2024 Speakers
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TOWN HALL
Steve Mandernach
Executive Director
AFDO
James Jones
Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods
FDA
Sandra Eskin
Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety
United States Department of Agriculture
Rob Tauxe, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, DFWED, NCEZID, DDID
CDC
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Ola Afolayan
Director, Global Food Safety and Regulatory
Kellanova
Felice Arboisiere
Director FSQA N. America
Dole
Al Baroudi, PhD
VP, QA & Food Safety
The Cheesecake Factory
Mitzi Baum
CEO
Stop Foodborne Illness
Sharon Beals
Senior VP, Food Safety & Quality
CTI Foods
Mark Beaumont
Vice President of Quality and Food Safety Standards and risk Management
Danone
Chirag Bhatt, RS, CCFS
Director – Regulatory Affairs (Environmental Health)
HS GovTech
Adrienne Blume
Editorial Director
Food Safety Magazine
Kerry Bridges
Vice President, Food Safety
Chipotle Mexican Grill
John Butts, PhD
Consultant
FoodSafetybyDesign
Damarys Del Castillo
Director of Quality Culture and Food Safety Systems
Sigma
Chitsanzo Chiko Kachaje
Director of Quality Assurance and Food Safety
Home Market Foods
Conrad Choiniere, PhD
Director, Office of Analytics and Outreach
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Andrew Clarke
Senior Director of Quality Assurance
Loblaw Companies
Vanessa Coffman, PhD
Director
Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness
John Crabill
Director, Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Betsy Craig
CEO
Menutrinfo
Dionne Crawford
Manager of US Restaurant Food Safety
McDonald's USA LLC
Marc Cwikowski
Co-founder and Managing Director
World of Auditing SRL
Lori Dodson
Senior Advisor
Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission
Natalie Dyenson
Chief Regulatory and Food Safety Officer
International Fresh Produce Association
Jay Ellingson
Food Protection Administration - Chief Scientific Officer
Kwik Trip, Inc
Jennifer Fernan
Director, FSQA Standards and Supply Quality
J&J Snack Foods Corp.
Oscar Garrison
Director of Quality Assurance and Food Safety
United Egg Producers
Melody Ge
Food Safety & Quality Assurance Director
Starkist
Tina Gettis
Manager, Business Dev. and Comms.
Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH)
Emma Gometz
Digital Producer
NPR's Science Friday
Sanjay Gummalla, PhD
Senior Vice President of Scientific Affairs
American Frozen Food Institute
Dr. Eric Handler
Public Health Perspective
Jorge Hernandez
VP, Quality Assurance
The Wendy's Company
Jill Hoffman
Senior Director Food Safety and Quality
B & G Foods Inc
Dan Horan
Food Safety Director
Wegmans Food Markets
Tim Jackson
Regulatory, Sr. Science Advisor
FDA
Lee-Ann Jaykus, PhD
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor & NoroCORE Scientific Director
North Carolina State University
Allison Jennings
Albertson's
Lone Jespersen, PhD
Principal
Cultivate
Cindy Jiang
Senior Director of Global Food Safety Risk Management
McDonalds
Tülay Kahraman
Co-founder and Managing Director
World of Auditing SRL
Deb Kane, MS
VP, Food Safety, Quality, EHSS & Regulatory
J&J Snack Foods Corp
Larry Keener
President and CEO
International Product Safety Consultants
Gillian Kelleher
CEO
Kelleher Consultants LLC
Megan Kenjora
Senior Manager, Food Safety Culture
Hersheys
Andy Kennedy
Co-founder
New Era Partners
Monica Khoury
Senior Quality Expert
Nestle
Tim King
Founding Partner
Quality Matters
Kathy Knutson, PhD
Educator
Kathy Knutson Food Safety Consulting
Larry Kohl
Private Label Brands
Heather Krug
Regulatory Programs Branch Chief
State of Colorado
Mahipal Kunduru, PhD
Vice President, Quality Assurance
Topco Associates LLC
Bill Lachowsky
Food Safety & Education Consultant
WML Consultants
Franck Lamour
Food Safety Manager
EG America
Mike Learakos
CEO
Abound Food Care
Alvin Lee, PhD
Director of the Center for Processing Innovation
Institute for Food Safety and Health
Glenda Lewis, MSPH
Director, Retail Food Protection Staff
FDA
Yaguang (Sunny) Luo, PhD
Senior Scientist
ARS’s Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory
Steve Mandernach
Executive Director
AFDO
Chip Manuel
Regulatory Strategy and Compliance Program
Instacart
Spir Marinakis
VP of Food Safety, Quality and Technical Services
Maple Leaf Foods
Raquel Maymir
Manager of Global Regulatory Operations and Compliance
General Mills, Inc
Karen McCarty
Senior Director of Commercial Quality Assurance
Agropur
Drew McDonald
VP, Quality and Food Safety
Taylor Farms
Erik Mettler
Assistant Commissioner for Partnerships and Policy
Food & Drug Administration
Susan Mooney
Supervisor, Materials Management and Source Reduction Section, Land and Chemicals Branch, Land, Chemicals and Redevelopment Division, US EPA Region 5
EPA
Roger Muse
Director
ANAB
Brendan Niemira, PhD
Research Leader
USDA
Kathleen O'Donnell
Chief Scientist
Wegmans
Carrie Rigdon, PhD
Research Director
AFDO
Janet Riley
Senior Communications & Public Affairs Executive
Janet Riley Strategies
Brendan Ring
Commercial Director
Creme Global
Nick Rowley
Senior Director of Sanitation
Kellanova
Donna Schaffner
Retired from Rutgers University
Jacqueline Southee
North American Representative
FSSC 22000
Matt Stasiewicz, PhD
Associate Professor of Applied Food Safety
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shawn Stevens
Founding Member
Food Safety Counsel
Glenn Stolowski
Director Retail Food Safety
HEB
Hilary Thesmar
FMI
Steve Tsuyuki
VP of Food Safety, Quality, Technical Services and Sanitation
Maple Leaf Foods
Purnendu Vasavada
Professor Emeritus of Food Science
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Roberta Wagner
IDFA
Michael Walton
President
BCD ILabs
Keith Warriner, PhD
Professor, Department of Food Science
University of Guelph
Nickolas Waters
Market Director, Food Safety
Sysco
Michael Wood, PhD
Manager, Food Safety & Quality
Kroger
Rosalind Zils
VP, Head of Global Quality Nutrition
Reckitt
CERTIFICATE COURSE INSTRUCTORS
Martin Bucknavage
Senior Food Safety Extension Associate and Team Lead, Industrial Food Safety and Quality
Penn State
Deanna Copeland
Retail Food Safety Director
AFDO
Dionne Crawford
Manager of US Restaurant Food Safety
McDonald's USA LLC
Brad Evans
Director & Co-Founder
Anti-Counterfeiting Strategy Group
Roy Fenoff
Associate Professor
The Citadel
Kathy Gombas
Senior Advisor
FSMA Implementation Solutions
Bill Lachowsky
Food Safety & Education
Consultant
Steve Mandernach
Executive Director
AFDO
Joe Meyer
Microbiology Lead
Kerry Global
Kara Mikkelson
Director of Food Safety
ChemStation
Mandy Sedlak
Director, Global Food Safety and Public Health
Ecolab
Donna Schaffner
Associate Director Food Safety, QA & Training
Rutgers University, Food Innovation Center
John Spink, Phd
Director
Michigan State University
Melissa Vaccaro, MSc, CP-FS
Senior Food Safety Program Specialist
NEHA