we do at Women’s Foodservice 

Forum (WFF) and propels the tireless 

commitment of our Board and dedicated staff. 

It was the driving force throughout a very busy 

and productive year as the WFF Board laid the 

groundwork to enhance our ability to drive 

change across the industry by first refining and 

reinvigorating our own mission. 

With a clear strategy and shared mission, we 

reached out to the world’s most influential food 

companies to engage them in unprecedented 

collaboration on accelerating women’s 

advancement. Our industry’s first participation 

in the 2017 Women in the Workplace Study 

conducted by McKinsey & Company and 

LeanIn.org provided benchmark data on the 

state of women in the industry and marked 

a critical turning point in our history. 

We are deeply grateful to the 32 Convening 

Companies that were the first to commit to 

gaining the insights needed for the Food Industry 

to pave new paths of opportunity for women. 

For everything we tackled and accomplished in 

2017, increasing opportunity for women at work 

and equipping the Food Industry with a valuable 

new source of talent was at the heart of it. 

We are indebted to the visionary leaders helping 

us drive that agenda at the helm of WFF: 

Board Chair Marie Perry 

EVP & Chief Financial Officer for Jamba Juice 

Chair-Elect Susan Adzick 

VP Sales & Marketing 

McLane Foodservice, Inc. 

Treasurer Denny Marie Post 

CEO of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & Brews 

The deep commitment the Food Industry 

has made to advancing women is about to 

unfold in ways many of us had only dreamed 

of even just a few years ago. This is the time 

4 | WFF 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

to strengthen your engagement with WFF by 

joining the pioneers who are re-imagining the 

contribution and potential of women in our 

dynamic Food Industry. 

Hattie Hill 

President & CEO 

WFF

THE YEAR IN REVIEW 

Food is . . . well, fill in the blank. It is fun, 

comforting, an avenue to adventure, a reflection 

of culture, an expression of love, the source of 

nourishment, a multibillion dollar business . . . it 

is also complicated and becoming ever more so. 

Today’s Food Industry faces increasingly 

demanding and diverse consumers, growing 

competition, hyperpaced innovation cycles, 

rising concerns about sustainability and health, 

increasing costs and the growing opportunity 

and challenge of technology and ecommerce. 

Layered on this complex operating environment 

is the most acute talent shortage since the 

Great Recession. Almost half (46%) of U.S. 

employers reported difficulties filling jobs due 

to lack of available talent in 2016 according 

to the The ManpowerGroup Talent Shortage 

Survey. The talent crisis is hitting the Food 

Industry even harder with 71% of respondents 

in the “accommodation, food service and retail/ 

wholesale trade” sector reporting difficulty 

recruiting for full-time positions. 

The Food Industry is projected to grow through 

2024, but it is no secret that a key to realizing 

that potential is getting the right people on 

board. More than three-quarters of CEOs in a 

global survey by Pricewaterhouse Coopers cited 

availability of skills as the single biggest threat 

to their business. They voiced special concerns 

about finding candidates strong on adaptability, 

problem-solving, collaboration and creativity. 

WE BELIEVE WOMEN ARE THE ANSWER 

Attracting and recruiting talented women to a 

Food Industry prepared to empower them to 

achieve will enable the industry to win the war 

for talent and drive better business results. That 

is why we spent 2017 collaborating with the 

industry to pave new paths to progress. 

We believe in limitless 

opportunities for all women and 

a Food Industry where talented 

women and men thrive. 


2017 KEY 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

CREATED 2018-2020 

ASPIRATIONAL STRATEGY 

The Executive Committee of the WFF Board 

drove a significant and in-depth process to 

dissect our vision and mission and reinvigorate 

it to ensure it provides the strategic direction 

needed to expand WFF’s contribution to women 

in the Food Industry. Our refined vision and 

mission are: 

WFF VISION 

Gender equity for Food 

Industry leaders 

WFF MISSION 

Accelerate the advancement 

of women leaders in the 

Food Industry 

We distilled our new approach into a purpose 

statement that will help shape future 

communications. We developed the following: 

We believe in limitless 

opportunities for all women. 

One of the most exciting outcomes of the 

Board’s strategic visioning process is our 2018- 

2020 Aspirational Strategy. The strategy calls on 

WFF to act more boldly to expand our impact 

on the industry and to drive our own growth 

which will further expand our impact. A critical 

element of that strategy is deep engagement of 

CEOs around gender equity and gaining their 

commitment to close the gender gap in the 

Food Industry. This is a top priority and will be 

realized through personal outreach, education 

around the business case for gender equity and 

public and private engagement and support. 

The three imperatives articulated in our 2018- 

2020 strategy will guide our decision-making at 

every step of the way: 

• Achieve a critical mass of senior decision 

makers and organizations that actively 

advance women leaders in the Food Industry. 

• Drive a pipeline of prepared women leaders 

advancing in the Food Industry. 

• Create an industry-recognized Gender Equity 

Index to track year-over-year progress. 


A key component of this 

effort has been securing outside 

expertise to assess our capacity in 

several key functional areas and to develop 

best practices moving forward. Toward that end, 

WFF retained a seasoned executive to complete 

an audit of WFF’s technology needs and lay 

the groundwork for improved analytics and 

platform support. 

This individual will continue to serve on a 

consultant basis and work closely with the WFF 

Senior Leadership Team in 2018 to ensure the 

appropriate technology is in place to identify, 

track and measure the metrics that will most 

accurately capture progress toward goals. 

This will include creating a more robust analytics 

platform to better track member participation 

with WFF and its impact on career success. 


2017 KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

BUILT AND ARTICULATED 

THE CASE FOR GENDER EQUITY 

Bringing together the expertise of the WFF 

Board, Senior Leadership Team and external 

consultants in concert with deep engagement 

with contemporary research, WFF focused 

throughout the year on building and articulating 

the case for gender equity. 

We understand the power of educating decision 

makers with the often-surprising facts about the 

current state of women’s progress at work, and 

then demonstrating how growing this valuable 

talent resource is critical to business success. 

We have defined our understanding of gender 

equity at work as meaning that all team 

members enjoy the same opportunities and 

rewards regardless of gender. We have drawn 

from and documented some of the extensive 

research findings on the impact of gender equity 

on countries, companies and individuals. 

The story continues, however, with extensive 

evidence that driving gender equity drives 

bottom line business performance. That 

companies that lead in gender diversity 

outperform their peers. And how, on average, 

companies with the highest percentages of 

women board directors outperform those with 

the least on return on equity, return on sales 

and return on invested capital. 

It is a good story. A strong, impactful, inspiring 

story. And one that needs to be told more boldly, 

more frequently, and to more leaders who 

will make change happen. WFF will tell 

the story, share the facts and 

LEAD THE WAY to change. 

We have begun to use that evidence base 

to tell the story of today’s women at work. 

We share the tough facts of how women, 

even those starting their careers today, are 

promoted less often and paid less than their 

male counterparts. 



LEAD THE WAY TO GENDER EQUITY: 

COLLABORATION, DATA, SOLUTIONS 

Because it is difficult to tap into women’s 

potential until we understand the obstacles to 

progress, WFF reached out to the industry in 

search of pioneers. Ultimately, we convened 32 

forward-thinking food companies to participate 

for the first time in the 2017 Women in the 

Workplace Study conducted by McKinsey & 

Company and LeanIn.org. 

This effort represents unprecedented 

collaboration within the industry and a 

galvanized commitment to accelerate the 

pace of change. The CEOs from some of our 

Convening Companies say it best. 

We believe a gender diverse 

workforce can drive differentiated 

performance. We know we need the 

full power of talent available to us to 

navigate what’s ahead. 

Denny Marie Post 

CEO of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & Brews 

At Coca-Cola, we know the success 

of our business depends on 

having gender diversity across our 

organization and talented women in 

all roles, especially senior leadership 

roles. We’re proud to be a part 

of WFF’s LEAD THE WAY initiative 

and the Women in the Workplace 

Study. Working together, we’ll be 

able to focus our collective efforts 

on promoting gender equality and 

advancing the careers of women. 

James Quincey 

President & CEO of The Coca-Cola Company 

We understand the development of 

female leaders is critical at all levels. 

We have an opportunity to make a 

larger scale impact by joining forces 

with other industry leaders so I’m 

honored to join WFF in LEADING THE 

WAY to gender equity. 

Wyman Roberts 

CEO & President of Brinker International 


At Jamba, it was really important 

that we participate in the Women in 

the Workplace Study. If we’re going to 

be on this journey together and we’re 

going to lead as an industry, and as 

an industry we’re going to lead other 

industries, it’s important for all of 

us that we continue to learn how to 

be better every day. Gender equity 

is just a common-sense approach to 

winning the war for talent. 

David Pace 

CEO & President of Jamba Juice 

The overall 2017 Women in the Workplace Study 

draws on data from 222 companies employing 

more than 12 million people, as well as a survey 

of more than 70,000 employees and a series of 

qualitative interviews.

® 

2017 CONVENING COMPANIES 

MICHEL DOUKERIS 

CEO 

PAUL BROWN 

CEO 

JOHN BURKE 

CEO 

MIKE SWEET 

CEO 

WYMAN T. ROBERTS 

CEO 

CLARICE TURNER 

Former CEO 

JAMES QUINCEY 

CEO 

SANDRA B. COCHRAN 

CEO 

JOHN C. MILLER 

CEO 

STEVE P. JOYCE 

CEO 

LARRY D. YOUNG 

CEO 

JEFF HARMENING 

CEO 

RICH WOLOWSKI 

CEO 

TC CHATTERJEE 

CEO 

RUSS SMYTH 

CEO 


Participants in the 2017 Women in the Workplace Study for the food industry 

DAVID A. PACE 

CEO 

STEVE CAHILLANE 

CEO 

STEVE EASTERBROOK 

CEO 

GRADY ROSIER 

CEO 

MARK SCHNEIDER 

CEO 

PETER MOUSKONDIS 

CEO 

INDRA K. NOOYI 

CEO 

GREG CREED 

CEO, Yum! Brands 

KIM LOPDRUP 

CEO 

DENNY MARIE POST 

CEO 

JEFF KING 

CEO 

RON HINSON 

Chairman, President & CEO 

LORNA DONATONE 

CEO, North America 

TOM BENÉ 

CEO 

PIETRO SATRIANO 

CEO 

LISA INGRAM 

CEO 


LEAD THE WAY TO GENDER EQUITY: 

COLLABORATION, DATA, SOLUTIONS 

An accurate snapshot of the industry 

McKinsey has found that one of the most 

powerful reasons for the lack of progress is 

collective blind spots around diversity. Many 

employees, McKinsey’s research shows, think 

women are well represented in leadership when 

only a few actually occupy senior roles. 

In addition, many men do not fully grasp the 

barriers that hold women back at work and 

are, therefore, less committed to gender 

equity and feel less urgency for change. In a 

nutshell, we cannot solve problems we do not 

fully see or understand. 

That is one reason that the leadership of 

our convening Food Industry CEOs and their 

organizations is truly groundbreaking. 

Their participation in the 2017 Women in 

the Workplace Study has resulted in the first 

industry-specific benchmarks about women’s 

progress broken out by food operators, 

manufacturers and distributors. 

Best summarized by visionary International 

Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) Board 

Member and President of McLane Foodservice, 

Inc. Tom Zatina, “The continued engagement of 

our Convening Companies and the industry 

champions who join them will transform 

these new insights and data points into 

initiatives that will change the face of 

leadership in the Food Industry.”

Deep insights by organization 

Our relationship with McKinsey has proven 

incredibly valuable as we now not only have 

industry-specific data but the Convening 

Companies are equipped with organizationspecific 

results about their talent pipeline, 

advancement and human resource opportunities. 

Throughout 2018, our Convening Companies 

will study the unique insights they gained 

from participating in the Study and will 

develop strategic plans to accelerate women’s 

advancement in their organizations. 

In 2018, we will grow the number of 

participating Food Industry companies 

substantially. To learn more about participating 

in the Women in the Workplace study contact 

Tim Johnson, WFF Vice President of Human 

Resources and Organizational Effectiveness, at 

tjohnson@wff.org. Food Industry results will be 

released in late fall. 

WFF out in front 

WFF will continue to spearhead our industry’s 

participation in the Women in the Workplace 

Study and create follow-up initiatives to 

operationalize key findings. A critical success 

factor will remain extensive engagement with 

CEOs to drive commitment around gender 

equity and needed culture change. WFF will 

also serve as a thought partner for CEOs 

and companies implementing gender equity 

agendas. Specifically, we are supporting WFF 

Member Companies by: 

• Equipping leaders with both the data 

and tools needed to appreciate fully the 

business advantages of increasing gender 

equity, and to advance a realistic agenda 

for accelerating progress. 

• Developing leaders in critical areas, 

including unconscious bias, to support 

companies and executives in changing 

ingrained corporate policies and practices 

related to advancing women. 

• Providing strategic connections that engage 

the industry and individuals to champion 

one another and share best practices. 



EXPANDED WFF’S VISIBILITY AND THOUGHT 

LEADERSHIP IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY 

WFF hosted and drove multiple educational and 

networking events in 2017 and expanded its 

outreach to more powerfully share our message 

of gender equity and prepare women to realize 

more of their potential. 

SEVERAL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: 

The 2017 Annual Leadership Development 

Conference in Orlando, Florida brought 

emerging leaders to senior executives together 

to learn, grow and network. Highlights included 

futurist Edie Weiner, base jumper Ellen Brennan 

(the world’s fastest woman), personal finance 

guru Suze Orman, extensive peer networking 

and the first participants in the new Future 

Leaders Connect program. 

Fifteen students from James Madison 

University’s (JMU) Hart School of Hospitality, 

Sport and Recreation Management engaged 

with industry leaders and learned about the 

myriad career paths in the Food Industry during 

Conference as part of the inaugural class of 

WFF Future Leaders Connect. The new program 

was inspired by California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) 

Executive Chairman and CEO G.J. Hart, and his 

wife, Heather, along with CPK’s Vice President 

of People and Field Operations and WFF Board 

Member, Julie Juvera. 

Our targeted Leadership Development 

Workshops (LDWs) brought WFF into 12 major 

markets to engage new audiences and build new 

connections with additional companies touching 

the food ecosystem. Nearly two-thirds of LDW 

participants were attending a WFF event for the 

first time. More than 200 volunteers across the 

markets also helped drive local engagement 

and forged new connections with additional 

organizations in the food ecosystem. 

WFF partnered with Facebook to launch 

online Lean In Circles with partner companies 

around the nation. Lean In Circles are small 

groups of peers that meet regularly to engage 

with and support one another and help 

women step outside their comfort zones 

and grow through adult learning and peer 

mentorship. The WFF Lean In Chapter has more 

than 40 Circles and 225 members. Monthly 

communications are sent from WFF staff to the 

Circles to support sharing of topic ideas, Circle 

outcomes and best practices. 

As part of an overall effort to raise the visibility 

of WFF and increase brand awareness, late 

in 2017, we refocused social media efforts with 

stronger attention toward LinkedIn, the social 

channel for professional networking. This 

included increased WFF messaging and LinkedIn 


ad campaigns that drove an 8% increase in 

followers. We will build on this growth in 2018. 

We also re-imagined our CEO Connections and 

CEO Insights e-newsletters to serve as valuable 

sources of thought leadership focused on 

building understanding of our gender equity 

imperative and providing robust content 

around career development education. We will 

extend our use of this content in 2018 through 

placement in additional vehicles, including the 

WFF blog and sites such as LinkedIn. 

A Membership Needs Assessment focused on 

gaining feedback around learning and education 

needs was sent to both member and nonmembers 

late in 2017 for use in 2018 planning. 

As part of our efforts to expand our reach with 

Partner Companies, we strengthened our Core 

Ambassador Network contacts by creating 

five key liaison support areas and ensuring that 

all ambassadors are actively connected to one 

of those areas. As 2017 drew to a close, threequarters 

of previously unassigned ambassadors 

had been connected to one of the five key 

network areas: Advancement (HR/Training), 

Communications, Diversity & Inclusion, Field 

Operations, and Women’s Networks. 

WFF was on the road and in the air with an 

expanded presence and participation in key 

industry events. This included: 

• WFF CEO & President Hattie Hill moderating 

a panel at the Global Restaurant Leadership 

Conference (GRLC) in Dubai. 

• Participation in the International Foodservice 

Manufacturers Association (IFMA) President’s 

Conference where we announced the new 

WFF/IFMA Women in Manufacturing Award. 

• Sponsorship of the educational session 

“Multi-Generation Intelligence: A Necessary 

Tool for Everyday Leaders” at the National 

Restaurant Association (NRA) Show. 

• Serving as a sponsor, along with PepsiCo and 

Yum! Brands, at MegaFest in Dallas where 

Hattie Hill interviewed the president of the 

Dallas Women’s Foundation during a featured 

session on women’s leadership. 

• Panel presentation at Winsight’s FARE 

Conference. 


MEMBER VALUE 

Women at all stages of their careers interact 

with WFF online and in person throughout the 

year to build critical leadership competencies 

and forge strategic connections that accelerate 

personal and professional development. 

Here are just a few examples of the ways 

women benefit when they engage with WFF. 

“Being a member of WFF has 

increased my leadership skills across 

a range of competencies and in turn, 

increased my confidence in taking 

on new challenges. The connections 

I have made have created mentors 

and mentees alike. I appreciate the 

continued focus on development 

both personally and professionally.” 

Ashlee Weisser 

Vice President, Consumer Strategy and Insights 

Reb Robin Gourmet Burgers & Brews 


“I’ve been a WFF member now for six 

years and I’ve met and learned from 

an amazing cross-functional team 

of women and men. These networks 

have directly made an impact in my 

career growth, not only advocating 

for me, but they have been a great 

resource of experienced knowledge 

and a group that I can happily call 

my friends. I feel honored to be part 

of an amazing organization devoted 

to advancing women leaders.” 

“I have been a WFF member for over 

15 years and every year, every event, 

every webinar and every connection 

has supported me through my 

journey at PepsiCo. We tend to 

neglect self-development when things 

get busy in our day to day lives. WFF 

makes learning and development 

easy and accessible to all.” 

Heather French 

Senior National Account Sales Manager 

PepsiCo 

Mallory Prest 

Product Commercialization Manager 

Ventura Foods 


2017 AWARDS 

FRITZI PIKES WOODS TRAILBLAZER AWARD 

As President & CEO since 1996, Sally Smith 

grew Buffalo Wild Wings from 35 restaurants 

primarily in Ohio to more than 1,000 locations 

across the globe. She is known for her servant 

leadership style and investing significant time in 

the field to ensure home office decisions are in 

the best interests of guests and team members. 

Sally Smith 


Buffalo Wild Wings 

Through her personal example and mentoring 

of new talent, Smith has consistently 

demonstrated tremendous respect for the 

possibility inherent in every position along 

a career journey. She has treated every 

assignment along her path as ripe with 

opportunity to learn new skills and expand her 

perspective. She shows all of us the value of 

immersing yourself fully in the work you are 

doing today, confident it will prepare you for 

new paths down the road. 

The Fritzi Pikes Woods Trailblazer Award 

recognizes individuals dedicated to improving the 

food industry by creating new pathways of success 

for women within their companies and supporting 

workplace diversity in all its forms. 


JACKIE B. TRUJILLO SOAR AWARD 

Women’s Excellence (WE) is a companywide 

initiative with quarterly professional 

development curricula to provide opportunities, 

share experiences and mentor each other in a 

male-dominated industry. 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & Brews 

WFF Engagement enables Red Robin team 

members to attend WFF events and, upon return, 

“teach back” what they’ve learned to bring the 

content to life. Each year, more than 40 team 

members attend the WFF Annual Leadership 

Development Conference and Executive Summit, 

and even more employees participate in WFF’s 

Leadership Development Workshops. 

Stakeholder & Community Engagement 

Opportunities enable team members to support 

Red Robin’s corporate philosophy and reap the 

benefits of giving back to their communities. 

Creating ways for women leaders to seize the 

moment and say yes to new opportunities has 

become hard-wired into Red Robin’s DNA. The 

philosophy, strategies and vehicles they have 

put in place are generating significant increases 

in women leaders in all aspects of the business. 

Their comprehensive approach to attracting, 

retaining and developing female leaders, and 

the positive change they impact, is clearly 

reflected across the organization. Their key 

strategies include: 

Benefits that promote work/life balance, flexibility, 

healthy lifestyles and professional development. 

The Jackie B. Trujillo SOAR Award recognizes an 

organization that is a proven Standard-Setter for 

Opportunity, Advancement and Recognition for 

women within their organization. The SOAR award 

honors companies with demonstrable corporate 

initiatives that result in a strong track record of 

attracting, developing, retaining and promoting 

women to the highest levels of the organization. 


2017 AWARDS 

LEADER ENGAGEMENT AWARD 

Red Lobster President and WFF Board Member, 

Salli Setta, and her committed team provided 

tremendous support for WFF’s 2016 Orlando 

Leadership Development Workshop. Setta 

mobilized her team and together they developed 

a comprehensive plan to drive engagement, 

awareness and attendance to the event, ensuring 

its success and providing valuable leadership 

experience to team members along the way. 

Red Lobster 

The Leader Engagement Award is given annually 

to a company that fosters engagement of its team 

with WFF, enhances the value of WFF within their 

organization, and makes a significant contribution 

to the overall goals and success of WFF. 


OUTSTANDING BOARD SERVICE 

Tom Bené is a living role model for men who 

champion women and a true asset to the 

WFF community. He amplifies his personal 

commitment by engaging his company as a critical 

partner with WFF. Sysco sponsors more than 300 

company leaders to attend Conference and the 

Leadership Development Workshops every year. 

As a member of the Executive Committee, his 

unwavering support also helped stimulate the 

growth of WFF’s presence across North America. 

He is a strategic thinker with a clear vision of 

a future in which WFF continues to expand its 

influence and impact across our industry. 

Tom Bené 

President & COO 

Sysco Corporation 

The Outstanding Board Service Award, established 

in 1998, honors a WFF Board Member who has had 

a major impact on advancing WFF’s mission. 


2017 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

CHAIR 

MARIE PERRY 

EVP & CFO 

Jamba Juice 

HATTIE HILL 


WFF 

CHAIR-ELECT 

SUSAN ADZICK 

VP Sales & Marketing 

McLane Foodservice, Inc. 

TREASURER 

DENNY MARIE POST 

CEO 

Red Robin 

Gourmet Burgers & Brews 

TOM BENÉ 

President & COO 


KAREN BOWMAN 

Principal & Industry Leader 

Deloitte Consulting, LLP 

KATHLEEN CIARAMELLO 

President, National 

Foodservice & On-Premise 

The Coca-Cola Company 

MICHAEL HICKEY 

EVP & President, 

Global Institutional 

Ecolab 


2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

DOUG ALLISON 

Industry Relations 

PepsiCo Foodservice 

JILL BOND 

SVP, General Counsel, 

Chief Compliance Officer 

Rich Products Corporation 

BEVERLY CARMICHAEL 

SVP, Chief People Officer 

Cracker Barrel 

Old Country Store, Inc. 

WENDY DAVIDSON 

President, 

U.S. Specialty Channels 

Kellogg Company 

ROB DUGAS 

Chief Procurement 

Officer & VP 

Chick-fil-A 

STEPHEN DUNMORE 

CEO of Schools 

North America 

Sodexo, Inc. 

RYAN ELWART 

SVP, Global Sales 

Georgia-Pacific 

JULIE JUVERA 

VP, People & Field Operations 

California Pizza Kitchen 

FRED PAGLIA 

President of Foodservice, 

Retail, Beverage & Brands 

Kerry NA 

BARBARA POLK 

Chief Administrative Officer 

National Restaurant 

Association 

CHRIS ROBERTS 

EVP & COO, Dairy Foods 

Land O’Lakes, Inc. 

SALLI SETTA 

President 

Red Lobster 

DEBBIE STROUD 

VP & GM Raleigh Region 

McDonald’s USA, LLC 

REBECCA WALSH 

EVP, Chief Legal & 

Compliance Officer 

Ventura Foods 

KAREN WILLIAMS 

VP, Operations Services 

Applebee’s Grill & Bar 

ROSSANN WILLIAMS 

SVP & President Canada 

Starbucks Coffee Company 


FINANCIALS 

SOURCES OF FUNDS 

TOTAL FUNDS: $8,741 

5% 

Other Events & Programs 

$397 

7% 

Leadership Development 

Workshops 

$609 

32% 

Partners & Supporters 

$2,823 

56% 

Annual Leadership 

Development Conference 

$4,913 

USES OF FUNDS 

ALDC $3,186 36% 

People Costs $2,992 34% 

Other Operating Expenses $1,235 14% 

Leadership Development Workshops $756 9% 

Other Events & Programs $336 4% 

Marketing $224 3% 

TOTAL $8,730 100% 

Note: Numbers are listed in thousands of dollars 


® 

2017 PARTNERS 

PREMlER ($250k+) 

CATALYST ($150k) 

PACESETTER 


® 

BENEFACTOR ($50k) 

CHAMPION ($25k) 

Armada 

CONTRIBUTOR ($5k) 

AFFILIATE 

Campbell’s Soup Company 

Ben E. Keith Company 

Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. 

IFDA 

Dallas Women’s Foundation 

BUNN 

Blacksmith Applications 

IFMA 

Denny’s Corporation 

California Pizza Kitchen 

Boston Beer Company 

Kinsa Group 

Dr Pepper Snapple Group 

Dannon 

Butterball LLC 

TDn2k 

Focus Brands 

Dean Foods 

Church’s Chicken 

Griffith Foods 

Deloitte Consulting 

Distribution Market Advantage 

Jack In the Box 

Fishbowl Marketing 

Houlihan’s Restaurant, Inc. 

Canada -Support The Mission 

Lotito Foods, Inc. 

Golden Corral Corporation 

Kinexo 

CHAMPION - $25,000 

Performance Food Group 

HAVI Global Solutions 

Lamb Weston 


Raising Cane’s 

HMSHost 

Manna, Inc. 

Royal Cup Coffee 

Key Impact Sales & Systems 

McCain Foods 

ADVOCATE ($10k) 

Smithfield Foods, Inc. 

Michael Foods 

Mighty Leaf Tea Company 

Gordon Food Service 

The Hershey Company 

OSI Group 

Popeyes Lousiana Kitchen, Inc 

The J.M. Smucker Company 

P&G Professional 

Rembrandt Foods 

CONTRIBUTOR - $5,000 

The Schwan Food Company 

Red Lobster 

Rubbermaid Commerical 

Griffith Foods 

Tyson Food, Inc. 

Sabert Corporation 

Products 

Kruger Products 

Unilever Food Solutions 

SCA Tissue, North America 

Ruth’s Hospitality Group 

Rich Products Corporation 

Wendy’s International, Inc 

Sonic Drive-In 

Sugar Foods Corporation 

Starbucks Coffee 

Sweet Street Desserts 

The Krystal Company 

ADVOCATE ($10k) 

The J.R. Simplot 

Welbilt, Inc. 

Acosta Sales & Marketing 

Wayne Farms, LLC 

White Castle Management Co 


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