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

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