2023 Speakers
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KEYNOTE PRESENTERS
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
TOWN HALL
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
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
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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SOLUTIONS STAGE PRESENTERS
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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TECH TENT PRESENTERS
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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CERTIFICATE/CERTIFICATION COURSE INSTRUCTORS
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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