From left: Peter Bisaccia, Panhandle Milling, Inc., Denver; Tedd and Dawn Kruse ADM Milling & Baking Solutions, Decatur, Ill.; Andrea Gillmar and Chris Gillmar, ADM Milling & Baking Solutions, Decatur.

From left: Karl Rove, political strategist, Washington; Emily Turano, Turano Baking Co., Chicago; and Joseph Turano, Turano Baking Co.

From left: Alexander Salameh, Bakery de France, Rockville, Md.; Mark Salman, Middleby Bakery, Plano, Texas; Xenia Gazi Salman, Middleby Bakery; and Laura Salameh, Bakery de France.

From left: Erin Ball, Grain Foods Foundation, Washington; Christopher Wolfe, Bimbo Bakeries, USA, Horsham, Pa.; Valerie Wayland, Flowers Foods, Tucker, Ga., and George Wayland.

From left: Kerwin Brown, BEMA, Leawood, Kan.; Kristen Spriggs, American Society of Baking, Carmel, Ind.; and Eric Dell, American Bakers Association, Washington.

From left: Olivia and James Boddicker, Sosland Publishing and Bruce King, Grain Craft, Overland Park, Kan.

From left: Jim Warren, Reading Bakery Systems, Reading, Pa.; Janet Warren, Reading Bakery Systems; Linda Newsome, Markel Food Group, Richmond, Va.; and Ken Newsome, Markel Food Group.

From left: Barry Thrutchley, Puratos US Pennsauken, NJ.; Paul Bakus, Puratos US; Pierre Tossut, Puratos Global Headquarters, Brussels; Jaina Wald, Puratos US; Frederik Lievens, Puratos Global Headquarters, Brussels; Andrew Brimacombe, Puratos US headquarters; and Joe Layton, Puratos US Headquarters.

From left: Antonio Vieira, Lallemand Baking; Antoine Chagnon, Sharon Nankervis, Bill Nankervis, Daniel Stierli, and Audrey St. Onge, all with Lallemand Baking, Montreal.

From left: Jane Murphy, Mother Murphy’s, Greensboro, NC.; Gary and Lisa Cain, Cain Food Industries, Dallas; and Morgan Murphy, Mother Murphy’s.

From left: Bradley Cain, Cain Food Industries, Dallas; Jason Stricker, Shick Esteve, Kansas City; Jesse Amoroso, Amoroso’s Bakery, Philadelphia; Jen DeSouza, Signature Baking Co., Dallas; and Karli Bachman, Cain Food Industries.  

Alicia Rivera, left, Bimbo Bakeries USA, Fort Worth, Texas, with Ramon Rivera, Bimbo Bakeries USA.

From left, standing: Trey Sebus, Bartlett Milling, Kansas City; Crockett Cobble, Jennings-Cobble, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Hayden Wands, Bimbo Bakeries USA, Fort Worth, Texas. Seated, Carrie Sebus, Bartlett Milling, and Monte White, REPCO, Salina, Kan.

From left: Brad Burris, D. Thomas Associates, High Point, NC.; Mike Gude, Sosland Publishing, Kansas City; Tom McCurry, Cain Food industries, Dallas; Bill McCurry, retired; Gary Cain, Cain Food Industries; Dale Lecrone, Lematic, Inc., Jackson, Mich.; and Dean Modglin, LeSaffre, Milwaukee.

From left: Jessica Weston, Perfect Day, Charlottesville, Va.; John Watercott, Ardent Mills, Minneapolis; and Kyle Whisler, Ardent Mills, Indianapolis.