Jim Sterbenz — Senior Vice President of U.S. Sales at Campbell Soup Company

Mr. Jim Sterbenz has been Senior Vice President of U.S. Sales at Campbell Soup Company since June 15, 2017. Mr. Sterbenz directs Campbell's integrated selling efforts for retail sales across the Americas Simple Meals & Beverages, U.S. Biscuit & Bakery and Campbell Fresh business units. He also serves as the executive sponsor for both the Campbell Network of Executive Women and the Campbell Parent Connection and he is the executive working team member of the Black Resource Group affinity network. Mr. Sterbenz joined Campbell as Vice President-Sales, Godiva Wholesale in 2006. He served as Vice President-Sales Planning, Strategy and Retail Execution at Campbell since 2008 and he transitioned to Vice President-Sales Growth Channels in 2012. A year later, he was named Vice President-U.S. Retail Sales and in 2015 he advanced to Senior Vice President-U.S. Retail, responsible for sales strategy through execution for Campbell's soup, simple meals, beverages and innovation portfolios, as well as driving sales capability, customer focus and joint business planning excellence. He led joint business planning for the U.S. Retail sales organization and industry affairs for the company. Mr. Sterbenz previously led the convenience store team at Mars/MasterFoods and worked at other consumer packaged goods companies including Kraft Foods, Nabisco and Dial Corporation. He has held headquarters- and field-based roles in customer marketing, direct sales and broker management. Mr. Sterbenz earned his B.S. degree in marketing and management from Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., and his M.B.A. degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, N.J.