Amy Gautraud of Gordon Food Service, Karleigh Jurek of United Supermarkets, Jessica O'Connell of Hannaford Supermarkets and Marita Radloff of Robin's Airforce Base Health & Wellness Center.

Sherrie Rosenblatt of Can Manufacturers, Dorothea Vafiadis of the American Heart Association, and Katie Toulouse of Canned Food Alliance.

Leah McGrath of Ingles Markets and Catherine Gipe-Stewart of Domex Superfresh Growers.

Scott Owens of Wonderful Citrus and Marty Ordman of Dole Packaged Foods.

Andrew Burchett of Monsanto Co. with Brett Libke and Garland Perkins of The Oppenheimer Group.

Howard Nager of Sun Pacific with his wife Sherry Nager and Tricia Adler of Roundy's Supermarkets.

Karen Brux and Allison Myers of the Chilean Fresh Fruit Association.

Amy Myrdal Miller of Farmer's Daughter Consulting and Susan Renke of Pacific Northwest Canned Pears.

Juliemar Rosado and Stephanie Barlow of the National Watermelon Board.

Melissa Kaczmarkczyk of PepsiCo., Christie Mather of The Fiction Tribe, Alli Condra of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, and Mark Saiz from the City of Albuquerque.

Dave Russell and Dennis Christou of Del Monte Fresh Produce with Allan Sabatier of Sun Orchard.

Cyndy Dennis of Produce for Better Health with Dan Johnson, who recently retired from Kroger.

The opening reception for Produce for Better Health's 2017 Annual Conference: The Consumer Connection took place Wednesday, April 5, at the picturesque Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia in Scottsdale, AZ.