Our Staff
Governance
2023 Officers
Chair
John Tentomas*
Nature’s Touch Frozen Foods
Vice Chair
Suvan Sharma*
Jain Farm Fresh Foods
Immediate Past Chair
Julia Sabin*
The J.M. Smucker Co.
2023 Board of Directors
Tina Almond
McCain Foods USA
Holly Anderson
Kraft Heinz
Tracey P. Beck*
Conagra Brands, Inc.
Gary Crowder
Smith Frozen Foods
Rick Drummond*
B&G Foods
Adnan Durrani
Saffron Road
Brian Fox
Richelieu Foods
Mike Gerber
Bellisio Foods
Rick Holdren
The Pictsweet Company
Peter D. Johnston
Cavendish Farms Corporation
Kelley Martin
Nortera Foods
P.J. Mecozzi
Del Mar Food Products Corporation
Debbie Radie
Boardman Foods
Chris Rhynalds
Lamb Weston
Tony Shurman*
Jasper Wyman and Son
Blake Smittcamp
Wawona Frozen Foods
Terry Stover
Ebrofrost/Riviana Foods
Meghan Swan
J. R. Simplot Foods
Michael Thomas
Ajinomoto Foods
Jeff Varcoe*
Schwan’s Company
Joe Yanda
Lakeside Foods Inc.
*Executive Committee Member
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