Meat Institute Officers

Board Of Directors

* denotes Executive Board members

Reed Acrey   
The Allan Sullivan Co.

* Jonathan Amidei   
Swaggerty’s Sausage Co.

Chafik Barbar   
Marble Technologies

* Wesley Batista Filho   
JBS Foods USA

Adam Bode   
Demkota Ranch Beef

Edwin Botero   
Viz Cattle Corp. dba SUKARNE

Patrick Bottini   
Jack Links Beef Jerky

* Peter Bozzo   
Michael's Finer Meats & Seafoods

Reed Brown   
Brown Packing Company, Inc.

Mike Buccheri   
HV Randall Foods, LLC

Mike Bumgarner   
United Producers

Mike Burica   
Workforge

* Doug Bush   
Bush Brothers Provisions

Tony Catelli   
Catelli Brothers, Inc.

Trevor Caviness   
Caviness Beef Packers

Ryan Chapp   
EW Grobbel

Brad Clemens   
Clemens Food Group

* Brian Coelho   
Central Valley Meat Co.

Peggy Cook, Ph.D, CFS   
Neogen

Devra Cornell   
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

Sara Crawford   
Sustainable Environmental Consultants

* Henry Davis   
Greater Omaha Packing Co., Inc.

David Dennis   
Pratt Industries

Patrick Ditchfield   
Reiser

Keaton Dorman   
Jack Stack BBQ

Richard Dozier   
Independent Meat Co.

Martin Eckmann   
Alaska Sausage Company

Matt England   
Triumph Foods

Louis Eni   
Dietz & Watson, Inc.

* Jeff Ettinger   
Hormel Foods Corporation

Greg Evans   
Kevin’s Natural Foods

Ole Evenson   
Old Trapper

Bill Fielding   
Kemin Food Technologies

Joe Forney   
AB Foods

Don Fussner   
Johnsonville Sausage, LLC

Mike Gau   
Performance Foodservice Middendorf

* Jarrod Gillig   
Cargill Protein

* Chad Groves   
Seaboard Foods

* Eric Gustafson   
Coast Packing Company

Oliver Hoad   
Environ Energy

James Holland   
Winpak

Megan Huddleston   
The Kraft Heinz Company

* Randy Huffman   
Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.

David Jagodzinske   
American Foods Group

Rich Jersey   
Rich Jersey LLC

Brad Johnson   
Verde Farms LLC

John Keating   
Meyer Natural Foods

Anna Kitchens   
The Honey Baked Ham Company

* Tim Klein   
National Beef Packing Co, LLC

Chris Knight   
Safe Foods/Fortrex

Mark Kreul   
US Foods

Raven Kropf   
Teys USA

Devin Kulla   
True Story Foods

Dan LaFleur   
Colorado Premium Foods

Joe Lambert   
Sealed Air

RuthAnne LaMore   
Boar’s Head Provisions Co.

Steven Lau   
Yosemite Meat Co.

François Leger   
FPL Food, LLC

Karl Lenz   
Schenk Packing

* Craig Letch   
empirical foods

Art Levitt   
Ranchers Processing Inc.

Jesus Lobo   
Sigma

Shane MacKenzie   
Superior Farms

Gary Malenke   
Perdue Premium Meat Co.

Matt Malott   
Multivac

* Chad Martin   
Tyson Foods

Steven Maxey   
Certified Meat Products

Jarrod McCarroll   
Weber Inc

* Dave McDonald   
OSI Group, LLC

Brian McFarlane   
Eurofins Scientific, Inc.

Patrick McGady   
Handtmann

Jim Miller   
Food Safety Net Services,   
A Certified Group Company

Ray Millers   
AFCO

Dave Miniat   
Miniat Holdings

Matt Monkiewicz   
Kayem Foods

Mark Moshier   
Arrowsight, Inc.

Kevin Nanke   
Lopez-Dorada Foods

Candice Niu   
CLB Management Inc

* Tanya Nueske   
Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon

Abel Olivera   
Jensen Meat Company

* Brent Patmos   
Fresh Mark, Inc.

Olga Pawluczyk   
P & P Optica Inc.

David Premo   
Birko, A Diversey Company

Emile Randazzo   
Nebraska Beef

Bob Reinhard   
ConAgra Foods

Nate Rempe   
Omaha Steaks International

Scott Rich   
Wasatch Meats

John Richardson   
Sugar Creek Packing

Ryan Robinson   
Jones Dairy Farm

James Rudolph   
Rudolph Foods Company, Inc.

Jamie Schweid   
Schweid & Sons

John Senseman   
IMA Financial Group

Eric Sheiss   
Packers Corporation

Ross Shuket   
Old World Provisions

* Shane Smith   
Smithfield Foods

Nicole Sorensen   
Hill Meat Company

Fred Stephan   
Amcor

John Stika   
Certified Angus Beef

Justin Still   
Surlean Foods

Mike L. Thompson   
Fair Oaks Foods

Norlyn Tipton   
Sysco Corporation

* David Van Eekeren   
Land O’Frost, Inc.

* Dennis Vignieri   
Kenosha Beef International, Ltd.

Jamie Wally   
WOW Logistics

Theo Weening   
The Sustainable Meats Group

Kurt Westmoreland   
Flexxray

Chris Williams   
Pineland Farms Natural Meats