PATRICIA COURVILLE, national director of upnext at unfi

Patricia is the National Director of UpNext at UNFI. I’ve been part of the Specialty and Natural Food Industry for over 20 years and have worked on the distribution side in the areas of Product Development, Supplier Management, Procurement, and Marketing. The roots of my distribution experience began at Tree of Life and I later moved to Gourmet Specialties, which became Market Centre, a division of Unified Grocers. We are now part of UNFI, the largest Natural and Specialty Distributor in the US and Canada.

“Small, new and emerging brands are the lifeblood of our industry. It’s exciting to see the continued growth of consumer support for small, local, philanthropic and diverse suppliers.”