Meat Institute Officers

Board Of Directors

* denotes Executive Board members

Christine Alvarado, Ph.D.  
Prosur Inc

* Jonathan Amidei  
Swaggerty’s Sausage Co.

Tim Arndt  
Jack Link’s Protein Snacks

* Wesley Batista Filho  
JBS Foods USA

Edwin Botero  
Viz Cattle Corp. dba SUKARNE

* Peter Bozzo  
Michael's Finer Meats & Seafoods

* Peter Brown  
Seaboard Foods

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

Dana Ehrlich  
Verde Farms

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.

Tobias Grasso  
Sealed Air Corporation

* 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

* 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

Karl Zimmer  
Florida Beef

(TBD)  
Bob Evans Farms

(TBD)  
Costco/Tracy Meat Plant