Honor Grounds is a patriotic marketing program to support military veterans and their families by introducing high quality coffee products to retail and food service markets around the country. 

 

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Background on the Principles

John G. Salterio

A graduate of a private business school majoring in business administration. Post graduate education in cost accounting and business finance.

Work Experience Includes
- Worked in the family business from age 10 - 22. (Family business interests have been established for over 150 years.)

- Hired by a regional Vending / Coffee Service Company to expand sales and marketing area from New England to the Mid - Atlantic States. Established eight decentralized office locations and helped build revenues from 2.5M to 14M in seven years.

- Built and still owns a successful Vending/OCS/Bottled Water distribution business in Eastern Pennsylvania.

 - Developed Consolidated Services from a seed concept to a diversified service company with over forty clients around the country and in Canada.

- Expanded Consolidated Services to include business valuation and merger/acquisitions services. Co-Founded Embassy Services to provide additional consulting and NAM Services to our clients.

 

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Jeff D. Gehman

- B.S. Business Administration, State University of New York, M.S. Business Administration/Food Marketing, Saint Joseph’s University.

- Managing design, construction and subsequent operations of two food distribution centers.

- Integration of Sales, Customer Service, Materials Management and Delivery Systems in North America for perishable gourmet dairy producer.

- Growing sales of regional bottled water manufacturer 250% in eight years and creating a coffee subsidiary serving retail, office and food service segments.  

- Instrumental with acquisition and merger activity at bottled water manufacturer.

- Twenty-five years of experience in the food and beverage manufacturing with Fortune 500, International and Regional Family businesses. 

- Specific industry experience includes distribution system design and operations, product marketing, product development, sales system training and sales management.

Personal Information
Jeff lives in Ephrata, Pennsylvania with his wife Mary and two daughters.  In addition he is currently an active board member with Sempac Corporation, Akron Grace E.C. Church, Breakthroughs Institute and Co-chairs the Taste of Lancaster benefit for the Central Pa. Food Bank.  

 

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Daniel R. Boudreau

- A graduate of the Maine Technical College system and University of Southern Maine.  Attained degrees in hospitality management and business administration.    

- A foodservice background specializing in food and beverage management and dietetics.  Held contract foodservice management position with Donovan and Donovan Vending.

- Held management positions with Sodexho/Marriot, Colby College and Unity College.  Effectively evolved foodservice operations into profit centers.

- Performed as territory sales representative for Anheuser Busch and Toshiba manufacturers.      

- Employed 8 years as the sales manager for Fred's Coffee and Vending.  Specialized in the product development and utilization of coffee/water service programs.  

Personal Information
Dan and his family live in Fairfield Maine.  As a veteran of Desert Storm, he has recently retired from the Maine Army Reserve after serving 20 years.

 

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Gary Pretzer

- A graduate of private university with a degree in business administration

- Bought a small one man vending company in 1974. Developed this small local company into a regionally recognized vending and food service company.

- Diversified our vending business into refreshment services including bottled water and coffee service with over 1500 customers.

- Utilized merger and acquisition skills to acquire several refreshment service companies over the last five years.

- Formed a strategic alliance with, and latter joined forces with, Consolidated Services Group, to provide M & A services to the OCS and Vending industry.

- Co-Founded Embassy Services to provide additional consulting and NAM Services to our clients

- Served on the board of Governors for IAMC, and the board of directors for BVA.

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Don Kunkel

- A graduate of St.Cloud State University with a business degree in Marketing.

- Over twenty years of sales experience between the automotive, grocery, and beverage/vending business channels.

- Served as a Regional Sales Training Manager for a fortune 500 food company.

- Initiated and developed a sales and management training program for a privately owned business with annual sales of over 100 million dollars.

- Helped to pioneer the hot beverage and frozen drink categories while serving as  Vice President of the Vending & Foodservice division.

- Started own company in 2007 which supports several product categories through sales and marketing functions.  

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Cathy N. Salterio   

- Graduate from the University of Mississippi with a BS Degree in Business Administration and a double minor of Personnel Management and Accounting.  

- Former Executive Director of the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, in Windham, Maine.   

- Most recently joined Consolidated Services Group and is a partner in the Honor Grounds Program established to support our military members and their families.   

Personal Information
For 10 years Cathy was a very proud Military Wife; involved in the Naval Aviation SH-60B Flight Community.   While a military wife, Cathy was an active member of the Officer’s Wives Association; she was an active member of each Squadron Wives Support Group in the each Naval Duty Station where she and her family were stationed.    

Cathy is the proud mom and step mom of five young persons.  One of the sons, Jason Nance, is presently attending the University of Maine with a full ROTC scholarship, as a Marine Corp Option.Upon completion of college and OCS,  Jason will be commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corp.  His goal is to become a Marine Aviator.  Cathy and her husband John are long standing members of their church.  Cathy is very active in her community and the academic and athletic lives of their children.