Meat Institute Officers

Board Of Directors

* denotes Executive Board members

* 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

* Doug Bush 
Bush Brothers Provisions

Tony Catelli 
Catelli Brothers, Inc.

Trevor Caviness 
Caviness Beef Packers

Ryan Chapp 
EW Grobbel

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

Tim DiGiulio 
Wells Fargo

Patrick Ditchfield 
Reiser

Keaton Dorman 
Jack Stack BBQ

Richard Dozier 
Independent Meat Co.

Cathy East 
Albertsons Companies

Martin Eckmann 
Alaska Sausage Company

* Craig Edsill 
Clemens Food Group

Matt England 
Triumph Foods

Louis Eni 
Dietz & Watson, Inc.

Ole Evenson 
Old Trapper

Don Fussner 
Johnsonville Sausage, LLC

Mike Gau 
Performance Foodservice Middendorf

* Neil Genshaft 
Fresh Mark, Inc.

* Chad Groves 
Seaboard Foods

* Eric Gustafson 
Coast Packing Company

Oliver Hoad 
Environ Energy

Megan Huddleston 
The Kraft Heinz Company

* Randy Huffman 
Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.

Dan Jacobs 
Cryovac Brand Food Packaging

Rich Jersey 
Rich Jersey LLC

Brad Johnson 
Verde Farms LLC

* Hans Kabat 
Cargill Protein

John Keating 
Meyer Natural Foods

Anna Kitchens 
The Honey Baked Ham Company

* Tim Klein 
National Beef Packing Co, LLC

Mark Kreul 
US Foods

Devin Kulla 
True Story Foods

Dan LaFleur 
Colorado Premium Foods

Steven Lau 
Yosemite Meat Co.

François Leger 
FPL Food, LLC

Karl Lenz 
Schenk Packing

* Craig Letch 
empirical foods

Art Levitt 
Ranchers Processing Inc.

Keith Lindsey 
Salm Partners, LLC

Shannon MaasMeyer 
SM Outfitters

Shane MacKenzie 
Superior Farms

Gary Malenke 
Perdue Premium Meat Co.

Matt Malott 
Multivac

Mike Martella 
Boar’s Head Provisions Co., Inc.

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

Tommy Neese 
Neese Country Sausage, Inc.

Candice Niu 
CLB Management Inc

Tanya Nueske 
Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon

Abel Olivera 
Jensen Meat Company

Warren Panico 
Sigma

Olga Pawluczyk 
P & P Optica Inc.

David Premo 
Birko, A Diversey Company

Emile Randazzo 
Nebraska Beef

Robert Rebholtz, III 
Agri Beef

Nate Rempe 
Omaha Steaks International

Scott Rich 
Wasatch Meats

John Richardson 
Sugar Creek Packing

Jenine Rinn 
Sonoma County Meat Company

Ryan Robinson 
Jones Dairy Farm

James Rudolph 
Rudolph Foods Company, Inc.

Jamie Schweid 
Schweid & Sons

Greg Schweitzer 
Conagra Brands

John Senseman 
IMA Financial Group

Ross Shuket 
Old World Provisions

* Shane Smith 
Smithfield Foods

* Jim Snee 
Hormel Foods Corp

Nicole Sorensen 
Hill Meat Company

Fred Stephan 
Amcor

Kevin Stevens 
Pollution Systems, Inc.

* Brady Stewart 
Tyson Foods

John Stika 
Certified Angus Beef

Justin Still 
Surlean Foods

* Suzanne Strassburger Reidy 
Strassburger Meats/Suzy Sirloin

Mike L. Thompson 
Fair Oaks Foods

Norlyn Tipton 
Sysco Corporation

* David Van Eekeren 
Land O’Frost, Inc.

* Steve Van Lannen 
American Foods Group, LLC

John Vatri 
Cardinal Meat Specialists

* Dennis Vignieri 
Kenosha Beef International, Ltd.

Jamie Wally 
WOW Logistics

Theo Weening 
The Sustainable Meats Group

Chris Williams 
Pineland Farms Natural Meats

Peter Wojda 
Florida Beef, Inc.

Russ Yearwood 
Indiana Packers Corporation