Meat Institute Officers

Board Of Directors

* denotes Executive Board members

Christine Alvarado, Ph.D.     
Prosur Inc

* Jonathan Amidei     
Swaggerty’s Sausage Co.

* Wesley Batista Filho     
JBS Foods USA

Edwin Botero     
Viz Cattle Corp. dba SUKARNE

* Peter Bozzo     
Michael's Finer Meats & Seafoods

Reed Brown     
Brown Packing Company, Inc.

Mike Bumgarner     
United Producers

* Doug Bush     
Bush Brothers Provisions

Tony Catelli     
Catelli Brothers, Inc.

Trevor Caviness     
Caviness Beef Packers

Jim Cheney     
Hill Meat Company

Brian Coelho     
Central Valley Meat Co.

Peggy Cook, Ph.D, CFS     
Neogen

Sara Crawford     
Sustainable Environmental Consultants

* Henry Davis     
Greater Omaha Packing Co., Inc.

Patrick Ditchfield     
Reiser

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.

* Eric Gustafson     
Coast Packing Company

* Randy Huffman     
Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.

* 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

Steven Lau     
Yosemite Meat Co.

François Leger     
FPL Food, LLC

Karl Lenz    
Schenk Packing

* Craig Letch     
empirical foods

Keith Lindsey     
Salm Partners, LLC

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

Patrick McGady     
Handtmann

Dave Miniat     
Miniat Holdings

Matt Monkiewicz     
Kayem Foods

Tommy Neese     
Neese Country Sausage, Inc.

Candice Niu     
CLB Management Inc

Tanya Nueske     
Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon

Terry O'Brien     
CTI Foods

Abel Olivera     
Jensen Meat Company

Warren Panico     
Sigma

David Premo     
Birko, A Diversey Company

Emile Randazzo     
Nebraska Beef

Robert Rebholtz, III     
Agri Beef

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.

Ed Sanchez     
Lopez Foods, Inc.

Jamie Schweid     
Schweid & Sons

Ross Shuket     
Old World Provisions

* Shane Smith     
Smithfield Foods

* Jim Snee     
Hormel Foods Corp

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

Molly White     
The Kraft Heinz Company

Chris Williams     
Pineland Farms Natural Meats

Russ Yearwood     
Indiana Packers Corporation