Panelists include industry leaders, such as:

Operators:

1. Barry Barnett, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain & Purchasing , Global Supply Chain & Purchasing, Church's Chicken
2. Keith Brunell , Senior Director of Culinary, Maggiano’s
3. Louis J. Basile, Founder/CFO , Wildflower Bread Company
4. Al Chaib, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer, Panda Restaurant Group
5. Don Fox, CEO, Firehouse of America, LLC
6. Nelson Griffin, Sr. Director, Land-Based Protein Purchasing, Darden Restaurants
7. Bruce MacDiarmid, CEO, Shari’s Management Corporation
8. John Metz Jr., CEO Executive Chef and Co-founder, Sterling Hospitality
9. Darryl Mickler, Director of Product Development, Brinker
10. Mike Reinert, Vice President - Supply Management Services, Delaware North Companies
11. Doug Reifschneider, Vice President of Marketing Services, Firehouse Subs
12. Pete Suerken, Senior Vice President, Centralized Purchasing and Commodity Risk Management , Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-op, YUM Brands
13. Walt Sheffler, Senior Vice President - Strategic Sourcing, Avendra
14. Kate Unger, Sr. Vice President of Marketing, Cold Stone Creamery