Council Breakouts

An integral part of the Annual Conference program is our breakout sessions, put on by the FPSA Industry Councils.  In these sessions, members meet and hear from key processors and industry professionals to get a better understanding of business and operations from the customer’s perspective. These presentations are complemented with roundtable discussions that allow all attendees – suppliers, customers and other industry professionals - to address critical issues in their sector of the food and beverage industry.

This year's breakout sessions include the following 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
Vice President, 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)