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.