About

Board of Directors

Officers

 
 

PRESIDENT
Charles Hayes, CRC, CEC
Director of New Business Development - National Accounts
Golden County Foods
Plover, MI
Phone: (616) 916-9438
Email: charleshayes@goldencountyfoods.com

VICE PRESIDENT
Marshall Scarborough
Manager of Global Product Development
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Atlanta, GA
Phone: (404) 459-4512 
Email: 
marshall.scarborough@popeyes.com

TREASURER
Susan Edwards
Foodservice Business Development Manager
Cryovac Food Solutions/Sealed Air Corporation
Atlanta, GA
Phone: (770) 335-7121
Email: susan.edwards@sealediar.com

SECRETARY
Steve Bonasia
Corporate Sales Manager, Prepared Foods Division
Sanderson Farms
Phone: (601) 426-1425
Email:sbonasia@sandersonfarms.com 

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Christian "Kit" Kiefer, CEC, CCE, AAC, FMP
Dir. Culinary Services, Corp. Exec. Chef
Schwan's Food Service, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Phone: (678) 362-7352
Email: kit.kiefer@schwans.com

   

Directors

 
 

Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson
Owner
Kevin M. Anderson, LLC
St. Petersburg, FL
Phone: (305) 496-4018
Email: kevandersonone@gmail.com 

Jason Behrends, CCS, Ph. D
Project Leader
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Springdale, AR
Phone: (479) 290-7201
Email: Jason.Behrends@tyson.com  

 

John Draz, CEC, CCE
Executive Research Chef
Ed Miniat, Inc.
South Holland, IL
Phone: (708) 589-2441
Email: jdraz@miniat.com

Dianna Fricke, CRC, CWPC
Executive Chef, Research & Development
J.R. Simplot Company
Boise, ID
Phone: (208) 384-8265
Email: dianna.fricke@simplot.com

  Craig "Skip" Julius, CRC, CCS, CEC, CCP, CFE
Manager, Culinary Solutions
Sensient Flavors
Indianapolis, IN
Phone: (440) 821-9880
Email: skip.julius@sensient.com
  Susan Licker, MS, CCS
R&D Director
Frito-Lay
Plano, TX
Phone: (972) 334-4426
Email: susan.licker@pepsico.com

Christopher R. Loss, Ph.D., AOS
Director of Menu Research and Development
The Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park, NY
Phone: (845) 905-4412
Email: c_loss@culinary.edu

Allison Rittman, CRC
Corporate Chef/Owner
Culinary Culture
Austin, TX
Phone: (512) 992-4501
Email: arittman@culinary-culture.com

Larry Tong, CCS
Culinary Training and Development Manager
McCormick & Co., Inc.
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
Phone: (410) 527-6368
Email: larry_tong@mccormick.com

 

Rachel Zemser, CCS
Food Science & Culinology Consultant
A La Carte Connections
Burlingame, CA
Phone: (650) 678-0997
Email: rzemser@gmail.com


BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE

  Homaro Cantu
Moto Restaurant
Chicago, IL
(312) 491-0058
Email: homarocantu@me.com

 

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