Gillian Kelleher is the CEO of Kelleher Consultants LLC and the Chairperson of the Educational Advisory Board (EAB) for the Food Safety Summit. She was formerly Vice President of Food Safety and Quality Assurance for Wegmans Food Markets, where her scope and responsibility included all aspects of food safety and quality for stores, self-manufacturing, distribution, and Wegmans' private-label program. Ms. Kelleher is a past co-vice chair of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Board of Directors, a member of the Board of Directors of Stop Foodborne Illness, a past member of the Board of Directors of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), a longstanding member of Harvard's Private and Public Scientific, Academic, and Consumer Food Policy Committee (PAPSAC), and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Food Safety Magazine. Gillian also leads the Leafy Greens Safety Coalition (LGSC).
This article, authored by speakers summarizing their workshop at the 2023 Food Safety Summit, explores components for food safety professional development and business management to help empower food safety leaders throughout their careers and in their day-to-day work.
