2025 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Susan Anderson

Global Head of Delivery

Uber

Loren Brill Castle

CEO & Founder

Sweet Loren's

Allison Ellsworth

Co-Founder & Chief Brand Officer

poppi

Desirée Gosby

SVP, Tech Strategy & Emerging Tech

Walmart Global Tech

Nick Green

Co-Founder & CEO

Thrive Market

Joel Rampoldt

CEO

Lidl US

Diana Schildhouse

Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Colgate Palmolive

Jack Sinclair

CEO

Sprouts Farmers Market

Tim Steiner

CEO

Ocado Group

Harshad Agashe

VP Data Products

Albertsons

Felipe Alonso

Head of Ecommerce

Auto Mercado

Cristian Arcangeli

VP, Omnichannel & Customer Experience

illy Caffé

Vineta Bajaj

Chief Financial Officer

Rohlik Group

Sebastian Bak

Managing Director & Partner

BCG

Sarah Bakx

President

BOLD Brands (Treasury Wine Estates)

Mustafa Bartin

Retail CEO

Migros Turkey

Kate Barton

Chief Growth Officer

The Honest Company

Brian Bell

VP, Strategy & Planning

Church & Dwight Co., Inc

Jennie Bell

Managing Director, Snacks & Beverages

NielsenIQ

Jordan Berke

CEO & Founder

TOMORROW

Linda Bethea

CMO, North America

Danone

Amrita Bhasin

Co-Founder & CEO

Sotira

Brad Bogolea

Co-Founder & CEO

Simbe Robotics

Julie Bowerman

CMO

Kellanova

Erin Cabrey

Senior Reporter

Morning Brew

John Carroll

President, Digital Commerce & Advanced Analytics

Acosta Group

Oliver Chen

Managing Director, Luxury, Retail, New Platforms Sector Head

TD Cowen

Ekta Chopra

Chief Digital Officer

e.l.f. Beauty

Rahul Choraria

CEO

Pacvue

Karin Chu

Vice President, Head of AI, Data Science & Analytics

Ahold Delhaize USA

Jennifer Conklin

VP, Retail Technologies

Capgemini

Prabash Coswatte

Chief Operating Officer

Heritage Grocers Group

Louise Cotterill

Global Senior Director, Insights & Intelligence

Kellanova

Jason Cottrell

CEO & Founder

Orium

Angelo Damiano

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Scrollmark

Zia Daniell Wigder

Co-Founder, Groceryshop & Global President, Connected Commerce

Hyve

Amy Darlison-Lee

Global Head of Retailers & Brands

Groceryshop

Alastair Dorward

CEO

Dropps

Ryan Draude

Head of Loyalty & Digital

Giant Food

Sambit Dutta

VP, Digital Strategy & Transformation

Nestle

Danny Edsall

Principal, Global Grocery Leader

Deloitte

Chris Edwards

Global Retail Platforms & Emerging Technology

Circle K

Sarah Engel

President

January Digital

Toby Espinosa

VP, Ads & Growth Services

DoorDash

Dennys Espinoza

Head of Omnichannel

Chedraui

Jennifer Fagan

Retail Partner

EY

Vivek Farias

CTO & Co-Founder

Cimulate

Ken Fenyo

CEO

Pine Street Advisors

Chaz Flexman

CEO & Co-Founder

Starday Foods

Christine Foster

SVP

Kroger Precision Marketing

Louise Fritjofsson

Founder & CEO

Martie

Michael Gabay

CEO & Co-Founder

Gain

Sonya Gafsi Oblisk

Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer

Whole Foods

Mike Glaser

VP Commerce Media

PepsiCo

Jason Goldberg

Chief Commerce Strategy Officer

Publicis Groupe

Adam Goodliss

Partner

Alix Partners

Gokce Guven

Founder & CEO

Kalder

Fuad Hannon

VP, New Verticals

DoorDash

Bruce Hatch

Chief Information Officer

Harmons Grocery

Gary Hawkins

CEO

Center for Advancing Retail and Technology (CART)

Molly Hop

EVP & North American Lead of Havas Market

Havas Media Network

Adam Houston

SVP, Event Director

Groceryshop

Heather Hughes

Group VP, General Merchandise Manager of Health, Wellness & Nutrition

Walgreens

Kris Hull

EVP, Senior Client Officer, Consumer Products

Ipsos

Rina Hurst

VP, Digital Merchandising

Sam's Club

Kabir Jain

Chief Growth Officer

Erewhon

Wes Janson

Partner

Bain

Deepak Jose

VP & Head of Data & Decision Intelligence

Niagara Bottling

Sanjiv Karani

Founder & Chief Product Officer

GrocerAI

Yasutaka Kasagi

CEO & Founder

MUSE Inc.

Cem Kent

Co-Founder & CEO

Harmonya

Prasanna Kumar

Global Digital Commerce Experience Director

Diageo

Michael La Kier

VP, Brand Development

IGA USA

Keith LaFrance

Partner

The Partnering Group

Joe Laszlo

Global Head of Insights

Groceryshop

Alicia LeBeouf

Head of Industry, Retail & Grocery

Meta

Leslie Lee

VP, Digital Experiences

Hormel Foods

Marian Leitner-Waldman

CEO & Founder

Archer Roose Wines

Kelly Lindenau

Content Director

Groceryshop

Rocquan Lucas

VP, Content

Groceryshop

Bob Ma

Head of Retail VC Investing

WIND Ventures

Elena MacGurn

SVP, Search

Digitas

Raghu Mahadevan

EVP, Logistics & Chief Digital Officer

7-Eleven

Nathan Mansperger

VP, Digital Account Execution

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits

Cristina Marinucci

VP, Global Growth & Omni Commercial Insights

Mondelēz International

Sarah Marzano

Principal Analyst, Retail & Commerce Media

EMARKETER

Brett Matthews

Chairman & CEO

Kate Farms

David McIntosh

Chief Connected Stores Officer

Instacart

Wayne McIntyre

Co-Founder & CEO

Relocalize

Richard McKenzie

CEO, Veloq

Rohlik Group

Jenny McLean

Managing Partner & Retail Industry Lead

Clarkston Consulting

Penney Mctaggart Cowan

VP, Marketing & Member Experiences

Calgary Coop

Anne Mezzenga

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Vic Miles

Region Business Leader, Americas

Microsoft

Ali Miller

General Manager, Advertising

Instacart

Ben Miller

VP, Original Content & Strategy

Groceryshop

Julian Mills

CEO & Co-Founder

Quorso

Anders Mittag

Chief Commercial Officer, Lobyco

Coop Denmark

Suzy Monford

CEO

Food Sport International

Talia Monroe

SVP, Commercial Growth

Chobani

Nitin Murali

VP, Supply Chain Excellence

Gallo

Gregor Murray

Chief 'So What' Officer

Digital Commere Global

Arda Mutlu, PhD

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Chimeable

Leo Nagdas

Head of Corporate Development & Ventures

dunnhumby

Katie Neil

Head of Connected Commerce

The Coca-Cola Company

Zara Ngouen

VP, Information Technology

Lidl US

Matt Nichols

Partner

Commerce Ventures

Leigh O'Donnell

Head of Shopper & Category Insights

Kantar

Matt O'Grady

President, Americas

dunnhumby

Gaurav Pant

Co-Founder & Chief Insights Officer

Incisiv

Hagen Panton

VP, Retail Development & Sales Capability

Nutrabolt

Amanda Parker

Head of Food

TikTok Shop

Marisa Perez

SVP, Digital Commerce

PepsiCo

Alice Ponti

SVP of Innovation & Strategy

VentureFuel

Daryl Porter

Senior Partner

TOMORROW

Shweta Prabhu

VP, Digital, MarTech, Enterprise Systems, Data & Analytics

Giant Eagle

Bharat Pulgam

Co-Founder & CEO

Buncha

Manuel Queiroz

Partner

Bright Pixel Capital (Sonae)

Sunil Rao

Head of Analytics, Americas

Merkle

Michael Reda

VP, Omni-Channel Marketing & Insights

The Marzetti Company

Neil Reynolds

Global Chief Customer & Digital Commerce Officer

Mars Snacking

Janet Rickford

VP, Stores and Merchandising Solutions

Loblaw Companies

Liz Roche

VP, Media & Measurement

Albertsons Media Collective

Simon Rodeiro

Vice President Digital Commerce & Omni-Channel Marketing

PIM Brands

Michele Roney

EVP, Retailer CX

Mars United Commerce

James Sachs

Chief Operating Officer

Puroast Coffee

Stewart Samuel

Director of Retail Futures

IGD

Lauren Sanvidge

Executive Director, Head of Commerce

PHD Media

Mirko Saul

SVP, Innovation

Schwarz Group

Lori Schafer

CEO & Co-Founder

Digital Wave Technology

Jordan Schenck

CEO

Flashfood

Darshan Shah

Head of Early-Stage Investments

XRC Ventures

Mindy Shaltry

Head of Omnichannel Marketing and Activation

Mondelez International

Ajay Sharma

VP, eCommerce & OmniChannel, Target & Emerging Platforms, North America

Bayer Consumer Health

Manish Sharma

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

Think Blue

Ethan Sinick

Managing Director

Shirland Ventures

Eric Skae

CEO

Carbone Fine Food

Abby Slark

Principal

Deloitte

Danielle Sporkin

SVP, Media & Marketing Services

Ferrero

Joe Sta-Romana

Chief Customer Officer, US

Haleon

Andrea Steele

AVP eCommerce & Customer Marketing

Kraft Heinz

Lauren Steinberg

EVP & Chief Digital Officer

Loblaw

Kait Stephens

CEO & Founder

Brij

Neil Stern

CEO

Good Food Holdings

Abi Subramanian

Group VP, Loyalty, Walgreens Advertising Group & Owned Asset Monetization

Walgreens

Arthur Sylvestre

VP, Digital Commerce

Danone North America

Andrew Thomas

VP, Marketing

Archer Meat Snacks

Benjamin Thompson

Founder & CEO

AytonLeigh Consulting

Sam Tomlinson

EVP

Warschawski

Courtney Trudeau

Managing Director, Technology

Publicis Sapient

Misbah Uraizee

Co-Founder & CEO

Nectar Social

Benoit Vatere

Chief Media Officer

Liquid Death

Oliver Vogt

CEO, Transcend

Tesco

Michael Wait

Head of Infrastructure & Application Development

Schnuck Markets

Chris Walton

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Jill Wang

Managing Director & Partner

BCG

Tony Ward

Managing Partner

Newton

Bobby Watts

SVP AD Retail Media & Digital Merchandising

Ahold Delhaize USA

Justin Weinstein

EVP, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer

Giant Eagle Inc.

Deborah Weinswig

Founder & CEO

Coresight Research

Alex Weissman

Co-Founder & CEO

Palate

Grace Wilkinson

Managing Director, Peckish

The Co-operative Group

Callum Wilson

GM, Analytics

Woolworths

Scot Wingo

CEO & Co-Founder

ReFiBuy

Alan Wizemann

Chief Digital Officer

Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits

Emily Xu

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Republic National Distributing Company

Joe Yakuel

CEO

WITHIN

Shaoming Yang

VP

Dingdong Fresh

Leon Zhang

Co-Founder & CEO

BetterBasket