Speaker Test
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KEYNOTE PRESENTER
Mary Weaver Gertz
Chief Food Safety & QA Officer
Yum Brands
TOWN HALL
Steve Mandernach
Executive Director
AFDO
James Jones
Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods
FDA
Jose Emilio Esteban
Under Secretary for Food Safety
USDA
Rob Tauxe, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, DFWED, NCEZID, DDID
CDC
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Ola Afolayan
Kellanova
Felice Arboisiere
Director FSQA N. America
Dole
Al Baroudi, PhD
VP, QA & Food Safety
The Cheesecake Factory
Sharon Beals
Senior VP, Food Safety & Quality
CTI Foods
Mahirwan Bhagia
Vice President, Global Food Safety
PepsiCo
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
WFIS Representative in LATAM region
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
Vanessa Coffman, PhD
Director
Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness
John Crabill
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Betsy Craig
Menutrinfo
Dionne Crawford
Manager of US Restaurant Food Safety
McDonald's USA LLC
Marc Cwikowski
Co-founder and Managing Director
World of Auditing SRL
Will Daniels
Food Consultant
Mori
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 Development and Communications
Illinois Tech, Institute for Food Safety and Health
Emma Gometz
NPR's Science Friday
Sanjay Gummalla, PhD
Senior Vice President of Scientific Affairs
American Frozen Food Institute
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
Presdient and CEO
International Product Safety Consultants
Gillian Kelleher
CEO
Kelleher Consultants LLC
Megan Kenjora
Senior Manager, Food Safety Culture
Hersheys
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
Franck Lamour
Food Safety Manager
EG America
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
Karen McCarty
Agropur
Drew McDonald
VP, Quality and Food Safety
Taylor Farms
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
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
Creme Global
Eliese Ronke
Manager
Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness
Donna Schaffner
Associate Director Food Safety, QA & Training
Rutgers University, Food Innovation Center
Matt Stasiewicz, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shawn Stevens
Founding Member
Food Safety Counsel
Glenn Stolowski
Vice President, Global Food Safety
HEB
Hilary Thesmar
FMI
Steve Tsuyuki
VP of Food Safety, Quality, Technical Services and Sanitation
Maple Leaf Foods
Roberta Wagner
IDFA
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
Sr. Director, Quality and Food Safety
8th Avenue Food & Provisions
CERTIFICATE COURSE INSTRUCTORS
Martin Bucknavage
Senior Food Safety Extension Associate and Team Lead, Industrial Food Safety and Quality
Penn State
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
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