Mark Baum

Food Marketing Institute, Inc. develops, promotes, and conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) is an American company that manages food, beverage, household, and personal care products for companies worldwide. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The company focuses on health and wellness, particularly reducing childhood obesity by being transparent with food labels and educating youth about their relationship with food. GMA Brands provides expert reviews on meal brands and comparison articles to help consumers make informed buying decisions. Geoff Freeman has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Carbon Merger Subsidiary, Inc. provides clients with business design and performance improvement, information advantage, customer impact and execution services. The business design and performance improvement services translate the strategy into a realistic design for meeting growth and profit objectives. The information advantage services help clients make better decisions about opportunities and risks by extracting the untapped value of data and by increasing the value of information management investments. The customer impact services help companies design and implement superior experiences across all interactions, which lead to passionate, profitable customer relationships. The execution services turn high-level strategies into measurable results. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.