Managing Partner, Sterling-Rice Group
With over 30 years of industry experience, Amy is a global food-marketing specialist with a flair and passion for developing award-winning B2C and B2B communication, marketing innovation programs and culinary experiences for some of the nation’s most prestigious brands, restaurant chains, and global commodities. Her relationships in the close-knit food community run deep, including media, agricultural and culinary thought leaders, foodservice operators and chefs, food scientists, and leading retailers. Amy also developed SRG StreetDive™, a proprietary culinary immersion and ideation think tank for B2B food professionals and their customers, designed to identify new trends from a street view and stimulate fresh thinking in R&D.
A strong believer of integrated marketing solutions that drive revenue, Amy has extensive expertise in strategic planning, branding, consumer and trade advertising, public relations, culinary innovation, media planning, event marketing, sales support, and trend tracking.
Amy is active on the speaking circuit and media front, sharing her insights at Culinary Institute of America reTHINK Foods/MIT conference, Healthy Menus Collaborative, Healthy Kid’s Conference, Prepared Foods Conference, Expo West, IFT and Future Food Tech. Active in the F&B industry, Amy is a Culinary Institute of America Fellow, member of the Women’s Foodservice Forum and Women’s Foodservice Alliance and serves on various boards and strategic advisory councils for established and emerging F&B companies nationwide.