Thomas K. Hernquist
Secretary/Treasurer
Senior Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer - Hershey Foods Corporation

Thomas Hernquist is Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer at Hershey Foods Corporation. He has marketing and P&L responsibility for the company’s $4.0 billion U.S. confectionery and snack business. During Mr. Hernquist’s one and a half year tenure with Hershey, he has propelled the company from 1-2% topline growth to over 5% for the last 3 quarters. This has been driven primarily by new products which have quadrupled in revenue contribution over the last year. In addition, Mr. Hernquist has established a snack division within Hershey to penetrate adjacent snack markets.

Prior to joining Hershey, Mr. Hernquist has held similar roles at Fortune Brands and Nabisco and was General Manager at Entenmann’s. He began his career at Frito-Lay and has been in marketing and general management for 20 years.