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

* 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

Brent Patmos 
Fresh Mark, Inc.

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

* 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