Chair
Tony Jacobs
President, Bazooka Candy Brands
The Bazooka Companies Inc.
Vice Chair
James G. Hagedorn
Executive Vice President - Business Development
Barry Callebaut USA LLC
Treasurer
Martin B. Palmer
President & CEO
Palmer Candy Company
Ex-Officio - NCA President & CEO
John H. Downs
President & CEO
National Confectioners Association
Ex-Officio - Chair of Choc Council
Amy Guittard
Director of Marketing
Guittard Chocolate Company
Ex-Officio - Chair of the EXPO
Greg M. Guidotti
Chief Marketing Officer
Ferrara Candy Company
Ex-Officio - PAC Chair
Joseph Melville
Owner & Director
Melville Candy Company
Ex-Officio - Former Chair
Barry Rosenbaum
President
Nassau Candy
Carrie Abbott
CEO & Founder
Newfangled Confections
Mark Okita
COO and Interim SVP of Sales
Blommer Chocolate Company
Troy Parris Pearley
EVP & General Manager, USA
Divine Chocolate
Michael G. Rosenberg
President & CEO
PIM Brands, Inc.
Richard Ross
CEO
Galerie
Ed Schultz
President
Hawaiian Host LLC
Ira Shandarivska
VP Confectionary, US Commercial
Mondelez International, Inc
Stephanie Stuckey
CEO
Stuckey's Corporation
Rachel Sweet
VP Corporate Affairs
Sweet Candy Company
Michael Tierney
Founder & CEO
Stuffed Puffs, LLC
Anton Vincent
President
Mars Wrigley North America
Robert A. Nelson
Chairman & CEO
Elmer Chocolate
Laura King
President
Candy Dynamics
John R. Kretchmer
CEO
American Licorice Company
Alanna Cotton
President & Chief Business Officer
Ferrero NA
Julia Birnn Fields
Owner
Birnn Chocolates of Vermont
Lisa Rowland Brasher
President & CEO
Jelly Belly Candy Company
John E. Brooks
President
Adams & Brooks, Inc.
Joel Burrows
President & CEO
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Sylvia Buxton
President & CEO
Perfetti Van Melle USA, Inc.
Brent Cotten
VP, Customer & Industry Affairs
The Hershey Company
Patrick Egan
President & CEO
See's Candies, Inc.
Sarah Atkinson
Executive Vice President
Atkinson Candy Company
Mitchell T. Goetze
Chief Executive Officer
Goetze's Candy Company, Inc.
Steve Gohde
Partner
The Allan Sullivan Co.
Ellen R. Gordon
Chairman & CEO
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
Maryann Walburn
Regional Sales Manager
Heat and Control, Inc.
