Chair
Tony Jacobs
President, Bazooka Candy Brands
Bazooka Brands
Vice Chair
Jerry Hagedorn
Executive Vice President - Business Development
Barry Callebaut USA LLC
Treasurer
Marty Palmer
President & CEO
Palmer Candy Company
Ex-Officio - NCA President & CEO
John Downs
President & CEO
National Confectioners Association
Ex-Officio - Chair of Choc Council
Amy Guittard
Chief Marketing Officer
Guittard Chocolate Company
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
Barry Rosenbaum
President
Nassau Candy
Carrie Abbott
CEO & Founder
Newfangled Confections
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
Kelly Cook
President
Storck USA, L.P.
Brent Cotten
VP, Customer & Industry Affairs
The Hershey Company
Pat Egan
President & CEO
See's Candies, Inc.
Jason Glade
President & CEO
Taffy Town, Inc.
Mitchell Goetze
Chief Executive Officer
Goetze's Candy Company, Inc.
Steve Gohde
Partner
The Allan Sullivan Co.
Ellen Gordon
Chairman & CEO
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
Chip Jett
CEO
Just Born Quality Confections
Laura King
President
Candy Dynamics
John Kretchmer
CEO
American Licorice Company
Rick LaBerge
Chief Commercial Officer
HARIBO of America, Inc.
Bill Martin
President & CFO
Spangler Candy Company
Rob Nelson
CEO
Elmer Chocolate
Marc Nissinger
VP of Sales Operations
Ferrero NA
Mark Okita
Acting Chairman & COO
Blommer Chocolate Company
Michael Rosenberg
President & CEO
PIM Brands, Inc.
Rick Ross
CEO
Galerie
Ed Schultz
President
Hawaiian Host Group
Nic Starace
President & CEO Russell Stover Chocolates
Russell Stover Chocolates
Stephanie Stuckey
CEO
Stuckey's Corporation
Michael Tierney
Founder & VP of Strategic Growth and Business Dev of Stuffed Puffs Division
Mount Franklin Foods, LLC
Anton Vincent
President, North America
Mars Wrigley
Maryann Walburn
Regional Sales Manager
Heat and Control, Inc.
