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Editorial Advisory Board

Angela Anandappa

Angela Anandappa, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Alliance for Advanced Sanitation


Jessica Badour

Jessica Badour
Senior Project Manager of Food Safety Training
FMI—The Food Industry Association


Srinivasarao Bandla

Srinivasarao Bandla, M.S., PCQI
Quality Assurance Manager—Powders
Land O'Lakes


Jason Bashura

Jason Bashura, M.P.H., RS
Sr. Manager, Global Food Defense
PepsiCo


John Butts, Ph.D.

John Butts, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research
Land O’Frost


Michael Ciepiela

Michael Ciepiela
Vice President of Quality and Continuous Improvement
Southern Specialties


Michael M. Cramer

Michael M. Cramer
Director, Quality Assurance
Ajinomoto Windsor


Kurt E. Deibel

Kurt E. Deibel, Ph.D.
Former Vice President of Quality & Food Safety (Retired)
Heinz North America


Bob Ferguson

Bob Ferguson
President
Strategic Consulting, Inc.


Timothy A. Freier

Timothy A. Freier, Ph.D.
Division Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Microbiology, North America
Merieux NutriSciences


Tatjana Golikova, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at the Department of Nutrition and Restaurant Business
National University of Food Technologies


Kathy L. Gombas

Kathy L. Gombas
Food Safety Consultant

 


Randall Huffman

Randall Huffman, Ph.D.
Chief Food Safety and Sustainability Officer
Maple Leaf Foods


Lone Jespersen

Lone Jespersen, Ph.D.
Founder & Principal
Cultivate


Larry Keener

Larry Keener, CFS, PCQI
General Manager
International Product Safety Consultants


Gillian Kelleher

Gillian Kelleher
CEO
Kelleher Consultants LLC


Hal King, Ph.D.

Hal King, Ph.D.
Managing Partner
Active Food Safety


Jeffrey L. Kornacki

Jeffrey L. Kornacki, Ph.D.
President
Kornacki Microbiology Solutions, Inc.


Bala Kottapalli, Ph.D.

Bala Kottapalli, Ph.D., CQE
Director, Food Safety Science - U.S. and Global
Walmart


Sean Leighton, M.Sc., M.B.A

Sean Leighton, M.Sc., M.B.A
VP Food Safety & Quality
Cargill


Steven Mandernach, J.D.

Steven Mandernach, J.D.
Executive Director
Association for Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)


Ann Marie McNamara

Ann Marie McNamara
Vice President of Food Safety and Quality Assurance
U.S. Foods


Stephanie Nguyen, M.Sc.

Stephanie Nguyen, M.Sc.
Principal Microbiologist
Conagra Brands


Theodora Morille-Hinds, M.Sc.

Theodora Morille-Hinds, M.Sc.
Food Safety Consultant
 


Ian Pearson

Ian Pearson
Global Quality Assurance Manager
Unilever Quality Expertise Group
 


Bob Powitz

Robert W. Powitz, Ph.D., MPH, RS
Forensic Sanitarian
RW Powitz & Associates


Tom M. Sauer

Tom M. Sauer
Food Safety Consultant

 


Richard F. Stier

Richard F. Stier, M.S.
Consulting Food Scientist
 


Tim Stubbs

Tim Stubbs, CFS
Vice President, Product Research and Food Safety
Dairy Management Inc.


Darryl Sullivan

Darryl Sullivan
Director of Scientific Affairs
Eurofins Food Integrity and Innovation


John Surak, Ph.D.

John Surak, Ph.D.
Principal
Surak & Associates


Wendy White, M.Sc.

Wendy White, M.Sc.
Food Safety Project Manager
Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute


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