John has been in the food service industry for 20 years. John started his culinary career while he was attending Albion College getting his bachelor’s degree in Sports Medicine. After graduating from Albion John decided to get his master’s degree in athletic training from Michigan State University, but while waiting to get into the program John was working full time in the kitchen and fell in love with it. Instead of getting his master degree John enrolled at Macomb Community College and received his associates degree in culinary arts. Working many years as a chef, John has also worked in distributer sales and with other food service brokers. With his background as a chef and in distributer sales John has an inside perspective of the distributer and restaurant dynamic which helps him relate to his customers. Being a resource for his customers is John’s goal.

John lives in Northern Oakland County with his wife Kelly and their two children and three dogs, cat, and fish. He spends his off time up in Traverse City (hunting, fishing, or just relaxing) or driving his children to their different activities. Lifelong Michigan State fan, he also enjoys watching the Red Wings, Lions, and Tigers.

Chuck has been in the food service industry for over 25 years. He has managed restaurants, worked for a food service distributor, as well as a food broker. He attended Macomb Community College where he studied Hospitality Management.

Chuck lives in Clinton Township, Michigan with his wife, Sandra and his two teenage children. When he's not working he enjoys playing golf and coaching baseball. He's also a fan of University Of Michigan Athletics and The Detroit Tigers.

Ron began his food service experience in 1980 working at a local Grand Rapids restaurant chain. He graduated from Cornerstone University, formerly known as Grand Rapids Baptist College. Ron has been with Great Lakes Meat & Deli/Ritchie Marketing Inc since 1994 where he continues to be a valuable part of the team.

Ron is married, has three children and resides in Rockford, Michigan. He is an avid sports fan, and enjoys coaching, hunting, and trying to keep up with my children who are in a variety sports.

Tony joined the RMI team in May of 2012. He has been married to Julia for 22 years. He has two sons, Sean and Shane and has lived in Loveland, Ohio for 12 years. Tony is active in his church and also enjoys coaching and volunteering for his kids sports teams and enjoys playing golf.

A graduate of Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, Tony has spent over 27 years in the food service business as a Restaurant Owner/Operator, Manufacturer’s Sales Representative, District Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, and National Accounts Sales Manager.

Stu joins Ritchie Marketing with 20+ years of food service experience. After graduating from Slippery Rock University with a BS in teaching, Stu spent the next 6 years working in teaching and non-profit. In 1995 Stu entered the food distribution industry working under the guidance of the owner of the John Heineman Company in Pittsburgh. While there, Stu did purchasing, receiving, management of staff and overall day to day operations of this gourmet and specialty food company. After 20 years at Heineman, Stu went to work for Euclid Fish Company In NE Ohio and started their gourmet and specialty food division.

Stu lives in Bridgeville, PA and has three sons, Max, Alex and Eli. He enjoys attending sporting events, playing softball, trivia and good food! He is very excited to be part of the Ritchie team.

Molly David joined the RMI team in September of 2017 with a Foodservice background including retail, retail staff trainer, National Sales Account Manager, Purchasing Assistant and Broker Sales.

Molly has four amazing kids, two studying Engineering at UC, one heading to BGSU in the fall to study Business, and the baby who is stuck with mom for two more years. She enjoys traveling, music, boating, any outdoor activities, reading and spending time with loved ones.

Roger joined the Ritchie Marketing team in July of 2015. He has been in the food service industry for 35 years. The past eight years he has been in food service sales.

He is married to Lois who has 3 grown children and 6 grandchildren.

They live on the north side of Grand Rapids and enjoy traveling, kayaking, gardening and cooking.

Amanda has over 20 year’s experience in the foodservice industry. She has worked in restaurant management as well as retail management before joining the broker world as a sales rep and distributor account manager. Amanda was a distributor sales rep prior to joining Ritchie Marketing.

She is a graduate of Western Kentucky University with a degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management. Amanda resides in Louisville, Kentucky and enjoys spending time with her husband, Harry and son, Tucker.

Jamie joined Ritchie Marketing in July 2012. She came to us with a strong background in both retail and food service. She gained experience working for a fortune 500 company for over 10 years as a National Account Manager on the retail side of the business and left there to raise her family. After that, Jamie gained additional expertise in the specialty food segment developing new distribution in food service.

She graduated from Drake University with a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Management. Jamie loves spending time with her family and is very involved with the activities of her four children.

Haley is the oldest daughter of Jon and Karla. She graduated from Spring Arbor University in 2015 with her degree in Psychology and English Literature. She spent some time working as a social worker in Jackson, MI before moving back to Grand Rapids in July 2017 to join the Ritchie Marketing team. She and Andrew have been married since June 2016. They have two “fur children”: Jax, an Australian Shepherd puppy, and a hedgehog, Leo.

Haley enjoys spending time with friends and family, reading, and being outdoors. She is an avid Texas Longhorns fan and enjoys watching every football game in the fall with her parents.

Keith has been working in the food service industry for just over 32 years, starting out as an apprentice and eventually working up to the position of Chef. Born and raised in Indiana his entire career has focused on the various hotels, country clubs and privately owned restaurants as well as health care/assisted living facilities in and around the Indianapolis area. Keith is married and has 3 children and four wonderful granddaughters. In his spare time he and his wife Kim love to hike and both are into photography.

Joining Ritchie Marketing in early 2015, Cathy has worked in restaurants all through school as a server & bartender. She started her sales career in 1994 as the Midwest Account Manager for Harley-Davidson Dealer Systems. After twelve fun years she decided to leave the "Harley-Davidson way of life" and went back to her roots in food service! She has spent the past nine years in Restaurant Management, Food Service Distribution Sales and Food Service Brokerage.

She is a lifelong resident of North-East Ohio, currently residing in the snow Capitol! She enjoys spending time with her children and family, attending school activities, sporting events and finding time for the gym! She is very excited to become part of the Ritchie Marketing team!

Dan Halling Jr, known in many circles as ‘Junior’ has been in the food service business since he was 16, starting in country clubs and hotels before finally settling into the food service sales aspect in 1987. Dan is married with two children and spends his free time with his family attending sporting events, concerts and comedy acts.

Dan is a graduate of Michigan State, but is a die-hard Michigan fan. His goal is to bring a positive presence to every situation he's in.

Jennifer has a Business degree from the University of South Florida and has worked in the foodservice industry for 11 years.

She is an avid golfer and enjoys hiking, fishing and the outdoors. She and her husband Jack recently moved to the “country” and have started gardening as a new hobby. They also enjoy cookouts with friends and family and hanging out with the grandkids.

DeeDee has worked in the food service industry for the past 25 years. She co-owned and co-managed a very successful restaurant in University Park Mall in Mishawaka, Indiana. She has been in the food brokerage business for the past 5 years. She is very excited to recently become part of the Ritchie Marketing Team.

DeeDee enjoys a large circle of friends and family. On her time off she enjoys being at her cottage on Diamond Island boating and enjoying the outdoors. She also enjoys golfing and walking her dog.

She worked her first food show at the age of 13 and fell in love with the food service industry. She has worked in both distribution and in food service sales, but her passion is sales. She has over thirty-six years of sales and marketing experience and has been with Ritchie Marketing for the past 7 years.

Pam has been married for over 20 years to the love of her life. She has six children, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.

I recently moved to the Pittsburgh area from AZ where I was the VP of the Foods division of a fellow IBA member. Prior to that I worked for Sara Lee Foodservice in different capacities originally as the specialist in the Protein Category and then into the full line of Sara Lee. The rest of my career from the beginning was mostly all with Con Agra and its affiliates.

My Family includes wife Cathy, daughters Nicole, Megan and Ashley. Together they blessed me with 8 beautiful Grandchildren. My hobbies include hunting, golf and spending time outdoors. I am very Happy to be a part of the Ritchie organization.

Tony has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Robert Morris University, where he worked his way through college in the restaurant industry. He started his food service career in operations during high school and worked up the ladder to General manager for a couple restaurants chains.

Tony worked in food service distribution sales for over 20 years before entering the brokerage business in 2009. He absolutely love this business and am extremely happy to have the opportunity to work for a true leader in the industry at Ritchie Marketing.

In his personal time, he is running around being a fan of my son Michael and all his activities. He also enjoys outdoor activities, which include hunting, fishing, snow skiing and golf.

Jed has over 40 years experience in all facets of the food service industry beginning in her family’s restaurant and covering Hotel & Restaurant Management, Distributor Sales, VP of Distributor Sales, Brokerage Business Development Management, and Broker Account Executive. She joined the RMI team in Nov. of 2017 and handles Independent Distributors and Key Accounts in the Cleveland Market.

Native “Hoosier” with 21 years foodservice sales experience in both manufacturer and broker positions. Steve and his wife of 37 years, Barbara, have nine children and presently nineteen grandchildren. Recently hired by Ritchie Marketing, Steve enjoys spending time with his large family and working on their 100 year old house in historic downtown Franklin, Indiana.

Lynn joined the Ritchie Marketing Team in 2010. She has been in the food brokerage business for the last fourteen years. Prior to entering the food industry she owned her own interior design business.

Lynn resides in northern Kentucky. She is the proud mother of two grown children and the proud grandmother of her two grandchildren. She loves to travel, cooking, gardening and decorating.

Jeanne has thirty plus cumulative years in the food service industry from running her own successful catering business, restaurant management and foodservice sales in Southeast Michigan and for the past few years in the Food Brokerage Business. She is very happy to be part of the Ritchie Marketing Team working with Independent Distributors.

She is married to Don, three Wonderful Step-Children and five Remarkable Grand-Children. Enjoys spending time at her Cottage on Lake Erie in Amherstburg Ontario with Family and Friends, Cooking, Boating and Fishing.

Tom has a degree in Hospitality Management from Grand Valley State University and has worked in the foodservice industry for 7 years, including restaurant-resort management and sales. He spent 10 years as a National Sales Manager in the golf & sports turf industry prior to his return to foodservice.

He enjoys coaching youth sports, is an avid sports fan, and particularly enjoy the game of golf. He currently resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his wife, 3 boys and man’s best friend.

Bill has worked in the food industry for the past 20 years, the last 18 as a food service broker rep. He started with Ritchie Marketing in that role November of 2011.

Bill is married to Bonnie and has one daughter and one granddaughter. He enjoys spending his free time fishing, hunting and playing golf.

Dale has been with Ritchie Marketing for the past 30+ years. Dale started working for his brother Tom Ritchie back in the 1980’s and enjoys working Tom’s son Jon Ritchie as we move forward into the future.

Dale is married to Colleen and they have two grown children that live in the Grand Rapids area. He enjoys working with our church and spending time with our family that lives, mostly still in Michigan. I also spend time working on a couple of Classic cars in my garage and working in my yard.

Jon is a life-long resident of west Michigan. He is a graduate of Davenport College in Grand Rapids. Jon started his career with Ritchie Marketing working part time in the warehouse while in high school. During college he worked full time for his father, Tom Ritchie, as the warehouse manager and a sales rep. After college he continued his sales career and got into sales management, ultimately buying out the other partners of Ritchie Marketing in 2006.

Jon is married to Karla and they have three teenage daughters. He enjoys playing golf, hunting, riding his Harley, college football and spending time with family at the cottage.

Karla has recently joined the Ritchie Marketing team in customer service. She is married to Jon and has 3 daughters. She currently resides in Grand Rapids.

She enjoys playing golf, attending her kids sporting events, and just spending time with family and friends.

Dennis comes to Ritchie Marketing with 35 years of foodservice experience, 19 years as manufactures rep and 16 years with brokers in Southeast Michigan. He is a graduate of Central Michigan University with degree in Marketing.

Dennis is married to Jan and they have 4 grown children and one grandchild and lives in Commerce Twp. In his spare time he enjoys umpiring baseball from ages 18 & younger, cycling, golfing and being an active member of our church in Novi, MI.

Bernie has been part of the Ritchie Marketing team since 1996. She has three grown married children. They have blessed her with three grandchildren. Since she is inside during the work day, she enjoys being outside working in her garden or just looking out over the fields from her back yard. She is a country gal.

Steve comes to Ritchie Marketing Inc. with over 30 years of experience as a chef at some of metro Detroit’s most well-known restaurants. He is a graduate of Dearborn Divine Child H.S. and Schoolcraft College’s prestigious Culinary Arts program. Steve has a passion for food and a vast amount of experience that has afforded him the opportunity to do teaching and consulting in addition to appearing many times on local tv showcasing his culinary expertise. He is an avid fan of college football, especially the Michigan Wolverines. Go Blue!!

Steve currently resides in Farmington Hills with his wife and their 2 fur-babies.

Brent Smith joined the Ritchie Marketing Team February of 2018 and is working with our Gordon Food Service dedicated team. Brent covers Grand Rapids/Holland/South Haven Commercial and Non-Commercial, as well as the Fruits, Vegetable and Dairy category at Gordon Food Service corporate. Brent extensive background in food service includes working for manufacturers (Campbell Soup), Distribution (Gordon Food Service) as well as brokers (MVP and The Core Group).

Jill has an extensive food service back ground that includes 12 years in sales and 8 years in contract and restaurant management. She is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University with a BS in Hospitality Management.

She moved to Indianapolis area where she met her husband. In their spare time they enjoy gardening, entertaining and traveling on the Harley. She enjoy sports and is a big Michigan State Spartans fan.

Ken has been in the food brokerage industry for over 25 years both on the Retail and Foodservice sides of the business. Ken also spent a couple years working for food service distribution before coming to work for Ritchie Marketing in 2004. He has held various positions in the industry including Sales Manager and Account Executive.

Ken is married to a wonderful lady and has three grown sons and two grandchildren. He is a graduate of the University of Toledo.

25 Years in the Foodservice Industry. A former Executive Chef, Restaurant owner and Caterer. Jason pulls from his culinary and business experience to add knowledge to the Brokerage service he provides through Ritchie Marketing. Food has always been his passion. Now, he is helping customers find the products they want while giving manufacturers the channel they need to move their products. Jason is happy to be a part of the team at Ritchie Marketing and he looks forward to working with Gordon Food Service cliental and all the great manufacturers he represents.

Jeff has been in the brokerage business for 23 years with his father Ron. Jeff has a degree in business management from IUPUI. Recently hired by Ritchie Marketing, Jeff enjoys youth coaching, spending time with his three daughters and fiancée, playing softball and is an avid Harley enthusiast.

Ron has been in the brokerage business for 30 years and was previously in retail food sales management for 18 years. Ron has been married to Pat for 55 years. New to Ritchie Marketing, Ron enjoys playing golf and spending time with his four grandchildren and his great grandson with another great grandchild on the way.

Mark comes to us with 11 years of operational experience in the restaurant industry in both front and back of the house with national restaurant chains as well as 18 years of experience in the food broker industry. He graduated from the University of Rio Grande in southern Ohio with a degree in Business Management and credits his jobs while in college leading to his chosen career path in the industry.

In his spare time, Mark is a weekend warrior in golf, loves to travel, attend muscle car shows, and watch his nieces and nephews grow into young men and women. An avid college sports fan in general, an OSU Buckeye fan specifically and a general fan of good people and good food!

Mark joined the RMI team in July 2017. Mark has been in the food service industry for over 20 years. He has worked for a food service distributor, as well as a food broker. He graduated from Cedarville University with a BA in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing.

Mark is married, has two children and resides in Beavercreek Ohio. He is an avid sports fan, and really enjoys the game of golf. Mark loves to travel, enjoys supporting his OSU Buckeye football, and spending time with his family.

I started in the foodservice industry in 1984 with culinary training. I also have experience selling operators directly: various seafood, cooked & raw protein items, desserts & appetizers, and various forms of pasta. From 2012-2018 I was the Director of Sales & Marketing for Mama Mucci’s Pasta.

Mark is a life-long resident of Wisconsin as well as a Packer and Brewers fan. He has been in the food business at both retail and food service since 1982. A recent addition to the Ritchie Marketing team, Mark looks forward to working with customers and bringing them solutions.

In his spare time Mark enjoys camping with his family, reading, woodworking and occasionally riding his motorcycle. Mark and his wife have two grown sons and two grandchildren.