Eric Reinhard

Eric Reinhard served in a variety of leadership and managerial roles over his 40+ year career.
Most recently he served as President and Chief Commercial Officer at Avangard Innovative
leading external customer and business affairs. Prior to joining Avangard, Eric served as Region
President, Sysco South Texas, where he was responsible for all functions at the companies
Houston and San Antonio sites. Prior to joining Sysco, Mr. Reinhard was a Partner at Rumble,
LLC, a collaborative effort formed by beverage entrepreneurs to identify early-stage brands and
innovation that impacted the beverage industry. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Reinhard served
as President of the Pepsi Cola Bottler’s Association, a beverage association management and
consulting firm. In 2005, he was Senior Vice President & General Manager for the Pepsi Bottling
Group’s Great West Business Unit. While in this role, Mr. Reinhard was also a member of the
Pepsi Bottling Group’s Chairman’s Council, The Food Service Strategic Planning Committee,
and The Dr. Pepper Bottler Marketing Committee. Mr. Reinhard joined Pepsi Cola in 1984 after
four years with The Proctor & Gamble Distributing Company. Since 1984 he held several field
and headquarters positions including Vice President/General Manager Pepsi-Lipton Tea
Partnership (JV), General Manager Mid-Atlantic Business Unit, Area Vice President Retail
Channels, Vice President On-Premise Operations and Area Vice President of Franchise
Operations. Mr. Reinhard holds a BA from Michigan State University and has completed the
Executive Business Program at the University of Michigan. Mr. Reinhard has served on multiple
for profit/not for profit boards and looks forward to new challenges as a recently retired business
executive.