IDFA Ingredients 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

Gustavo Acosta

IDFA Ingredients Board Vice Chair / Director, Global Dairy Procurement, Global Supply Operations, Abbot Nutrition

Kyle Jensen

IDFA Ingredients Board Vice Chair / Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Hilmar

Directors

Joe Barrow

Director of Quality Assurance and Food Safety, Idaho Milk Products

Ron Belldegrun

CEO and Co-Founder, ByHeart

Lindsay Brady

President, Ornua Foods Americas

Yann Connan

Vice President of Sales - Lactalis Ingredients, Lactalis American Group

Steven Cooper

President/General Manager, Dairy Manufacturing, Continental Dairy Facilities, LLC

Amanda Criezis

Director of Ingredient Procurement for Meat and Cheese, Kraft Heinz

Luis Cubel

CEO, Arla Food Ingredients

Maxime Devourdy

President, Ingredients and Corporate Strategy, Agropur

Tim Galloway

CEO, Galloway Company

Hoyt Huffman

Chief Executive Officer, Bluegrass Dairy and Food, Inc.

Bryan Johnston

President, Americas, Fonterra

Niamh Kelly

Chief Product Officer-Dairy Strategy, Glanbia Nutritionals

Melissa Oborny

President and CEO, Proliant Dairy Ingredients

Vinith Poduval

Executive Vice President & President, India, Asia Pacific, and Emerging Products and Services, Schreiber Foods, Inc.

Marshall Reece

Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, Associated Milk Producers Inc.

Bob Sarver

President & CEO, Great Lakes Cheese

Philip Vanderpol

President and CEO, Vitalus Nutrition Inc.

Auke Zeilstra

Managing Director - North America RSO Director and Country Manager, FrieslandCampina Ingredients North America

Executive Council Members

Terry Brockman

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

Joe Diglio

IDFA Executive Council Vice Chair / President and CEO, Michigan Milk Producers Association

Kurt Epprecht

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

Lance FitzSimmons

President and CEO, Leprino

Gold Business Partner Representatives

Ted Jacoby, III

President and CEO, T. C. Jacoby & Company, Inc.

Tom Shaver

Head of Strategic Accounts & Partnerships North America, ABB

NextGen Board Members

Ben Hoperich

Senior Strategic Category Manager, Global Procurement organization, Abbott Laboratories

Sarah Schmidt

Vice President of Marketing, Associated Milk Producers Inc.