2019 Speakers
Natalie Adan
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Davis Addy
IT Leader, Food Safety & Product Quality
Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Gary Ades, Ph.D.
President
G&L Consulting Group
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Seth Arends
NEHA
Ata (Al) Baroudi, Ph.D.
VP, QA & Food Safety
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
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Colin Barthel
FDA
Dane Bernard
Managing Director
Bold Bear Food Safety
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Chirag Bhatt, RS, CCFS
Director, Food Safety & QA
Buce-ee's
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Aflonso Capuchino
General Manager, Certification Services
AIB International
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John Collier
Batelle
Will Daniels
Principal
IEH
Gordon Davidson
CFSAN/FDA
Suresh DeCosta
Director of Food Safety
Lipman Produce
Hendrik (Henk) C. den Bakker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia
Lauren DiPrete, MPH, REHS
Sr. Environmental Health Specialst
Southern Nevada Health District
Jay Ellingson, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Food Regulations and Science Operations
Kwik Trip
Laurie Farmer
Director, Office of State Cooperative Programs
US Food & Drug Administration
Reinaldo Figueiredo
Senior Program Director Accreditation of Product Certification
ANAB - ANSI National Accreditation Board
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Oscar Garrison
VP of Food Safety
United Egg Producers
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Donna Garren
Executive Vice President, Science & Policy
American Frozen Food Institute
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Laura Gieraltowski, MPH, Ph.D.
Foodborne Outbreak Reponse Team Lead
CDC
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Travis Irvan, MPH
Disease Control and Response Program Manager
Delaware General Health District
D.J. Irving
Environmentalist
Tennessee Dept. of Health
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Lone Jespersen
Cultivate Food Safety
Donald L. Jones
VP Quality
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.
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Debbie Kane, MS
Director of Food Safety & QA
J&J Snack Foods
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Gillian Kelleher
VP Food Safety & QA
Wegmans Food Markets
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Paul Kiecker
Deputy Administrator
USDA/FSIS
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Christopher (Hal) King, Ph.D.
CEO/President
Public Health Innovations LLC
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Mahipal Kunduru
Vice President, Quality Assurance
Topco Associates
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William Lachowsky
Food Safety, Education & Training consultant
Ontario College of Teachers
Alvin Lee, PhD, MASM
Center Director; Associate Professor
Institute for Food Safety and Health; IIT
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Sean Leighton
Vice President Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory
Cargill
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Glenda Lewis, M.S.P.H
Director, Retail Food Protection Staff
FDA
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Art Liang, MD, MPH
Sr. Advisor for Food Safety
CDC
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Steven A. Lyon, Ph.D.
Principal Lead Food Safety
Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Steven Mandernach
Executive Director
Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO)
Chip Manuel
Food Safety Lead, Retail
Diversey Inc.
James Marsden
Head of Food Safety
Chipotle
Sharon Mayl
Senior Advisor for Policy
US Food & Drug Administration
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Shannon McKeon
Environmental Health Specialist III
Fairfax County Health Dept.
Robert McNaney
Padilla
Joan Menke-Schaenzer
Chief Quality Officer
Van Drunen Farms/FutureCeuticals
Mick Miklos
Program Director, Member Engagement
National Restaurant Association
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Eric Moorman
PhD Student
NC State
David Nicholas, MPH
Chief Epidemiologist
New York State Department of Health
Brendan Niemira, Ph.D.
Research Leader
USDA-ARS
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Tara Paster, CP-FS, FMP
President
Paster Training, Inc.
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Brian Perry
Senior Vice President, Food Safety & Quality
TreeHouse Foods
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Donna Schaffner, MS
Director of Training, Food Safety & QA
Rutgers Food Innovation Center
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Jenny Scott
Senior Advisor, Office of Food Safety
FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
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Jacqueline Southee
North American Representative
FSSC
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John Spink
Assistant Professor & Director, Food Fraud Initiative
Michigan State University
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Shawn Stevens
Food Industry Consultant and Lawyer
Food Industry Council
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Robert Tauxe
Director, Div. of Foodborne, Waterborne and Envrionmental Diseases
CDC
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Michael Taylor
Co-Chair
Stop Foodborne Illness Board
Mary Tijerina
Consumer Safety Officer
FDA, CFSAN, Division of Produce Safety
Dan Tew
Sr. Manager, Food Safety & Regulatory Affairs
YUM!
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Randy Treadwell
Program Manager, Rapid Response and Emergency Management
Washington State Dept. of Agriculture
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Purnendu C. Vasavada, Ph.D.
VProfessor Emeritus of Food Science
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
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Mary Lynn Walsh, MS, RD
Regional Director Food Safety
Sysco Corporation
Faye Westhoff
Maryland Food Safety Services
Senior Advisor for Food Safety to Deloitte and Touche
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Matthew Wise, MPH, PhD
Deputy Chief for Outbreak Response
CDC
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Kathleen Wybourn
Director Food & Beverage, Supply Chain & Assurance
DNV GL
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Frank Yiannas
Deputy Commissioner, Food Policy and Response
FDA
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Thuy Yu
Director of Operations and Regulatory Affairs
Hammer Enterprises Integrated Solutions, LLC
John Zimmermann
VP, QA & Food Safety
First Watch Restaurants
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