Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board consists of distinguished members of the food industry who play an active role in educating industry professionals about the importance of food safety.

Chair: Rick Biros, Content Director, Founder of Food Safety Tech

Members

  • Shahram Ajamian, Senior Director Global Quality and Food Safety Governance, McCormick
  • Al Baroudi, MS, Ph.D., Vice President, QA & Food Safety, The Cheesecake Factory
  • Jason P. Bashura, MPH, RS
    PepsiCo R&D, Global Food Safety & Quality Assurance, Sr. Manager, Global Food Defense, PepsiCo
  • Peter Begg, Chief Quality and Food Safety Officer at Lyons Magnus
  • April Bishop, Chief Food Safety Officer, Urban Farmer
  • Byron D. Chaves, PhD., Associate Extension Specialist/Professor
    Department of Food Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Michael Ciepiela,VP of Quality and Continuous Improvement, Southern Specialties
  • Darin Detwiler, L.P.D. Founder, Detwiler Consulting, LLC
  • Tracy Fink, Founder & Principal Advisor, ThinkFink Solutions, LLC
  • Melody Ge, Sr. Food Safety & Quality Advisor, MarsMel LLC, and President/Founder, Women In Food Safety
  • David Hatch, CRO, Food Safety Tech Research
  • Jorge Hernandez, Quality Assurance VP, The Wendy’s Company
  • Jill Hoffman, Senior Director, Food Safety and Quality
    B&G Foods, Inc
  • Justyce Jedlicka, NA Commercial Applications – Food & Beverage Regulatory Science & Lab Solutions, BioMonitoring, MilliporeSigma
  • Jennifer Lott, Technical Development Director – Certification and Tailored Solutions, SGS North America
  • Melanie Neumann, President, Neumann Advisory Services, LLC
  • Debby Newslow, President, D. L. Newslow & Associates, Inc.