VIP dinner kicks off Southern Innovations 2024
NASHVILLE, TN — The Southeast Produce Council kicked off Southern Innovations 2024 with the VIP dinner Wednesday evening, Sept. 11, aboard the General Jackson Showboat.
Mike Roberts of Harps Food Stores and chairman of the SEPC board of directors welcomed everyone on board and thanked them for all their work on behalf of the council.
The river cruise dinner on the Cumberland River was held one day prior to the official opening of Southern Innovations, taking place Sept. 12-14 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, here.
Ginny and Garry Bergstrom, retired from Publix.
Kim Flores of Pro Citrus Network and Raina Nelson of Westfalia Fruit Marketing USA.
Rick Estess, Jenny Bula and Bryan Bula of RPE LLC.
Julia Estess of RPE LLC and Jane Narwold of Sutherland Foodservice.
Mark Daniels of the Idaho Potato Commission and Tim Graas of Associated Wholesale Grocers.
Brad and Sheila Carden of the National Watermelon Promotion Board.
Maclaren Oglesby of Sbrocco International and Tim Graas of Associated Wholesale Grocers with Andrew Scott and Blair Greenhill of Nickey Gregory Co.
Theresa Nolan and Ken Perry of the James & Theresa Nolan Foundation.
Faye Westfall of the Southeast Produce Council and Barbara Sayles, retired from the Society of St. Andrew.
Ross Williams of Titan Farms and Don Fox of Walmart.
Gordon Hochberg
About Gordon M. Hochberg | 
Gordon M. Hochberg was born in New York City, and grew up in Westchester County, NY. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from Lafayette College in 1973.
He started his career at The Produce News in the late 1970s, and has been with the publication ever since.
He served on the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Agricultural Society from 2012 to 2018. He currently serves on the Southeast Produce Council’s Board of Governors.
He enjoys music, theater and reading (American and ancient history are his favorites). And he’s been a lifelong fan of the New York Yankees since attending his first game in the late 1950s. He and his wife, Kathi, have been married since 1974.
