Past Award Recipients


Past Outstanding Board Service Recipients

2010:Doug Barber, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
2009:Lorna Donatone (WFF Treasurer): Sodexo, President, School Services; Linda Pharr (WFF Chair and Interim President); Carin Stutz (WFF Member-at-Large); Gretchen Sussman (WFF Member-at-Large): Primo Water, VP Business Development; Maureen Hurley (WFF Secretary): Rich Products Corporation, EVP/Chief Admin. Officer; Mike Archer (WFF Member-at-Large): Applebee's Services, Inc., President; Mary O’Broin (WFF Chair Elect): Unilever Foodsolutions, VP Marketing; Fritzi Woods (WFF Vice Chair): PrimeSource Foodservice Equipment, Inc., CEO and President; Veena Purl (WFF Member-at-Large): T&T Consulting, President
2008:Linda Pharr,  Chief Foodservice Relations Officer, Batrus Hollweg International
2007:Frank Steed, President & CEO, The Steed Consultancy
2006:Paula J. Shives, SVP, General Counsel and Secretary, Darden Restaurants, Inc.
2005:Bill Gisel, COO, Rich Products Corporation; Dave Smallwood, VP of Multi-Unit Sales, SYSCO
2004:Peggy Marshall-Mims, President,Marshall Mims and Co.
2003:Leslie Sharman, Senior Vice President of Carlson Restaurants Worldwide.
2002:Joan Ray, Senior Vice President of Elliot Associates.
2001:Lee Ellen Hayes, Senior Vice President, Industry Relations, NRAEF
2000:Joanne Plichta, Ph.D., Chief R & D/QA Officer, Tricon-KFC Corporation
1999:Karen Settlemyer, VP Product Development/Purchasing, California Pizza Kitchen
1998:Gwen Sheard, Employment Law Counsel, Friendly Ice Cream Corporation