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RBA
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Who We Are
Our Purpose
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our Board of Directors
Our Staff
Our Affiliates
Founded in 1918, the Retail Bakers of America (RBA), a 501c6 not-for-profit trade association of approximately 2,000 retail bakeries, allied suppliers and other members, is committed to the success of the retail baking industry.
We are a baker’s business partner connecting buyers and sellers—retailers and suppliers, as well as consumers and retailers—to build profitable bakeries.
We foster the community of retail bakeries providing a forum for exchange of industry and business information, as well as networking, learning opportunities and mentoring among bakers, future and existing.
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The Retail Bakers of America offers retail bakeries knowledge and resources to enhance business operations through learning opportunities, shared best practices, networking and industry communication.
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Retail bakeries will be the desired destination for consumer purchase of all retail baked goods.
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The mission of the Retail Bakers of America is to improve the operation and profitability of retail bakeries.
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President, Lynn
Schurman, CD
Cold Spring
Bakery, Inc.
Cold Spring, MN
1st Vice President, Richard Reinwald, CMB
Reinwald's Bakery
Huntington, NY
2nd Vice President, Rick Boone
Rick's
Bakery
Fayetteville, AR
Treasurer, Bruce Bennyhoff
Dawn Foods
Jackson, MI
Immediate Past President, Michael J. Kalupa
Kalupa's Bakery, Inc.
Tampa, FL
Secretary/Executive Vice President, Susan Nicolais,
CAE
Retail Bakers of America
McLean, VA
California Retail Bakers Association,
VACANT
Chicago Area Retail Bakers Association, Bill Goebel
La Petite Pastry
Shop, Inc.
Chicago, IL
Deep South Retail Bakers Association, J. Felix
Sherman
The Ambrosia
Bakery
Baton Rouge, LA
Greater Cincinnati Retail Bakers Association,
Dan Busken
Busken Bakery
Cincinnati, OH
Greater Southwest Retail Bakers Association, Rick
Boone
Rick's
Bakery
Fayetteville, AR
Master Baker's of Philadelphia
VACANT
Midwest Bakery & Deli Association, William
Moore, CMB
Linne's
Bakery
Shelbyville, IN
Upper Midwest Bakers Association, Peter
Kamrowski
Pete & Joy's Bakery
Little Falls, MN
New Jersey Bakers Board of Trade, Kenneth Downey
Sr.
Kings Super Markets,
Inc.
Parsippany, NJ
NY State Association Retail Bakers, Ramon Zayas
Donato's Bakery
Utica, NY
Ohio Bakers Association
VACANT
Pacific Northwest Baking Association
VACANT
Southeastern Retail Bakers Association, Gary Polletta
Edgewood Bakery,
Inc.
Jacksonville, FL
Western Pennsylvania Baker's Association, Hank
Kretchmar
Kretchmar Bakery
Beaver, PA
Wisconsin Bakers Association
VACANT
Director-at-large, Hans B. Nadler, CMB
Nadler's Bakery &
Delicatessen
San Antonio, TX
Director-at-large , Paul Sapienza
Sapienza's Pastry
Elmont, NY
Allied, Mark R. Munroe
Valley Bakers Association
Neenah, WI
Allied, Rick Bittner
BakeMark
Menomonee Falls, WI
Allied, Warren Patterson
General
Mills
Minneapolis, MN
Allied, Robert S.Smith, CMB
King Arthur
Flour Company
Columbia, SC
Allied, Paul Caske
Dawn Foods
Jackson, MI
Retail Baking Industry Foundation, Klaus Tenbergen,
CMB, CEPC, ASBPB, MSACA
California
State University
Fresno, CA
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Executive Vice President
Susan Nicolais, CAE
Director of Membership
Aleksandra Syska
Education Manager
Huyen Dang
Program Coordinator
Monica Chinisaz
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These are RBA's Affilliate organizations nationwide, offering
additional educational programs and other resources.
Chicago Area
Retail Bakers Association
35 Arlington Heights Road
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Phone: 847.437.1234
Contact: Ken Jarosch
Email: kjarosch@carba.com
Web: www.carba.com/
Deep South Retail
Bakers Association
4037 Jefferson Hwy
New Orleans, LA 70121-1629
Phone: 504.837.0190
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Cincinnatti Retail Bakers Association
3401 Phelps Court
Erlanger, KY 41018
Phone: 859.727.4146
Email: info@gcrba.com
Web: www.gcrba.com
Greater Southwest
Retail Bakers Association
3400 Hibiscus Drive
Wylie, TX 75098
Phone: 972.386.5611
Contact: Katherine Bianchi
Email: gswrba@verizon.net
Web: www.gswrba.com
Midwest Bakery & Deli Association
c/o Hart Bakery & Gifts
7030 E. 10th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46219
Phone: 317.357.4706
E-mail: hartbakery1@juno.com
New Jersey
Baker's Board of Trade
304 Parkville-Station Rd, PMB# 237
Mantua, NJ 08051
Phone: 800.361.7562
Contact: Suzanne Scott
Email: s.scott@njbbt.org
Web: www.njbbt.org
New York State Association of Manufacturing Retail Bakers
145 East Bayberry Road
Islip, NY 11751
Phone: 631.495.6934
E-mail: nysbakers@aol.com
Ohio Bakers Association
50 W. Broad Street
Suite 2020
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 800.256.4670 or 614.221.7833
Southeastern
Retail Bakers Association
161 Ridgemont Drive
Columbia, SC 29212
Phone: 803.407.5388
Contact: Peggy Smith
Email: SRBASmith@aol.com
Web: www.southeasternretailbakers.com
Upper
Midwest Bakery Association
729 Park Avenue
North Mankato, MN 56003
Phone: 320.493.7554
Contact: Curt Borchert
Email: cjborche@hickorytech.net
Web: www.uppermidwestbakery.net
Western Pennsylvania Baker's Association
620 Island Avenue
McKees Rock, PA 15136
Phone: 412.331.8900
Email: sbaker2424@aol.com
Questions? Contact RBA at 800.638.0924 or info@rbanet.com
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