Five new sponsors lift Network to new heights

The Network of Executive Women has signed five new sponsors in recent weeks, bringing the total numbers of CPG/retail companies supporting the organization to 62, a new record.

The new sponsors are Novartis at the Platinum level; Newell Rubbermaid, the Schwan Food Company and McCormick & Company at the Gold level; and Dunnhumby USA at the Silver level.

"Each sponsor not only supports the Network financially but drives membership and participation at the national and regional level,” said Executive Director Joan Toth. "Having 62 sponsors is a tremendous vote of confidence from the industry and a sign that the industry is serious about diversity.”

Who’s who

The Network’s sponsorship rolls are a virtual Who’s Who of the consumer products and retail industry.

Title level sponsors are Accenture, Stop & Shop/Giant, Chevron, the Clorox Company, the Coca-Cola Company, the Delhaize Group, Deloitte, Johnson & Johnson, the Kellogg Company, KPMG, Kraft Foods, Kroger, Nestlé Purina PetCare, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, the Walgreen Company and Walmart Stores.

The Network’s Platinum level sponsors are the Nielsen Company, Campbell Soup Company, Colgate-Palmolive, ConAgra Foods, Costco, CSP, General Mills, Johnson O’Hare Companies, Mass Connections, Nestlé Waters, Safeway, Sara Lee Corporation, SuperValu, Target Corporation, The Hershey Company and Novartis.

The Network’s Gold level sponsors are Catalina Marketing, Crown Central, CVS/Caremark, Del Monte Foods, Kimberly-Clark, MARS Advertising, Mars Chocolate North America, McCormick and Company, Pepsi Bottling Group, S&D Coffee, the Schwan Food Company and 7-Eleven Inc.

Silver sponsors are Acosta, Advantage Sales & Marketing, Cadbury, Chiquita Brands, Coty, CPGjobs, Demand Tec, Dunnhumby USA, Family Dollar Stores, Hormel Foods, Information Resources Inc., Jamba Juice, The J.M. Smucker Company, Kalypso, Newell Rubbermaid and SC Johnson.