IDFA is governed by an Executive Council. Nominations are accepted during the year and elections are held in the fall. Council meetings are held in the winter, spring and fall.
Chair / CEO & President, Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc.
Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, Nestle S.A. and Chief Executive Officer, Nestrade S.A.
Secretary / President & CEO, Darigold, Inc.
Treasurer / Vice President of Dairy Manufacturing, Albertsons Companies
Immediate Past Chair / President & CEO, Great Lakes Cheese
IDFA Fluid Milk Board Chair / President & CEO, Anderson Erickson Dairy Company
IDFA Fluid Milk Board Vice Chair / Chief Executive Officer, Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc.
IDFA Ice Cream Board Chair / President, Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.
IDFA Ice Cream Board Vice Chair / CEO, Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc.
IDFA Cheese Board Chair / CEO, Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
IDFA Cheese Board Vice Chair / President and CEO, Leprino Foods Company
IDFA Yogurt and Cultured Products Board Chair / Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Americas, Schreiber U.S.
IDFA Yogurt and Cultured Products Board Vice Chair / Director, Global Scientific and Regulatory Affairs and Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, Yoplait-USA
IDFA Ingredients Board Chair / Chief Business Officer, Saputo Dairy Division USA
IDFA Ingredients Board Vice Chair / President & CEO, California Dairies, Inc.
CEO, The Ice Cream Club, Inc.
Vice President, Manufacturing Operations & Network Optimization, The Kroger Co.
Senior Executive Officer, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc
President & CEO, Wells Enterprises, Inc.
CEO, Sargento Foods Inc.
President & CEO, Lactalis Heritage Dairy
CEO, Glanbia Nutritionals, Glanbia plc
Executive Vice President, DFA, and President, Council Operations and Ingredient Solutions
Chief Operating Officer, Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Organic Dairy
President & CEO, Foremost Farms USA
CEO, Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.
Vice President, Corporate Accounts, Ecolab
Global Strategist - Dairy, Rabobank - Chicago