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2015 Industry Meeting Attendees 2015 Industry Meeting Attendees First Name Last Name Company Kevin Adams Trident Seafoods Becky Alderman TVS Susan Anderson Americold Logistics Jennifer Armstrong Perdue Foods LLC Spencer Armstrong Tyson Foods, Inc. Holliday Arnett Tabatchnick Fine Foods James Asher II Sterling Pacific Meat Anna Atlaskina Commercial Lynks, Inc. Bill Babb Acosta Toni Baca-Eike J.R. Simplot Company Susan Backus North American Meat Institute Jean Bannwart Millstone Mills, Inc. Larry Bannwart Millstone Mills, Inc. Kirk Barrett Smithfield Packing Robert Barrios Barrios Distributing Michael Barron The Tuna Store LLC Rich Bartz Lakeside Foods Jessica Baye Sodexo Inderjit Bihala The Morning Star Packing Company James Blankenship Tyson Foods Inc. Hemant Bonde Capgemini Jolene Boothby Sun-Maid Growers of California Diandra Bowers Ocean Spray Cranberries Rick Braatz Schreiber Foods, Inc. Cherrie Brown South Dakota Pulse Processors LLC Steven Brown South Dakota Pulse Processors LLC Larry Bushey Knouse Foods Inc Susan Carlson Western Veg-Pro, Inc. Barry Carpenter North American Meat Institute Josh Castillo Forrest Transportation Service Trevor Caviness Caviness Beef Packers Josh Chaffin Red Gold, LLC Adam Chernin Central Beef Ind. L.L.C. Jean Chopchinski McCall Farms Chad Ciotti Capgemini Brian Coelho Central Valley Meat Nancy Coleman Bongards Premium Cheese Mike Cooney Bay Valley Foods David Coumerilh Trident Seafoods Brian Crowe Del Monte Foods Tony Cuevas Interstate Meat Co. dba Sterling Pacific Meat Company Paul Darby Darby Enterprises Kate Diebolt Smithfield Lavonne Dietrich Dairy Farmers of America Chuck Dinnis Jennie-O Turkey Store Robin Dosier Foremost Farms USA John Douglas Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Dawn Drake Michigan Processing Apple Growers Jackie Dyer Riveridge Produce Marketing, Inc. Adam Edwardson BPI Tech Carole Erb J.T.M. Food Group Timothy Esslinger Keystone Foods Valerie Fairbanks AdvancePierre Foods Gail Ferguson Tyson Foods, Inc. Bill Ferriera Apricot Producers of California Todd Fischer Seneca Foods Sandy Fisher Phillips Resources Ben Flammey Marron Foods Gene Fleetwood Forrest Transportation Service Karen Ford-Duke House of Raeford Howard Frankenthal Frankenthal International Ltd. Mark Freeland KivaSun Foods Chris Freeman Bongards Premium Cheese Charles Geragi All American Farms Inc Aly Ghanim USA Halal Chamber of Commerce Inc. Jay Gnanasekaran Commercial Lynks Inc. Kari Godbey American Beef Packers Inc. Scott Goltry North American Meat Institute Marino Gonzalez Vector USA Inc. Carolyn Gooch The Dannon Company Donald Goodman Don Lee Farms Brandon Goodman Don Lee Farms Clint Goto Sun-Maid Growers of California David Gray Consolidated Catfish Anita Grimes Keystone Foods Kelisiha Guidry PP Veterans Solution Inc Patrice Guidry PP Veterans Solution Inc Peter Guidry III PP Veterans Solution Inc Peter V. Guidry Jr. Liason International David Halt Red Gold, LLC Gerald Harter The Morning Star Packing Co. Dan Hazen Grain Millers Inc. Daniel Heffernan Capgemini Amy Hellweg Pinnacle Foods Group Gerben Hettinga American Beef Packers Inc. Brian Hofmeier J.T.M. Food Group Gion Hollingsworth Capgemini Jon Holt The Neil Jones Food Company Dawn Houle Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc. Mark Howell Crider Foods Rich Hudgins CA Canning Peach Association Debra Huffman Asian Food Solutions Geary Huss Sunsweet Growers Inc Carrie Ingersoll Cherry Central Cheryl Isberner Land O'Lakes Laurel Jeffers McCall Farms, Inc Lisa Jenkins Clement Pappas Arlene Jennings Knouse Foods Inc Jim Jirschele Masters Gallery Foods, Inc. Stephanie Johnson HMC Farms Tami Johnson Land O'Lakes Daryl Johnston Titan Farms Lori Jones AmeriQual Frank Kaman All American Farms Inc. Liz Karre Dairy Farmers of America Kevin Kellstrom Bosco's Pizza Company Jeff Kent Foremost Farms USA Joe Koch Country Pure Foods Phyllis Kohl Furmano Foods Jan Koslosky Ocean Beauty Seafoods LLC Anthony Lane Mennel Milling Company Michelle Larson Cherry Central COOP Dennis Leibld CACI Ashley Lembke American Foods Group Robert Levy Food Safety Net Lana Lis Ameriqual Group Heidi Liu Bay Valley Foods Randy Livingston WRX Produce Joshua Lohnes WV FOODLINK - West Virginia University Kristi Losson Wawona Frozen Foods Jordan Lubach Masters Gallery Foods, Inc. Amy Lynch McCall Farms, Inc Joe Maas J.T.M. Food Group Peter Madden AgVeterans Kristen Mancinelli School Food FOCUS Niki Mann Tyson Foods Lisa Marquez Sunrise Produce Malissa Marsden CNSS Stacey Masters 21st Century Bean Processing Pavel Matustik Sunrise Produce Sarah Mauer Child Nutrition Network Suzanne McCarty Cargill Shelly McCurry Cargill Ellen McWilliams Furmano Foods Cliff Meyers K12 Services, Inc. Ron Meyers 21st Century Bean Processing Mark Miller Pacific Northwest Canned Pear Service Lisa Millman Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Ali Mohseni American Foods Group Allan Morgan Trident Seafoods Janelle Murphy Seneca Foods Rhonda Murphy House of Raeford Farms, Inc Rhonda Murray Del Mar Food Products, Corp. Aaron Naster Case Farms Janelle Noll Pinnacle Foods Group Pennie Odell Inn Foods - US Food Service Merrilee Olson Post Consumer Brands Danielle Onda Capgemini Shirley Osborn W. H. Moseley Co. Steve Osuna J.T.M. Food Group Sarah Ott AmeriQual Group Steve Ott Seneca Foods Janet Pang Challenge Dairy Products, Inc. Anthony Paris, Esq. Paris Brothers, Inc. Leonard Payne Tyson Foods Matthew Pearson Marron Foods Oneika Pearson Fair Oaks Farms, LLC Ric Perkins Heartland Catfish Anna Pontoni McCain Foods Keith Pozulp Cherry Meat Packers, Inc. Kery Pozulp Cherry Meat Packers, Inc. Mike Ptak J.T.M. Food Group John Purcell K-12 Services, Inc. Jose Quinones J.T.M. Food Group Christine Rankin Smithfield Erin Ray Commercial Lynks, Inc. Gregory Redding Commercial Lynks, Inc. Kay Rentzel National Peach Council & US Sweet Potato Council Dawn Richardson Pilgrims Pride Ryan Richardson Trident Seafoods Matthew Ridjaneck Smithfield Foods Eric Rockafellow Burnette Foods Inc Martha Rockafellow Burnette Foods Inc Jim Rodgers StarKist Co. Jim Ruhling Michael Foods, Inc. Nora Sabla Del Mar Food Products, Corp. Margie Saidel Chartwells K12 Elizabeth Santos Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Debbie Satterlee Ocean Beauty Seafoods LLC Michael Sauceda Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc. Ruth Saunders International Dairy Foods Association Michael Schafer Capgemini Alethia Scheett Land O'Lakes Ben Scherwitz Seneca Foods Nina Schlossman Alaska Seafood Market Institute Rick Schwantes Jennie-O Turkey Store Bill Sessions North American Meat Institute Peter Seward Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc Pat Shanahan Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers Tara Sharpe National Food Group Ted Sherman Burnette Foods Inc. Curtis Sill Butterball LLC Bill Smittcamp Wawona Frozen Foods Kamran Soheili VFSS Inc. Michael Spurgin National Beef LLC Lauri Stark AMPI Nancy Stricker TVS Bobby Stutz Stutz Packing Company Jack Stutz Stutz Packing Company Charles Szitas BPI Tech Jason Tabatchnick Tabatchnick Fine Foods Rita Tabatchnick Tabatchnick Fine Foods Rose Tallant SourceAmerica Evangeline Taulton PP Veterans Solution Inc Trish Taylor Riveridge Produce Marketing, Inc. Michael Teachey House of Raeford Will Timmerman LARSO Alan Townsend 21st Century Bean Processing Judy Tridico Crider Foods Steve Turriff VPP Group LLC Brian Vandiver Capgemini Michael VanFleet Stratas Foods Vincent Versagli Kaolin Mushroom Farms, Inc Henry Webb Peterson Farms Fresh Glenn Weist Keystone Potato Products, LLC Jeff Weltzin Stafford County Flour Mills Bradley West Miceli Dairy Products Company Stephen Wolfe Paris Brothers, Inc. Henry Wong American Beef Packers Inc. Candace Worrell Clement Pappas Lora Wright Tyson Foods, Inc. Chuck Yee Proportion Foods Lincoln Yee Dragon Food Solutions LLC Maria Yenter Bushmans' Inc. Vince Yoshioka Leprino Foods David Yvanovich Sunrise Growers Jayme Zachry Tyson Foods, Inc..
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