The pandemic continues to disrupt the food and beverage industry, boosting business for many products eaten at home while wreaking havoc on restaurants. In March, Ad Age Next: Food & Beverage returns with speakers at the forefront of the changes hitting the sector who will share how they are faring in what’s likely to be another tumultuous year. Established brands that were under pressure from startups have been rediscovered by shoppers, who continued to buy items such as cereal, cookies, flour and frozen meals months after the initial COVID-19 shakeup. And restaurants are resetting their expectations as prolonged safety measures mean fewer, if any, in-person diners. From marketers who have found ways to make their products stand out in online shopping carts to restaurant operators succeeding thanks to their drive-thru prowess, Ad Age Next: Food & Beverage helped shine a light on the ways the sector is preparing for whatever comes next. On-demand videos of the sessions will be available for ticket holders starting March 25. Please contact aaevents@adage.com with any questions.
Individual tickets: $75Individual tickets to Ad Age Next: Food & Beverage were $75. On-demand video will be available for all ticket holders starting March 25. Attendees will receive an email to their registered email address with instructions on how to access. Please email aaevents@adage.com with any questions.
A reporter with Ad Age since 2015, Adrianne Pasquarelli covers the marketing strategies of retailers and financial institutions. She joined Ad Age after a dozen years of writing for Crain’s New York Business, where she also focused on the retail industry. Over the course of her career, she has won awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the National Association of Real Estate Editors and the Jesse H. Neal Awards.
E.J. Schultz is the News Editor. He joined Ad Age in 2010 and covers packaged food, beverage and sports marketing. During his time with Ad Age, he has been recognized with the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for best range of work by a single author, as well as a Best in Business award for a feature story from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Prior to joining Ad Age, E.J. worked for McClatchy newspapers, including the Fresno Bee, where he covered business, state government and politics, and the Island Packet in Hilton Head, South Carolina. He has a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Xavier University.
Jessica is Ad Age's food reporter, working out of the publication's Chicago bureau. She focuses on the packaged food and restaurant industries. Jessica joined Ad Age after writing about food for the Chicago Tribune's business section. She began her journalism career at Reuters, where she covered the world's largest retail chains and consumer products companies.
Harrison Fugman is the co-founder & CEO of The Naked Market. The company owns a portfolio of food & beverage brands that focus on healthier living and includes; Flock Chicken Chips, Project Breakfast & AvoCrazy Avocado Puffs. Prior to starting The Naked Market, Harrison ran Credit Suisse’s Venture Capital Coverage business and spent time in their New York, San Francisco and Hong Kong offices.
Jasmine joined McKinney in 2018 as Director of Strategy before being promoted to Chief Strategy Officer in late 2020. Her strategic acumen has led McKinney to Little Caesars, Pampers, People's United Bank, and Stop & Shop wins. A keen observer of all things food, Jasmine wields her considerable food expertise across many McKinney client efforts, notably for Little Caesars, where her strategic insights were a guiding force for their first-ever Super Bowl spot, “The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread.” In addition, she has lectured at NYU, Columbia, and the Institute of Culinary Education in New York, and she’s the mastermind behind McKinney's annual Food Trends Report. With 20-plus years in the business, Jasmine has worked at some of the best strategic and creative agencies, including Chiat\Day, Arnold, Deutsch, and Cramer-Krasselt, driving successful brand and business growth for a diverse range of clients, including Domino’s, Yellowtail Wine, Kraft, IKEA, and Patrón.
David Henkes is a Senior Principal within Technomic’s Advisory Group and is responsible for directing strategic consulting and research assignments for clients active in the food, beverage, equipment and related industries. Since joining the firm in 1996, Dave has conducted and managed a wide variety of engagements, both domestic and international, and is one of the primary architects of Technomic’s industry forecast and outlook. Before joining Technomic, Dave honed his international food experience working with Nestle Germany in Frankfurt, and prior to his food industry experience he was employed as a federal investigator in Washington, DC. Dave earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from The American University in Washington, DC and a Masters of Business Administration degree in Marketing and International Business from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Duane Stanford is Editor & Publisher of Beverage Digest, a U.S.-based business newsletter covering the non-alcoholic drinks industry. He has written about the global food and beverage industry since 2006. Before taking over Beverage Digest in 2015, he spent 23 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Bloomberg writing breaking news, investigations, and magazine features. While at Bloomberg’s Atlanta bureau, Duane was a regular contributor to Businessweek magazine and Bloomberg television and radio. Duane regularly appears on radio and television and in print as an expert commentator on global beverage trends and developments. He serves on the board of the Atlanta Press Club and is a former chairman. Duane graduated from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, where he met his wife, Laura. She is director of operations for Beverage Digest. They have two adult children; one is a data analyst for Beverage Digest. Duane holds a pilot’s license, enjoys motorcycles, and plays competitive tennis in Atlanta.
Rita Patel was named Chief Marketing Officer of Buffalo Wild Wings in September 2020. As Chief Marketing Officer, Rita oversees advertising, digital innovation, menu development and the overall brand experience for Buffalo Wild Wings. Based in Atlanta, she reports directly to Buffalo Wild Wings President Lyle Tick. Patel previously served as a Vice President at Target, leading brand management. Additionally, she brings significant marketing experience from a variety of global consumer companies, including Wrigley, MillerCoors, and Beam Suntory. Patel earned her undergraduate degree in marketing and management from DePaul University, and a Master of Business Administration from Loyola University in Chicago.
Josh Golden was named Publisher of Ad Age in June 2016. His appointment marks the first time in the 91-year old publication’s history that the leader’s role was selected from outside the industry to drive the brand’s vision and growth. Golden is responsible for the evolution of Ad Age, the most iconic media brand in the marketing landscape. Widely heralded as the best in the field, Ad Age drives the trends, insights and perspectives that fuel the success of the world’s top marketers. He oversees the entire portfolio of Ad Age’s signature offerings, including Creativity, Data Center and Ad Age Events. Prior to joining Ad Age, Golden served as VP-Global Digital Marketing at Xerox where he led a global team with responsibilities including the website, social platforms, eCommerce, content publishing and film production. Before Xerox, his 15-year agency-side career highlights include serving in key leadership positions in large agencies such as Chief Digital Officer at Grey NY, Managing Director-Digital at Euro RSCG and Interactive Strategist at Y&R NY. In these roles, Golden was responsible for being the key digital evangelist to inspire critical formative change that enabled each agency to capitalize on crucial growth opportunities and ever-changing best practices. He also served as the Group Director-Digital Marketing at NBC Universal where he led the marketing transition of the entire NBCU network and cable digital experiences from being promotionally focused to substantial revenue generating properties. Golden’s early history is in the film and television space where he worked for the prosecution on the largest trials of the last century including both O.J. Simpson and Menendez brothers. There, he was solely responsible for concept development and production of hundreds of video and photo assets that were used in the courtroom. He now lives in Westchester with his wife and two children.
Elizabeth Brennan is the Head of Advertiser Strategy for Permutive, which is powering the future of targeted advertising on the Open Web. With over decade of experience in digital advertising, Elizabeth is a champion of women in business and a strong believer in the power of mentoring. A graduate of The University of Reading, Elizabeth is a former winner of the prestigious NABS Fast Forward award and has gone on to achieve Code First certification as part of the organisation’s initiative to increase the number of women in tech.
James C. Collins, Jr. is Chief Executive Officer of Corteva Agriscience. Starting with the announcement of the DowDuPont merger, Mr. Collins led the integration of legacy DuPont and Dow agricultural businesses to drive readiness for the ultimate spin of Corteva – a new leading pure-play agriculture company – which successfully separated from DowDuPont on June 1, 2019. During this time-period, Mr. Collins drove execution actions that will lead to the realization of aggressive mid-term net sales and operating EBITDA growth targets for the business. This includes launching 14 new products from the innovation pipeline, implementing a multi-channel, multi-brand growth strategy, and making significant progress toward a best-in-class cost structure. A supporter of youth education and leadership development, Mr. Collins serves on the National 4-H Council Board. Mr. Collins is also a member of the Business Round Table, serving on the Special Committee on Equity and Racial Justice, Climate Policy and Trade Committees. Mr. Collins has a bachelor’s degree of science in Chemical Engineering from Christian Brothers College and an MBA focused on international business from the University of Delaware.
Jeanine Poggi covers the TV industry, specializing in how broadcast and cable networks and distributors are adopting to the changes in the world of TV advertising. For her TV coverage, she is a recipient of the 2015 Jesse H. Neal Awards for “Best Range of Work By a Single Author.” Jeanine has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg News and Charlie Rose, among others. Prior to joining Ad Age in 2012, she spent six years covering the retail and media industries and other financial sectors for Women’s Wear Daily, Forbes and TheStreet. She was named a 2010 Strictly Financials fellow at the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism.
Sarah is currently the President of Profitero, a leading eCommerce software provider helping thousands of brands improve their eCommerce ROI. But this is far from Sarah’s first run at helping brands navigate change, as she has a 20+ year proven track record of driving tremendous growth in multiple disruptive environments. She is the former Chairwoman and CEO of digital marketing agency, 360i, which under her leadership grew from 30 to 1,000 people and was recognized by Ad Age as a top 10 national advertising agency every year that she was CEO and President. Sarah is also a member of the board of directors for Campbell Soup Company. She has been recognized by Ad Age’s “40 Under 40,” and Adweek 50, and has been inducted into the AAF Hall of Achievement and Word of Mouth Marketing Hall of Fame. Sarah also has taken the stage at Cannes Lions Creativity Festival and Fortune Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit, among others. FUN FACT—Sarah has a collection of over 1,100 Pez dispensers.
JoDee George is a former vice president of marketing who led brand and customer experience strategies for a global food company. At Bader Rutter, she considers her primary role to be a connector—bringing the best of Bader Rutter to help solve business and marketing challenges for CEOs, CMOs and CCOs. Almost her entire career has been focused on food and beverage business and marketing. Brands she’s worked with on branding, product development and integrated marketing include: The Beef Checkoff, Welch’s, National Pork Board, Horizon Organic, Campbell’s, Skippy, Pizza Hut and Kellogg’s. JoDee grew up at the start of the food supply chain—on her family’s farm in Wisconsin. After working in Chicago, Kansas City, Portland, Denver and Minneapolis, she ended up back in Wisconsin as a food marketer with a long commute, three young children and a farming hobby.
Gaby Dalkin is a trained chef, recipe developer, entrepreneur, and food/lifestyle writer based in Los Angeles. Her blog, WhatsGabyCooking.com, features original recipes and images along with highlights from Gaby’s life and travels. In April 2020, Gaby released her third cookbook, What’s Gaby Cooking: Eat What You Want: 125 Recipes for Real Life. The book reflects Gaby’s approach to balancing moderation and indulgence, while inviting readers to let go of rules and restrictions and enjoy their food. The cookbook follows the success of her 2018 cookbook, What’s Gaby Cooking: Everyday California Food, which debuted as the #1 bestseller on Amazon. In addition to her books, Gaby is known for her popular line of products for Williams Sonoma that include seasonings, salsas, infused oils, cheese boards, cocktail mixers and more.
Erin Hanley joined Ketchum Sports & Entertainment (KSE) in May 2015 to manage branded content partnerships across the television, film and digital landscape for clients such as Kimberly-Clark, Clorox, Frito-Lay, Maytag and General Mills among others. A dedicated entertainment connoisseur, Erin has partnered clients with programs in daytime such as Live w/Kelly&Ryan, late night with the Jimmy Kimmel Show, entertainment news, and reality programming such as Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York. Erin has also been part of multiple film and original content partnerships, having won PRWeek’s Brand Film Award for her work for the Orange Theory documentary, Momentum Shift. During her tenure, influencer marketing was growing exponentially and Erin translated her branded content expertise to the Influencer Marketing space—proving a successful pivot. Erin currently leads key influencer campaigns for clients such as Kite Hill, Kimberly Clark, and Maytag, managing up to 70 programs with influencers, content creation and agreements each year. Erin’s strategic insight has led to several influencer partnerships that that not only featured influencer content, but also connected each vertical—digital, PR and retail—throughout the campaign cohesively. Most recently, Erin lead the strategic development of the Chex Mix Chex Quest program which consisted of multiple content creators in the gaming and tech space, and worked with WarnerMedia to execute a detailed integration featured on the Conan O’ Brien show. She is also working on several influencer programs that feature promotions across TikTok, helping brands navigate this cultural game-changer—an app that is literally the fastest growing entertainment app in the world; requiring both paid media, influencer and partnership expertise. Erin is a Chicago native and graduate of the University of Iowa at Iowa City with a B.A. in Journalism. Her passion for entertainment is evident in how she spends her spare time: writing sketch comedy and original screenplays.
Christina Roperti is Director of Communications for Groupe SEB, USA, overseeing all advertising, social, and influencers for iconic housewares brands like All-Clad, T-Fal, and Rowenta. She started her career in fashion after graduating from New York University with a degree in Journalism and Comparative Religions. Prior to Groupe SEB, she oversaw social and PR for Godiva, culminating in a summer-long tour of music festivals on a pink ice cream truck. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband, son, and dachshund in New York.
Aisha Glover has over 15 years of experience as a champion and agent for economic empowerment and social responsibility. As the Vice President of Urban Innovation at Audible, Aisha works to develop innovative solutions to exemplify what a company can mean beyond what it does. She's worked in Audible's headquarters city of Newark, NJ for the past five years, previously serving as the President & CEO for the Newark Alliance and Invest Newark. In both roles, she oversaw a range of innovative and community-focused economic development initiatives, in partnership with Mayor Ras J. Baraka, for the state's largest City--Newark. Aisha led the city's bid to attract Amazon for selection of its second headquarters, helping position Newark as a major destination city, strengthening the small business ecosystem, supporting a thriving entrepreneurial base and attracting corporations, investors and developers.
Rajan Gajaria is Executive Vice President, Business Platforms at Corteva Agriscience. He is responsible for shaping the global business strategy, defining capital and R&D investment priorities, as well as overseeing the supply chain. His career spans several decades, continents and functions. Gajaria originally joined Dow AgroSciences’ Indian joint venture partner in Mumbai before moving to the company’s global headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was named Marketing Director for the company’s U.S. business before being tapped to lead Latin America and Asia Pacific. Before the DowDuPont merger, he served as Vice President, Latin America and North America, for Dow AgroSciences. Gajaria earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Bombay in Mumbai, India, and a master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Management in Lucknow, India.
Sean is a co-founder of Lunar Hard Seltzer, the first and only Asian American craft hard seltzer that’s "born & raised here" in New York and made with real fruit juice and premium ingredients from Asia. Hailing from the world of user experience design, product design, and most recently product management & operations, Sean spearheads marketing, partnerships, and creative direction of the brand in addition to co-developing new products and flavors with his co-founder. Since its launch in late 2020, Lunar has been trailblazing the craft hard seltzer category within the growing and evolving ready-to-drink (RTD) space. Lunar has three flavors available today: the award-winning yuzu, lychee, and plum, which use yuzu juice from Japan’s Shimane prefecture, lychee nectar from Thailand, and plum syrup extracted from plums preserved in brown sugar. All three flavors are available locally in New York—and imminently Virginia, Georgia, and California—as well as shipped direct-to-consumer in 33 US states.
Drew Palin currently serves as the Senior Director of Digital Innovation and Ecosystems for Gatorade. In his role, Palin oversees the brand’s evolution from Sports Nutrition to Athlete Performance by expanding proprietary Athlete Intelligence to power a new direct to consumer business model across training, nutrition and recovery. Palin, who started his career at Gatorade in 2011, most recently oversaw the expansion of the sports-fuel company’s Gx system with the launch of the Gx Sweat Patch and Gx App. Before assuming his current role, Palin led the Performance Nutrition team inclusive of Muscle Milk and Gatorade Sports Fuel. Drew has also previously led the Gatorade Hydration team inclusive of Gatorade Thirst Quencher and Endurance Brand Teams and has worked on the Gatorade Sports Marketing team managing relationships with key brand partners. Palin earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics at Yale University, where he played football, rugby and ski raced. Prior to joining Gatorade, he worked as a financial analyst for GE Healthcare before attending Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business, where he earned his MBA in Marketing. A sports enthusiast, Palin still plays competitive rugby and also enjoys tennis, downhill skiing and barefoot water skiing..
At Anheuser-Busch, we’re thinking beyond the traditional tap and diversifying with more of what consumers demand. In her role as VP Marketing of Beyond Beer at Anheuser-Busch, Lana Buchanan builds authentic product brands at the intersection of customer-driven insights and personalized activations. In her time at A-B, Lana has lead and restructured the flavored malt beverages FMB portfolio to drive future growth and to allow for greater agility through Beyond Beer. Within the Beyond Beer portfolio, she spearheaded the launch of the new to world brand CACTI in partnership with Travis Scott, launched the #TogetherWomenRise program as part of BON V!V’s partnership with Priyanka Chopra Jonas and oversaw Cutwater Spirits’ Super Bowl campaign. Prior to A-B, Lana worked on the build out of Aperol Spritz and Campari in the US, the re-launch of Grand Marnier, the trade advocacy program for Bacardi USA and launched multiple innovations in luxury spirits.
Heidi Waldusky is the associate publisher and general manager of marketing and brand at Ad Age. She led the Ad Age rebrand team in 2017, relaunching the storied publication as a modern-day media brand with a vibrant new look and even bolder vision. A former executive creative director, Heidi contributed to award-winning work on Hewlett-Packard, Claritin, VESIcare and The Atlantic Monthly—a Cannes Titanium Award Finalist. Her last agency-side tenures include Story Worldwide and Havas Worldwide, where she helped spearhead the addition of clients such as Beefeater, Hershey’s, Keurig Green Mountain and Liberty Mutual Insurance. A 2005 transplant from Texas, Heidi studied Sociology in college, which may explain her love for deciphering consumer motivations and their decision-making journey. She spends her free time organizing her apps and is on a never-ending quest for good Tex-Mex.
William Schumacher formerly honed his e-commerce expertise as a brand manager at Procter & Gamble. He successfully left the billion dollar company in 2019 to launch Uprising, "the Halo Top meets Olay" of healthy food staples, and has since raised over $1.25 million in venture capital from former prestigious marketing and food & beverage entrepreneurs behind companies including Pressed Juicery, Health-Ade, and Sugarfina. Since conception, Uprising has sold tens of thousands of units of fresh product and 10x'ed YOY revenue in 2020, on its way to becoming a major disruptor in the $648 billion health industry.
Shannan has spent the past 20+ years working to build brands across a variety of industries through innovative uses of media. She spent vast majority of her career agency side at Periscope, where she was able to hone her leadership skills developing top talent while running a large and diverse media department. In her role at Periscope, she oversaw the media strategy and investment for accounts such as Papa Murphy’s, Trolli, Arctic Cat, TCF Bank, UnitedHealth Care, Optum and Great Clips. In 2016 in a quest to get even closer to the work and an adoration for big brands that are loved by many, Shannan moved to General Mills. She is now able to fully immerse herself in the ever changing dynamic of CPG using innovative media strategy and insights to drive growth.
Marcus Samuelsson is the acclaimed chef behind many restaurants worldwide including Red Rooster Harlem, MARCUS Montreal, Marcus B&P and Red Rooster Overtown in Miami. Samuelsson was the youngest person to ever receive a three-star review from The New York Times and has won multiple James Beard Foundation Awards including Best Chef: New York City and Outstanding Personality for No Passport Required on PBS. He is a longstanding judge on the hit Food Network show Chopped. He is the author of multiple books including The New York Times bestselling memoir Yes, Chef and his latest book, The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food, debuted on October 27. His podcast, This Moment with Swedish rapper Timbuktu is out now.
Meiling Tan is Head of Marketing at Waymo, the Alphabet-backed company formerly known as the Google self-driving car project. Having spent half a decade bringing the technology to market, Meiling has seen Waymo through numerous milestones: from the debut of Google's first fully self-driving vehicle, to the establishment of Waymo as a standalone company and brand, and now the work to bring the company’s self-driving cars to the public.In her role, Meiling crafts the language, visuals and experiences that guide public understanding and adoption of fully self-driving technology. Meiling’s prior experience spans a range of technological products and services across X (the moonshot factory formerly known as Google[X]), Liftware (now a part of Verily), YouTube and Google. Her greatest expertise lies in bringing marketing strategy and creativity to emerging new technologies that often defy categorical definition.
Alexis was born in Brooklyn and grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore. He's written a national bestselling book, “Without Their Permission,” has long advocated for the open internet and STEM education, and alongside Garry Tan co-founded Initialized Capital—a seed stage venture fund with over $230 million under management and a portfolio with $20 billion in market value so far). Alexis also co-founded Reddit.
Gary Vaynerchuk is the chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company, and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s 4 locations.In the late 90s, after identifying “the internet” as a land-grab opportunity, Gary transitioned his father’s local liquor store into one of the first wine e-commerce platforms resulting in growing the family business from $3-60MM in sales during a 5-year period.During his time in the family business, Vaynerchuk also started one of the first long-form episodic video shows on YouTube in 2006 called WineLibraryTV, filming 1,000 episodes over a 5-year window. Gary’s wine knowledge, charisma, and uncanny ability to engage with his community landed him appearances on national television with Ellen Degeneres and Conan O’Brien, as well as establishing him as one of the most followed people on social media during its nascent years.Not only did Gary leverage content creation and the rise of social media for his personal brand, but it was the seed which would become the pillar to his now 9-year old advertising agency VaynerMedia, servicing brands with an ever-expanding variety of offerings.Outside of being the Chairman and CEO of his own companies, Gary is a highly sought after public speaker, a 5-time New York Times bestselling author, as well as a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook,Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber.Gary is currently the subject of DailyVee, an online documentary series highlighting what it’s like to be a CEO and public figure in today’s digital world, as well the host of The GaryVee Audio Experience, a top 50 global podcast, and host of #AskGaryVee, a business and advice Q&A show which can be found on both YouTube and Facebook.Gary also appeared as judge in Apple’s first original series “Planet of the Apps” alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba and Will.i.am on Apple Music.In addition to VaynerMedia, VaynerX also houses The Gallery, a new publishing company started after acquiring leading women’s lifestyle property PureWow in January 2017. In addition to running VaynerMedia, Gary also serves as a partner in the athlete representation agency VaynerSports and restaurant reservations app Resy.Gary is a board/advisory member of Ad Council and Pencils of Promise, and is a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water.
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VP of Urban InnovationAudible
Chef and Restaurateur
Interviewer
Executive VP of Business PlatformsCorteva Agriscience
Executive VPBader Rutter
Co-Founder and CEOThe Naked Market
Co-FounderLunar Hard Seltzer
Founder and CEOUprising
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Head of Advertiser StrategyPermutive
Founder and CEOWhat's Gaby Cooking
VP of Influencer Marketing and Branded ContentKetchum Sports & Entertainment
Director of CommunicationsGroupe SEB USA
VP of Marketing Beyond BeerAnheuser-Busch
PresidentProfitero
Senior Director of Digital Innovation and EcosystemsGatorade
Senior Manager of Media StrategyGeneral Mills
Head of Sales, CentralRoku
Chief Marketing OfficerBuffalo Wild Wings
Chief Strategy OfficerMcKinney
Senior PrincipalTechnomic
Editor and PublisherBeverage Digest
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