Elmwood Park-based Dr. Praeger’s on Monday announced Anita Gogia joined the company as chief financial officer. Dr. Praeger’s is a portfolio company of Vestar Capital Partners.
“I’m thrilled to welcome Anita to the team,” Andy Reichgut, CEO of Dr. Praeger, said. “Her deep financial expertise, along with her proven ability to drive results and build high-performing teams will be strong assets to us. We are confident that Anita will play a significant role in our business going forward as we drive category growth with exciting, disruptive innovation.”
An accomplished financial executive, Gogia brings a wealth of experience from both public and private equity-backed companies in the consumer-packaged goods and distribution industries. She has demonstrated leadership in areas such as corporate and brand financial planning and analysis, sales finance, supply chain finance, mergers & acquisitions and innovation finance.
Prior to joining Dr. Praeger’s, Gogia served as senior vice president of financial planning & analysis at Imperial Dade, where she spent over five years. Before that, she held various finance leadership roles during her almost 30-year tenure at blue-chip consumer packaged goods companies such as Kraft Foods, PepsiCo and Pinnacle Foods (acquired by Conagra Brands).
