Our Vision

Our leadership team brings tremendous food distribution experience, visionary thinking and a shared commitment to excellence, creativity and innovation to the day to day operation of GS Foods Group. The years of experiences have created a solid foundation for GS Foods Group as a national food service distributor with valuable partnerships with customers and suppliers, first-rate capabilities and customer service unlike any other.
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Mr. Leer is the Chief Executive Officer of GS Foods Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries Good Source Solutions, Inc. and Gold Star Foods, Inc. He joined Gold Star as Vice President of Sales & Marketing in 2008. Prior to Gold Star, Mr. Leer was the Region Manager for PortionPac Chemical Corporation, Chicago IL and President of Pacific Support Systems Lynnwood, WA. He has worked extensively on School Meal and Child Nutrition Programs throughout the United States. His industry work for over 25 years involves many board assignments with the School Nutrition Association, American Commodity Distribution Association as well as local Hunger and Good Food initiatives. Currently, he is the School Nutrition Association’s Industry Advisory Board Chair. Recognized for his contributions to the School Nutrition Industry as the recipient of the 2013 School Nutrition Association Industry Member of the Year.

Mr. Leer holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington.

Mr. Salmon joined Gold Star Foods team in 2014 and is currently the Executive Vice President at the company. Prior to joining Gold Star in 2014, Mr. Salmon spent 7 years practicing corporate law in New York City at two international law firms, focusing on M&A, Corporate Finance and Private Investment Funds. Mr. Salmon also spent two years as the Senior Corporate Counsel for Strategic Development at a NYSE-listed leisure and hospitality company headquartered in Colorado.

Mr. Salmon holds a joint JD/MBA from Vanderbilt University Law School and Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management.

Mr. Benne is the Chief Commercial Officer of GS Foods Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries Good Source Solutions, Inc. and Gold Star Foods, Inc. He has over 20 years of experience in the food service industry with The Schwan’s Company, Advance Pierre Foods and most recently, Tyson Foods. Mr. Benne has worked extensively on School Meal and Child Nutrition Programs throughout the United States and has held a role on the School Nutrition Foundation Board of Directors.

Mr. LeHenaff is the Chief Financial Officer of GS Foods group, Inc. and its subsidiaries Good Source Solutions, Inc. and Gold Star Foods, Inc. He has over 30 years of finance and accounting experience, with over 20 years in the food industry. Prior to joining GS Foods Group, he was the CFO at Prima Wawona, the largest grower and seller of peaches in the United States, based in Fresno CA. Prior to that, he served for over 10 years as Divisional CFO for foodservice manufacturing businesses at Campbell Soup, Advance Pierre Foods, and Tyson, where he led all aspects of planning and analysis to support the leadership of those businesses. He began his career in the Philadelphia area in public accounting before joining Campbell Soup to support the Retail Sales and Marketing organizations.

Ms. Ewing, RD, SNS is the Chief for Federal & State Food Programs for Gold Star Foods, Inc. Ms. Ewing's successful career in the food industry spans over 25 years, including leadership positions in the restaurant industry, health care, college food service, government, distribution and technology. She is well-respected nationally as a leader in procurement and USDA Foods and has held positions on several national boards created to solve issues associated with the operational constraints of the child nutrition programs.

Stephanie studied at the University of California, Davis and earned a bachelor of science degree in clinical nutrition with an emphasis in food service management. She continued her education at Vanderbilt University, completing her postgraduate didactic residency to become a Registered Dietitian and completed her executive education at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.