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.

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