Kim Coffin, SVP and Chief Forager, joined Sprouts in 2012, bringing over 30 years of experience in the grocery retail space. Prior to her current role, she served as SVP of Non-Perishables at Sprouts for eight years. Before joining Sprouts, she held various leadership roles at Albertson for over 23 years.  Her experience spans product categories and merchandising disciplines including product selection, supplier partnerships, pricing and promotional planning, brand building, and product presentation. She has been married to her Husband Geoff for over 25 years and has one fur baby named Fancy.  Their hobbies include boating, golf, hiking, trips to Kauai, spending time with family and friends and breeding/showing Arabian Horses.

Scott Romano has been in the Grocery industry for over 31 years: 18 years in the conventional grocery retail industry and 13 years in the natural/organic grocery industry. Scott’s experience has been evenly split across store level operations, multi-unit operations, and category management/merchandising holding positions such as Store Director, Produce Operations Specialist, Sr Grocery Category Manager, Director of Dairy Frozen, Beer/Wine and many more. Scott enjoys working with and mentoring startup companies to launch new and innovative products to enhance our customers shopping experience at Sprouts Farmers Market. Scott has four children, 2 boys and 2 girls ranging in age from 7 to 27. His hobbies outside of work include playing guitar and spending time with family.

Brian Albert manages the merchandising and assortment for non-alcoholic beverages at Sprouts Farmers Market. Over a 30-year career, Brian has had various positions in marketing, merchandising, and product development with stops at Campbell’s, Coors, Wild Oats, Giant Eagle, and Sprouts. Those experiences coupled with his marketing and entrepreneurial management degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the University of Colorado, Brian has a unique perspective on what it takes to create and maintain a successful beverage brand.

Will is currently the Vice President DMM that leads the merchandising team over beverages for Walmart US. Will began his career at Walmart in the Finance organization before moving into Merchandising. He has had a variety of experiences in the Food division at Walmart, including the front-end checkout area, seasonal candy and carbonated soft drinks. Prior to joining the Beverage team, Will led the Candy Team and had responsibility for the everyday and seasonal candy businesses. Will lives in Northwest Arkansas with his wife, two daughters, and son.