2019 Speakers
Natalie Adan
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Davis Addy
IT Leader, Food Safety & Product Quality
Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Seth Arends
NEHA
Colin Barthel
FDA
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
Travis Irvan, MPH
Disease Control and Response Program Manager
Delaware General Health District
Lone Jespersen
Cultivate Food Safety
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
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
Shannon McKeon
Environmental Health Specialist III
Fairfax County Health Dept.
Robert McNaney
Padilla
Joan Menke-Schaenzer
Chief Quality Officer
Van Drunen Farms/FutureCeuticals
Eric Moorman
PhD Student
NC State
David Nicholas, MPH
Chief Epidemiologist
New York State Department of Health
Jenny Scott
Senior Advisor, Office of Food Safety
FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
Michael Taylor
Co-Chair
Stop Foodborne Illness Board
Mary Tijerina
Consumer Safety Officer
FDA, CFSAN, Division of Produce Safety
Randy Treadwell
Program Manager, Rapid Response and Emergency Management
Washington State Dept. of Agriculture
Purnendu C. Vasavada, Ph.D.
VProfessor Emeritus of Food Science
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
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
Thuy Yu
Director of Operations and Regulatory Affairs
Hammer Enterprises Integrated Solutions, LLC
