NAN GARDETTO

• Owner/CEO
• Executive Vice President of Gardetto's 1975-1999
• Creator of Gardetto's Snack Mix
• Led company & grew sales to national distribution and revenue from $3 million (1989) to $117 million (1999)

TOM HOWE

• President
• Owner/President of Jays Foods (Midwest snack manufacturer) 1994-2001
• Former President of Butterball and EVP of Armour/Swift-Eckrich (ConAgra) 1973-1993
• 2000 Chairman of Snack Food Association
• 1997 Illinois Entrepreneur of the Year

MIKE HUBER

• Director of Product Development & Culinary Science
• 25 years New Product Development experience with Frito-Lay, Eagle Snacks & Pizza Hut
• M.S. in Food Science & Technology, Culinologist

JOHN SUSKO

• Vice President of Manufacturing
• 23 years in operations and quality assurance roles in headquarters and multiple plant locations with Frito-Lay, including plant manager, Williamsport, PA
• B.S. Penn State University

JON BECKER

• Vice President Finance & Operating Services
• VP Finance/CFO Gardetto's 1997-1999
• Previous positions include Controller at Johnson Outdoors, Inc. and Audit and Tax positions with Arthur Andersen

AL CORONA

• VP -Business Development
• 25 Years of Consumer Products Business Development and Marketing experience
• Regional, National and Global Executive Brand Development experience
• Previous Positions Include: VP Sales & Marketing - V&V Supremo Foods, Inc. and VP of Sales Nature's Cure, Division Director - SC Johnson

THOMAS ORIS

• Director of Purchasing
• 17 years experience in a Consumer Packaging Environment
• Member of the Greener Package Advisory Board and Expert Panel
• Responsible for the procurement of all commodity, ingredient and packaging

GARY OLSON

• Director of Engineering & Facilities
• 10 years Engineering & Maintenance Large bread/roll baking facilities (1979-1989)
• 10 years Engineering & Maintenance of Gardetto's
• Certified Plant Engineer 1993-Present (AFE)

KEVIN GONTER

• Director of Maintenance
• 13 years maintenance and continuous improvement experience with International Paper, Edy's Ice Cream and Kraft Foods
• 1988 Graduate of the United States Naval Academy