Food Safety Summit 2023 | Food Safety Summit SA | 7 May 2023 | Premier Hotel O.R. Tambo, 73 Gladiator St, Rhodesfield, Kempton Park, 1619, South Africa

Our focus for this year’s Summit is People - they are our greatest resource, and our strongest food safety champions! We’ll bring you global insights and zone in on some of the fundamental issues that continue to provide challenges in our organisations, even though we have food safety systems and standards in place.

2023 Speakers

KEYNOTE PRESENTERS:

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

Randy Huffman, Ph.D.
Chief Food Safety and Sustainability Officer, Maple Leaf Foods

David McDonald
President, OSI Group

Lone Jespersen, Ph.D.
Principal and Founder, Cultivate SA

TOWN HALL:

Sandra Eskin
Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture

Steve Mandernach, JD
Executive Director, Association of Food & Drug Officials

Donald Prater, D.V.M
Acting Director of the Office of Food Policy and Response, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Robert Tauxe, MD, MPH
Director, DFWED, NCEZID, DDID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Gillian Kelleher
CEO, Kelleher Consultants LLC

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

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

Ata (Al) Baroudi, Ph.D.
VP, QA & Food Safety, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated

Sharon Beals
Senior VP, Food Safety & Quality, CTI Foods

Chirag Bhatt
Director, Regulatory Affairs, HS GovTech Solutions

Adrienne Blume
Editorial Director, Food Safety Magazine

Mindy Brashears, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research, Texas Tech University

John Butts
Principal, FoodSafetyByDesign, LLC

Jean Buzby, Ph.D.
USDA Food Loss and Waste Liaison, U.S. Department of Agriculture

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

David Clifford
Director of Food Safety, Nestle USA

Vanessa Coffman, Ph.D.
Director, Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness

Sam Cole
Global Director, Product Certification – Equipment & Chemical Evaluation, NSF

Darin Detwiler, MA.Ed
Assistant Teaching Professor, Northeastern University

Natalie Dyenson, MPH
VP, Food Safety & Quality, Dole Food Company, Inc.

Ashley Eisenbeiser, MS, CFS
Senior Director, Food and Product Safety Programs, FMI - The Food Industry Association

Jay Ellingson, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, Kwik Trip, Inc.

Anne Gerardi
GFSI Senior Manager, The Consumer Goods Forum

Laura Gieraltowski, Ph.D., MPH
Foodborne Outbreak Response Team Lead, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Maile Gradison
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Hugo Gutierrez
Global Chief Quality & Food Safety Officer, Kerry

Rebecca Guzy
Director of Research, Frick Quality Meats

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

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

Chitsanzo Chiko Kachaje
Director of Quality Assurance and Food Safety, Home Market Foods

Priya Kadam, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor, FDA/CFSAN/Office of Food Safety

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

Tim King
Founder & Senior Consultant, Quality Matters LLC

Kathy Knuston, Ph.D.
Independent Consultant, EAS Consulting Group

Claire Koelsch Sand
CEO, Packaging Technology and Research

Sarah Kozak-Weaver, MS, CFS
Quality Assurance Food Scientist, Wegmans Food Markets

Mahipal Kunduru
Vice President, Quality Assurance, Topco Associates

Matthew Lash, Esq.
Assistant Director, Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Branch

Mike Learakos
CEO, Abound Food Care

Alvin Lee, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Processing Innovation, Institute for Food Safety and Health

Art Liang, MD, MPH
Senior Advisor for Food Safety, CDC

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

Lisa Jo Lupo
Director, Communications, The Acheson Group (TAG)

Steven Lyon, Ph.D.
Director, Food Safety – Field Operations, Chick-fil-A

Drew MacDonald
VP, Quality and Food Safety, Taylor Farms

Steve Mandernach, JD
Executive Director, Association of Food & Drug Officials

Spir Marinakis
VP Food Safety, Quality and Technical Services, Maple Leaf Foods

Bill Marler
Managing Partner, Marler Clark: The Food Safety Law Firm

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

Traci Michelson, REHS, CP-FS
Food Safety Manager, McDonald's Corporation

Mick Miklos
Advisory Partner, Active Food Safety, LLC

George Misko
Partner, Keller and Heckman

Eric Moorman, Ph.D.
Corporate Manager, Food Safety and Scientific Affairs, Butterball, LLC

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

Brendan Niemira, Ph.D.
Research Leader, Food Safety and Interventions Reseach Unit, USDA-ARS Eastern Regional Research Center

Doug Noveroske
Epidemiologist, USDA-FSIS

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

Rita Palmer
Director of QA Regulatory, Papa John's Pizza

Brian Perry
SVP, Food Safety and Quality, Treehouse Foods

Vera Petrova-Dickinson
Founder and CEO, Innova-Q

Robert Prevendar
Director, Global Food Safety & Quality Assurance, Yum! Brands

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

Dr. Hany Sidrak
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Field Operations (OFO), USDA FSIS

Angie Siemens
Vice President, Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory, Cargill

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

Matt Stasiewicz
Associate Professor of Applied Food Safety, University of Illinois

Shawn Stevens
National Food Industry Lawyer, Food Industry Council, LLC

Glenn Stolowski
Manager Retail Quality Assurance, HEB

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

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

Weldon Williams
Vice President, Standards, HAVI

Michael Wood, Ph.D.
Manager, Food Safety & Quality, Kroger

Lily Yang
Senior Manager, Food Safety, The Acheson Group (TAG)

Jeremy Zenlea
Director, Head of Health and Safety, EG America

John Zimmerman
VP, QA & Food Safety, First Watch Restaurants

SOLUTIONS STAGE PRESENTERS:

Lute Atieh
Director of Training Solutions and Development, WorkForge

Roberto Bellavia
Partner and Senior Consultant, KTL

Mike Borkowski
Product Manager, Sani-Mantic

Julien Defferrard
Associate Director, Predictive Diagnostics, bioMérieux, Inc.

Michael Eastwood, Ph.D.
BioMonitoring Technology Specialist, MilliporeSigma

Steve Flieder
Business Development Manager- Proclean Bioremediation, IFC

Ellie Girard
Southern California District Manager, LUBRIPLATE Lubricants Company

Jessica Hoffman
VP of Sales, CMX1

Warren Hojnacki
Regional Manager – Food, SGS North America, Inc.

Justyce Jedlicka
Food & Beverage Regulatory Liaison and Field Marketing, MilliporeSigma

John McPherson
Senior Director of Digital Innovation, Antares Vision Group

Angela Nardone
Chief Operating Officer, Share-ify

Shannon Summerville
Product Specification and Nutrition Data Specialist, Performance Food Group

Matthew Taylor
Consulting Lead, NSF

Kurt Westmoreland
Chief Commercial Officer, FlexXray, Inc

Kathleen Wybourn
Director, Food & Beverage, DNV

TECH TENT PRESENTERS:

Bryan Banks
Founder and COO, KipTraq

Tim Cser
Senior Technology Specialist, MilliporeSigma

Matt Deffenbaugh
Solutions Director, Redzone

Todd Dolinsky
Chief Product Officer, Trustwell

Michael Fabian
Manager of CompuClean, Spartan Chemical Company, Inc.

Steven Granzow
Northern Illinois Regional Manager, FSS Inc.

Chris Harrison
Sales Engineer, SafetyChain

Andrew Lansinger
FSolutions Consultant and Compliance Subject Matter Expert, QAD Redzone

Julie McGill
Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy and Insights, FoodLoqiQ

CERTIFICATE/CERTIFICATION COURSE INSTRUCTORS:

Tara Cammarata
President, Cenza Smart

Roy Fenoff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, The Military College of South Carolina (The Citadel)

William Lachowsky
Project Manager, Food Safety Training, Food Processing Human Resources Council

Joseph Meyer
Global Microbiology Lead, Kerry

Kara Mikkelson
Director of Food Safety, ChemStation

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

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

2023 Sponsors

PRODUCED BY:
• Food Safety Magazine

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• FSN | QA
• Prepared Foods
• The National Provisioner
• Food Engineering
• Dairy Foods
• SFWB

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Purell

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Instant Recall

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Crunchtime
• PathSpot
• QAD | Redzone

COLLABORATIVE ORGANIZATIONS:
• AFDO