Katie Pekarek

Head of Innovation, Away From Home at Kraft Heinz

Speaker

Katie is currently Head of Innovation, Away From Home. With over 13 years at Kraft Heinz, Katie has held a variety of marketing leadership positions across brands and categories – including Heinz, Philadelphia, Maxwell House, Oscar Mayer and more. Her passion is Innovation, having spent over 6 years in Global Disruptive Innovation, where she launched Nielsen Breakthrough Innovation Winner Just Crack an Egg which delivered over $50MM GSV Y1 and piloted Agile ways of working for total Kraft Heinz and now, has the pleasure of leading all Innovation & Growth initiatives for the high-growth Away From Home business unit. Katie has an MBA from Northwestern Kellogg School of Management and a BBA from University of Michigan Ross School of Business.