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Peggy Armstrong
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(Washington, D.C. – September 20, 2011) During the fall board meetings held this week in conjunction with the International Dairy Show, 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 Nosewicz, vice president, dairy group – east manufacturing division – dairy, The Kroger Co.; IDFA Vice Chair and IICA Chair Brian Perry, executive vice president/vice chairman, Perry’s Ice Cream Company, Inc.; IDFA Secretary and NCI Chair Jon Davis, COO, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Inc. and IDFA Treasurer and MIF Chair Ed Mullins, executive vice president & CEO, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
"IDFA is extremely grateful for the industry professionals who serve as officers and directors, and we appreciate the time, resources and talents that these volunteer leaders provide," said Connie Tipton, IDFA president and CEO. "The dairy industry is now at a crossroads, facing challenges as well as great opportunities, and we look forward to a dynamic and productive year ahead."
The IDFA chairmanship is open to any former leader of one of the three constituent organizations for up to a two-year term. Nosewicz is a former MIF chairman and sits on the MIF advisory committee. 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:
2011-2012 International Dairy Foods Association Officers
Chair: Mike Nosewicz, Vice President, Dairy Group – East, Manufacturing Division – Dairy, The Kroger Co.
Vice Chair: Brian Perry, Executive Vice President/Vice Chairman, Perry's Ice Cream Company, Inc.
Secretary: Jon Davis, COO, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Inc.
Treasurer: Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & CEO, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
2011-2012 Milk Industry Foundation Officers
Chair: Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & CEO, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Vice Chair: Jeff Kaneb, Executive Vice President, HP Hood LLC
Secretary: Gregg Tanner, Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Dean Foods Company
Treasurer: Mike Smith, Vice President of Manufacturing, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
2011-2012 National Cheese Institute
Chair: Jon Davis, COO, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Inc., Davisco Foods International, Inc.
Vice Chair: Mike Reidy, Sr. Vice President, Supply Chain & Corporate Affairs, Leprino Foods Company
Secretary: Ron Dunford, President & COO, Operations, Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Treasurer: Terry Brockman, President & Chief Operating Officer, Cheese Division (USA) Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
2011-2012 International Ice Cream Association
Chair: Brian Perry, Executive Vice President/Vice Chairman, Perry's Ice Cream Company, Inc.
Vice Chair: Patty Stroup, Group Manager, Dairy, Nestle USA, Inc.
Secretary: Rachel Kyllo, Vice President, Marketing, Kemps LLC
Treasurer: Lou Galliker, Chairman & President, Galliker Dairy Company
IDFA Board of Directors
Representing MIF
Miriam Erickson Brown, President & CEO, Anderson Erickson Dairy Company
Philippe Caradec, Vice President, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, The Dannon Company, Inc.
Pierre Claprood, Chief Executive Officer, Agropur Cooperative
Gregg Engles, Chairman & CEO, Dean Foods Company
Tim Galloway, CEO, Galloway Company
Jeff Kaneb, Executive Vice President, HP Hood LLC
Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Farouk Salim, Vice President, Strategic Planning & Business Development, Borden Dairy Co., a Subsidiary of Grupo LALA
Mike Smith, Vice President of Manufacturing, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Gregg Tanner, Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Dean Foods Company
Jerry Tidwell, Senior Vice President, Supply Operations, Safeway Inc.
Representing NCI
Terry Brockman, President & Chief Operating Officer, Cheese Division (USA), Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Jon Davis, COO, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Davisco Foods International, Inc.
Ron Dunford, President & COO, Operations, Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Dave Fuhrmann, President & CEO, Foremost Farms USA, Cooperative
John Jeter, President & Chief Executive Officer, Hilmar Cheese Company
Jim Lehman, General Manager, Pace Dairy of Minnesota/The Kroger Co.
Mike Reidy, Sr. Vice President, Supply Chain & Corporate Affairs, Leprino Foods Company
Scott Sexton, Chairman & CEO, Dairy.com
Harold Strunk, President and CEO, Tillamook County Creamery Association
Kevin Toland, CEO & President, Glanbia USA/Global Nutritionals, Glanbia USA
George Zoghbi, President, Cheese & Dairy, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc.
Representing IICA
Rachel Cullen, Chief Operating Officer, Ice Cream, Dean Foods Company
Lou Galliker, Chairman & President, Galliker Dairy Company
Jim Green, President & CEO, Kemps LLC
Steve Jobe, Vice President, Sales, Food Ingredients, Tate & Lyle Custom Ingredients
Calvin Kaufman, Group Vice President & President, Manufacturing, The Kroger Co.
Paul Kruse, CEO & President, Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.
Rachel Kyllo, Vice President, Marketing, Kemps LLC
Corrinne Colombo Reed, ADQ Vice President, Dairy Products Division, International Dairy Queen, Inc.
Bruce Saugstad, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Ice Cream Division, The Schwan Food Company
Patty Stroup, Group Manager, Dairy, Nestle USA, Inc.
Mike Wells, CEO, Wells' Dairy Inc.
MIF Board of Directors
New Members
Todd Aarons, Sr. Director, Consumer Products Plants, Darigold, Inc.
Alan Bernon, Sr. Advisor, Dairy Farmers of America
Gregg Engles, Chairman & CEO, Dean Foods Company
Lynette Krampf, QRO Director, Yoplait-USA/General Mills, Inc.
Joe Oberweis, President & Chief Executive Officer, Oberweis Dairy, Inc.
David Skala, General Manager & Vice President – Uniloy N.A., Uniloy Milacron LLC
Ernie Yates, Vice President, Industry Relations, Borden Dairy Co., a subsidiary of Grupo LALA
Larry Webster, Executive Vice President & COO, Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.
Re-elected Members (Term Expiring in 2014)
Paul Bikowitz, Chief Executive Officer, Southeast Milk, Inc.
Carmine C. Catalana IV, President, Cumberland Dairy Inc.
Pierre Claprood, Chief Executive Officer, Agropur Cooperative
Jeffrey Kaneb, Vice President, HP Hood LLC
Richard A. Shehadey, President/CEO, Producers Dairy Foods, Inc.
Patty Stroup, Group Manager, Dairy, Nestle USA, Inc.
Members (Term Expiring in 2013)
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.
Al Guida, Chairman of the Board, Guida's Milk & Ice Cream
Mike McCully, Director, Dairy Procurement, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc.
Farouk Salim, Vice President, Strategic Planning & Business Development, LALA-USA
Gregg Tanner, Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Dean Foods Company
Members (Term Expiring in 2012)
Dale Andersen, President & CEO, Delkor Systems, Inc.
John C. Bedrosian, Vice President, Manufacturing Division, Unified Grocers, Inc.
Philippe Caradec, Vice President, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, The Dannon Company, Inc.
Quintin F. Frey, President, Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc.
Tim Galloway, CEO, Galloway Company
Michael Krueger, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Dairy Division, Shamrock Foods Company
Calvin Kaufman, Group Vice President & President, Manufacturing, The Kroger Co.
Donald K. Merrigan, President, Readington Farms, Inc.
David Nelsen, Vice President of Manufacturing, Safeway Inc.
Jeff Powell, President and General Manager, Roberts Dairy Company
Jay Simon, CEO, Super Store Industries
NCI Board of Directors
New Members
Dermot Carey, Senior Vice President, Ingredients Division, Darigold, Inc.
Gigi Vita, President/COO, Fonterra (USA) Inc.
Russ Flowers, CSO, Silliker, Inc.
Re-elected Members (Term Expiring in 2014)
Mark Anderson, President, Crystal Farms RDC
Terry Brockman, President & Chief Operating Officer, Cheese Division (USA), Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Pierre Claprood, Chief Executive Officer, Agropur Cooperative
Jon Davis, COO, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Inc., Davisco Foods International, Inc.
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.
Jim Lehman, General Manager, Pace Dairy/The Kroger Co.
Jim Sartori, CEO, Sartori Company
Kevin Toland, CEO & President, Glanbia USA/Global Nutritionals, Glanbia USA
Dan Zastoupil, President, Marathon Cheese Corporation
Members (Term Expiring in 2013)
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
Mark G. Leddy, CEO, Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
Jerry Smyth, Vice President & General Counsel, Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Harold Strunk, President and CEO, Tillamook County Creamery Association
Gary Vanic, President & CEO, Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.
Daniel Vecchiarelli, Vice President, Production Operations, Leprino Foods Company
Jeffry O. Williams, President & CEO, Glanbia Foods Inc.
George Zoghbi, President, Cheese & Dairy, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc.
Members (Term Expiring in 2012)
R. Gregory Dryer, Executive Vice President, Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Tom Hedge, Vice President, Technologies, Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Fritz Leeman, CEO, Brewster Dairy, Inc.
Neal Schuman, President, Arthur Schuman, Inc.
Doug Simon, President, Trega Foods
Jeff Sporer, National Sales Manager, Waukesha Cherry-Burrell, An SPX Brand
Richard Stammer, President/CEO – Cabot; COO – Agri-Mark, Cabot/McCadam
IICA Board of Directors
New Members
Luconda Dager, President, Velvet Ice Cream Co., Inc.
Toby Tomblin, Vice President of National Accounts, S&D Coffee
Re-elected Members (Term Expiring in 2014)
Randall Dei, Director, Dairy Industry, Safeway Inc. Ice Cream Department
Craig Hall, General Manager, Ice Cream, Mars Snackfood US
Curt Jones, Chairman, Dippin' Dots, Inc.
Martha Leyburn, Senior Director of Manufacturing, Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
Kelly Duffin-Maxwell, Executive Vice President, Research & Development, Dean Foods Company
Mike Nance, General Manager, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Mike Wells, CEO, Wells' Dairy Inc.
Members (Term Expiring in 2013)
Gary Aggus, President, General Manager, Hiland Dairy Foods
John Cox, Executive Vice President, Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc.
Rachel Cullen, Chief Operating Officer, Ice Cream, DSD Dairy, Dean Foods Company
Mel MacConnell, President & CEO, Scotsburn Co-op Services, Limited
Bob McCullough, Group Vice President, Manufacturing, H-E-B
Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Corrinne Colombo Reed, ADQ Vice President, Dairy Products Division, International Dairy Queen, Inc.
Bruce Saugstad, Senior Vice President, & General Manager, Ice Cream Division, The Schwan Food Company
Members (Term Expiring in 2012)
Bruce Daily, Senior Buyer, All Star Dairy Association, Inc.
Lou Galliker, Chairman & President, Galliker Dairy Company
Paul Hagen, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Schoep's Ice Cream Co., Inc.
Tim Kelbel, Vice President, Dairy Group – West, Manufacturing Division – Dairy, The Kroger Co.
Rachel Kyllo, Vice President, Marketing, Kemps LLC
Dwight Moore, Vice President, Hunter Farms/Harris Teeter
Shelley Roth, President, Pierre's Ice Cream Company
Steve Schmid, President, Dairy Enterprises Inc.
Patty Stroup, Group Manager, Dairy, Nestle USA, Inc.
Alan Thomsen, National Accounts Manager, Schoep's Ice Cream Co., Inc.
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The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Washington, D.C., represents the nation's dairy manufacturing and marketing industries and their suppliers, with a membership of 550 companies representing a $110-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 percent of the milk, cultured products, cheese and frozen desserts produced and marketed in the United States.