Chair

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Chair Executive Committee/Board of
Directors President
Vitality SCC Lisa Miller (Lisa Miller Assoc.
LLC.) EC John Buckles (PepsiCo
Foodservice) Staff Ann Nickolas, Anna Mason
Emerging Leader Development SCC Lori Bierman
(Batrus Hollweg, Intl) EC Gretchen Sussman
(Primo Water) Staff Katie Chism, Sue Couling
Organizational Readiness SCC Wendy Harkness
(Checkers/Rallys) EC Veena Puri Staff Ann
Nickolas
Women in Top Jobs SCC Barbara Kane (Ecolab) EC
Debi Benedetti Staff Anna Mason, Lynn Meloche
Board Advisory Groups Chair Mary OBroin VC
Fritzi Woods Staff President
Strategic Planning Chair Susan Kujava (General
Mills) VC Marsha Falline SubChair NPD Susan
Weller (Conceptivity) Staff Liaison Lynn Meloche
Member Recruitment Retention
Leadership Development
Organizational Development
Executive Development
Sponsorship (Taskforce) Chair Clarice Turner
(Papa Murphys) VC Dawn Himes (Compass
Group) VC Brenda Lotesta (Key Impact
Sales) Staff Liaison Ann Nickolas
Emerging Leader Program Dev. Chair Sue Elliott
(Insight Exec. Coaching) SubChair Conference
Elaine Espy (KFC Corp) SubChair RC Sue Leary
(Rich Products) SubChair LR Barbie Karr (Farbest
Foods) Staff Liaison Katie Chism
Organizational Programs and Resources Chair
Sugi Randall VC Karen Braswell Staff Ann
Nickolas
Executive Development Programming Chair Debra
Bachar (Blueberry Marketing) VC Carole Widemeyer
(SCC) SubChair Summit Michele Schmal
(NPD) SubVChair Summit Laura Fezouati (Solae,
Inc) SubChair Conf Catherine Corley (Sams
Club) Staff Anna Mason, Lynn Meloche
Governance Chair Liisa Thomas(Winston Strawn
LLP)
Nominating Chair Julie Swan (Sysco Corporation)
Emerging Leader Event Management Chair Robin
Feldman (Kelloggs Food Away) SubChair RC
Desiree Logsdon (Bunn-O-Matic) SubChair LR Cathy
Coleman (Popeyes Chicken) Staff Liaison Sue
Couling
WFF Organizational Tools (Taskforce) Chair Sandi
Clark Martin (Sodexo) VC Lisa Huck (DOT
Foods) Staff Ann Nickolas, Katie Chism
Conference Event Planning Chair Ilisha Cooper
(Ecolab) SubChair Jill Prout (Kraft
Foodservice) SubChair Tracy Dubose (Schwanns
) Staff Liaison Anna Mason, Sue Couling
Board Readiness Chair Karen Maier (Frischs
Restaurants) VC Sylvia Wulf (Tyson Foods,
Inc.) Staff Liaison Lynn Meloche, Julie Sturm
Investment Chair Tom Sampson (Kraft Foodservice)
Legacy Chair TBD
WFF Leadership Series Taskforce Chair Lisa
Failing (Sodexo) VC Karon Kemp-Radtke (Spartan
Computers) Staff Liaison Katie Chism
Ambassador Program Development Chair Jamice
Obianyo (Ecolab) VC Cheryl Fowlkes (Darden
Restaurants) Staff Liaison Deanna Sharp
Membership Chair Morreen Bayles (Creative
Restaurant Sol.) VC Stephanie Merrifield (Dr.
Pepper/Snapple) VC Wendy Barth (Rich
Products) Staff Liaison Deanna Sharp
Mentor Program (Taskforce) Chair Linda Johnson
(Business Solutions Network) VC Akanksha Aga
(Johnson Wales University) Staff Liaison Sue
Couling
Inclusion Chair Texanna Reeves (Sodexo) VC Min
Jung Tavella (Kelloggs)
WFF Leadership Competencies Chair Andy Simpson
(TGI Friday's Inc.) VC Mary Chapman (Chain
Leader) Staff Liaison Katie Chism, Julie Sturm
Book Clubs/Webinars (Ad-Hoc) Chair Lisa Walker
(Wendys Intl) VC Lisa Hammond (ACG Texas) VC
Karen Hayes (King Prince Seafood) Staff
Liaison Katie Chism, Beth Mohr
Top To Top Chair Executive Committee
Entre/Owner Program Development Chair Kathleen
Wood (Kathleen Wood Partners) VC Karen Keown
(Chef Source, Inc) Staff Liaison Anna Mason
Recruitment Development Chair Stephanie Bailey
(General Mills) VC Michele Varian (Cracker
Barrel) Staff Liaison Deanna Sharp,
Past Chair Chair Carla Cooper (PepsiCo
Foodservice)
Rev. 12/2008