BrandStorm Speakers

Meet our Speakers
BrandStorm’s 2021 speakers will deliver insights on empathy in marketing, connecting with the health-conscious consumer, developing stories that command attention, the changing digital landscape and more. Learn more about them below and check out the schedule of events for more information on their sessions.

Brinda Ayer, Content Director at Food52 and Homes52

Tom Barnes, CEO, Category Partners

Chadwick Boyd, host of CNN Food Finds, magazine contributor, and owner of Chadwick Boyd Lifestyle Brand Consulting
Jennifer Breault, Vice President of Sales, iHeartMedia
Sarah Burke, Director of Brand Partnerships and Integrated Media, iHeart Media

Mark Campbell, Founder/CEO, ProduceIQ

Gustavo Calabro, Executive Director, Abasto Media

Justin Chapple, author of Just Cook It! and Culinary Director-at-Large of Food & Wine

Julie DeWolf, Shopper Marketing Expert

Marius Du Plessis, CEO, ClemenGold International (PTY) Ltd.

Miguel Garcia, Kroger Vice President Produce/Floral, Kroger

Derek Gaskins, Chief Marketing Officer, Yesway

Jorge Gonzalez, VP of Operations at Leevers Supermarkets, Inc.

Steve Grinstead, Chief Executive Officer, FreshEdge

Cindy Jewell, President, SC Jewell
Amanda Keefer, Managing Director Healthy Family Project, Produce for Kids
Ellie Krieger, RD, Culinary nutritionist, award-winning cookbook author, and Food Network and PBS cooking series host
Michael La Kier, Digitally-infused Consumer & Shopper Marketing, What Brands Want, LLC

Max MacGillivray, Beanstalk Global Broadcast (UK)

Nick Mascari, President, BellHarvest Sales, Inc.

Mónica Moreno Arellano, Manager at Grupo PM

Mark Munger, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, 4Earth Farms

Karen Nardozza, President and CEO, Moxxy Marketing

Don Neal, Founder and CEO, 360 Live Media
Raina Nelson, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Renaissance Food Group
Alies Padding MSc, Innovation Manager, NNZ, Inc.
Jonna Parker, Principal, IRI Fresh Center for Excellence

Lindsey Pedersen, Bestselling author of Forging an Ironclad Brand: A Leader’s Guide, and brand strategist, Ironclad Brand

Jessica Peri, Retail Sales Manager, Peri and Sons Farms, Inc.

Ramon Portilla, Sr. Director Customer Experience and Insights, Walmart

Abby Prior, SVP Sales and Marketing, BrightFarms

Ian Smetona, Consumer & Customer Manager, BASF Nunhems

Angela Sommers, Marketing Director, BelleHarvest Sales, Inc.

Martin Ruebelt, Head of Global Consumer R&D & Science Fellow, Bayer Crop Science

Sherrie Terry, President & CEO, Sherrie L. Terry Consulting, LLC

Mariya Zorotovich, Head of Customer Experience, HLS & Emerging Technology, Intel Corporation