Speakers

Our list of speakers for the 2013 conference is presented in order of appearance.

Susan Wallace
Executive Director of Food Safety
Johnson & Wales University

Joey Marchant
Microbiologist
FDA/CFSAN/Gulf Coast Seafood Lab

Captain Buddy Guindon
Board Member
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance

JD Sawyer
President
Colorado Aquaponics

Tawnya Sawyer
Director of Education and Business Development
Colorado Aquaponics

Nita Mosby Henry
Executive Director
Denver Career Service Authority

Nancy Schmidt
Compliance Officer
FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs, Denver District

Dr. Don Zink
Director, Senior Science Advisory Staff
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Dr. Jack Avens
Professor
CSU, Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Dr. Jill Norris
Professor
Colorado School of Public Health

Tracks: Fermentation

Dan Strevey
Yeast Wrangler
Avery Brewers

Dale Woerner
Assistant Professor
Colorado State University

Steve McCready
Sr. Director of Production
MM Local Foods

Tracks: Dairy

Randy Kaufman
Regional Quality Assurance Manager
Meadow Gold/Dean Foods

Edith Wilkin
Staff V.P. & Fellow Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance
Leprino Foods Inc.

Dawn Jump
Owner
Jumpin’ Good Goat Dairy

Tracks: Farm to School

Sadie Mele
Senior Program Specialist, Child Nutrition Programs Section
USDA, Food and Nutrition Service

Lyn Kathlene
Senior Research Associate
Spark Policy Institute

Andrew Nowak
Consultant
Slow Food USA

Danica Lee
Food Program Manager
Denver Dept. of Environmental Health

Pat Kendall, PhD, RD
Associate Dean for Research
CSU/College of Applied Human Sciences

Angela Kohls
Consumer Safety Officer
FDA/ORA/Office of Partnerships

Dr. Peter Evans
Supervisory Microbiologist
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Thuy Vu
Environmental Public Health Investigator II
Denver Dept. of Environmental Health

Carol McDonald
Registered Nurse Program Manager
Denver Dept. of Environmental Health

Kelly Ballantyne
Kitchen Supervisor
Denver Rescue Mission

Ron Carleton
Deputy Commissioner
Colorado Dept. of Agriculture