2010 Conference Speakers

Special General Session Added - Food Safety Complexities - Dr. Robert Gravani

Industry Council Speakers
 

Bakery 

Richard Ammendola
Director of Innovation Engineering, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.
Jon Anderson
Head of OSHA Compliance & Educational Product Development, AIB (American Institute of Baking)
Steve Dus
Director, Bakery, Sara Lee
Elena Vasseur Garcia
Principal Product Protection, Sanitation & Hygienic Design, Kraft Latin America
George Forester
Principal, Armfield, Harrison & Thomas Inc.

Beverage

Andy Juarez
Engineering Manager, Tree Top, Inc
Melissa Matillio
Consumer Marketing Manager, Turkey Hill
Mike Redman
VP, Scientific, Technical & Regulatory Affairs, American Beverage Association 

Dairy

Fred Calvert
Chief Operating Officer of Fluid Operations, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc.
Felix Martinez
Agricultural Consultant, Grupo Nestle Mexico
Humberto Mayorga
President, Alpura USA
Saundra Unke
Director of Innovation, Kraft
Tim Rugh
Executive Director, 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc

Fruit & Vegetable

Kurt Buckman
Vice President of Quality Systems, Bird’s Eye Foods
Kevin Byrne
Food Safety Manager, American Almond Products Company
Vicente Lopez
General Manager, Sabormex S.A. 

Meat (MISA)

Paul Kafer
Assistant Vice President of Corporate Engineering, Smithfield Foods, Inc. 

General Session Speakers
 

Roberto Valdez, senior executive at the De La Riva Group, one of Mexico’s most distinguished marketing research firms, helping clients such as Nestle, Procter & Gamble and Pepsi stay on top of consumer trends.

Leo Zuckerman, award winning journalist and widely known throughout Mexico for his extensive work in print, radio and television.  With a PhD in Political Science from Columbia University, Zuckerman tackles politics, current events and business topics on a daily basis.

The 2010 Food in Focus Panel

Hector Sepulveda, Fábrica de Jabón La Corona
Armando Cobos, National Association of Processed Foods
Guillermo Cochran, Mexican Meat Council
Jose Luis Fuente, National Association of Flour
Jose Garcia, National Association of Dairy Processors
Amadeo Ibarra, National Association of Edible Oils
Noe Lecona, National Association of Chocolate and Confections
Jose Luis Valenzuela, National Baking Association