Visit the NEW Community Cafes
Continue the Community Conversations on the Show Floor
The Community Cafes are networking areas on the show floor where like-minded professionals from can gather and continue the conversations begun in our education sessions and carried through the duration of the Summit.
The Cafes are designed around the four segments of the Food Supply Chain and each segment will have subject matter experts from the Summit speaker faculty in each of the areas to facilitate discussions and answer questions.
Manufacturer/ Processor/ Supplier
Subject Matter experts include:
- Joan Menke-Schaenzer, Chief Quality Officer, Van Drunen Farms/ FutureCeuticals
- Will Daniels, President, Fresh Integrity Group, LLC
- Scott Brooks, DVM, Consultant, River Run Consulting
- Craig Wilson,VP, GMM, Costco Wholesale Corporation
- Dane Bernard, Managing Director, Bold Bear Food Safety
- Gary Ades, PhD, President, G&L Consulting
- Shawn Stevens, National Food Industry Lawyer, Food Industry Council, LLC
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Distributor
Subject Matter experts include:
- Craig Henry, Food Safety Consultant, Intro Inc.
- Melanie Hamelton, Director Supplier FSQA, US Foods
- John Spink, PhD, Director & Assistant Professor, Food Fraud Initiative, Michigan State University
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Retailer/ Foodservice
Subject Matter experts include:
- Craig Wilson, VP, GMM, Costco Wholesale Corporation
- Gillian Kelleher, VP, Food Safety & QA, Wegmans Food Markets
- Mahipal Kunduru, Ph.D. VP, QA, Topco Associates
- Hal King, President, Public Health Innovations LLC
- Sharon Wood, Director, Quality Assurance - Food Safety & Quality – Retail, H-E-B
- Lee-Ann Jaykus, PhD, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor & NoroCORE Scientific Director, NC State
- Chirag Bhatt, RS, CCFS, Director, Food Safety and QA, Buc-ee’s, Ltd.
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Regulatory
Subject Matter experts include:
- Joe Corby, Executive Director, Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)
- Shawn Stevens, National Food Industry Lawyer, Food Industry Council, LLC
- Mandy Sedlak, Food Safety and Public Health Manager, EcoSure
- Charlie Cook, Managing Partner, Country Fare Consulting LLC
- Faye Westhoff, Senior Advisor, Deloitte Consulting
- Patrick Quade, Founder and CEO, iwaspoisoned.com
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Complete schedule and subject matter list for the Cafes can be found on the signage in each café and in the mobile app.