HANSON FASO SALES & MARKETING - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Sales and Merchandising
Dawn began as an Account Manager with Hanson Faso 11 years ago. As a top sales performer she was promoted to Senior Director and then Vice President. Dawn uses her knowledge and expertise in sales and merchandising, in addition to input from our leadership team, to develop best practices for our organization. With her guidance and coaching our sales and merchandise professionals are able to achieve uniformity and excellence across all markets.
Karen has over 25 years of experience working for both public and private corporations. She is a proven professional with progressive accounting, management and leadership skills within the client service industry. By engaging all staff in the development of new processes and procedures, she is guiding our innovative team to serve the needs of our clients and customers.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Perimeter
Kent has a rich experience working in the food industry. Kent has owned his own restaurant, was a Program Account Manager at Sysco, a Regional Sales Manager for both Shady Brook Farms and Willow Foods, a Key Account Manager for PMI and then a minority owner and VP of Sales for CDS.
In 14 years at Hanson Faso Mike has worked in almost every department. He began his career as a merchandiser, then moved onto food service sales, built out and managed the Retail Services Division, developed some of the key analytics systems and programs which set Hanson Faso apart from it's competition, and then served as the Senior Director of Business Development where he managed the Chicagoland Sales Team.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Marketing
Stephanie has over twenty five years of sales management and broker experience. Immediately before joining Hanson Faso she was a regional sales manager for World Finer Foods. Prior to that, Stephanie was a senior executive with Midwest Marketing, Inc. and Co-Owner of ROI, Inc., both food brokerages.
Over 50 years of experience in the food manufacturing, importing, distributing, gift packing and brand management business. Specialty Food Association member inducted into the 2019 Hall of Fame class. Served as Executive Vice President of Charlotte Charles, Inc., a leading manufacturer, distributor, importer and gift packer of specialty foods and confections. Also served as Vice President and General Manager of two divisions of Portland Food Products.