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NEWS RELEASE

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

Associations Welcome 2007-2008 Officers, New Board Members

(Washington, D.C. — October 29, 2007) During their annual business meetings at Worldwide Food Expo in Chicago last week, 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 Brian Haugh, vice chairman, National Dairy Holdings, LP; IDFA Vice Chair and IICA Chair Tim Kahn, chief operating officer, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc; IDFA Secretary and NCI Chair Mike Reidy, senior vice president, procurement, logistics and business development, Leprino Foods Company; and IDFA Treasurer and MIF Chair Miriam Erickson Brown, president and CEO, Anderson Erickson Dairy Company.

"With such a distinguished team of leaders to guide our efforts, IDFA is certainly looking forward to an exciting and productive year ahead," said IDFA President and CEO Connie Tipton. "We appreciate the commitment that these volunteer officers and directors are making to keep the entire dairy industry moving forward."

The IDFA chairmanship rotates among former leaders of the three constituent organizations every year. This year marks MIF's turn in the rotation for IDFA chairman, and Haugh, who was MIF chairman last year, was elected. The 2008-09 term will be held by a former IICA leader, and the 2010-11 term will be held by a former NCI chairman. The chairmen of MIF, NCI and IICA are elected by their respective board members for two-year terms.

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

2007-2008 International Dairy Foods Association Officers
Chair: Brian Haugh, Vice Chairman, National Dairy Holdings, LP
Vice Chair: Tim Kahn, Chief Operating Officer, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
Secretary: Mike Reidy, Senior Vice President, Procurement, Logistics & Business Development, Leprino Foods Company
Treasurer: Miriam Erickson Brown, President & CEO, Anderson Erickson Dairy Company

2007-2008 Milk Industry Foundation Officers
Chair: Miriam Erickson Brown, President & CEO, Anderson Erickson Dairy Company
Vice Chair: Paul W. Bikowitz, President, Heartland Farms
Secretary: Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Treasurer: Mike Nosewicz, Vice President, Dairy Group-East, Manufacturing Manufacturing Division - Dairy, The Kroger Co.

2007-2008 National Cheese Institute Officers
Chair: Mike Reidy, Senior Vice President, Procurement, Logistics & Business Development, Leprino Foods Company
Vice Chair: Gary Vanic, President & CEO, Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.
Secretary: Dave Fuhrmann, President & CEO, Foremost Farms USA, Cooperative
Treasurer: Jon Davis, Vice President, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Inc., Davisco Foods International, Inc.

2007-2008 International Ice Cream Association
Chair: Tim Kahn, Chief Operating Officer, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
Vice Chair: Douglas J. Wells, Co-President, Wells' Dairy, Inc.
Secretary: Corrinne Colombo Reed, ADQ Vice President, Dairy Products Division, International Dairy Queen, Inc.
Treasurer: Kirk Heissel, Director, Planning, Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream


MIF Board of Directors

New Members:

  • Roman Artz, National Account Manager, Inland Label Services (A Division of Inland Label & Marketing Services, LLC)
  • Pierre Claprood, Chief Executive Officer, Agropur Cooperative
  • Tim Galloway, CEO, Galloway Company
  • Alexander Guida III, Chairman of the Board, Guida's Milk & Ice Cream
  • Harrald Kroeker, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Dean Dairy Group, Dean Foods Company
  • Jeff Powell, President and General Manager, Roberts Dairy Company
  • Amy Roback, Director of Marketing, Americas, APV Invensys
  • Robert F. Waldron, President, Yoplait-Colombo, General Mills, Inc.
  • J. T. Wilcox, Director of Operations, Wilcox Farms, Inc.

Re-elected Members (Term Expiring in 2010)

  • Jay Bryant, Treasurer & General Manager, Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc.
  • Charles Gaither, President, Milkco, Inc.
  • Dub Garlington, President & Chief Operating Officer, Plains Dairy, L.L.C.
  • Bob Hall, Chief Executive Officer, Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.
  • Mike Nosewicz, Vice President, Dairy Group-East, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Division - Dairy, The Kroger Co.
  • Ernest Yates, Vice President, Industry Relations, Dean Foods Company
  • Alan Zolin, Director of Cheese/Dairy Procurement, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc.
Members (Term Expiring in 2009)
  • John C. Bedrosian, Vice President, Manufacturing Division, Unified Western Grocers, Inc.
  • William Boehm, President, Manufacturing, The Kroger Co.
  • Philippe L. Caradec, Vice President, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, The Dannon Company, Inc.
  • Quintin F. Frey, President,Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc.
  • Michael Krueger, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Dairy Division Shamrock Foods Company
  • Donald K. Merrigan, President, Readington Farms, Inc.
  • Alan Murray, President & CEO, Tetra Pak Inc.
  • Michael L. Nance, General Manager, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
  • David Nelsen, Vice President of Manufacturing, Safeway Inc.
  • John Robinson, Senior Vice President of Sales & Chief Operating Officer, Morningstar Operations, Dean Dairy Group, Dean Foods Company
  • Stephen Schmid, President, Smith Dairy Products Co.
  • Jay Simon, CEO, Super Store Industries

Members (Term Expiring in 2008)

  • Paul W. Bikowitz, President, Heartland Farms
  • Carmine C. Catalana IV, President, Cumberland Dairy Inc.
  • Joe Cervantes, Senior Vice President, Trade Relations, Crowley Foods, HP Hood LLC
  • James L. Cooper, Vice President & CEO, Gustafson's, LLC, Southeast Milk Inc.
  • Kevin Imm, CEO, Clover Stornetta Farms, Inc.
  • James (Jay) Jaskiewicz, Director of Dairy Manufacturing, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
  • John A. Kaneb, Chairman, President & CEO, HP Hood LLC
  • Dwight Moore, Vice President, Hunter Farms
  • Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
  • David G. Sellers, Western Region Sales Manager, Blow Molding Resins, ExxonMobil Chemical Co.
  • Richard A. Shehadey, President, Producers Dairy Foods, Inc.
  • Bill Tinklepaugh, Senior Vice President, Government & Industry Relations, Dean Foods Company
  • Joseph W. Weis, Vice President, Fluid Products Division, Foremost Farms USA, Coop.

NCI Board of Directors

New Members:

  • Mark Anderson, President, Crystal Farms RDC
  • Michael D. Gallo, Co-Owner and CEO, Joseph Gallo Farms
  • Mike Neu, Business Manager, Cultures & Enzymes Division, Chr. Hansen, Inc.
  • Scott Sexton, Chairman & CEO, Dairy.com/DairyCareers
  • Harold Strunk, CEO, Tillamook County Creamery Association
Re-elected Members (Term Expiring in 2010)
  • Mark Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Davisco Foods International, Inc.
  • John Fridirici, Vice President, Milk Marketing & Procurement, Grande Cheese Company
  • Dave Fuhrmann, President & CEO, Foremost Farms USA, Cooperative
  • Larry Jensen, President, Leprino Foods Company
  • Mark G. Leddy, CEO, Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
  • Tim Omer, CEO, DCI Cheese Company, Inc.
  • David P. Pozniak, President & CEO, Schreiber Foods, Inc.
  • Gary Vanic, President & CEO, Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.
  • Jeffry O. Williams, President & CEO, Glanbia Foods Inc.
Members (Term Expiring in 2009)
  • Frederick Bouisset, President & CEO, Lactalis American Group, Sorrento Lactalis, Inc.
  • Lee Davis, Senior Director, Dairy Procurement Operations, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc.
  • R. Gregory Dryer, Executive Vice President, Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
  • Stephen B. Gaddis, President, Pacific Cheese Co., Inc.
  • Ted Jacoby III, Vice President, Cheese Sales, T.C. Jacoby & Company, Inc.
  • Fritz Leeman, CEO, Brewster Dairy, Inc.
  • Richard R. Scheuerman, President & CEO, Alto Dairy Cooperative
  • Neal Schuman, President, Arthur Schuman, Inc.
  • Doug Simon, President, Trega Foods
  • Richard Stammer, President/CEO-Cabot; COO-Agri-Mark, Cabot/McCadam
  • John Underwood, President & CEO, Darigold, Inc.
  • Deborah Van Dyk, Vice President, Industry & Regulatory Affairs, Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Members (Term Expiring in 2008)
  • Terry Brockman, President & Chief Operating Officer, Cheese Division (USA), Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
  • Pierre Claprood, Chief Executive Officer, Agropur Cooperative
  • Jon Davis, Vice President, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Inc., Davisco Foods International, Inc.
  • Tom Gaughan, Managing Partner, Downes-O'Neill LLC
  • Jeff Giffin, President & CEO, Masters Gallery Foods, Incorporated
  • Mark Korsmeyer, President, Dairy Food Products, American Dairy Brands, a division of Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
  • Mike Nosewicz, Vice President, Dairy Group-East, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Division - Dairy, The Kroger Co.
  • Mike Reidy, Senior Vice President, Procurement, Logistics & Business Development, Leprino Foods Company
  • James C. Sartori, President & CEO, Sartori Foods

IICA Board of Directors

New Members:

  • Gary L. Aggus, President & General Manager, Hiland Dairy Foods
  • Rachel Cullen, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Ice Cream, Dean Dairy Group, Dean Foods Company
  • Howard Smith Jr., President, Virginia Dare
  • Tom George, President, Tate & Lyle Custom Ingredients
Re-elected Members (Term Expiring in 2010)
  • John Cox, Executive Vice President, Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc.
  • Mel MacConnell , President & CEO, Scotsburn Co-op Services, Limited
  • Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
  • Brian Perry, Executive Vice President/Vice Chairman, Perry's Ice Cream Company, Inc.
  • Corrinne Columbo Reed, ADQ Vice President, Dairy Products Division, International Dairy Queen, Inc.
  • Doug Wells, Co-President, Wells' Dairy, Inc
Members (Term Expiring in 2009)
  • Lou Galliker, Chairman & President, Galliker Dairy Company
  • Paul Hagen, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Schoep's Ice Cream Co., Inc.
  • Kirk Heissel, Director of Planning, Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream
  • Tim Kelbel, Vice President, Dairy Group-West, Manufacturing, The Kroger Co
  • Skip Rosskam, President & COO, David Michael & Company
  • Tony Sarsam, Executive Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
  • Alfred Schwan, Chairman of the Board, The Schwan Food Company
Members (Term Expiring in 2008)
  • Randall Dei, Director, Dairy Industry, Safeway Inc. Ice Cream Department
  • Chuck Green, President & CEO, Brigham's Ice Cream Inc
  • Fred Hensler, Raw Materials Director, Masterfoods USA
  • Jay Jaskewicz, Director of Dairy Manufacturing, Publix Super Markets, Inc
  • Curt Jones, Chairman, Dippin' Dots, Inc.
  • Martha Leyburn, Senior Director of Manufacturing, Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
  • Scottie Mayfield, President, Mayfield Dairy Farms, Inc.
  • James Taft, Vice President, Sales, Star Kay White, 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