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Green Bay, Wi, Us

Kansas City, Ks, Us

Green Bay, Wisconsin, Us

Promoted to Vice President for company with 8,000+ employees and appointed as a corporate officer. Led corporation in areas of regulations and legislation with a team of 17 technical specialists.◆ Drove compliance for environmental regulations and developed a first-ever sustainability platform. Coached customers in key points of environmental and sustainability efforts for consumer and media inquiries.◆ Incorporated Export Compliance Group into the regulatory team to streamline and provide a scientific approach to activities to ensure compliance with foreign country laws and regulations, leading to smooth export operations.◆ Guided group on appropriate manufacturing controls and labeling for lactose-free products, winning the Schreiber President’s Award for Excellence.◆ Ensured elected officials considered the company viewpoint during the passing of laws at the local, state, federal, and international levels. ◆ Interfaced with multiple industry groups to find a mutually agreeable position on dairy-industry related matters.◆ Identified and coordinated corporate response to inquiries from outside sources.◆ Directed regulatory component of an FDA product recall and successfully navigated through with minor impact to the customer base and no consumer impact.

Green Bay, Wisconsin, Us

Recruited by Schreiber’s General Counsel to fill a retirement position and head up the Regulatory Department. ◆ Oversaw regulatory compliance, particularly in labeling and product compliance, interfaced with sales and R&D.◆ Managed product issues in quality control and manufacturing by investigating, determining root cause, and implementing corrective actions as well as interfacing customers in retail and food service.◆ Led management of inspections and audits of processing facilities by serving as the point of contact to provide the technical information required to the federal, state, and third-party inspectors.◆ Developed inspection process regulatory standard operating procedures and trained 35+ US and international plant managers to ensure compliance to best practices by all parties.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Recruited by former Vice President who assumed the role of CEO of NMPF to develop and oversee Regulatory Affairs program, supporting the needs of dairy producers and processors as well as companies supplying products and services to the dairy industry.◆ Identified need for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) programs and prevention-based programs for the dairy farms and implemented food quality and safety programs for both dairy plants and dairy farms. ◆ Oversaw staff conducting scientific and regulatory affairs work with animal health and welfare programs, environmental activities, standards of identity, and food safety programs.◆ Represented the dairy industry by testifying before Congressional committees on issues such as ultra-filtered milk and milk protein concentrates.◆ Trained in media management and communication, leading to training dairy farmers nationwide to improve communication by industry and farmers on issues impacting the dairy industry. ◆ Supplemented and supported scientific staff for Dairy Management, Inc.’s Dairy Check-Off program in areas such as nutrition programs, producer education initiatives, communications, as well as issues management. ◆ Created and launched new comprehensive crisis management program for the dairy industry after identifying issues facing the dairy industry and creating industry-wide talking points to provide consistent messaging.◆ Developed nationwide air quality monitoring program to identify issues with cow’s methane emissions and prevent unnecessary regulation of dairy farms.

Washington, Dc, Us

Promoted by CEO to fill the open role of Vice President to lead entire regulatory team, which included environmental compliance, worker safety, educational programming, quality control, and product safety. ◆ Oversaw management of the membership committees and developed industry positions on critical matters.◆ Interfaced with the industry and multiple regulatory agencies by writing briefs summarizing industry regulations and submitting comments to regulatory agencies.

Washington, Dc, Us

Promoted by CEO to the Director to provide regulatory and technical expertise to member companies as a liaison between dairy processing, supply industry, and regulatory officials.◆ Continued development of the HACCP programs for dairy plants, including initial software applications and taught end-users’ best practices. ◆ Organized and launched training and educational programs for regulatory, operational, quality control, and managerial personnel in the dairy industry.◆ Participated and lobbied via the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments as dairy processing industry representative on numerous committees and councils.◆ Managed Educational Services track for all IDFA training and educational programs.

Washington, Dc, Us

Recommended by professor to the Vice President, Regulatory to fill an open position to support the industry in regulatory compliance matters.◆ Represent association members with product safety and compliance issues facing the dairy industry.◆ Designed food safety program incorporating HACCP systems for dairy plants.◆ Created industry-wide database for nutrient values of dairy products to be approved by the FDA for use by dairy product manufacturers’ to comply with the nutrition labeling regulations for dairy products.

Blacksburg, Va, Us

Coordinated Laboratory Research and Virginia Dairy Quality Assurance Program

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Food Science & Technology

Master Of Science - Ms, Food Science & Technology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology (Microbiology Option), Minor In Chemistry