Total Council Members: 24
Encore Associates is a strategic advisory firm, sales & marketing organization, and solutions provider to the national food and consumer goods industry. The Encore team includes ExecuForce, a proprietary network of more than 50 nationally recognized subject matter experts, the Encore Sales Company, with offices and associates strategically located across the U.S., Encore Consumer Capital, a private equity firm investing in high quality consumer products companies, and Encore Solutions, a select group of businesses representing unique value propositions for the industry.
ExecuForce Associate
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Minos Athanassiadis is currently a consultant at Encore Associates, a food and consumer goods consulting firm. Minos has more than 20 years of expertise in both the agriculture and technology industries. He has held a series of produce industry positions...
Managing Partner
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Stu Brannon spent 33 years in the CPG industry in a variety of senior sales management positions, the most recent being the National Director of Trade Relations for Georgia Pacific Corporation prior to joining Encore Associates in 2002. Mr. Brannon acted...
Consultant
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Sandy Campbell-Springfield has more than 35 years of experience in the wholesale and retail grocery marketing field. Prior to her retirement from Safeway as Director of Specialty Marketing, Ms. Campbell-Springfield was charged with Building a centralized...
ExecuForce Associate
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Al Curran is currently a consultant at Encore Associates, a food and consumer goods consulting firm. Al has more than 42 years of senior management experience within the consumer packaged goods industry. Prior to joining Encore Associates, Al served...
Tom DeMottChief Operating Officer
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Tom DeMott is currently Chief Operating Officer at Encore Associates, a food and beverage consultancy firm. Previously, Mr. DeMott served as Vice President of Perishables for Safeway, where he was responsible for procurement and involved in the acquisitions...
ExecuForce Associate
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Gary founded The Doyle Group, a consulting firm focused on the consumer products industry primarily in the areas of strategy, sales, marketing and general management, in 2001. Clients include manufacturers such as Bristol Myers Squibb, Unilever, Streets...
Consultant
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Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Fogli is the President & CEO of People Focus, a leading consulting firm providing business solutions in the design and implementation of management and human resource systems. He has exceptional experience as a former corporate executive...
Execuforce Associate
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Dennis Hanley is an Execuforce Associate at Encore Associates, a food and consumer products consultancy. Previously, Mr. Hanley was the Vice President of Retail Formats at Nash Finch Company where he was responsible for recruiting and creating differentiated...
Consultant
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Greg Ibsen serves as an Advisor and Consultant with Encore Associates, a strategic advisory, sales and marketing and solutions provider to the food industry. Greg is a board member of a beverage company and serves as an advisor to a Private Equity company....
Advisory Board Member
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Peter Larkin currently is President of Larkin Public Affairs, a company he started in 2008 representing food industry clients and providing services including government relations, issues management, communications, community relations, environmental...
Consultant
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Mr. Norm MacKenzie currently works as a consultant to the food and beverage industry. He has expertise leading companies with aggressive growth objectives that involve acquisitions and focused profitable sales growth in the private label, foodservice,...
Consultant
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Lee Merritts spent 32 years with Procter & Gamble. He began his P&G career in sales in the St. Louis Paper Products Division. He was promoted through several key leadership positions including Manager of Paper Products Operations, Safeway Team Leader,...
Advisory Board Member
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Dan Nelson is currently a Board Member with Encore Associates, a strategic advisory solutions provider to the food and consumer goods industry, since 2008. Previously, Mr. Nelson has served as a Senior Vice President of marketing & Chief Operating Officer...
Managing Partner
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Don Reid is the Executive Vice President and Managing Partner of Encore Associates, a food and beverage consulting firm. Don has 37 years in the food industry, the last 27 have been in the food brokerage segment. He has held senior management positions...
Consultant
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Stephen Roath retired as CEO of Longs Drug Stores in 2002. Mr. Roath had 38 years of experience working for Longs. He began his career there as a pharmacist and graduated through the ranks to Longs' executive management team in 1988. He held the roles...
Consultant
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Stefan Schachtell is a former Group Vice President at Albertsons, where he left in 2002. During his tenure at Albertsons, Mr. Schachtell held senior roles in distribution, support systems, systems development, and procurement. He is an expert at applying...
Consultant
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Bill Schauber joined Encore Associates Consultants in June 2003. He is a supply chain and logistics operations executive with emphasis in procurement, milling, distribution, logistics, import/export transportation and manufacturing for both CPG and retailers....
Exec Force Associate
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Jesse Singerman is an Exec Force Associate at Encore Associates, a food and beverage consulting firm. Ms. Singerman has over 25 years of experience in natural/organic industry including wholesale and retail grocery. She has also served as the President...
Gary SmithFounder
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Gary Smith has a distinguished career in grocery marketing, merchandising and retail operations spanning more than 40 years. Prior to founding Encore Associates, Gary served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Safeway where he was credited with the...
ExecuForce Associate
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Roger Soman is a 20+ year veteran of Category management. Roger's specialty is leveraging data to increase sales and profits. He was the VP of Bus. Dev. For Original Nut House having responsibility for regional sales in the Southeastern states. As...