Walters To Head Up Sales For NRA

The National Restaurant Association has named Kenneth Walters as its new v.p.-sales for strategic accounts. Walters brings extensive expertise in food safety to support the organization’s ServSafe program; he’ll focus on sales strategies for diversifying that portfolio, leveraging partner products, and expanding restaurant- chain programs. Walters also will be responsible for creating the strategic direction and executing a comprehensive sales program for non-traditional channels, including grocery stores, convenience stores, and hotel and lodging operations. Previously, Walters was client services manager/food safety with Prometric, where he also assisted in developing and implementing Conference for Food Protection standards for accreditation, including all aspects of ANSI surveillance audit compliance.