Our Team
Our Team of dedicated professionals offers wide-ranging foodservice backgrounds with decades of experience in the Mid-Atlantic region. Our core motivation is the desire to help our customers — everyone from small manufacturers and solo restaurant owners, to leadership at large national food distributors — solve problems and achieve results.
LEADERSHIP
Steve Roso
CEO
Steve Roso, son of co-founder Frank Roso, served as a Distributor Sales Representative and National Account Representative for Continental Foods, as well as the National Account Manager for TCBY in their foodservice division, before joining Roso & Pakula in 1998. Steve is now CEO for us and manages multiple accounts, such FoodPro and PFS Maryland.
Louis Pakula
Co-Founder, CFO
After spending more than a decade in the foodservice industry, Louis Pakula co-founded Roso & Pakula with Frank Roso in 1996. He has held a number of leadership positions during his career, including Mid-Atlantic Regional Sales Manager for Manor Hill Salad Company, where he was responsible for calling on all foodservice distributors. Louis focuses on the foodservice broker end of the business and serves as CFO.
SALES TEAM
Gino Salvi
Prior to joining Roso & Pakula in 2008, Gino called on distributors in our area, selling non-food items. He now manages independent distributors, both headquarters and operator calls for PFS Maryland and FoodPro.
Gretchen Hoffman
Gretchen calls on both the purchasing and marketing departments for our clients. She also handles operator calls, district meetings, general sales meetings, and sales training and is based on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Suzanne Ritchie
Suzanne Ritchie is a seasoned Sales professional with over 20 years of direct hands on sales experience. She recently came to Roso and Pakula after spending 4 years as a direct manufacturer with Kraft Heinz Foodservice and prior to that with other food brokers. She calls on distributors, primarily Sysco Baltimore, and does operator calls for chain accounts, street accounts and national accounts.
Meredith Kennedy
Meredith primarily manages Gordon Foodservice in Aberdeen. Operator calls, district meetings and sales training are among the many tasks she handles.
Dan Figallo
A background in sales and purchasing, built on experience working with some of the industry leaders, including US Food, Armour Foodservice, and Pantry Pride, makes Dan a valuable asset for Roso & Pakula clients. And it doesn’t hurt that he was an annual recipient of sales excellence awards from past employers.
Brad Crosby
Brad
Vince Bogan
Vince
CUSTOMER SERVICE / INSIDE SALES
Pat Roso
Pat, a twenty-year veteran of the foodservice industry, has a dual role at Roso & Pakula: serving as Office Manager and handling customer service.
Sheri Munn
Sheri handles all aspects of customer service, including manufactures' pricing programs, clearing deductions, samples, and coordinating food show and marketing forms.
Anna Grant
Anna handles all aspects of customer service, including order entry, clearing deductions, and manufacturers’ forms.
Carol Falkenklous
Carol handles all aspects of customer service, including order entry, samples, clearing deductions, and coordinating food show and marketing forms.
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