KeHE CEO and leadership

randon Barnholt has spent most of his career in the Food Retail and Supply-Chain business and has been at the helm of KeHE since 2008. During his tenure, KeHE has grown six-fold from a regional specialty distributor with a single warehouse in Romeoville, IL, to a national food distribution leader with operations all over the U.S. and Canada.

Prior to joining KeHE, Brandon was the President & CEO of White Hen Pantry, Inc. - one of the nation’s largest franchisors of Convenience Stores. Brandon began his career at Conoco where he served for years in various Marketing and Supply Chain capacities.

Brandon received his Bachelors degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Northern Colorado where he has since served on the Dean’s Counsel at the School of Business and the Board of Directors at the University’s Foundation.

Brandon serves at several Non-Profit organizations including his current role of Chairman of the CEO Forum, and is active throughout the Food Industry including his Board service at FMI, World Finer Foods and several early stage companies.

Brian Wilkinson is a CIO at KeHE Distributors.

Gene Carter is a Chief Operating Officer at KeHE Distributors and is based in Greater Chicago Area. He has worked as Evp Operations at KeHE Distributors, Operations Manager at S.P. Richards, and SVP Logistics at KeHE Distributors. Gene attended Southern Nazarene University between 1986 and 1990.

Tim Wiggins is a Chief Financial Officer at KeHE Distributors, Board Member at Starboard Media Foundation Inc, and Board of Directors and Audit and Compensation Committees at World Finer Foods and is based in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He has worked as Managing Director at CB&I, Board Of Directors and Chair of Audit Committee at TransForce Group, and EVP and CFO at Tellabs. Timothy works or has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Autocam and Advisory Director at Michigan Natl Bank. He studied at Oakland University between 1974 and 1977 and Michigan State University between 1977 and 1979.