Diane Hund (Past Speaker)

Diane has spent over twenty years in the marketing arena, working in both business-to-business and business-to-consumer environments. She is currently the SVP of Marketing for US Foods, where she leads the marketing, eCommerce and digital efforts for the company.  Most recently, she led the marketing efforts for Essendant’s Business and Facility Essentials Division and led the rebranding of the organization.  Previously, she has held marketing leadership positions at a variety of companies including Rust-Oleum, Boise (Office Max), Danaher and Ball Horticultural (Burpee Seeds).

While her experience has provided her with a solid skill set in strategic marketing, digital, branding, research, media and communications, her marketing passion focuses on working closely with customers to uncover unmet needs and then creating/repositioning the right products, services or solutions to meet those needs. Diane holds an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Business and a BA from the University of Michigan.  She lives in Elmhurst with her husband and three kids.