Congratulations to The Confectionery Foundation’s Chairman Robert Nelson for his nomination for the prestigious Kettle Award. Rob’s leadership as a founding Director of our Foundation has been instrumental in the growth and success of The Confectionery Foundation’s Next Generation and leadership training initiatives. Rob is Chairman and CEO of Elmer...
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Awards & Reviews
NCA Future Leaders Class 2020
Congratulations to Mathew Rubinstein, our Next Generation Program panelist, and to Lisa Eustic, Betsy Hritz, Liz Miller and Takuma Oka for their selection as the NCA Future Leaders Class of 2020. Read about the Future Leaders Class 2020 Lisa Eustic Senior Marketing Director, The Promotion In Motion Companies, Inc. Betsy...
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NextGen Mentors to be inducted into Candy Hall Of Fame
We are thrilled that our Vice Chairman Katherine Clark and NextGen Mentors Jerry Hagedorn (Barry Callebaut) and Brent Cotten (The Hershey Company) along with NextGen sponsors Frank Amato (Just Born Company), and Tim LeBel (Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC) and Pat Collins (Jelly Belly Candy Company) will be inducted into...
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Announcing new leadership of The Confectionery Foundation
Robert A. Nelson, CEO of Elmer Chocolate and Katherine Clark, Vice President of Sales for Capol LLC have been elected Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively of The Confectionery Foundation by the National Confectioners Association’s Board of Trustees during the 2018 State of the Industry conference in Miami, FL. Two new...
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Congratulations to Kettle Award Nominees for 2018
The nominees for the prestigious national Kettle Award have been announced and they are: Jean Thompson, President of Seattle Chocolate and Founding Board member of The Confectionery Foundation, Mitchell Goetze, CEO Goetze Candy Company and multi-year volunteer in our Confectionery Foundation Next Generation program at Sweets & Snacks, Chris Reid,...
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AACT announces John Kitt Memorial scholarship for 2017-2018
The American Association of Candy Technologists is proud to announce its annual food science/biological science scholarship award. The recipient receives $5,000.00, paid in two $2,500.00 installments after verification of enrollment. To qualify for the non-renewing John Kitt Memorial Scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year, the student must meet the criteria,...
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Congratulations to NCSA’s Candy Hall of Fame Inductees
Congratulations to National Confectionery Sales Association’s 2016 class of inductees into The Candy Hall of Fame! Thank you for your lifetimes of contributions and leadership in our wonderful industry. Greg Cater of Sweets Candy Company, Shelly Clarey of Adams & Brooks, James Day of Esther Price Candies Corp., Vivian Farber...
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