The NACS Supplier Board named new leadership and members at the virtual NACS Board of Directors meeting on October 13. Rick Brindle, vice president, industry development at Mondelēz
International, was named 2020-21 NACS Supplier Board chairman.

Brindle has served in his current position at Mondelēz since 2012 and previously worked at Safeway Stores, Proctor & Gamble, Nabisco and Kraft Foods. He has been named among the Consumer Goods Industry’s Top 25 Visionaries by Consumer Goods Technology magazine and Supervalu Vendor of the Year. Brindle also has won the National Grocers Association Board of Directors Service Award and was inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame in 2017 and the Convenience Hall of Fame in 2018.

Brent Cotten, senior director, customer and industry affairs at The Hershey Company, was named chairman-elect, and four new members were elected to the NACS Supplier Board:

• Mike Gilroy, Mars Wrigley
• Kevin M. LeMoyne, Coca-Cola Company
• TJ Lynch, KeyImpact Sales & Systems
• Lesley D. Saitta, Impact 21

The chairman and chairman-elect of the NACS Supplier Board serve on the NACS Board of Directors.