IDFA Cheese Board

The board members are tasked with providing strategic vision, policy direction and leadership on segment-specific issues. The board will conduct business in coordination with the IDFA Executive Council, through the chair and vice chair.

Officers

Kurt Epprecht

IDFA Cheese Board Chair / Owner/Vice President, Cheese Quality & Dairy Policy, Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.

Sheryl Meshke

IDFA Cheese Board Vice Chair / President and CEO, Associated Milk Producers, Inc.

Directors

Troy Ammann

Vice President, Cheese Sales, Agropur U.S. Operations

Ebru Basaran-Shull

Executive Vice President, Compliance, Sargento Foods, Inc.

Gilbert de Cardenas

Chief Executive Officer, Cacique Foods LLC

Wilf Costello

Chief Commercial Officer - Cheese Glanbia Nutritionals

Peter Cotter

President & CEO, Lactalis Heritage Dairy

Amanda Criezis

Director of Ingredient Procurement for Meat and Cheese, Kraft Heinz

Jason Delaney

President, Ornua Ingredients North America

Steve Doyle

Director of Procurement & Industrial Sales, Sartori Company

Mike Dudas

Director of Procurement, Schuman Cheese

Ron Dunford

President and CEO, Schreiber Foods

Ivan Giraud

CEO, Bel Brands

Scott Graham

Chief Operating Officer, Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc.

Cary Grover

President & CEO, Lakeview Cheese Products, LLC

David Lynn

President & CEO, Agri-Mark, Inc./Cabot

Tom Murphy

President, Brewster Cheese Company

Tim Omer

President and Managing Director, Emmi Roth

Andy Pfister

Executive Vice President, Masters Gallery Foods Inc.

Greg Siegenthaler

Vice President of Milk Marketing and Supply Chain, Grande Cheese Company

Doug Simon

President, U.S. Operations, Agropur

Greg Somerville

CEO, Savencia Cheese USA, LLC

Doug Wilke

CEO, Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.

Executive Council Members

Terry Brockman

IDFA Executive Council Immediate Past President / Senior Vice President Dairy Procurement, Ingredients and Industry Affairs, Saputo USA

Lance FitzSimmons

President and CEO, Leprino

Jeff Gentine

President & CEO, Masters Gallery Foods, Incorporated

Louie Gentine

IDFA Executive Council Secretary / Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sargento

Gold Business Partner Representatives

Rick Gessler

Vice President of Engineering, Delkor Systems

Jose Quijada

Senior Director, Digital Solutions, Ecolab

Ty Rohloff

VP Commercial Financing, Compeer Financial

Scott Sexton

CEO, Dairy.com by Ever.Ag

NextGen Board Members

Nicole Davies

Senior Manager of Data and Automation Technologies, Grande Cheese Company

Annie Waring

Senior Director of Business Development, Americold