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NGA Congratulates 2018 ELDP Graduates
2018 Executive Leadership Development Program educated 38 grocery execs on tackling modern business challenges. The 2018 Executive Leadership Development Program educated 38 grocery execs on tackling modern business challenges.
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The NGA Foundation congratulated 38 grocery executives for completing the 2018 Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) earlier this month at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
The program provides interactive instruction presented by a mix of academic and industry leaders, with the goal of helping independent supermarket operators and wholesalers develop leaders from within their organizations and equip them to respond to modern business challenges.
Matt Ott, executive director of the NGA Foundation, warned that "the next generation of leaders and executives will continue to face the shifts and ubiquitous change within the supermarket industry," adding that it is "critically important" to invest in these executives through development and leadership training for the "long-term success of the industry."
"The NGA Foundation’s ELDP is a best-in-class program that has helped to grow the careers of many of its graduates,” he said “Thanks to the generous support from PepsiCo, we are proud to say that since the program’s inception over 500 leaders in the independent sector have graduated from ELDP.”
NGA's 2018 Executive Leadership Development Program graduates include:
Brahm Ahmadi, president and CEO, People’s Community Market
Alan Atwood, retail counselor, Merchants Distributors LLC (MDI)
Jim Baldwin, store director, ShopRite Supermarkets Inc.
Patrick Brennan, buyer, Certco
Megan Breunig, buyer, Certco
Jeff Brown, retail manager, Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co.
Colleen Casey, store director, Ravitz Family Markets
Chad Crow, director of facility services, Brookshire Grocery Co.
Cary Cunningham, district manager, Harps Food Stores Inc.
Kristof Duna, director of private brands, Merchants Distributors LLC (MDI)
Wilbur Fabre Jr., director of outbound, Associated Grocers Inc.
Courtney Fagan, senior legislative representative, Wakefern Food Corp.
Neil Fandel, director of supply chain and logistics, Coborn's Inc.
Michael Gay, store manager, Foodfresh
Curtis Hathenbruck, store director, Harmons
Mike Hoch, category manager, Associated Wholesale Grocers
Mark Hubbard, district manager, K-VA-T Food Stores Inc. (dba Food City)
Margo Johnson, store director, Hugo's Family Marketplace
Chris Jones, vice president of government relations and counsel, National Grocers Association
Melissa Kenny, director of sales and marketing, Kenny Family ShopRites of Delaware
Shannon Kincade, director of general merchandise, Harps Food Stores Inc.
Kyle Kurr, category manager of frozen, Coborn's Inc.
Jana Luzzi, general manager, Harvest Market/Cypress Holdings Inc.
Tucker Lynn, category manager, Wakefern Food Corp.
Ryan Maloney, corporate merchandising manager, Wakefern Food Corp.
Michelle Mendoza, director of marketing, Associated Supermarket Group
Mackinley Moise, assistant store manager, ShopRite Supermarkets Inc.
Kevin Morgan, director of perishables, Ravitz Family Markets
Brandon Mowell, district manager, K-VA-T Food Stores Inc. (dba Food City)
Grace Richards, assistant store manager, ShopRite Supermarkets Inc.
Jack Rohrbaugh, Wooster Milltown store manager, Buehler's Fresh Foods
Michael Sharpe, key account representative Canada, FMS Solutions Holdings LLC
Heather Standifer, category manager, Associated Wholesale Grocers
Kevin Thompson, food operations executive, S. L. Horsfords & Co. Ltd.
Chris Wagner, director of meat and seafood merchandising, ShopRite Supermarkets Inc.
David Walpuck, quality assurance specialist, ShopRite Supermarkets Inc.
Bobby Williams, director of benefits and compensation, Associated Grocers Inc.
Lynn Young, pharmacy district manager, Coborn's Inc.
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