• Earned bachelor’s degree from KU School of Business, 1984

• Member of KU School of Business Dean’s Board of Advisors

• KU School of Business Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, 2019

Tom Bené is the president and CEO of Breakthru Beverage Group.

He previously served as the chairman, president and CEO of Sysco Corp. and a member of its board of directors. Bené has held a variety of executive leadership roles at Sysco, overseeing all of the corporation’s business operations, commercial functions and supply chain organization, as well as at PepsiCo Inc., where he spent 23 years.

Bené is a member of the School of Business Dean’s Advisory Board and is involved in a variety of industry, community and philanthropic organizations, including the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the United Way of Greater Houston.