2024 Educational Advisory Board (EAB)

Ata (Al) Baroudi, Ph.D.

VP, QA & Food Safety
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated

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Kerry Bridges

Vice President, Food Safety
Chipotle Mexican Grill

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Jorge Hernandez

VP, Quality Assurance
The Wendy's Company

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Mahipal Kunduru

Vice President, Quality Assurance
Topco Associates

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Sara Mortimore

Vice President, Global Food Safety
Walmart

Glenn Stolowski

Manager Retail Quality Assurance
HEB

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Michael Wood, Ph.D.

Manager, Food Safety & Quality
Kroger

Jeremy Zenlea

Head Health and Safety, Office of General Council
Eg America

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Sharon Beals

Senior VP, Food Safety & Quality
CTI Foods

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Chitsanzo Chiko Kachaje

Director of Quality Assurance and Food Safety ·
Home Market Foods

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Oscar Garrison

SVP of Food Safety
United Egg Producers

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Rebecca Guzy

Director of Research
Frick's Quality Meats

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Deb Kane, MS

VP, Food Safety, Quality, EHSS & Regulatory
J&J Snack Foods Corp.

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Spir Marinakis

VP of Food Safety, Quality and Technical Services
Maple Leaf Foods

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Ann Marie McNamara

VP Food Safety and Quality for Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Commercialization
US Foods

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Joan Menke-Schaenzer

Chief Quality Officer
Van Drunen Farms/FutureCeuticals

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Nicholas Waters

Market Director, Food Safety
Sysco

Natalie Dyenson

Chief Regulatory and Food Safety Officer
International Fresh Produce Association

Will Daniels

Food Consultant
Mori

Drew MacDonald

VP, Quality and Food Safety
Taylor Farms

Tim Jackson

Regulatory, Sr. Science Advisor
FDA

Glenda Lewis, M.S.P.H

Director, Retail Food Protection Staff
FDA

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Steven Mandernach

Executive Director
Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO)

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Brendan Niemira, Ph.D.

Research Leader
USDA

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Lee-Ann Jaykus, Ph.D.

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor & NoroCORE Scientific Director
North Carolina State University

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William Lachowsky

Food Safety & Education Consultant

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Alvin Lee, Ph.D. 

Director of the Center for Processing Innovation
Institute for Food Safety and Health

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Donna Schaffner, MS

Associate Director Food Safety, QA & Training
Rutgers University, Food Innovation Center

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John W Spink, Ph.D.

Director, Food Fraud Prevention Academy & Assistant Professor, MSU

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Chirag Bhatt, RS, CCFS

Director – Regulatory Affairs (Environmental Health)
HS GovTech

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Adrienne Blume

Editorial Director
Food Safety Magazine

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Lone Jespersen, Ph.D.

Principal
Cultivate

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Cindy Jiang

Senior Director of Global Food Safety Risk Management
McDonalds - Retired

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Larry Keener

Presdient and CEO
International Product Safety Consultants

Gillian Kelleher

CEO
Kelleher Consultants LLC

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Hal King, Ph.D.

Managing Partner
Active Food Safety

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Shawn Stevens

Founder, Food Industry Consultant and Lawyer
Food Industry Counsel LLC

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