Melinda Skiles

Melinda Skiles has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles. Since November 2022, they have been serving as the Director Category Insights at Del Monte Foods, Inc. Prior to this, Melinda worked at Starbucks as the Category Development Team Lead from March 2015 to May 2019. Melinda then joined PepsiCo, where they held two positions, including Director Category Management for PepsiCo Beverages from June 2013 to February 2015, and Sales Planning Manager for Quaker Foods North America from February 2010 to June 2013. Melinda had an extensive tenure at PepsiCo starting from 1997, where they held various positions such as Category Manager for Pepsi Cola North America from July 2005 to June 2008, Senior Account Executive for Quaker Tropicana Gatorade from June 2002 to July 2005, Business Development Manager for Tropicana from October 1999 to June 2002, and Retail Development Manager for Tropicana from November 1997 to October 1999. Before joining PepsiCo, Melinda briefly worked as a Client Services Manager at IRI from November 1996 to November 1997. Melinda started their career at Food Enterprises of New York as a Project Manager from September 1991 to November 1996.

Melinda Skiles received their Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and French from Denison University, where they studied from 1987 to 1991. Following that, they pursued a Master of Business Administration with a focus on Accounting at Fairleigh Dickinson University from 1992 to 1996.