Conference Panelist

Patrick M. Mulhern

Pat Mulhern, currently CEO and President of DMA since 2017, spent 17 years at US Foodservice, his last two positions as President of Monarch Food Group and President of the North Star Foodservice. Earlier he was a founding partner and Executive Vice President of Vistar Corporation (now part of Performance Food Group). Earlier in his career, Mulhern held senior leadership positions in marketing, merchandising, supply chain, sales and operations at both Kraft and Alliant Foodservice.

A lifetime food, foodservice, restaurant, and distribution industry leader and participant. Motivated by helping dynamic companies improve, organizations thrive and great people progress.  

Mulhern also does strategy work and consulting at FreshPath Advisory, a food and related products company based in Chicago, Illinois. He has served on multiple boards in his career.

For 30 years, Mr. Mulhern has been a passionate leader in the fight to end hunger. He is a past Chairman of the Board and Emeritus Board Chair at the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Mr. Mulhern is a graduate of Michigan State University and holds an MBA from Loyola University Chicago.