Tom Sampson is President, Foodservice. He was named to this position in February 2002.

Tom joined Kraft in 1985 and has held a number of key marketing assignments in Cheese, including Category Business Director of Recipe Cheese and Sandwich Cheese. 

From 1996 to 1998, Tom was the Director of Marketing for the Pizza Division and led the national expansion of DiGiorno. In 1998, Tom was promoted to Vice President of Marketing for Oscar Mayer and led a turnaround of the core Oscar Mayer meat business. Prior to his current position, he was the Vice President of Category Sales Management and Strategy for Kraft Foods North America.

He is on the Executive Board of International Foodservice Manufacturers Association, on the Board of Directors for Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center, on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Foodservice Forum, and is involved in Leadership Greater Chicago and LINK Unlimited, a not-for-profit organization that provides educational services and mentoring to economically disadvantaged African American youth from the Chicago area.

He has a Bachelor’s from Notre Dame and a Master’s of Management from Northwestern University.