Chris Chatterton - President
Chris Chatterton joined Bay Food Brokerage in 2011 as an account analyst and retail director for sales representatives. He is currently president and an account executive serving Publix.
Chris oversees operations, finance and company growth, and will take the helm of Bay Food Brokerage in 2026.
Chris has played an integral role in helping Bay Food grow in the time he has been with the company. Thanks in large part to Chris’s business acumen and leadership, the company’s revenue grew by 94% in the first four years after Chris joined. Then, from 2015 to 2020, Bay Food Brokerage more than doubled its revenue and its staff. In 2021, the company was named the #32 fastest-growing business in Tampa Bay by the Tampa Bay Business Journal on its annual Fast 50 List. Annual revenue in 2024 was 900% higher than revenue in 2011, the year Chris started with Bay Food.
Prior to joining the family business established by his mother, Cammie Chatterton, Chris was a finance analyst with Flagship Finance and worked for Raymond James Financial in the portfolio division.
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Education & Personal Interests
Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. While there, he was a four-year member of the Penn Quaker Football team.
Chris's personal interests include:
- Enjoying time with family and friends
- Fishing, golf, running
- Traveling the world and going to Disney
- Supporting the Bucs, Lightning, Liverpool, Jesuit and UPenn Quakers
Memberships
Chris belongs to the following industry organizations:
- International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA)
- National Protein and Food Distributors Association (NPFDA)
- North American Meat Institute (NAMI)
Community Involvement
Chris and his company have supported many other local charities, including:
- OneBlood: For the past few years, he’s spearheaded having the OneBlood bus regularly come to his office to make it easy for staff to donate blood
- Metropolitan Ministries: For years, he’s volunteered with his team at the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday Tents and supported with donations year-round and to the school supplies drive
- Tampa Bay Chamber: For five years, he’s been a judge for the Small Business of the Year (SBOY) Awards and an active member of the Chamber’s Circle of Champions, a group of past SBOY Award winners
- Jesuit High School: He’s served on the Alumni Council, is a President’s Circle member, and he and his family are sponsoring the new football score board
- Krewe of Sant' Yago: Member since 2010, supporting the Education Foundation and other charity functions for the krewe
- Carrollwood Day School: He mentors students who are looking to attend Ivy League universities
- Feeding Tampa Bay: He was a main supporter of the Capital Campaign for Feeding Tampa Bay’s new Causeway Center, which included building the Community Market
- A Kid’s Place: Capital campaign donor, with Chris and his family sponsoring the basketball and sports courts for the charity’s new activity center
- The Bullard Family Foundation: Sponsor of recent Father’s Day and Back to School events, and regular donor of food products to support many of the charity’s events
- Bob’s Big Give: Regular donor
- Rhode Trip: Regular donor