Distributors Education Foundation Board

Organization
Bill Marshall
President
A. W. Marshall Co.
John Guarnieri
Vice president of operations
Albert Guarnieri & Co.

DEF Board: education and research co-chair

Robert Sears
Director, trade relations
Altria Sales & Distribution Inc.
Scott Ramminger
President and CEO
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Scott Ramminger, President and CEO of the American Wholesale Marketers Association

Jon Burklund
President/COO
Burklund Distributors, Inc.

Chairman Emeritus

George Eversman
Vice president, retail channels
Dot Foods, Inc.
Wayne Baquet
President/CEO
Imperial Trading Co., Inc.
Fred Paternostro
Dir., sales - midwest states
Lorillard Tobacco Company
Chris Smythers
Vice president, operations
Merchants Grocery Co., Inc.
Robert Sincavich
President
Sledd Company

DEF Board: education and research co-chair

Tom Joyce
VP, customer & Industry Affairs
The Hershey Company

DEF Board: manufacturer representative