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Women of Influence in the Food Industry
The Griffin Report of Food Marketing
February 2014
Mentors and how they have assisted you in your career:
Advice for upcoming younger executives:
My father, André Daguin, and Roger Duffour, who taught me everything about the culinary traditions of Gascony. Julia Child, who counseled and encouraged the beginning of D’Artagnan.
Surround yourself with people smarter than you.
rum (WFF), committee volunteer, and lead for McCain Foods Women Impacting Storebrand Excellence (WISE) founder and Board Chair, 2011-present
Hobbies: Cooking, traveling, music.
Mentors and how they have assisted you in your career:
What are you most proud of in your career achievements? Do you have a defining moment of your career to date? :
ARIANE DAGUIN D’Artagnan
Years with company: 28 Current position: CEO Education, degrees and professional/volunteer organizations: French Baccalaureat mention Organizations: James Beard Foundation, City Harvest, Share our Strength, Les Dames de l’Escoffier.
PEGGY S. DAVIES
Last June, end of our 28th year, realizing that at $70 million in sales, we are debt free and achieved efficiencies both in Chicago and in Newark to continually improve profitability while growing sales.
McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Years with company: 14 Current position: VP Indus-
trial Sales and Vegetable Business Unit
Most challenging part of your job:
Education, degrees and professional/volunteer organizations: BA Sociology, Wilkes
Sourcing. Not compromising the quality of the meats we provide means that we have to constantly identify, convince and add farmers to our group.
University, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. PLMA Board of Directors, 1993 to present Global Women’s Leadership Forum, Advisory Board, 2012-Present Women’s Food Service Fo-
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Walt Sunkel (Dad): think before you speak Irene Sunkel (Mom): demonstrated through her personal success that you can do anything you set your mind to and be successful while being a lady Harry Mattern (owner, Mattern’s Florist - college years): it’s OK to try and fail Paul Nester (manager, late ’70s/early ’80s, while employed at James O. Brown & Sons): private brand creation and marketing, partnering with private brand manufacturers and retailers to successfully market private brand products Ben Frega (manager, ’90s, while employed at Agrilink Foods): saw my potential with promotion from sales manager to VP Sales Maureen O’Brien (CEO, Global Women’s Leadership Forum): getting out of your
comfort zone
What are you most proud of in your career achievements? Moving from inside sales to outside sales Marrying my husband, Paul
Do you have a defining moment of your career to date? VP Sales at Birds Eye and McCain Foods USA Inc. Chair-PLMA Board of Directors 2003-2004, first and to date only female Lead McCain Foods Women’s Business Resource Group (2011)
Achievements: Inception of WISE 11/2011, introduced to the store brand industry 11/2012, 11/2013. Organization in one year has partnered with more than 25 companies and 170 members to foster diverse collaboration and provide leadership that drives the continued success of the industry PLMA Hall of Fame: inducted March 2013 Top Women in Grocery, November 2013 Illinois Commission on Diversity and Human Relations, Annual Martin Luther King honor (January 2014).
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