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CFESA CONFERENCE RECAP
The conference kicked off on Thursday Towards the end of the membership
morning with a presentation by Charlie meeting, the election slate was an-
Souhrada, Vice President, Regulatory & nounced for the 2019 Board of Directors
Technical Affairs of NAFEM. Souhrada election. Each running candidate gave a
spoke on “The Latest in Government speech and then the voting began. At the
Regulations and their Potential Indus- end of elections, CFESA President, John
try Impact”. During his presentation, Schwindt welcomed the newly elect-
Souhrada discussed how the commer- ed directors to the board. The winners
cial foodservice equipment and supplies were as follows: Nick Cribb, Katie Green,
industry is experiencing an unprece- Shannon Sykes, and Angela Petitti. For
dented flurry of federal, state and local the first time in CFESA history, there are
regulations that affect all stakeholders in three women on the Board of Directors
the distribution channel and ultimately at one time.
our operator customers. He conducted
an overview discussion of the latest on
energy, environment, materials, and trade
regulations in the industry and their po-
tential impact on businesses.
During the membership meeting, Presi-
dent John Schwindt awarded two long-
time members, Bruce Hodge of General
Parts Group and Roger Kauffman of EMR,
the CFESA Honorary Member Awards. Angela Petitti Katie Green
Roger Kauffman Shannon Sykes Nick Cribb
As the membership meeting came to an
end, attendees made their way to the
panel discussion. Joe Carbonara, Edi-
tor in Chief of FE&S Magazine, was the
moderator for the panel. He started by
introducing the panel members, includ-
ing: William Caruso – FCSI President,
Michael Keck – FEDA Vice Chair, Kevin
Eaton – MAFSI President, Joe Carlson –
NAFEM President, Kevin Fink - Standex,
Bruce Hodge
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