Food Safety Summit Educational Advisory Board Members announced; planning begins for 2017 event

Food safety professionals from leading companies including The Cheesecake Factory, Costco, US Foods, Wegman's, McDonald's and academic and government agencies have joined The Food Safety Summit Educational Advisory Board (EAB) who will set the direction for the content of the education program for the 2017 event scheduled for May 9-11 in Rosemont, IL. The EAB will select and identify the high profile keynote presenters, hands on workshops, specialized training/education and detailed informational sessions. The EAB is comprised of industry leaders representing the entire food industry including, processors, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, foodservice operators, regulators and academia.

"Following an extremely successful 2016 Food Safety Summit, we are very excited to work with this talented and highly respected Educational Advisory Board to produce another stellar program for 2017," says Scott Wolters, Director of The Food Safety Summit. "Our goal is to offer a solutions oriented program where real issues can be discussed and solutions discovered and with a good mix of returning EAB members as well as new members, we will be able to accomplish this goal."

The New EAB members include:

Sharon Beals - Vice President, FSQA Supplier, US Foods
Sharon Birkett - Vice President North American Quality and Food Protection, OSI Group, LLC
Ben Chapman, PhD -Associate Professor,North Carolina State
Will Daniels - Senior Vice President of Operations & Supply Chain, WTRMLNWTR™
Tammi Frederick - Director, Retail Food Safety, H-E-B
Craig Henry, PhD - Vice President, Global Business Development, Decernis
Glenda Lewis - Director, Retail Food Protection Staff, FDA
Shawn Stevens - National Food Industry Lawyer,Food Industry Council
Craig Wilson -Vice President, GMM, Costco

Returning EAB members include:

Gary Ades, PhD -President, G&L Consulting Group
Al Baroudi, PhD - Vice President, Quality Assurance & Food Safety, The Cheesecake Factory
Robert Brackett, PhD - Vice President and Director Institute for Food Safety and Health, Illinois Institute of Technology
Joe Corby - Executive Director, Association of Food & Drug Officials
Faye Feldstein - DC Senior Advisor, FED TS&A FHS, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Jorge Hernandez -Chief Food Safety Officer, Wholesome International
Gillian Kelleher - Vice President of Food Safety and Quality Assurance, Wegmans
Hal King, PhD - Founder/CEO, Public Health Innovations
Arthur P. Liang, MD, MPH - Senior Advisor for Food Safety, CDC
Joan Menke-Schaenzer -Vice President, Safety & Compliance, Global Supply Chain & Sustainability, McDonald's
Donna Schaffner, MS -Associate Director, Food Safety, Quality Assurance & Training, Rutgers University
John Spink, PhD - Associate Director & Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Patricia Wester - President, PA Wester Consulting

The Food Safety Summit invites industry leaders to submit a speaker application to participate on a panel for the 2017 program. All speaker bios will be reviewed by the 2017 Food Safety Summit Executive Advisory Board (EAB) who is responsible for selecting and organizing the educational program. The deadline is September 16, 2016 for consideration by the EAB. All speaker topics must be educational and non-commercial in nature. Vendors of food safety-related products or services who are exhibiting at the Food Safety Summit, are welcome to speak in the Solution Stage Theater. Contact Chuck Wilson at wilsoncm@bnpmedia.com for more information.

Speakers must address one of the following Food Safety Solutions: