Management

Dave Flitman joined US Foods as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the US Foods Board of Directors on Jan. 5, 2023.

Dave brings a wealth of global business leadership, executive management skills and extensive commercial distribution experience, along with significant expertise in operational excellence, supply chain, and general management with more than 35 years of experience in manufacturing and distribution across multiple industries, including food distribution. 

He has a proven track record of driving operational excellence, profitable growth, shareholder returns and a people-centric, high-performing culture.

Since April 2021, Dave served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Builders FirstSource, the largest U.S. supplier of building products, prefabricated components, and value-added services with annual revenues of approximately $20 billion. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer at BMC Stock Holdings prior to the merger of the two companies.

From 2015 to 2018, Dave was President and Chief Executive Officer of Performance Foodservice, the largest segment of Performance Food Group, a U.S. foodservice distribution company.

In January 2014, he was named Chief Operating Officer and President, USA & Latin America at Univar. Starting in late 2012, Dave was Senior Executive Vice President at Nalco until it was acquired by Ecolab where he served as Executive Vice President and President, Water and Process Services. He joined Allegheny Power in February 2005, serving as Vice President Distribution and later as President of Allegheny Energy through July 2008.

Dave began his career at DuPont where he spent 20 years in various operational, commercial and global business leadership positions.

In addition to his previous experience as a director of Builders FirstSource and BMC Stock Holdings, Dave also has been a director since 2017 at Veritiv Corporation, a leading packaging distribution company, where he is currently a member of the Audit and Finance Committee and chair of the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee

He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University.

With a son, Josh, serving as a U.S. Army CAV Scout, Dave is passionate about serving members and veterans of the U.S. military forces and other charitable causes.

Dirk Locascio is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of US Foods, a role he has served in since February 2017. In addition to his CFO responsibilities, he oversees CHEF’STORE, Shared Business Services, the company’s Program Office.

Since joining the company in 2009, Dirk has served in a variety of finance and accounting leadership roles including Senior Vice President, Financial Accounting and Analysis, where he had oversight of the company’s corporate finance and accounting functions. Prior to joining US Foods, he held senior finance roles with United Airlines and in public accounting with Arthur Andersen LLP.

Dirk is a graduate of the University of Illinois and is a Certified Public Accountant. He previously served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Northern Illinois Food Bank.

Steve Guberman is Executive Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer and Nationally Managed Business. He is responsible for leading the company’s Transformation Office focused on deploying the company’s long-range plan initiatives and developing the next iteration of the company’s long-range plan as well as the company’s largest customers, including health care and hospitality as well as regional and national chains. Prior to this role, Steve served as Executive Vice President, Nationally Managed Business since September 2016. Prior to his role as EVP, Nationally Managed business, Steve served as the company's Chief Merchandising Officer, overseeing category management, procurement, and product innovation on behalf of the company.

Steve began his career in restaurant operations and brings more than 30 years of industry experience to the management team. He joined US Foods in 1991 and has served in a variety of corporate and field leadership roles, including sales, procurement, marketing, category management and eight years as a Division President in Houston, Texas.

Bill Hancock is Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer. In this role, he is responsible for all warehousing, transportation, and supply chain strategy and operations, as well as safety, labor relations and continuous improvement.

Bill joined US Foods in 2020 from American Tire Distributors, where he served as Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Operations, responsible for the oversight of 115 distribution centers across the United States and a fleet of vehicles accountable for last-mile delivery to customers. Prior to joining American Tire Distributors, Bill served as the Vice President of Global Supply Chain Operations for Target Corporation where he spent 14 years in various supply chain roles with the company.

Bill earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Supply Chain Management and a Master of Business Administration from St. Cloud State University.

Rick Hausman is Regional President Northeast. He is responsible for leading the execution of US Foods strategy in the Northeast region, optimizing operating results and acting as a strategic partner in the development of the company’s plans and programs. Prior to this role, Rick served as the company’s Area President for Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia, responsible for the financial results and successful execution of company strategy at the area level by leading, managing and influencing all functional teams to optimize performance and drive key results.

Rick joined US Foods in 2020 from Windstream where he held a range of leadership roles during his 5-year tenure including Executive Vice President of Customer Operations, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Operations and Vice President of Service Delivery.

Rick earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and completed the Executive Leadership Program for Strategic Business Leadership at Georgetown University.

Andrew Johnstone was named Interim General Counsel at US Foods in November 2022. 

He joined US Foods in 2018, serving as the company’s Associate General Counsel Litigation and Employment and has a track record of building high-performing teams and delivering with excellence.

Prior to joining the company, he worked for Sears Holdings Management Corp from 2013 - 2018 as head of litigation and employment and practiced law at Winston & Strawn LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP from 1998 - 2013, with a one-year break from 2002 - 2003 clerking for Judge Amy St. Eve during her first year on the bench in the Northern District of Illinois.

Keith Knight is Regional President Southeast. He is responsible for leading the execution of US Foods strategy in the Southeast region, optimizing operating results and acting as a strategic partner in the development of the company’s plans and programs. Prior to this role, Keith served as Regional President Central.

Keith began his career in the foodservice industry as a restaurant worker in back-of-house and front-of-house roles. He brings more than 40 years of industry experience to the management team. Keith joined US Foods in 1980 and has served in a variety of corporate and field leadership roles, including Interim Chief Supply Chain Officer, Zone President, Division President, Region Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Operations, Transportation Manager, Supervisor.

Keith earned his Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Rob Koppenhaver is Regional President Central. He is responsible for leading the execution of US Foods strategy in the Central region, optimizing operating results and acting as a strategic partner in the development of the company’s plans and programs. Prior to this role, Rob served as Senior Vice President, Field Operations.

Rob joined US Foods in 1992 and has served in a variety of corporate and field leadership roles, including Region President and Area President. He began his career with the company as a Product Manager.

Rob earned his Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of North Dakota.

Tim Lewis is Regional President West. He is responsible for leading the execution of US Foods strategy in the West region, optimizing operating results and acting as a strategic partner in the development of the company’s plans and programs. Prior to this role, Tim served as Region Vice President of Local Sales for the Northwest Region where he was responsible for driving sales strategies to deliver sales and margin growth for the region.

Tim joined US Foods in 2019 from Food Services of America (FSA), where he served as Senior Vice President of Sales in Arizona. Since beginning his foodservice career more than 25-years ago with FSA, Tim held various leadership roles including Vice President of Sales, Regional Sales Manager and District Sales Manager.  

Dave Rickard is Executive Vice President, Strategy and Revenue Management for US Foods. He is responsible for corporate strategy, including exploring new businesses opportunities. He also provides financial planning leadership and leads the insights and analytics team. Dave and his team optimize profitability across all segments by providing end-to-end oversight of margin and pricing decisions, partnering with Merchandising and Sales. Dave previously served as Executive Vice President, Revenue Management and Strategy.

Before joining US Foods in 2015, Dave served as Vice President for Uline. Prior to that, he served as Partner and Managing Director for The Boston Consulting Group leading their B2B pricing practice. Over his 17-year tenure at BCG, Dave led many strategy, operations management and sales strategy engagements with Fortune 500 clients.

Dave received a Master of Business Administration from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Middlebury College and a General Course Degree in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Jim Sturgell is Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer. He is responsible for leading the Commercial Excellence Team and accountable for identifying, designing, and deploying best practices related to sales, merchandising, and pricing, including optimizations across the company. In addition, Jim oversees the Local Sales function, which is responsible for executing sales strategies to deliver profitable market share growth for the enterprise and the Merchandising and Marketing teams. Prior to this role, Jim served as Senior Vice President, Commercial Excellence and Local Sales.

During his more than 30-year tenure at US Foods, Jim has held a range of region leadership roles within the company including Region President, Area President, Division President, Vice President of Sales, Regional Sales Manager, District Sales Manager, and Territory Manager. Jim comes from a family of foodservice professionals. Jim’s mother ran a family-owned restaurant and catering business for more than 25 years, and his father has been an associate of US Foods for more than 45 years.

 Jim earned his Bachelor of Science from Salisbury State University and is currently an associate member of the American Culinary Federation.

Randy Taylor is Executive Vice President, Field Operations. In this role he is responsible for Field Operations with P&L responsibility for the Broadline business and Stock Yards®. Prior to this role, he served as Regional President Southeast since 2016, responsible for leading the execution of US Foods strategy in the Southeast region, optimizing operating results and acting as a strategic partner in the development of the company’s plans and programs. Prior to becoming Region President, Randy served as the company’s Senior Vice President of Operations Deployment, overseeing the design and deployment of the company’s Field Operating Structure across all markets during the company’s initial public offering period.

Randy joined US Foods as Vice President of Finance for Manassas, Virginia more than 15 years ago and has held a range of leadership roles within the company including Division President, Southern New England.

Randy earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from James Madison University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  He has been a member of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants since 2002.

John Tonnison (“jt”) is Executive Vice President, Chief Information & Digital Officer. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s digital strategy and vision and all information technology functions, including digital commerce, cyber security, business tools and infrastructure.

JT joined US Foods in 2021, previously serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Tech Data Corporation, a Fortune 100 global distributor of business and consumer technologies, where he was responsible for the company’s global innovation strategy, information digital capabilities and operations. Before his nearly 20-year tenure with Tech Data, Tonnison was the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Technology Solutions Network.

In addition to his corporate work, jt has spent much of his personal time working with several non-profits that forward diversity and inclusion causes, including giving testimony in the Florida legislature.

David Works is the Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer of US Foods. He is responsible for guiding all aspects of the Human Resource strategy around organizational development, strategic planning, talent acquisition, employee engagement, leadership development, training and coaching, talent management, employee relations and culture in support of US Foods’ strategy of Great Food. Made Easy. David joined the company in February 2018.

Prior to joining US Foods, David most recently served as Chief Human Resources Officer for the not-for-profit health care organization, Hackensack Meridian Health. Before joining Meridian Health, David led the Human Resource organizations at Windstream and Sears Holdings. He also served as the president of the Enterprise Business Unit at Windstream. David spent the first seven years of his career as an officer in the U.S. Navy’s submarine force. He began his post-Navy career as an engineer at Motorola, followed by time at McKinsey & Company and ghSMART, a firm which specializes in talent assessment and leadership development.

David holds degrees in Finance and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.