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CATHY FEELEY
Western Sales Manager
CBI & Associates
Cathy Feeley has been in the industry
for over 40 years, starting with Kraft
Foodservice on the East coast and then
moving to the West where she " retired "
with Kraft in 1993. After a five-year hiatus, she came back
into the convenience services channel via the broker world. She
has been with CBI & Associates since 2015. She currently
serves on two NAMA committees and as an officer for
Arizona and California's state council boards, which helps her
keep her pulse on the refreshment services world. Feeley was
honored to be voted by her Arizona peers last month as the
AAMC Supplier of the Year. Her passion is selling coffee and
healthy snacks and beverages. " I've been fortunate to have
great mentors and industry peers that continue to help show
me the way, " she said.
" My hope is to be viewed as a resource to my
customers, as an advocate for the companies I
represent, as well as additional individuals and
companies that will best help them succeed. "
- Cathy Feeley, CBI & Associates
Congratulations!
KATE FLYNN
Co-founder and CEO
Sun & Swell
Kate Flynn is an entrepreneur
passionate about creating a more
sustainable future. She is the cofounder
and CEO of Sun & Swell,
a women-owned Certified B Corp based in Santa
Barbara, California, with a mission to eliminate singleuse
plastics from the packaged food industry and build
a more circular food system. Flynn earned her MBA from
Harvard and holds a B.A. in economics from University
of California - Santa Barbara. Prior to launching Sun &
Swell, she was a management consultant and CPA. She
lives in Santa Barbara with her husband and co-founder,
Bryan, two small children, and a labradoodle.
DAWN HALSTEAD
Manager of Account Ambassadors
365 Retail Markets
Dawn Halstead joined 365
Retail Markets in 2017 as an
accounting clerk in the 365 finance
department. When a position
opened on the account services team in 2020, she
moved into an account ambassador role, helping
support several enterprise customers working closely
with the account managers. Halstead's exceptional
organizational skills, willingness to assist others and
ability to problem solve allowed her to easily transition
into a supervisory role where she has helped to build
the account ambassador team. With a passion for
training and development, Halstead implemented
and launched a new CRM platform, onboarding all
members of the sales team. She continually seeks
improvements to streamline processes and close any
gaps that might impact customer success. Halstead
was most recently promoted to manager of account
ambassadors where she will continue to mentor and
develop her team.
The Nayax family congratulates
Nate Yarborough
for being selected
Automatic Merchandiser's
2023 Pros to Know
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SEAN GRUNDY
Co-founder and CEO
Bevi
Sean Grundy is the co-founder and
CEO of Bevi, maker of the leading
Smart Water Cooler that provides
sparkling, flavored and enhanced
water on demand. Grundy and his two co-founders
started Bevi in 2013 with the vision of making the
beverage industry environmentally sustainable
by eliminating the need for single-use bottles and
cans. Since Bevi's inception, the company has helped
thousands of organizations across North America
save more than 400 million single-use plastic bottles
collectively and has raised over $160 million in venture
capital to disrupt the bottled beverage industry. The
company continued growing throughout the pandemic
by expanding its customer base beyond offices to include
hotels, schools and factories. Grundy holds an MBA from
MIT and a B.A. in philosophy from Princeton University.
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