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Christopher Pappas is our founder and has served as our chief executive officer since 1985 and has been our chairman since March 1, 2011. He has been our president since April 11, 2009 and before that was our president from our formation to January 1, 2007. Prior to founding our company, Mr. Pappas played basketball professionally in Europe for several years following his graduation from Adelphi University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration. Mr. Pappas currently oversees all of our business activities, with a focus on product procurement, sales, marketing and strategy development. Mr. Pappas's qualifications to serve on our board of directors include his extensive knowledge of our company and the specialty food products distribution business and his years of leadership at the Company.

Bob Palmer, chief executive officer for C&S Wholesale Grocers, is responsible for all aspects of the Company strategy, growth plan, customer satisfaction and day-to-day operations. Bob has more than 30 years of industry experience, and was most recently the executive vice president, chief procurement officer at C&S before his retirement in 2019. Bob joined C&S in February 1986 as head buyer and served as the director of Procurement until 1995 which he was promoted to vice president. He was promoted to senior vice president of Non-perishable Procurement in October 1996. Prior to joining C&S, Bob worked for four years with Riverside Markets, a division of Penn Traffic Company in DuBois, Pa. He spent four years as a retail store manager within Alberstons Southco Division in Florida and Alabama. In 2002, Bob was named director emeritus of the Northeast Wholesale Food Distributors Association. Bob earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, N.H.

Terry Wood are a Chief Operating Officer at Coastal Pacific Food Distributors.

Earl ISHBIA is a Ceo at Sherwood Food Distributors.

John J. Rattigan Jr. is a President & Chief Executive Officer at Colorado Boxed Beef Co and is based in Auburndale, Florida. He studied at Mortgage Bankers Association between 2004 and 2006 and University of Central Florida - UCF Catering between 1989 and 1994.

Hiram Folds is a Chief Executive Officer at General Produce Co..

Russell Hata is a Chairman/CEO at Y Hata & Co Ltd.

Wayne Baquet is a President/CEO at Imperial Trading.