Affiliate Council
Affiliate Council Chairperson
Gloria Swick-Brown
Ohio Department of Health (retired)
Phone: 614.466.7760
Affiliate Council Secretary
Tori Stivers
University of Georgia
Phone: 770.460.2506
Katie Swanson, Ecolab Inc.
Susan Smith, Staff Liaison
Delegates:
- Africa – Courage Saba, University of Madrid
- Australia – Ian Jenson, Meat & Livestock Australia
- Brazil – Maria Teresa Destro, University of São Pãulo
- Canada
- Alberta – Lynn McMullen, University of Alberta
- British Columbia – Terry Peters, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Ontario – Paul Baxter
- Quebec – Julie Jean, Laval University
- Colombia – Jairo Romero, Colombian Association of Food Science & Technology
- Hungary – Csilla Mohácsi-Farkas, Corvinus University of Budapest
- Korea – Ki-Jae Cho, BioMerieux Korea Co., Ltd.
- Lebanon – Zeina Kassaify, American University of Beirut
- Mexico – Montserrat Hernandez-Itturriaga, Universidad Autonoma De Queretaro
- New Zealand – David Lowry, Ecolab
- Portugal – Laurentina M.R. Pedroso, Egas Moniz, CRL
- Spain – David Rodriguez-Lazaro, Instituto Technologico Agrario De Castilla Y Leon
- Taiwan – Tsung-Yu Tsai, Fu Jen Catholic University
- Turkey – Samim Saner, Kalite Sistem Laboratories
- United Arab Emirates – Bobby Krishna, Dubai Municipality
- United Kingdom – David Lloyd, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
- United States
- Alabama – Tom McCaskey, Auburn University
- Arizona – Veronica Oros, Arizona State University
- Arkansas – Hilary Hagan, Tyson Foods
- California – John Bruhn, University of California
- California , Southern – open
- Capital Area (DC) – Jenny Scott, FDA-CFSAN
- Carolinas – Angela Fraser, Clemson University
- China in North America – Tong-Jen Fu, US-FDA
- Connecticut – Frank Greene, Connecticut Dept. of Consumer Protection
- Florida – Peter Hibbard, DARDEN Restaurants, Inc.
- Georgia – Tori Stivers, University of Georgia
- Idaho – Jami Delmore, Idaho Public Health
- Illinois – Alan Lundin, Illinois Dept. of Public Health (retired)
- Indiana – Haley Oliver, Purdue University
- Iowa – Lynne Melchert, Swiss Valley
- Kansas – Kathrine Robnett, Kansas Department of Agriculture
- Kentucky – Angela Billings, Department for Public Health
- Metropolitan (NJ & NY) – Gary Cohen, Unisource
- Michigan – Mike Dey, St. Clair County Health Department
- Missouri – Russell Lilly, Missouri Dept. of Health
- Nebraska – Jill Kuzo, Land O’ Lakes
- New York – Steve Murphy, Cornell University
- North Dakota – Lisa Otto, First District Health Unit
- Ohio – Gloria Swick-Brown, Ohio Dept. of Health (retired)
- Pennsylvania – Eugene Frey, Land O’Lakes, Inc.
- South Dakota – Roger Puthoff
- Texas – Fred Reimers, Creative FoodSafe Solutions
- Upper Midwest (MN) – Christa Schlosser, Bongard’s Creameries
- Washington – Stephanie Olmsted, Safeway, Inc.
- Wisconsin – open
- Wyoming – Neal Bloomenrader, Wyoming Dept. of Agriculture
Affiliate Council Mission
To serve as an advisory body to the IAFP Board, representing the interests of the Affiliate Associations; to perform chairperson duties on the IAFP Awards Committee; and to facilitate the interchange of ideas and recommendations, among and between the Affiliate Associations and the IAFP Board, on programs, awards, and procedures.



