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Editorial Staff
Jim Dudlicek
 Chief Editor Jim Dudlicek oversees all editorial content under the Dairy Foods umbrella. Jim visits processors across the country, interviewing top executives and operations personnel to give readers a behind-the-scenes look at companies that are getting it right. He also writes a monthly opinion piece and coordinates the columnists in each issue.
Jim has covered the dairy industry since 2002 after nearly a decade as a newspaper editor and reporter in suburban Chicago. A graduate of Marquette University in Milwaukee, he lives in a northwest suburb of Chicago with his wife and daughter.
155 N. Pfingsten Road, Suite 205, Deerfield, IL 60015
Tel: 847/405-4009
Email: dudlicekj@dairyfoods.com
Donna Berry
Product Development Editor Donna Berry applies her food science expertise in each month’s Ingredient Technology and New Products and Marketing sections. Berry joined the Dairy Foods staff more than 15 years ago after working in product development at Kraft Foods Inc. She is an active member of the Institute of Food Technologists and one of the most sought-after speakers in the industry.
Tel: 312/656-6453
Email: donnaberry@dairy-food.com
Marina Mayer
 Marina Mayer is the managing editor of Dairy Foods, as well as Snack Food and Wholesale Bakery, a sister BNP Media publication. Marina oversees our Newsline, Dairy Market Trends and Buyers Mart sections, and also writes feature articles. Before joining BNP, she spent five years as editor of quality control operations for Manufacturers’ News Inc., where she was named “Manager of the Year” in 2006. Marina has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
Tel: 847/405-4008
Email: mayerm@bnpmedia.com
Expert Contributing Columnists
No one knows the Dairy Processing Industry like those directly involved in the industry’s private enterprises, academic programs and other organizations. In Dairy Foods and Dairyfoods.com we bring their knowledge to our audience of dairy professionals.
 Bruce Tharp and Steve Young
“Tharp & Young On Ice Cream” is authored by two world-renowned ice cream technology experts, Bruce Tharp and Steve Young, representing over 85 years of combined industrial experience. Bruce Tharp, Ph.D., is president of Tharp’s Food Technology. Steve Young, Ph.D., is a principal of Steven Young Worldwide.
 Henry Randolph
“Quality on the Line” by Henry Randolph, Ph.D., offers dairy processors an inside perspective on the operations and quality issues most important to their business. Throughout more than 40 years, in academic pursuit and as president of Randolph Associates, Inc., Henry Randolph has helped dairy companies find technical and quality solutions to processing concerns.
 Don Wilson
“Beyond the Filler” by Don Wilson looks at dairy
distribution and logistics issues. Wilson is the Managing
Principal of the Wilson Group and the Dairy Distribution
Conference.
 Sharon Gerdes
“Dairy Detective” is written by Sharon Gerdes,
who answers a technical support line for Dairy
Management Inc., responding to questions about dairy
ingredients from the food industry. She also consults
with various U.S. and international food companies.
 Michael Richmond
“Packaging Points” by Michael Richmond, Ph.D.,
explores the importance of packaging for dairy
processors. Richmond is a strategic business and
technical leader with 25 years experience in food
packaging. He has worked for Kraft Foods Inc., and taught at
Michigan State University.
 Greg Miller
Gregory Miller, Ph.D., is senior vice president of
Nutrition and Product Innovation for the National Dairy
Council. He has previously held a nutrition-related
research science position at Kraft Foods Inc. Miller and
Susan Zaripheh co-author articles on nutrition for Dairy Foods.
 Phillip Tong
“Culturally Speaking” with Phillip Tong, Ph.D., focuses
on formulation, quality and production issues related to the
manufacture of cultured and cheese. Tong is Director of the
Dairy Products Technology Center, and Professor of Dairy
Science at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He
is the U.S. Representative on the Standing Committee on Dairy Science
and Technology of the International Dairy Federation, and a member of the
American Dairy Science Association, IFT, and the American Cheese Society.
 Susan Zaripheh
Susan Zaripheh, Ph.D., is a Program Leader in the Science
and Research Group at Dairy Management Inc. National
Dairy Council, and is responsible for managing nutrition
research. Zaripheh’s prior experience includes work at
Nestlé’s R&D Center.
Providing Innovative Ideas to Dairy Processors is possible because of the professional editorial staff and expert contributing columnists. This group represents more than 250 years combined
experience within the dairy industry.
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