2021 Speakers

Gary Ades, Ph.D.

Chair of the Food Summit Educational Advisory Board
President, G&L Consulting

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Stacy Atchison

Publisher
Food Safety Magazine

Craig Bacon

Senior Vice-President of Technical Services
Simmons Foods

Sharon Beals

Senior VP, Food Safety & Quality
CTI Foods

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Cal Beyer

Vice President, Workforce Risk & Worker Wellbeing
CSDZ, a Holmes Murphy Company

Chirag Bhatt

Owner
MyHealthInspector.org

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Anthony Broccoli

Distinguished Professor, Co-Director
Rutgers Climate Institute

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James Cascone

Partner, U.S. Brand & Reputation Management Leader
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Moazzam Chaudhry

Director Quality & Food Safety
Van Drunen Farms/FutureCeuticals

Ginger Chew, ScD, MSPH

Health Scientist
CDC

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Conrad Choiniere, Ph.D.

Director, Office of Analytics and Outreach, CFSAN
FDA

Deanna Copeland, RS/REHS

Manager
Harris County Public Health Department

Joseph Corby

Senior Advisor
Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO)

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Will Daniels

President, Produce Division
IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group

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Sandra Eskin

Deputy Undersecretary for Food Safety
USDA

Faye Feldstein

Senior Advisor
Deloitte

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Tom Ford

Vice President, Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Compass

Katya Forsyth

Diversity and Leadership Consultant
Consulting by K

John Forsythe

Managing Director, Government & Public Services
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Oscar Garrison

SVP, Food Safety Regulatory Affairs
United Egg Producers Association

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Cindy Gillespie

Vice President, Human Resources
Amy’s Kitchen, Inc.

Craig Henry, Ph.D.

Consultant
Intro, Inc.

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Jorge Hernandez

Vice President, QA
The Wendy's Company

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Bryan Hitchcock

Senior Director of Food Chain and Executive Director of the Global Food Traceability Center
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)

Maria Ishida

Director of Division of Food Laboratory
New York Department of Agriculture & Markets

Lee Ann Jaykus, Ph.D.

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

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Matt Jenkins

Manager
McDonald's US Supply Chain

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Ernie Julian, Ph.D.

Chief
Rhode Island Department of Health

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Anita Kambhampati, M.P.H.

Epidemiologist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Deb Kane

Vice President, Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory
J&J Snack Foods Corp.

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Andreas Keller

Multi-Commodity Foods Director
Food and Drug Administration

Andrew Kennedy

New Era Technology Team Leader
FDA

John Keogh

Professor of Practice
McGill University

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Hal King, Ph.D.

l Public Health Innovations LLC

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Kenneth Kirschner

Partner
Hogan Lovells

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Adam Kramer, ScD, MPH, RS

Environmental Health Officer
CDC

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Mahipal Kunduru, Ph.D.

VP, Quality Assurance
Topco Associates

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Alvin Lee

Director of the Center for Processing Innovation
Illinois Institute of Technology, School of Applied Technology

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Sean Leighton

Global Vice President of Food Safety
Cargill

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Glenda Lewis, M.S.P.H

Director, Retail Food Protection Staff
FDA

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John Luchansky, Ph.D.

Lead Scientist
USDA, Agricultural Research Service

Steven Mandernach

Executive Director
Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO)

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Stephen Martin, Ph.D.

Engineer
CDC’s National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

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Mac McClendon

Director
Office of Public Health Preparedness & Response

KatieRose McCullough, Ph.D., MPH

Director of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs
North American Meat Institute

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Jennifer McEntire, Ph.D.

VP, Food Safety & Technology
United Fresh Produce Assn

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Sherri McGarry

Health Scientist Microbiologist
CDC Liaison to FDA for Food Safety

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Kenneth Mead, Ph.D., PE

Chief, Engineering and Physical Hazards Branch
NIOSH Division of Field Studies and Engineering

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Joan Menke-Schaenzer

Chief Quality Officer
Van Drunen Farms/FutureCeuticals

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Erik Mettler

Assistant Commissioner for Partnerships and Policy
Food & Drug Administration

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Pam Miles

Program Supervisor. Food Safety Program
Virginia Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services

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Angela Montalbano

Region Supervisor
New York Department of Agriculture & Markets

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Brendan Niemira

Research Leader
U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

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David Norton

President
SYSCO Specialty Meat Companies

Scott Packard

Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer
Houston Health Department

Dr. Anna Porto-Fett

Researcher Food Technologist
USDA, Agricultural Research Service

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Donna Schaffner

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

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John Spink, Ph.D.

Director & Associate Professor
Michigan State University

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Shawn Stevens

Founder, Food Industry Consultant and Lawyer
Food Industry Counsel LLC

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Glenn Stolowski

Manager, Retail Food Safety
HEB

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Tammy Switucha

Executive Director, Food Safety and Consumer Protection
Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Kyle Tanger

Director, Sustainability Practice
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Robert Tauxe, MD, M.P.H

Director, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Angela Valadez

Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager
Publix Super Markets

Katherine Vierk

Director, Division of Public Health Informatics & Analytics
CFSAN/FDA

Mary Lynn Walsh

South Market Director Food Safety
Sysco Corporation

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Lori White

President
Apex Quality Resources, Inc.

Craig Wilson

VP, GMM
Costco

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Frank Yiannas

Deputy Commissioner, Food Policy and Response
FDA

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