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ADVISORY BOARD

The Advisory Board is comprised of domestic and international retailers and HR professionals whose function is to: Provide guidance to the IGA Coca-Cola Institute to achieve its mission Promote inter-company cooperation and collaboration Reflect the desires and needs of HR/Training professionals of the retail industry Provide an independent assessment of the IGA Coca-Cola Institute’s direction Serve as a source of information and advice to the President Connect local pockets of expertise and isolated professionals
MEMBERS
SRI LANKA
	Surani Dias, Head of Albert A. Page Institute, Cargills Ceylon PLC Surani Dias has 25 years of experience in research, engineering, finance, human resource development and consultancy. She served as the Director of the University Industry Interaction Cell at the University of Moratuwa. Dias has contributed extensively to community development, including reconstruction programs, research studies and the Rathmalana Housing Project for Tsunami Affected People. She holds a Masters of Business Administration with a Merit Award from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura.
ST LUCIA, WI
	Chairmaine Nickson, Training Manager, Supermarket Career Institute, Consolidated Foods Ltd. Chairmaine Nickson brings 13 years of teaching experience to Consolidated Foods Ltd. (CFL) in St. Lucia. Nickson joined the company in 2006 and, as Training Manager, oversees the operations of CFL's Supermarket Career Institute. Nickson was an IGA Top Student in 2007. She holds an Associate Degree in Teacher Education and Educational Administration, a Bachelor of Arts in Literatures of English and is presently pursuing a Masters in Business Administration.
UNITED STATES
	Joan Crowl, Promo Mgr, Lake Region IGA, Pennsylvania Crowl, who completed the IGA Coca-Cola Institute Supermarket Management Class in May, assumed her present position at Lake Region IGA when it was created in 2005. She moved from Allentown, PA., to the Lake Region area in the Pocono Mountains and joined the IGA as a part-time cashier in September 2003. Crowl's career includes work with a number of corporations, including 22 years with Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. in Allentown, where she also attended the Baum School of Art, majoring in Fine Arts.
	Paulo Goelzer, President, IGA Coca-Cola Institute, Illinois Paulo Goelzer joined IGA International 1994 and later focused his efforts on knowledge transfer and people development, leading the web-based learning, training resources and the education foundation initiatives. He began his career in the FMCG working through various executive positions. As an academic, Dr. Goelzer received the "Honored Professor" award twice. He co-authored two textbooks and has published numerous articles. Paulo holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Development.
	Jeff Grinstead, Regional Mgr, Houchens, Kentucky Before coming to Houchens Industries, Grinstead spent 25 years holding various positions with a large supermarket chain. His present job with Houchens places him in the management ranks of a large, private diversified organization that owns more than 400 supermarkets, discount grocery stores, c-stores and tobacco shops in the United States. Twenty-seven Houchens stores fly the IGA banner, with another five undergoing conversion to IGA.
	Doug Haworth, Director of Loss Prevention, Woods Supermarket, Kansas and Missouri Doug has been with Woods Supermarkets for nine years. He has served as a Produce Manager, Store Manager and is currently the Director of Loss Prevention. Woods Supermarkets is a family-owned business that has eight supermarkets and two convenience stores operating in Missouri and Kansas. Doug has over 20 years of operational experience in the grocery business. He has been married for 15 years and has two children.
	Todd Martin, Vice President, Martins IGA Plus, Illinois Martin, a native of Effingham, Ill., is a third-generation IGA retailer who grew up working in the family business, which his grandfather Clyde Martin opened in 1938 and converted to IGA in 1952. After studying law enforcement in college and serving a four-year tour of duty in the U.S. Air Force, Martin returned home in 1999 to join the business full time with his father and owner Newlin Martin. Having worked in virtually every store department, Martin now shares responsibility, with a general manager, for five family-owned stores, including three IGAs.
	Gabriel A. Pascual, Global Account Director, The Coca-Cola Company, Georgia As a Global Account executive, Pascual represents the Global Partner and title sponsor to the Institute, fostering worldwide collaboration and new business between IGA and Coca-Cola. His broad retail experience includes work as both a retailer (Carrefour for two years in his native Argentina) and as a supplier with Coke for the past 21 years. He has held various positions serving the leading drink company's most important retailers in Argentina, Mexico, Latin America, the United States and Asia (Hong Kong). Pascual is a trained accountant and business administrator.
	Nisha Patel, Co-Owner, Mt. Plymouth IGA Express, Florida At Mt. Plymouth IGA, Nisha N. Patel juggles many responsibilities, managing human resources, training, marketing, advertising, promotions, pricing and customer relations. Her background is in the travel industry. She earned a degree in Business Finance, Travel and Tourism and worked for Thomas Cook Travel, Lunn Poly Travel and British Airways. She and her husband Nakul currently live in Florida and have two children.
	Rick Stewart, Co-Owner, Susanville IGA, California Rick Stewart grew up in the grocery business. He worked as a courtesy clerk in high school and after serving in the U.S. Navy put himself through college by working at the same store. 15 years later, he is the recipient of the IGA USA International Retailer of the Year for 2009. Stewart sponsors many community organizations and events; he is involved in countless civic groups and commissions.
	Deanna Williams, Human Resource Manager, Kirby Foods, Inc./Jerry's IGA, Illinois When Kirby Foods opened more than 21 years ago in Champaign, Ill, Williams was the first face visitors would see upon entering the door. At the time, the company owned nine IGA stores and had three corporate staff members. Today, Williams manages the human resources function for 19 grocery stores (including 14 IGAs) and 1,000 employees including 15 corporate staff. Married for 20 years, she has two sons.
	Jeff Zollpriester, General Manager, Quality Foods Stores IGA, Wisconsin In 1988, Zollpriester accepted the position of store manager with Quality Foods IGA, now consisting of five stores in central Wisconsin, and was later promoted to general manager. Before joining Quality Foods, he worked his way up through the ranks of a small independent grocery, starting in 1974 while in high school and eventually becoming store manager, a position he held for 10 years. While contributing to the success of Quality Foods, Zollpriester was named 1998 Retailer of the Year with the old Copps Corporation and received an Excellence in Operation Award from the Wisconsin Grocers Association in 2004.

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