2023 Speakers

Michael Eckhardt

SVP, Chief Legal and Risk Officer and Secretary
Wawa, Inc.

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Randy Huffman, Ph.D.

Chief Food Safety and Sustainability Officer
Maple Leaf Foods

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David McDonald

President
OSI Group

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Lone Jespersen, Ph.D.

Principal and Founder
Cultivate SA

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Moderator

Sandra Eskin

Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety
United States Department of Agriculture

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Steve Mandernach, JD

Executive Director
Association of Food & Drug Officials

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Donald Prater, D.V.M

Acting Director of the Office of Food Policy and Response
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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Robert Tauxe, MD, MPH

Director, DFWED, NCEZID, DDID
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Gillian Kelleher

CEO,
Kelleher Consultants LLC

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Moderator

Angela Anandappa, Ph.D.

CEO
Alliance for Advanced Sanitation

Andrea Anase

Global Supply Chain & Food Safety
PepsiCo

Erik Anderson

Field Director, Food Safety
Sysco

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Karleigh Bacon

Director, US Supply Chain Food Safety, Science, and Regulatory
McDonald's Corporation

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Ata (Al) Baroudi, Ph.D.

VP, QA & Food Safety
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated

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Sharon Beals

Senior VP, Food Safety & Quality
CTI Foods

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Chirag Bhatt

Director, Regulatory Affairs
HS GovTech Solutions

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Adrienne Blume

Editorial Director
Food Safety Magazine

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Mindy Brashears, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for Research
Texas Tech University

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John Butts

Principal
FoodSafetyByDesign, LLC

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Jean Buzby, Ph.D.

USDA Food Loss and Waste Liaison
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Conrad Choiniere

Director of the Office of Analytics and Outreach
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

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David Clifford

Director of Food Safety
Nestle USA

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Vanessa Coffman, Ph.D.

Director
Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness

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Sam Cole

Global Director, Product Certification – Equipment & Chemical Evaluation
NSF

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Darin Detwiler, MA.Ed

Assistant Teaching Professor
Northeastern University

Natalie Dyenson, MPH

VP, Food Safety & Quality
Dole Food Company, Inc.

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Ashley Eisenbeiser, MS, CFS

Senior Director, Food and Product Safety Programs
FMI - The Food Industry Association

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Jay Ellingson, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer
Kwik Trip, Inc.

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Anne Gerardi

GFSI Senior Manager
The Consumer Goods Forum

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Laura Gieraltowski, Ph.D., MPH

Foodborne Outbreak Response Team Lead
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Maile Gradison

Partner
Hogan Lovells

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Hugo Gutierrez

Global Chief Quality & Food Safety Officer
Kerry

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Rebecca Guzy

Director of Research
Frick Quality Meats

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Timothy Hsu

Director of Health Technology Initiatives
AFDO/RAPS Healthcare Products Collaborative

Tim Jackson

Regulatory, Sr. Science Advisor
FDA

Lance Jensen

Senior Director Food Safety & Health Operations
Walmart

Lone Jespersen, Ph.D.

Principal and Founder
Cultivate SA

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Cindy Jiang

Senior Director of Global Food Safety Risk Management
McDonald's Corporation

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Chitsanzo Chiko Kachaje

Director of Quality Assurance and Food Safety ·
Home Market Foods

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Priya Kadam, Ph.D.

Senior Advisor
FDA/CFSAN/Office of Food Safety

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Deb Kane, MS

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

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Tim King

Founder & Senior Consultant
Quality Matters LLC

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Kathy Knuston, Ph.D.

Independent Consultant
EAS Consulting Group

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Claire Koelsch Sand

CEO
Packaging Technology and Research

Sarah Kozak-Weaver, MS, CFS

Quality Assurance Food Scientist
Wegmans Food Markets

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Mahipal Kunduru

Vice President, Quality Assurance
Topco Associates

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Matthew Lash, Esq.

Assistant Director
Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Branch

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Mike Learakos

CEO
Abound Food Care

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Alvin Lee, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Processing Innovation
Institute for Food Safety and Health

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Art Liang, MD, MPH

Senior Advisor for Food Safety
CDC

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Sharon Lindan Mayl

Partner, DLA Piper
former Senior Advisor for Policy to the Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response

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Lisa Jo Lupo

Director, Communications
The Acheson Group (TAG)

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Steven Lyon, Ph.D.

Director, Food Safety – Field Operations
Chick-fil-A

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Drew MacDonald

VP, Quality and Food Safety
Taylor Farms

Steve Mandernach, JD

Executive Director
Association of Food & Drug Officials

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Spir Marinakis

VP Food Safety, Quality and Technical Services
Maple Leaf Foods

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Bill Marler

Managing Partner
Marler Clark: The Food Safety Law Firm

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Ann Marie McNamara

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

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Traci Michelson, REHS, CP-FS

Food Safety Manager
McDonald's Corporation

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Mick Miklos

Advisory Partner
Active Food Safety, LLC

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George Misko

Partner
Keller and Heckman

Eric Moorman, Ph.D.

Corporate Manager, Food Safety and Scientific Affairs
Butterball, LLC

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Roger Muse

Vice President of Business Development
ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB)

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Brendan Niemira, Ph.D.

Research Leader, Food Safety and Interventions Reseach Unit
USDA-ARS Eastern Regional Research Center

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Doug Noveroske

Epidemiologist
USDA-FSIS

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Brian Olney

VP of Quality Assurance, Food Safety & Manufacturing
Wegmans Food Markets

Rita Palmer

Director of QA Regulatory
Papa John's Pizza

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Brian Perry

SVP, Food Safety and Quality
Treehouse Foods

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Vera Petrova-Dickinson

Founder and CEO
Innova-Q

Robert Prevendar

Director, Global Food Safety & Quality Assurance
Yum! Brands

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Kim Rice

VP Food Safety and Quality
Roseacre Farms

Monique Salter

CORE Response Team 2 Leader
FDA’s Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Network

Sheryl Shaw, DVM, MPH, DACVPM

Director, Applied Epidemiology Staff
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Dr. Hany Sidrak

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Field Operations (OFO)
USDA FSIS

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Angie Siemens

Vice President, Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory
Cargill

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John Spink

Director, Food Fraud Prevention Academy;
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

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Matt Stasiewicz

Associate Professor of Applied Food Safety
University of Illinois

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Shawn Stevens

National Food Industry Lawyer
Food Industry Council, LLC

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Glenn Stolowski

Manager Retail Quality Assurance
HEB

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Lana C. Suarez

Associate Chief, Materials Management Branch
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Harshavardhan Thippareddi, Ph.D.

Interim Associate Dean for Research
University of Georgia Dept of Agriculture and Rural Development

Jim Tidmore

former Division President
McLane Company

Chris Waldrop

Senior Health Scientist
Food and Drug Administration

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Weldon Williams

Vice President, Standards
HAVI

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Michael Wood, Ph.D.

Manager, Food Safety & Quality
Kroger

Lily Yang

Senior Manager, Food Safety
The Acheson Group (TAG)

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Jeremy Zenlea

Director, Head of Health and Safety
EG America

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John Zimmerman

VP, QA & Food Safety
First Watch Restaurants

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Lute Atieh

Director of Training Solutions and Development
WorkForge

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Roberto Bellavia

Partner and Senior Consultant
KTL

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Mike Borkowski

Product Manager
Sani-Mantic

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Julien Defferrard

Associate Director, Predictive Diagnostics
bioMérieux, Inc.

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Michael Eastwood, Ph.D.

BioMonitoring Technology Specialist
MilliporeSigma

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Steve Flieder

Business Development Manager- Proclean Bioremediation
IFC

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Ellie Girard

Southern California District Manager
LUBRIPLATE Lubricants Company

Jessica Hoffman

VP of Sales
CMX1

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Warren Hojnacki

Regional Manager – Food
SGS North America, Inc.

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Justyce Jedlicka

Food & Beverage Regulatory Liaison and Field Marketing
MilliporeSigma

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John McPherson

Senior Director of Digital Innovation
Antares Vision Group

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Angela Nardone

Chief Operating Officer
Share-ify

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Shannon Summerville

Product Specification and Nutrition Data Specialist
Performance Food Group

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Matthew Taylor

Consulting Lead
NSF

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Kurt Westmoreland

Chief Commercial Officer
FlexXray, Inc

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Kathleen Wybourn

Director, Food & Beverage
DNV

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Bryan Banks

Founder and COO
KipTraq

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Tim Cser

Senior Technology Specialist
MilliporeSigma

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Matt Deffenbaugh

Solutions Director
Redzone

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Todd Dolinsky

Chief Product Officer
Trustwell

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Michael Fabian

Manager of CompuClean
Spartan Chemical Company, Inc.

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Steven Granzow

Northern Illinois Regional Manager
FSS Inc.

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Chris Harrison

Sales Engineer
SafetyChain

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Andrew Lansinger

FSolutions Consultant and Compliance Subject Matter Expert
QAD Redzone

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Julie McGill

Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy and Insights
FoodLoqiQ

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Tara Cammarata

President
Cenza Smart

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Roy Fenoff, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice
The Military College of South Carolina (The Citadel)

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William Lachowsky

Project Manager, Food Safety Training
Food Processing Human Resources Council

Joseph Meyer

Global Microbiology Lead
Kerry

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Kara Mikkelson

Director of Food Safety
ChemStation

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Barry Parsons

Vice President Consulting
Cenza Smart

Judy Perry

Senior Scientist
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

Donna Schaffner

Associate Director: Food Safety, Quality Assurance & Training
Rutgers University - Food Innovation Centers

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Nancy Scharlach, CFSQA

President, Chief Technical Director, Global FSVP Qualified Individual
PCQI & Food Safety Professional

John Spink

Director, Food Fraud Prevention Academy;
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

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