David B. Schmidt

President & CEO

The Board of Directors of the International Food Information Council (IFIC) in Washington, DC elected David Schmidt as president & CEO effective January 1, 2006.  Schmidt also serves as President & CEO of the International Food Information Council Foundation.  Previously, he held the positions of executive vice president, vice president and director and has been a frequent speaker on a wide range of food safety and nutrition issues.  Prior to joining IFIC in 1993, Schmidt served as the first Bush Administration's director of external affairs for the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

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Kimberly Reed

Executive Director

Kimberly Reed is Executive Director of the International Food Information Council Foundation in Washington, DC. She also serves as Senior Vice President for Membership, Communications, and Strategic Initiatives at the International Food Information Council. Ms. Reed has more than thirteen years of experience at senior levels in both the public and private sectors. Previously, she served as Senior Advisor to two U.S. Treasury Secretaries; Director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; Counsel to the U.S. Congress; and Vice President for Financial Markets Policy Relations at Lehman Brothers, Inc.
 

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Geraldine McCann

Chief Operating Officer

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Vice President, International Relations

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Senior Director and Editor of Food Insight

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Jennifer C. Schleman, APR

Director, Public Outreach & Online Communications

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Eric Mittenthal

Director, Media Relations

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Michelle Ronholm

Director, Forecasting & Consumer Insights

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Wendy Reinhardt-Kapsak, RD

Director, Health & Wellness

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Lindsey Loving

Director, Food Ingredients & Technology

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Anthony "Tony" Flood

Director, Food Safety & Defense

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Associate Director, Health & Wellness

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Stephanie Ferguson, CMP

Senior Manager, Operations & Meetings

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Winifere Jenkins-Ford

Manager, Food Safety and Nutrition

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Jania Matthews

Manager, Media Outreach & Analysis

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Matthew Tarka

Manager, Membership & International

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Kerry Robinson, RD

Manager, Food Ingredients & Technology

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Kris Sollid, RD

Manager, Nutrients

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Katie Burns

Coordinator, Food Safety & Defense

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Hollie Arnold

Executive Assistant

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Shariese Lindsay

Administrative Assistant/Receptionist

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