MMR honors 'People Who Made a Difference' - MMR: Mass Market Retailers

Jeffrey Mondelli, Andre Persaud and Chris Lane of Wakefern Corp.
Stephen Corrou of Alcon and Michael Wolf of Walgreens
Brian Eason of CVS, Samantha Goldstein of Nature’s Bounty, Brian Schaffer of Emerson Group and Randy Sloan of Lornamead
Roger Gravitte and Scott Emerson of the Emerson Group
Steve Anderson of NACDS, Sheryl Chomiuk and Ron Chomiuk of the Swanson Group and Lori Flees of Sam’s Club
Joe Tarnowski of ECRM, Mark Panzer of Albertsons and Tom Duffy of GMDC
Rick Brindle of Mondelez, Kathleen Otto and Martin Otto of H-E-B and Jim Whitman of NACDS
Bob Kwait of Bob Kwait Consulting, Bruce Kramer of Wahl Clippers and Joe Hartsig of Walgreens
Craig Stoll of Zicam, Robert Tompkins of Walgreens, and Mark Rovner and Gulam Khan of Zicam
Mary Jo Smith and Devon Katzev of Straight Arrow with Roslyn Chapman of the Chapman Group

NEW YORK — Mass Market Retailers on Tuesday evening honored the outstanding executives who were chosen as the publication’s Six Who Made a Difference in 2019.

On hand to receive awards were the following executives:

Brian Eason, Vice President of Consumer Health and Wellness, CVS Health.
Lori Flees, Senior Vice President of Health and Wellness, Sam’s Club. Flees accepted the award on behalf of Julie Barber, Vice President of Divisional Merchandise Manager of OTC Drug Merchandising, Walmart.
Jeffrey Mondelli, Vice President of Pharmacy, Health and Beauty, Wakefern.
Mark Panzer, Senior Vice President of Pharmacy, Health and Wellness, Albertsons Cos. Panzer accepted the award on behalf of Tami Tollefson, Vice President of GM and HBC, Albertsons Cos.
Michael Wolf, Senior Director/Divisional Merchandise Manager of O-T-C, Walgreens.

Barber, Eason, Mondelli, Tollefson and Wolf were featured in the October 28 issue of MMR, which profiled a half-dozen retail executives who stood out over the past year for their contributions to their companies and the industry. Also featured was Stephanie Lundquist, Executive Vice President and President of Food & Beverage, Target.

The awards presentation and reception drew retailer and supplier executives from across the food, drug and mass channels to a ballroom in midtown Manhattan.