Pull up a chair. We're onto our second course - FaB's next five years. Our table is bigger as we evolve our menu, and you may play a role. We're generating more member opportunities for valued, purpose-driven engagement, best practice sharing, and peer networking around issues and opportunities facing our food and beverage companies. 

7 AREAS OF STRATEGIC FOCUS 

7 FORUMS 

We're pleased to announce our  FaB Forums, our new member affinity groups. Seven total, one for each of our seven areas of strategic focus, e ach attracting members with common food and beverage industry roles, responsibilities, experience, and interest to foster a peer setting.

21 LEADERS

We're pleased to announce the early confirmations of our Forum Chairs. Each Forum will have a trio of chairs to champion and channel industry needs. Professionals are coming to the table with representatives from companies like Sargento, Johnsonville, MillerCoors, Troubadour Bakery, Richelieu Foods, Food Finance Institute, EVOLVE Brands, Ocean Spray, Schreiber Foods, Create-A-Pack, WMEP, and Michael Best, with more to come.

 

7 LAUNCH EVENTS

Don't miss our Forum launch events. Each will put a spotlight on our areas of strategic focus while you step into a peer setting that you can come to know and tap. Members only...pull up a chair.

FORUM FOCUS: Attract and develop industry talent LAUNCH EVENT: A Best Practice Session on attracting a future workforce featuring Sargento Foods February 26 | 8:30 am - 10:30 am Blue Harbor, Sheboygan

CHAIRS: Gina Balke HR Generalist Ocean Spray Angie Kasten HR Manager Richelieu Foods Anne Troka Workforce Development Liason Sargento Foods

FORUM FOCUS: Foster global opportunities LAUNCH EVENT: A Best Practice Session on International Cluster Collaboration featuring the New Frontiers of Food March 19 | 10:30 am - 1:00 pm University Club, Milwaukee

CHAIRS: Roxanne Baumann Director of Global Engagement WMEP

FORUM FOCUS: Drive industry leadership and awareness LAUNCH EVENT: An invite-only food and beverage company CEO Briefing featuring Governor Evers March TBD

CHAIRS: Giacomo Fallucca Chairman & CEO Palermo's Pizza David Carpenter Executive Advisor Chr. Hansen Chairs of the Leadership Forum are members of our Executive Board.  Meet our Board here.

FORUM FOCUS: Ensure food safety and compliance LAUNCH EVENT: A Best Practice Session on Addressing the Top 5 Challenges of FSMA, featuring Emily Lyons of Michael Best and an industry panel April 3 | 8:30 am - 10:30 am Location TBD

CHAIRS: Paul Benson Partner Michael Best Monica Kane Quality Assurance Manager Troubadour Bakery

FORUM FOCUS: Build capacity from start-up to scale-up LAUNCH EVENT: 101: Optimizing your Operations & Organization - a "how to" session featuring industry experts April 11 | Time TBD Society Insurance, Fond du Lac

CHAIRS: Frank Jimenez President EVOLVE Brands  Tera Johnson Executive Director Food Finance Institute Dan Kipp CFO Create-A-Pack Foods

FORUM FOCUS: Maximize industry supply chain LAUNCH EVENT: A Best Practice Session on A New Way to Move Our Food, discussing a freight collaborative featuring Johnsonville and Schreiber Foods April 25 | 9:30 am - 11:30 am Schreiber Foods, Green Bay

CHAIRS: Keith Hartlaub Senior VP of Supply Chain  & Transportation Sargento Foods Curt Reynolds Director of Logistics Johnsonville Nate Shillington Director, Transportation  & Distribution Schreiber Foods

FORUM FOCUS: Serve as a catalyst for industry innovation LAUNCH EVENT: Our annual Innovation Market & Pitch Conference, featuring a series of keynotes, FaBcap Accelerator company pitches, and a member market exhibitor hall June 20 | 8:30 am - 6:00 pm Marquette University

CHAIRS: Rod Hogan VP of New Business Development Sargento Foods Jennifer Magwitz Sr. Manager, Global Engineering  & New Technology MillerCoors Brian Schauf Innovation Technology  Director Schreiber Foods

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