UTom Dempsey, owayenguMongameli wangaphambilini we-UTZ Quality Foods, Inc., uqokelwe esikhundleni sokuba yi-Chief Executive Officer yeSnack Ukudla Association (SFA), kusuka ngoJulayi 1, 2013.
UJim McCarthy, uMongameli weSFA kusukela ngo-1999, uzoqhubeka njengoMongameli we-SFA futhi uzogxila ekuthuthukiseni ubukhona be-SFA ezinhlakeni zombuso, zombuso nezamazwe omhlaba. Ubungcweti bukaMcCarthy kwezobudlelwano nohulumeni budume eWashington, lapho abephethe khona izikhundla zabasebenzi eCapitol Hill, ne-federal regulatory agency, iFortune 500 food corporation kanye nezomthetho nezinkampani zenqubomgomo yomphakathi.
"Ngijabule ukumemezela ukuthi uTom Dempsey uzojoyina iSFA njenge-CEO futhi ngibheke phambili ebuholini bakhe njengoba sifuna ukwakha inhlangano yethu ngekusasa," kusho uSihlalo we-SFA uWilliam (Chip) Mann II, uMongameli & Umnikazi Wakho, uPretzels , Inc. “Sizokwazi ukuzuza emandleni nasebuholini bukaTom ekuqhubekiseleni phambili i-SFA - nakulwazi nobungcweti bukaJim emkhakheni wezindaba zikahulumeni obaluleke kakhulu. Ngibona sengathi siwenyuse kakhulu amandla ethimba lobuholi beSFA. ”
UMann uthe uDempsey uzogxila ekusizeni ukukhulisa inani le-SFA kumalungu ayo ngenkathi esiza ukwakha isu lesikhathi eside elizokwenza ukuthi inhlangano iphumelele kakhulu kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo.
UDempsey, umakadebona weminyaka engama-24 wase-Utz nosihlalo we-SFA ka-2007, uhlela ukuhambela izinkampani ezingamalungu nezamabhizinisi njengengxenye yemizamo yokucela imibono nokusiza abaphathi bezinkampani ekusebenziseni ubulungu babo beSFA ukuze kuhlomule imboni nezinkampani zabo.
"Njengomuntu owayengumphathi wemboni, ngiyilungu le-SFA futhi nginguSihlalo wangaphambili, ngiyazi ukuthi le nhlangano ibaluleke kangakanani embonini nasezinkampanini zethu," kusho uDempsey. "Inhloso yethu ukwakha i-SFA enamandla ngokwengeziwe ekhulisa ukubaluleka kwawo wonke amalungu ethu."
UMann ubonge uMcCarthy ngokusiza ukubeka iSFA esimeni sezimali esiqine kakhulu. "Manje njengoba engeke esaba nesibopho sokuphatha usuku nosuku usoseshini, uJim uzokwazi ukugxila kuthalente lakhe kanye nobuchwepheshe bakhe endaweni ebaluleke kakhulu ebudlelwaneni bukahulumeni ukuze kuzuze amalungu ethu," esho. . "Akungatshazwa ukuthi izinselelo zilokhu zikhula kuwo wonke amazinga kahulumeni."
"Ngibheke phambili ekusebenzeni neBhodi le-SFA kanye ne-CEO entsha ukuletha imiphumela emikhulu yobudlelwano nohulumeni kusoseshini nasembonini yethu," kusho uMcCarthy.
UDempsey ubambe izikhundla zokuphatha ezahlukahlukene noDun & Bradstreet, Avon Products noCJ Clark NA ngaphambi kokujoyina i-Utz. UMnu Dempsey uthweswe iziqu eColgate University one-BA in Sociology. Umdabu waseWilliamsport, PA, uMnu. Dempsey usebenze kumabhodi e-United Cerebral Palsy yaseNingizimu Central Pennsylvania, i-YMCA yaseHanover, i-York County Community Foundation kanye ne-Sweet Charities yaseHanover futhi njengamanje usebenza emabhodini eColgate University Alumni Council , iDelta Upsilon Foundation yaseColgate University, futhi usanda kuqokwa kwiKhomishani Yokuqala Yokutshalwa Kwezimali Kahulumeni.
Ngaphambi kokujoyina iSFA, uMcCarthy wayemele iThe Hershey Company ehhovisi labo eWashington DC. Ubuye wasebenza kubasebenzi beSenate Subcommittee yase-Federal on Spending Practices of the Senate Government Affairs Committee. Ongowokuzalwa eWashington DC, uMcCarthy ubesebenza kwiBhodi yeBoys & Girls Club yaseWashington DC futhi njengamanje usebenza kwiBhodi yeSo Others Might Eat (SOME). UMcCarthy uneziqu zomthetho azithola eColumbus School of Law yaseCatholic University, iziqu ze-MBA azithole e-American University kanye neziqu ze-BA kwezesayensi yezepolitiki azithola eBoston University.