NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release
Media Contact:	Susan Ruland Marti Pupillo 202-737-4332

(Washington, D.C. — September 10, 2006) At their annual business meetings in San Francisco late last month, 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 voted on new board members.

Leading each association for the next year will be: IDFA Chair Mike Reidy, senior vice president, procurement, logistics and business development, Leprino Foods Company; IDFA Vice Chair and MIF Chair Brian Haugh, president and COO, National Dairy Holdings, L.P.; IDFA Secretary and IICA Chair Jim Green, president and CEO, Kemps, LLC; and IDFA Treasurer and NCI Chair Kevin Ponticelli, executive vice president and president, cheese and dairy, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc.

"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."

IDFA Chairman's Position Changes, but Continues to Rotate among Organizations

The IDFA board of directors has agreed to change the position of IDFA chairman by allowing the election of candidates who have previously served as leaders of one of the constituent organizations — MIF, NCI and IICA. Previously, the IDFA chairmanship rotated among the chairs of the three organizations every year, requiring the IDFA chairman to hold two positions concurrently.

The recent board action retained the one-year term of service for the IDFA chairman and the automatic rotation among the three constituent organizations. This year marks NCI's turn in the rotation for IDFA chairman, and Reidy, who was NCI chairman last year, was elected. The 2007-08 term will be filled by a past MIF leader, and the 2008-09 term will be held by a former IICA leader. The chairmen of MIF, NCI and IICA will continue to be elected by their respective board members for two-year terms.

The officers and directors for IDFA, MIF, NCI and IICA are:

2006-2007 International Dairy Foods Association Officers
Chair:	Mike Reidy, Senior Vice President, Procurement, Logistics and Business Development, Leprino Foods Company
Vice Chair:	Brian Haugh, President and COO, National Dairy Holdings, L.P.
Secretary:	Jim Green, President and CEO, Kemps, LLC
Treasurer:	Kevin Ponticelli, Executive Vice President and President, Cheese & Dairy, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc.

2006-2007 Milk Industry Foundation Officers
Chair:	Brian Haugh, President and COO, National Dairy Holdings, L.P.
Vice Chair:	Paul Bikowitz, President, Heartland Farms
Secretary:	Mike Krueger, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Shamrock Foods Company
Treasurer:	Jay Jaskiewicz, Director of Dairy Manufacturing, Publix Super Markets, Inc.

2006-2007 National Cheese Institute Officers
Chair:	Kevin Ponticelli, Executive Vice President & President, Cheese & Dairy, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc.
Vice Chair:	Gary Vanic, President & CEO, Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.
Secretary:	Dave Fuhrmann, President & CEO, Foremost Farms USA, Cooperative
Treasurer:	Mark Leddy, Co-CEO, Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.

2006-2007 International Ice Cream Association Officers
Chair:	Jim Green, President & CEO, Kemps, LLC
Vice Chair:	Tim Kahn, Chief Operating Officer, Dryer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
Secretary:	Corrinne Colombo Reed, ADQ Vice President - Dairy Products Division, International Dairy Queen, Inc.
Treasurer:	Brian Perry, Executive Vice President/Vice Chairman, Perry's Ice Cream Company, Inc.

New Members:

• Alan Bernon, President, Dean Dairy Group, Dean Foods Company
• Philippe Caradec, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, The Dannon Company, Inc.
• Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
• Alan Murray, President & CEO, Tetra Pak Inc.
• Thomas Schnack, Vice President & General Manager, Food & Beverage-North America Food & Beverage Division, Ecolab Inc.
• David Sellers, Western Region Sales Manager, Blow Molding Resins, ExxonMobil Chemical Co.

• John Bedrosian, Vice President, Manufacturing Division, Unified Western Grocers, Inc.
• Bill Boehm, President, Manufacturing, The Kroger Co.
• 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.
• Michael Nance, General Manager, Publix Super Markets, 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
• Jay Simon, President, Super Store Industries
• Stephen Schmid, President, Smith Dairy Products

• Paul Bikowitz, President, Heartland Farms
• Carmine C. Catalana IV, President, Cumberland Dairy Inc.
• Joe Cervantes, COO, Crowley Foods, HP Hood LLC
• James Cooper, Vice President & CEO, Gustafson's, LLC
• Kevin Imm, CEO, Clover Stornetta Farms, 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

• Jay Bryant, Treasurer & General Manager, Marva Maid Dairy, MD and VA Milk Producers Cooperative Assn., 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.
• William Reilly, Vice President, Procurement & Corporate Services, Wells' Dairy, Inc.
• Jeff Sterne, Executive Director, All Star Dairy Association, Inc.
• Jim Turner, Co-CEO, Turner Holdings LLC
• Brent Wilcox, Sales Director, Wilcox Farm, Inc.
• Ernest Yates, Vice President, Industry Relations, Dean Foods Company
• Al Zolin, Director of Cheese/Dairy Procurement, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc.

New Members:

• Frederick Bouisset, President & CEO, Lactalis American Group, Sorrento Lactalis, Inc.
• Terry Brockman, President & Chief Operating Officer, Cheese Division (USA), Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
• Pierre Claprood, Chief Executive Officer, Agropur Cooperative
• Tom Gaughan, Managing Partner, Downes-O'Neill LLC
• Stephen Gaddis, President, Pacific Cheese Co., Inc.
• Theodore C. Jacoby Jr., President, T.C. Jacoby & Company, Inc.
• Mark Korsmeyer, President, Dairy Food Products, American Dairy Brands, a division of Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
• James McMullen, President/CEO, Tillamook County Creamery Association
• Doug Simon, President, Trega Foods

• 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.
• 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

• Jon Davis, General Manager/Cheese Division, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Inc., Davisco Foods International, Inc.
• Jeff Giffin, President, Masters Gallery Foods, Inc.
• Mike Nosewicz, Vice President, Dairy Group-East, Manufacturing Division - Dairy, The Kroger Co.
• Mike Reidy, Senior Vice President, Procurement, Logistics and Business Development, Leprino Foods Company
• James Sartori, President and CEO, Sartori Foods
• LaVern Stencil, President, Marathon Cheese Corp.
• Tom Swartele, President, Bongrain North America

• 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.

New Members:

• Randall Dei, Director, Dairy Industry, Ice Cream Department, Safeway Inc.
• Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
• Martha Leyburn, Senior Director, Manufacturing, Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
• Skip Rosskam, President, C.O.O., David Michael & Company
• Tony Sarsam, Executive Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.

• Lou Galliker, Chairman, Galliker Dairy Company
• 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
• 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.

• Cary Cates, Group Vice President, Dean Dairy Group-Midwest Region, Dean Foods Company
• Charles Green, President & CEO, Brigham's Ice Cream Inc.
• Fred Hensler, Senior. Commercial Manager, Masterfoods USA
• George Hugh Holder, President, Hershey Creamery Company
• Jay Jaskiewicz, Director of Dairy Manufacturing, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
• Curt Jones, Chairman, Dippin' Dots, Inc.
• Tim Kahn, COO, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
• Scottie Mayfield, President, Mayfield Dairy Farms, Inc.
• James Taft, Vice President of Sales, Star Kay White, Inc.
• Eric Walsh, President, Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream
• Mike Wheeler, Manager, Research and Development Technical Support, HP Hood LLC

• John Cox, Executive Vice President, Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc.
• Joe Dager, President, Velvet Ice Cream Co., Inc.
• Scott Geringer, Senior Category Manager-Dairy, Sensient Flavors
• 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.

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The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Washington, DC, represents the nation's dairy manufacturing and marketing industries and their suppliers, with a membership of 530 companies representing a $90-billion a year industry. IDFA is composed of three constituent organizations: the Milk Industry Foundation (MIF), the National Cheese Institute (NCI) and the International Ice Cream Association (IICA). IDFA's 220 dairy processing members run more than 600 plant operations, and range from large multi-national organizations to single-plant companies. Together they represent more than 85% of the milk, cultured products, cheese and frozen desserts produced and marketed in the United States. IDFA can be found online at www.idfa.org