Supply Chain Expert Exchange | National Restaurant Association

About the Supply Chain Expert Exchange

The National Restaurant Association’s Supply Chain Expert Exchange is a community of restaurant and hospitality supply chain professionals who gather in-person and virtually for networking, relationship building, education and mutual exchange of information relative to supply chain best practices. Our educational programs are designed to promote our members’ supply chain knowledge, promote supply chain management as a professional pursuit within our industry, and promote the ethical conduct and practices of supply chain professionals across the foodservice industry.

Conferences

We hold two conferences each year, one in Chicago immediately prior to the National Restaurant Association show and one in Orlando in October immediately prior to the Market Vision conference. Our conferences are developed by foodservice supply chain executives to provide attendees relevant educational sessions and an environment conducive for networking, relationship building and mutual exchange of information relative to supply chain.

Supply Chain Scene

Supplychainscene.org connects the foodservice supply chain community with the latest news and information on best practices, industry events and job opportunities. It is a service of the National Restaurant Association’s Supply Chain Expert Exchange (formerly SCM/ESG).

Supply Chain Scene produces a monthly interview feature called Executive Spotlight in which a foodservice supply chain professional engages with questions about their career path, current job role, technology insights and advice for others in the industry. Along with providing a website platform as a resource exclusively for foodservice supply chain, Supply Chain Scene distributes a compilation of information in a weekly via email that is released each Wednesday morning to thousands of subscribers.

Questions?

Contact meetings@restaurant.org for more information.

2023 Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors for their support.

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Cargill
Clark National Accounts
CMI
CocaCola
DirectTV
Don
Georgia Pacific
Huhtamaki
Kari Out Company
Kens
Lineage Logistics
National Pork Producers Council
Purell
Smithfield Foods
Stampede Meat
Turano
Wasserstrom

Silver Sponsors

CH Robinson
Clemens Food Group
Corteva
DMA
Genpak
Halo
Harris Tea
iTrade
NDA
Peco
Pepsico
Sensitech
Standard Meat
Sugardale
Trustwell

2023 Governing Board

David Cox
Founder/CEO
Cox Supply Chain Management Advisors

Joelle Johnson (Secretary)
Senior Director & General Manager, Supply Chain
Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions, LLC

Les Karel
Executive Vice President, Equipment Solutions
National DCP, LLC (Dunkin’ Supply Chain Cooperative)

Kristi Kingery (Chair)
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain
Tropical Smoothie Café

Kyle Lindelof
Vice President, Food & Beverage Procurement
Brinker International

Charlie Lousignont

Anissa Mandell-Chance (Vice Chair)
President
ARCOP, Inc. (Arby's Supply Chain Cooperative)

Chris McNutt (Treasurer)
Vice President, Strategic Supply
Centralized Supply Chain Services

Carl Mount
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Zaxby’s Franchising LLC

Joel Neikirk
Chief Executive Officer
Restaurant Services, Inc.

Krista Pohlman
Vice President, Operational Excellence
Wendy’s Quality Supply Chain Co-op, Inc.

Matthew Riddleberger (Chair Emeritus)
Principle
Riddleberger Advisory

Sol Rypin
Director, Supplier Quality and Safety
Chick-fil-A, Inc.

Randy Scruggs
Vice President of Procurement
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

Dessi Zaneva
Vice President, Global Strategic Sourcing & Commodity Risk Management
Panera Bread

Advisory Council

John Barone
President
Market Vision, Inc.

Ron Cegnar
President
CEO Partners

Jeff Dorr
President
ArrowStream

Greg Keller
Senior Vice President, National Sales
Sysco Corporation

James Kennedy
JHK Advisory LLC

Joyce Mazero
Shareholder
Polsinelli PC

Jerry Murphy

Steven Rodgers
Vice President, Product Supply & Distribution
Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions, LLC

Dhamu Thamodaran

Webinars