IDFA Cheese Board

The board members are tasked with providing strategic vision, policy direction and leadership on segment-specific issues. The board will conduct business in coordination with the IDFA Executive Council, through the chair and vice chair.

Officers

Sheryl Meshke

IDFA Cheese Board Chair / President and CEO, Associated Milk Producers, Inc.

Jeff Gentine

IDFA Cheese Board Vice Chair / President & CEO, Masters Gallery Foods, Incorporated

Directors

Troy Ammann

Vice President, Cheese Sales, Agropur U.S. Operations

Ben Biery

CEO, Biery Cheese Company

David Booth

President and CEO, Tillamook County Creamery Association

Amanda Criezis

Director of Ingredient Procurement for Meat and Cheese, Kraft Heinz

Steve Doyle

Director of Procurement & Industrial Sales, Sartori Company

Mike Dudas

Director of Procurement, Schuman Cheese

Scott Graham

Chief Operating Officer, Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc.

Roger Hafner

Senior Vice President, Prairie Farms Cheese Division, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.

Chad Hamilton

General Counsel, Secretary and EVP of Legal and Governmental Affairs, Sargento Cheese

David Lynn

President & CEO, Agri-Mark, Inc./Cabot

Sean Moore

CEO, Norselan

Tom Murphy

President, Brewster Cheese Company

Tim Omer

President and Managing Director, Emmi Roth

Ken Orf

President - Cheese, Taste and Flavors Division, Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.

Andy Pfister

Executive Vice President, Masters Gallery Foods Inc.

Nedar Sedghi

General Manager, US Cheese Business, Bel Brands USA, Inc.

Greg Siegenthaler

Vice President of Milk Marketing and Supply Chain, Grande Cheese Company

Pedro Silveira

CEO, Cacique Foods LLC

Doug Simon

President, External Manufacturing, Cheese Merchants of America

Jason Stephens

EVP and President U.S., Schreiber Foods, Inc.

Thomas Tench

CEO, Dairy Nutrition, Glanbia Nutritionals

Doug Wilke

CEO, Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.

Matt Winsand

CEO, Burnett Dairy Cooperative

Executive Council Members

Terry Brockman

IDFA Executive Council Immediate Past President / Senior Vice President Dairy Procurement, Ingredients and Industry Affairs, Saputo USA

Kurt Epprecht

Owner/Vice President, Cheese Quality & Dairy Policy, Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.

Lance FitzSimmons

President and CEO, Leprino

Jeff Gentine

IDFA Cheese Board Vice Chair / President & CEO, Masters Gallery Foods, Incorporated

Louie Gentine

IDFA Executive Council Secretary / Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sargento

Pierre Lorieau

SVP, Chief Legal Officer, Lactalis USA

Gold Business Partner Representatives

Rick Gessler

Vice President of Engineering, Delkor Systems

Ty Rohloff

VP Commercial Financing, Compeer Financial

Scott Sexton

CEO, Dairy.com by Ever.Ag

Jeffrey Ware

Managing Director and Industry Manager, J.P. Morgan