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 (IFIC). In addition to leading the development of the Foundation, Ms. Reed oversees IFIC's Media Relations, International, and Trends and Consumer Insights Programs.  She also serves on several boards, including the National Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association and Board of Trustees of West Virginia Wesleyan College.  She has more than fifteen years of experience at senior levels in both the public and private sectors, including 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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Marianne Smith Edge, MS, RD, LD, FADA

Senior Vice President, Nutrition and Food Safety

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Geraldine McCann

Chief Operating Officer

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Andy Benson

Vice President, International Relations

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Senior Director and Editor of Food Insight

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Steven Cohen

Director, Media Relations

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Wendy Reinhardt-Kapsak, RD

Senior Director, Health & Wellness

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Lindsey Loving

Senior 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

Associate Director, Strategic Communications

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Matthew Tarka

Senior Manager, Membership & International

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Kris Sollid, RD

Manager, Nutrients

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Katie Burns

Manager, Food Safety & Defense

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Ruth Ayres

Executive Assistant