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CSIFT Leadership Team

The Chicago Section Leadership team is comprised of volunteers from the Chicago area who serve as Officers and the Executive Committee as well as lead our many committees.  Section Officers are elected annually by the membership in February-March and serve from September 1st of the current year through August 31st of the following year.  The work of the Section is dependent upon our committees and each member’s contribution and participation on a committee contributes to the success of our Section.  Join our Leadership Team - Get Involved Today!

 

Officers and Chairpersons

2014-2015 Section Officers
name | company:

Chair: 
John Budin
Merieux NutriSciences

 

Chair-Elect: 
Glenn Bluemer
Barry-Callebaut

 

Past Chair: 
John Chambers
DMH Ingredients

 

Secretary: 
Olivia Fisher
Virginia Dare Extact Co.

 

Treasurer:
James Colby
Kraft Foods

Executive Committee Members - company | term exp:
 
Bill Becht
Dempsey Corp.

8/31/2017

 

Mike Carson
Bunge Oils

8/31/2015

 

Laura Colby
Kraft Foods

8/31/2017

 

Joy Dell'Aringa
EMSL Analytical, Inc

8/31/2017

 

Laura Gray
Winona Foods

8/31/2015

 

Matt Hutchinson
Morton Salt

8/31/2017

 

Jan Miller
Int'l Dehydrated Flavors

8/31/2016

 

Linda Perucca
Mondelez International, Inc.

8/31/2016

 

Keith Schafer
8/31/2016

 

 

Manoj Shah
Consultant

8/31/2015

 

Timothy Stubbs
Dairy Management Inc.

8/31/2015

 

Mike Wanous
Consultant

8/31/2016

Committee Chairs -
name | company:

Auditing:

Terry Schwartz

McGladrey LLP

 

Awards/Nominating

John Chambers
DMH Ingredients

 

Career Guidance & Cont. Ed

Michael Gross

Clutch Logistics

Communications

Katie Schmidt

Dempsey Corporation

Employment/Career Ctr

Michael Mastrangelo

LifeSpice Ing.

Finance

Uwe Nienaber

Kraft Foods

 

Golf Outing

Mike Hosler

Mission Flavors

&

John Fenstermacher

ICL Foods

 

Historian

Sanford Wolgel
Consultant

 

Hospitality

Keith Schafer

 

Host Section Activities

Linda Perucca

Mondelez Int'l, Inc.

&

Pat Sullivan

 

House

Manoj Shah

Consultant

 

Long-Range Plan

Dan Best

BestVantage, Inc.

 

Marketing Chair

Denise Michalik

Consultant & Advisor

&

Bill Becht

Dempsey Corporation

 

 

 

Committee Chairs -
(continued)

 

Membership

Joy Dell'Aringa

EMSL Analytical

&
Sharim Lane

New Professionals

Molly Connor
Kraft Foods

&

Niki Baran
Flavorchem

Newsletter Business Office

BusinessOffice@ChicagoIFT.org

Professional Development

Susan Abraham-Rivera

AgriFIS, Inc.

Program

Glenn Bluemer
Barry-Callebaut

 

Scholarship

Nancy Moriarity

Silliker Group

Sergeant-at-Arms

Laura Colby

Kraft Foods

 

Sponsorship

Mike Gough
Consultant
&
Co-Chair
needed

Suppliers' Night

Jim Anderson

Corbion

 

Tanner Lecture

Zuoxing Zheng

Kraft Foods

 

Technical Breakfast Sessions

Zeek Agosto

Northland Lab

 

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