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(Washington, D.C. — October 31, 2005) At their annual business meetings last week in Chicago, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and its three constituent organizations — the Milk Industry Foundation (MIF), the National Cheese Institute (NCI) and the International Ice Cream Association (IICA) — elected new officers and inducted new board members. The annual business meetings were held in conjunction with Worldwide Food Expo 2005. Leading each association for the next year will be: IDFA Chair and IICA Chair Jim Green, President and CEO, Kemps, LLC; IDFA Vice Chair and NCI Chair Mike Reidy, Senior Vice President, Procurement, Logistics and Business Development, Leprino Foods Company; and IDFA Secretary/Treasurer and MIF Chair Miriam Erickson Brown, President and Chief Operating Officer, Anderson Erickson Dairy Company "With such a distinguished team of leaders in place, the associations are gearing up for an exciting, productive year on many fronts," said IDFA President and CEO Connie Tipton. "We appreciate the commitment that these volunteer officers and directors are making to advance the entire dairy industry." The officers and the directors for IDFA, MIF, NCI and IICA include:
MIF Board of Directors
Jay Bryant, Treasurer and General Manager, Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc. (2007) Carmine Catalana IV, President, Cumberland Dairy Inc. (2008) Joe Cervantes, COO, Crowley Foods (2008) Jim Cooper, Vice President and CEO, Gustafson's, LLC (2008) Kevin Imm, CEO, Clover Stornetta Farms, Inc. (2008) Mike Nance, General Manager, Publix Super Markets, Inc. (2006) Bill Reilly, Vice President, Purchasing, Wells' Dairy, Inc. (2007) Jay Simon, President, Super Store Industries (2006) Ken Young, Liquid Food Manager, ExxonMobil Chemical Company (2008) Re-elected Members (Term Expiring in 2008): Paul Bikowitz, President, Heartland Farms Roger Capps, CEO, Executive Vice President, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. John Kaneb, Chairman, President and CEO, HP Hood LLC Dwight Moore, Director, Hunter Farms Richard Shehadey, President, Producers Dairy Foods, Inc. Bill Tinklepaugh, Senior Vice President, Government and Industry Relations, Dean Foods Company Joe Van Treeck, President/CEO, Matanuska Maid Dairy Joseph Weis, Vice President, Fluid Products Division, Foremost Farms USA Cooperative Members (Term Expiring in 2007): Tom Arata, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Ecolab William Fitchett, Vice President/General Manager, Marcus Dairy, Inc. Buddy Gaither, President, Milkco, Inc. W.R. (Dub) Garlington, President and Chief Operating Officer, Plains Dairy Products Bob Hall, Chief Executive Officer, Upstate Farms Cooperative, Inc. Brian Haugh, President and COO, National Dairy Holdings Bob McCullough, Group Vice President, Manufacturing, H.E. Butt Grocery Company, LP Mike Nosewicz, Vice President, Dairy Group - East, The Kroger Co. Keith Pagel, President/General Manager, Cass-Clay Creamery, Inc. Jeff Sterne, Executive Director, All Star Dairy Association, Inc. Jim Turner, Co-CEO, Turner Holdings LLC Brent Wilcox, Sales Director, Wilcox Farm, Inc. Earnest Yates, Vice President, Industry Relations, Dean Foods Company Al Zolin, Director of Cheese/Dairy Procurement, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc. Members (Term Expiring in 2006): Bob Allen, CEO, Southern Belle Dairy LLC John Bedrosian, Vice President, Manufacturing Division, Unified Western Grocers, Inc. Bill Boehm, President, Manufacturing, The Kroger Co. Juan Carlos Dalto, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Dannon Company, Inc. Quintin Frey, President, Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc. Mike Krueger, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Dairy Division, Shamrock Foods Company Don Merrigan, President, Readington Farms, Inc. David Nelsen, Vice President of Manufacturing - Dairy, Safeway Inc. John Robinson, Chief Operating Officer - Dean Dairy Group - Private Label and Morningstar Operations, Dean Foods Company Stephen Schmid, President, Smith Dairy Products Scott Sexton, Chairman and CEO, Dairy.com NCI Board of Directors
Errol Baxter, Director, Commodity Products, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (2007) Jon Davis, Vice President of Cheese Production, Le Sueur Cheese, Le Sueur Cheese Company, Inc. (2008) Jeff DeGrand, Managing Partner, Downes-O'Neill LLC (2007) Mike Nosewicz, Vice President, Dairy Group-East, Manufacturing Division-Dairy, The Kroger Co. (2008) Re-elected Members (Term Expiring in 2008): Jeff Giffin, Executive Vice President, Procurement/Industrial Sales, Masters Gallery Foods, Inc. Mike Reidy, Senior Vice President, Procurement, Logistics and Business Development, Leprino Foods Company James Sartori, President and CEO, Sartori Foods Dino Dello Sbarba, President and COO, Saputo Cheese USA Inc. LaVern Stencil, President, Marathon Cheese Corp. Tom Swartele, President, Bongrain North America Members (Term Expiring in 2007): Mark Davis, President, Davisco Foods International, Inc. Andrew Dederich, Marketing and Sales Manager, Degussa Food Ingredients/Cultures and Enzymes Larry Ferguson, President and CEO, Schreiber Foods John Fridirici, Vice President, Milk Marketing and Procurement, Grande Cheese Company Dave Fuhrmann, President and CEO, Foremost Farms USA, Cooperative Larry Jensen, President, Leprino Foods Company Mark Leddy, Co-CEO, Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc. Tim Omer, President, DCI Cheese Company, Inc. Kevin Ponticelli, Executive Vice President and President, Cheese and Dairy, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc. Gary Vanic, President and CEO, Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Dolores Wheeler, President and Chief Executive Officer, Gossner Foods, Inc. Jeff Williams, President and CEO, Glanbia Foods Inc. Members (Term Expiring in 2006): Erick Boutry, President and CEO, Sorrento Lactalis, Inc. Lee Davis, Senior Director, Dairy Procurement Operations, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc. Greg Dryer, Executive Vice President, Administration and Services, Saputo Inc. Fritz Leeman, CEO, Brewster Dairy, Inc. David Lindemann, President, Northern Wisconsin Produce Co. Viggo Nielsen, President, Safeline Inc. Richard Scheuerman, President and CEO, Alto Dairy Cooperative Neal Schuman, President, Arthur Schuman, Inc. Richard Stammer, President/CEO - Cabot, Cabot/McCadam John Underwood, Senior Vice President, WestFarm Foods Deborah Van Dyk, Vice President, Industry and Regulatory Affairs Robert Wagner, Chairman of the Board, Trega Foods IICA Board of Directors
Charles Green, President and CEO, Brigham's Ice Cream Inc. (2008) Curt Jones, President, Dippin' Dots Inc. (2008) Ken Kohlwey, President, Cedar Crest Specialties, Inc. (2006) Ray Minzner, President, Continental Custom Ingredients, Inc. (2008) Jim Taft, Vice President of Sales, Star Kay White Inc. (2007) Re-elected Members (Term Expiring in 2008): Cary Cates, Group Vice President, Dean Dairy Group-Midwest Region, Dean Foods Company Craig Fullmer, Director, Dairy, Safeway Inc. Fred Hensler, Senior. Commercial Manager, Masterfoods USA George Hugh Holder, President, Hershey Creamery Company Tim Kahn, COO, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. Scottie Mayfield, President, Mayfield Dairy Farms, Inc. Eric Walsh, President, Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream Mike Wheeler, Manager, Research and Development Technical Support, HP Hood LLC John Zomermaand, Vice President, Manufacturing, Friendly Ice Cream Corporation Members (Term Expiring in 2007): Roger Capps, CEO, Executive Vice President, Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. John Cox, Executive Vice President, Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc. Joe Dager, President, Velvet Ice Cream Co., Inc. Mel MacConnell, President and CEO, Scotsburn Co-op Services, Limited Doug Olsem, President, Global Operations, The Schwan Food Company Mike Parsons, Dairy Sales Director, Danisco USA Inc. Brian Perry, Executive Vice President/Vice Chairman Corrinne Colombo Reed, ADQ Vice President - Dairy Products Division, International Dairy Queen, Inc. T. Gary Rogers, Chairman and CEO, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. Steve Turner, Co-CEO, Turner Holdings, LLC Doug Wells, Chief Operating Officer, Wells' Dairy, Inc. Rogers Yarnell, President, Yarnell Ice Cream Company, Inc. Members (Term Expiring 2006): Bennie Brigham, President, Pecan Deluxe Candy Company Lou Galliker, Chairman, Galliker Dairy Company Scott Geringer, Senior Category Manager - Dairy, Sensient Flavors Jim Green, President and CEO, Kemps, LLC Paul Hagen, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Schoep's Ice Cream Co., Inc. Kirk Heissel, Director, Planning, Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream Tim Kelbel, Vice President, Dairy Group-West Manufacturing, The Kroger Co. John Klinke, President, Klinke Brothers Ice Cream Company Chris Prasifka, COO, Carvel Corporation Shelley Roth, President, Pierre's French Ice Cream Company Alfred Schwan, Chairman of the Board, The Schwan Food Company Ken Schwartz, President, Jack and Jill Ice Cream Co. # # #
IDFA is the Washington, DC based organization representing the nation's dairy processing and manufacturing industries and their suppliers. IDFA is composed of three constituent organizations: Milk Industry Foundation (MIF), National Cheese Institute (NCI) and International Ice Cream Association (IICA). Its 500 plus members range from large multinational corporations to single plant operations, and represent more than 85% of the total volume of milk, cultured products, cheese, and ice cream and frozen desserts produced and marketed in the United States — an estimated $70 billion a year industry. IDFA can be found online at www.idfa.org
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