Stewart is a veteran of over fifty years in the specialty food industry. Prior to becoming a broker, he led the distributing and manufacturing businesses of Charlotte Charles. In 1983 Charlotte Charles became the first specialty food company to go public. At the time of the IPO, Stewart was serving as Executive Vice President of the company.

In 1990 the company was sold to Portland Food Products where Stewart continued his career as Vice President and General Manager of American Specialty Food Distributing. Following the sale of that company, Stewart became an industry consultant and, in 1994 entered the brokerage field after buying Three Crown Sales which, in 1995, merged with Hanson Faso Associates forming the predecessor company to Hanson Faso Sales and Marketing.

Throughout his career Stewart served on many Specialty Food Association committee including several years as the Chairman of the Broker Council. He also became the first broker ever to serve on the Association board. In 2019 he was inducted into the Specialty Food Hall of Fame.

Stewart holds a a bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Washington University, St. Louis, and a master’s degree from George Washington University.

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