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DANIELLE MANY
Account Manager
Quaker Tropicana Gatorade Sales
Woodstock, GA

Years with company
3

Duties
I interact with headquarters buyers to execute annual agreements for Gatorade and Tropicana within the convenience store channel.

Reason for joining NEW
I think it is very important to connect with women within the working force to share various experiences.

Education
BS, University of South Carolina

Personal interests
I am married with two boys, Matthew, 5, and Sam, 3. In my spare time, I enjoy running and reading, however not simultaneously.

LUCINDA SHEER
Director, Region Sales
RJReynolds Tobacco Company
Charlotte, NC

Years with company
27

Duties
Manage 9 percent of national business throughout North Carolina and Virginia and 109 employees.

Reason for joining NEW
To understand better how to be more effective in my current job and to better myself for potential positions. To interact with other women who have fought the same battles that I have and learn from their best practices.

Education
B.S., Ohio State University

Personal interests
Married 20 years, two children, Andy and Lane. Andy is entering North Carolina State in the fall. I enjoy cooking and reading fiction.

JANICE M. TALERICO
Director, Retail Development
Giant Eagle Inc.
Pittsburgh

Years with company
11

Duties
I am responsible for the 81 independent stores in our chain. This includes developing relationships with the owners, addressing any issues they have, monitoring their cash flow and their ability to continue operating, completing deals such as sales of stores, transfers of ownership, closing stores if necessary and any other general issues that come up related to the independent owners.

Reason for joining NEW
To network with professional women and learn about the challenges they face in the workplace and the ways they handle resolution of those issues.

Education
B.S. in accounting, CPA

Personal interests
I have 12 nieces and nephews, love photography and gardening.

ROB WRAY
Partner
Rob Wray Marketing
Los Angeles

Years with company
2

Duties
I develop websites, advertising, sales materials, newsletters and PR for companies in the CPG and retail industries. I am also editor of the Network of Executive Women’s NetworkNEWs. My clients include NEW, CPGjoblist, Energy Multi-Vitamin Enhanced Water Corp., and Liberty Imports.

Reason for joining NEW
Diversity is what makes America great. I am proud to to support NEW, an organization that is helping diversify the leadership of our industry.

Education
University of Maryland European College

Personal interests
I love travel, history, cars and reading about the Civil War. I am writing my first novel, a mystery set in Hollywood.

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