Chair
Jerry Hagedorn
Executive Vice President - Business Development
Barry Callebaut USA LLC
Vice Chair
Mitchell Goetze
Chief Executive Officer
Goetze's Candy Company, Inc.
Treasurer
Ed Schultz
President
Hawaiian Host Group
Ex-Officio - NCA President & CEO
John Downs
President & CEO
National Confectioners Association
Ex-Officio - Chair of Choc Council
Troy Pearley
EVP & General Manager, USA
Divine Chocolate
Ex-Officio - Chair of the EXPO
Greg Guidotti
Chief Marketing Officer
Ferrara
Ex-Officio - PAC Chair
Joe Melville
Owner & Chief Growth Officer
Melville Candy Company
Ex-Officio - Former Chair
Tony Jacobs
President, Bazooka Candy Brands
Bazooka Brands
Carrie Abbott
CEO & Founder
Newfangled Confections
Tess Albanese
Co-President
Albanese Confectionery Group, Inc.
Whitney Bembenick
Chief Revenue Officer
Endangered Species Chocolate Company
Koen Burghouts
SVP Confectionery
Mondelez International, Inc
Sylvia Buxton
President/CEO, Americas Business Unit
Perfetti Van Melle North America
Len Caric
CEO
Howe Company
Kelly Cook
President
Storck USA, L.P.
Brent Cotten
VP, Customer & Industry Affairs
The Hershey Company
Lou DiMarco
President
Hilco Sweets LLC
Jason Glade
President & CEO
Taffy Town, Inc.
Steve Gohde
Partner
The Allan Sullivan Co.
Ellen Gordon
Chairman & CEO
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
Enrique Grajeda
President & CEO
Mount Franklin Foods, LLC
Jack Jensen
Chief Financial Officer
Clasen Quality Chocolate
Chip Jett
CEO
Just Born Quality Confections
John Kretchmer
CEO
American Licorice Company
Rick LaBerge
Chief Commercial Officer
HARIBO of America, Inc.
Bill Martin
President & CFO
Spangler Candy Company
Patrick Murnane
Vice Chairman
Murnane Companies
Rob Nelson
CEO
Elmer Chocolate
Marc Nissinger
VP of Sales Operations
Ferrero NA
Michael Rosenberg
President & CEO
PIM Brands, Inc.
Nic Starace
President & CEO Russell Stover Chocolates
Russell Stover Chocolates
Stephanie Stuckey
CEO
Stuckey's Corporation
Rachel Sweet
VP Corporate Affairs
Sweet Candy Company
Jean Thompson
Owner, CEO
Seattle Chocolate Company
Anton Vincent
President, North America
Mars Wrigley
