Hank Cardello - Director, Hudson Institute's Obesity Solutions Initiative

Hank Cardello is the Director of Hudson Institute’s Obesity Solutions Initiative. For over three decades, Cardello was an executive at some of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, including positions as President of Sunkist Soft Drinks, Inc., Vice President of Marketing for Canada Dry, Director of Marketing for Coca-Cola USA, and Brand Manager for Anheuser-Busch and General Mills. Most recently, Cardello has served as Chief Executive Officer for several nutritional food ingredient companies. In 2000, Cardello was identified as a “Top 10 Innovator” in the Nutritional Foods industry. He has advised or partnered with several major food, beverage, and nutrition corporations such as Coca-Cola, Campbell Soup, Hormel Foods, Nestlé, Pillsbury, Quaker Oats, and Tropicana.