Leading each association for the next year will be: IDFA Chair Paul Kruse, CEO and
president, Blue Bell Creameries; IDFA Vice Chair and NCI Chair Gary Vanic, president
and CEO, Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc.; IDFA Secretary and MIF Chair Paul Bikowitz,
president, Heartland Farms; and IDFA Treasurer and IICA Chair Tim Kahn, president and CEO, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Inc.
“With such a distinguished team of leaders to guide our efforts, IDFA is certainly looking
forward to an exciting and productive year ahead,” said Connie Tipton, IDFA president and CEO. “We appreciate the commitment that these volunteer officers and directors are making to keep the entire dairy industry moving forward.”
The IDFA chairmanship rotates among former leaders of the three constituent organizations every year. This year marks IICA’s turn in the rotation for IDFA chairman, and Kruse, who is a former IICA chairman and sits on the IICA advisory committee, was elected. The chairmen of MIF, NCI and IICA are elected by their respective board members for two-year terms.
The officers and directors for IDFA, MIF, NCI and IICA are as follows:
2008-09 International Dairy Foods Association officers
Chair: Paul Kruse, CEO & president, Blue Bell Creameries
Vice Chair: Gary Vanic, president & CEO, Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc.
Secretary: Paul Bikowitz, president, Heartland Farms
Treasurer: Tim Kahn, president & CEO, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Inc.
2008-09 Milk Industry Foundation officers
Chair: Paul Bikowitz, president, Heartland Farms
Vice Chair: Mike Nosewicz, vice president, Dairy Group – East, Manufacturing Division – Dairy, The Kroger Co.
Secretary: Ed Mullins, executive vice president & CEO, Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.
Treasurer: Philippe Caradec, vice president, regulatory & corporate affairs, The Dannon Co. Inc.
2008-09 National Cheese Institute officers
Chair: Gary Vanic, president & CEO, Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc.
Vice Chair: Rhonda Jordan, president, North America Cheese & Dairy, Kraft Foods N.A. Inc.
Secretary: Dan Vecchiarelli, vice president, production operations, Leprino Foods Co.
Treasurer: Jon Davis, vice president, Le Sueur Cheese Co. Inc./Davisco Foods International Inc.
2009-09 International Ice Cream Association officers
Chair: Tim Kahn, president & CEO, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Inc.
Vice Chair: Jay Jaskiewicz, director of dairy manufacturing, Publix Super Markets Inc.
Secretary: Randall Dei, director, dairy industry, Safeway Inc. Ice Cream Department
Treasurer: Martha Leyburn, senior director of manufacturing, Friendly Ice Cream Corp.
MIF Board of Directors
New Members
Peter W. Horvath, president, QCS Purchasing/Quality Chekd Dairies, QCS Purchasing LLC
Calvin Kaufman, group vice president & president, manufacturing, The Kroger Co.
Nash Lakha, president & CEO, Parmalat Canada Inc.
Goran Olsson, vice president, processing, Tetra Pak Inc.
Phil Plourd, president, Blimling & Associates Inc.
George Siemon, CEO, Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative
Patty Stroup, group manager, Dairy, Nestle USA Inc.
Re-elected Members (term expiring in 2011)
Carmine C. Catalana IV, president, Cumberland Dairy Inc.
Pierre Claprood, CEO, Agropur Cooperative
Kevin Imm, CEO, Clover Stornetta Farms Inc.
Jay Jaskiewicz, director, dairy manufacturing, Publix Super Markets Inc.
Jeffrey Kaneb, vice president, HP Hood LLC
John Kaneb, chairman, HP Hood LLC
Dwight Moore, vice president, Hunter Farms/Harris Teeter
Ed Mullins, executive vice president & CEO, Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.
Richard A. Shehadey, president/CEO, Producers Dairy Foods Inc.
Bill Tinklepaugh, senior vice president, government & industry relations, Dean Foods Co.
Joseph Weis, vice president, Foremost Farms USA Cooperative
Members (term expiring in 2010)
Jay Bryant, treasurer & general manager, Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers
Cooperative Association Inc.
Charles Gaither, president, Milkco Inc.
Dub Garlington, president & COO, Plains Dairy LLC
Al Guida, chairman of the board, Guida's Milk & Ice Cream
Bob Hall, CEO, Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.
Harrald Kroeker, president, DSD dairy, Dean Foods Co.
Mike McCully, director, dairy procurement, Kraft Foods N.A. Inc.
Mike Nosewicz, vice president, Dairy Group – East, Manufacturing Division – Dairy, The Kroger Co.
Ernest Yates, vice president, industry relations, Dean Foods Co.
Bob Waldron, president, Yoplait-Colombo, General Mills Inc.
Members (term expiring in 2009)
John C. Bedrosian, vice president, manufacturing division, Unified Western Grocers Inc.
Philippe L. Caradec, vice president, regulatory & corporate affairs, The Dannon Co. Inc.
Quintin F. Frey, president, Turkey Hill Dairy Inc.
Tim Galloway, CEO, Galloway Co.
Michael Krueger, senior vice president/general manager, Dairy Division Shamrock Foods Co.
Donald K. Merrigan, president, Readington Farms Inc.
Michael L. Nance, general manager, Publix Super Markets Inc.
David Nelsen, vice president of manufacturing, Safeway Inc.
Jeff Powell, president and general manager, Roberts Dairy Co.
Stephen Schmid, president, Smith Dairy Products Co.
Jay Simon, CEO, Super Store Industries
NCI Board of Directors
New Members
Martin Bates, president & COO, Fonterra
Steve Gackenbach, sr. director, strategy planning/external development, Kraft Foods N.A. Inc.
Jim Lehman, general manager, Pace Dairy/The Kroger Co.
Jim Wegner, sr. vice president, Darigold Inc.
Dan Zastoupil, president, Marathon Cheese Corp.
Re-elected Members (term expiring in 2011)
Mark Anderson, president, Crystal Farms RDC
Terry Brockman, president & COO, Cheese Division (USA), Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Pierre Claprood, CEO, Agropur Cooperative
Jon Davis, vice president, Le Sueur Cheese Co. Inc./Davisco Foods International Inc.
Jeff Giffin, president & CEO, Masters Gallery Foods Inc.
Mark Korsmeyer, president, Dairy Food Products, American Dairy Brands, a division of Dairy Farmers of America Inc.
Mike Reidy, senior vice president, procurement, logistics & business development, Leprino Foods Co.
James C. Sartori, president & CEO, Sartori Foods
Members (term expiring in 2010)
Mark Davis, CEO, Davisco Foods International Inc.
John Fridirici, vice president, milk marketing & procurement, Grande Cheese Co.
Dave Fuhrmann, president & CEO, Foremost Farms USA Cooperative
Mark G. Leddy, CEO, Valley Queen Cheese Factory Inc.
Tim Omer, CEO, DCI Cheese Co. Inc.
David P. Pozniak, president & CEO, Schreiber Foods Inc.
Harold Strunk, president and CEO, Tillamook County Creamery Association
Gary Vanic, president & CEO, Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc.
Daniel Vecchiarelli, vice president, production operations, Leprino Foods Co.
Jeffry O. Williams, president & CEO, Glanbia Foods Inc.
Al Zolin, director of cheese/dairy procurement, Kraft Foods N.A. Inc.
Members (term expiring in 2009)
Frederick Bouisset, president & CEO, Lactalis American Group
R. Gregory Dryer, executive vice president, Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Stephen B. Gaddis, president, Pacific Cheese Co. Inc.
Ted Jacoby III, vice president, cheese sales, T.C. Jacoby & Co. Inc.
Fritz Leeman, CEO, Brewster Dairy Inc.
Mike Neu, business manager, Chr. Hansen Inc.
Neal Schuman, president, Arthur Schuman Inc.
Scott Sexton, chairman & CEO, Dairy.com
Doug Simon, president, Trega Foods
Richard Stammer, president/CEO – Cabot; COO – Agri-Mark, Cabot/McCadam
Deborah Van Dyk, vice president, industry & regulatory affairs, Schreiber Foods Inc.
IICA Board of Directors
New Members
Bennie Brigham, president, Pecan Deluxe Candy Co.
Rachel Kyllo, vice president, marketing, Kemps LLC
John LeBoutillier, vice president & general manager, Unilever Ice Cream N.A.
Tony Verlezza, vice president, supply chain, Unilever Ice Cream N.A.
Mike Wells, CEO, Wells’ Dairy Inc.
Re-elected Members (term expiring in 2011)
Randall Dei, director, dairy industry, Safeway Inc. Ice Cream Department
Jay Jaskewicz, director of dairy manufacturing, Publix Super Markets Inc.
Curt Jones, chairman, Dippin’ Dots Inc.
Martha Leyburn, senior director of manufacturing, Friendly Ice Cream Corp.
Scottie Mayfield, president, Mayfield Dairy Farms Inc.
Members (term expiring in 2010)
Gary Aggus, president, general manager, Hiland Dairy Foods
John Cox, executive vice president, Turkey Hill Dairy Inc.
Rachel Cullen, COO, ice cream, DSD dairy, Dean Foods Co.
Tom George, president, Tate & Lyle Custom Ingredients
Mel MacConnell, president & CEO, Scotsburn Co-op Services Ltd.
Ed Mullins, executive vice president & CEO, Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.
Brian Perry, executive vice president/vice chairman, Perry's Ice Cream Co. Inc.
Corrinne Columbo Reed, ADQ vice president, Dairy Products Division, International Dairy Queen Inc.
Howard Smith Jr., president, Virginia Dare
Members (term expiring in 2009)
Lou Galliker, chairman & president, Galliker Dairy Co.
Paul Hagen, vice president of sales & marketing, Schoep’s Ice Cream Co. Inc.
Tim Kelbel, vice president, Dairy Group – West, Manufacturing Division – Dairy, The Kroger Co.
Skip Rosskam, president & COO, David Michael & Co.
Tony Sarsam, executive vice president of operations and supply chain, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Inc.
