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GMA Leadership
 Pamela G. Bailey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Grocery Manufacturers Association
Pamela G. Bailey is president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). GMA represents the world's leading food, beverage and consumer products companies. The association promotes sound public policy, champions initiatives that increase productivity and growth and helps to protect the safety and security of the food supply through scientific excellence. The GMA board of directors is comprised of chief executive officers from the association's member companies. The $2.1 trillion food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry employs 14 million workers, and contributes over $1 trillion in added value to the nation's economy.
Prior to joining GMA, Bailey was president and CEO of the Personal Care Products Council (formerly the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association) from April 2005 to January 2009. She served as president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) from 1999 to 2005. When the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), an organization of more than 50 healthcare industry chief executives, was founded in 1988, Bailey was named its president and CEO, a post she held until 1999.
From 1975 to 1981, Bailey was director of government relations for the American Hospital Supply Corporation. In 1981, she was nominated by President Reagan and confirmed by the Senate to serve as assistant secretary for public affairs for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
In 1987, she was named president of the National Committee for Quality Health Care (NCQHC).
Bailey is currently a director of Greatbatch Technologies, Inc. and MedCath Corporation. She also serves on the board of GS1 US and is vice chair of the Partnership for Food Safety Education. She is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100, a network of leading association executives. From 1997 to 2006, Bailey was a director of the American Stores Company and Albertsons, Inc.
Bailey is a Trustee of Franklin and Marshall College and is a Trustee Emeritus of the Holton-Arms School.
Born and raised in Reading, Pennsylvania, she is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College (A.B., 1970). She is married and has five children.
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 Mary Sophos
Executive Vice President for Policy and Strategic Planning
Mary Sophos serves as the senior vice president
and chief government affairs officer. She is responsible for developing
strategy and providing senior leadership, staff management and financial oversight of the GMA International, Federal
and State Affairs programs. Prior to the GMA merger, Sophos served as Senior Vice President
of Government Affairs and Chief Government Affairs Officer for the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)
where she was responsible for the development and implementation of government affairs public policy goals
at the state, federal and international levels. Sophos addresses federal and state legislative and regulatory
policy governing foods and consumer products. She works on issues such as allergens, nutrition, food standards
and warnings, labeling, taxes, recycling, environmental/chemical standards and warnings, water, privacy,
counterfeiting, transportation, worker safety and biotechnology.
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 Steve McCroddan, CPA
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
As senior vice president and CFO, Steve McCroddan heads up and is responsible for the
finance and accounting,
information technologies and facilities departments at GMA. He has been working for 10 plus years
in the accounting and finance department for GMA
and the former FPA. Prior to that Mr. McCroddan worked for KPMG, Peat Marwick as a
Senior Manager in the Audit Group for 13 years.
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 Scott Faber
Vice President, Federal Affairs
Scott Faber is the GMA vice president of
federal Affairs. In this role, Faber
oversees policy development and advocacy
for GMA. Prior to joining GMA, Faber
served as an expert on food, agriculture
and water policies for two national
environmental organizations. He serves on
the Board of Directors for Protected
Harvest, a certification organization,
and has served on federal advisory
committees on agriculture and energy
issues. Faber holds a Juris Doctorate.
from Georgetown University Law Center.
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 Scott
Riehl
Vice President, State Government Affairs and Associate Counsel
Scott Riehl brings 20 years of direct
lobbying, legal and legislative staff
experience to his as role as GMA vice
president of state government affairs and
associate counsel. Riehl’s team of three
regional directors and one senior
representative works in all fifty states
on CPG, business, environmental and
health legislative issues. Prior to
joining GMA, Riehl headed the government
affairs division for the Food Products
Association, directing the federal and
state divisions. Riehl was also vice
president of Stateside Associates and in
the legal arena, he was with the
Washington office of Seyfarth, Shaw,
Fairweather and Geraldson, where he
specialized in the firm's government
contracts practice.
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 James Skiles
Vice President and General Counsel
Jim Skiles is responsible for legal and regulatory issues
concerning the association. Before joining GMA in 1995, Skiles served as the associate general counsel of the Cosmetic,
Toiletry and Fragrance Association. He also held a variety of senior positions in the Bureau of Consumer Protection at
the Federal Trade Commission, where he was primarily involved in law enforcement initiatives relating to advertising
of food, over-the-counter drugs and cigarettes. Additionally, Skiles worked for the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights
under Law in Washington, where he litigated cases involving the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and housing discrimination.
Skiles received his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a Juris Doctorate degree from Georgetown University
Law Center. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.
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 Sean McBride
Vice President, Communications
Mr. McBride serves as vice president of
communications for GMA where he directs the association’s external
affairs efforts, including brand marketing, media relations and policy communications activity. Sean has twenty years
of experience in public relations, crisis communications and political campaign management. For the past decade, he has
developed and implemented strategic communications programs for a wide variety of private and not-for-profit organizations,
including the National Soft Drink Association (NSDA), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Porter Novelli Public Affairs and
The Coca-Cola Company.
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 Carla Mitchell, SPHR
Vice President, Human Resources
Ms. Mitchell is responsible for the association's strategic HR initiatives and employee programs, including
recruitment and retention, benefits and compensation, training and development, performance management systems,
employee relations and organizational development. She obtained her Master's degree in Human Resources Management
from Marymount University, with additional graduate level education in Industrial and Organizational Psychology at
the University of Akron in Ohio. She received her Senior Professional in HR certification from the Society of
Human Resource Management.
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 Patrick Brookover
Vice President, Membership and Meetings Services
In his role, Brookover is tasked with engaging current member and potential new member companies in the daily work of the association and also oversees GMA’s world-class events and meetings. With over twenty years of experience, Patrick is dedicated to providing excellent member service and brings to this position extensive association management experience in the areas of new member recruitment, member engagement and retention and marketing and sales. Most recently, Brookover served as director of membership services and sales for the American Council of Engineering Companies, where he oversaw all exhibit sales, sponsorships, magazine ads and online job board sales.
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