Lone Jespersen
Pricipal
Cultivate SA
Dr. Lone Jespersen has dedicated the past 15 years of her life to bettering food manufacturing operations and studying how culture affects food safety performance. She is proud to hold a Ph.D. in Culture Enabled Food Safety and to have created an incredible network of worldwide collaborators within the food supply chain. She had no idea that one day she would be involved so intimately in this often lack-luster industry, but after 11 years with Maple Leaf Foods—including the uphill battle to regain consumer trust following the 2008 tragedy that killed 23 people—her life purpose shifted. At the time, she was in charge of food safety and operations learning strategies. It took a lot of introspection, questioning and scrutiny to turn Maple Leaf around. She led the relaunch and execution of Maple Leaf Foods' food safety and operations learning strategies. A little more every day, she transformed its culture from the inside out.
Brenda Snodgrass
Senior Quality and Food Safety Manager
CROPP-Organic Valley
Brenda Snodgrass is the Senior Quality and Food Safety Manager at CROPP Cooperative. She is responsible for implementing and maintaining quality standards for raw ingredients, finished products, processing & packaging materials as well as, making critical decisions on product quality and the investigation of quality related concerns. She is also responsible the development of staff and supports efforts for the continuous improvement to quality programs through audits/inspections both internally and at co-processing locations.
Marie Tanner
SVP Quality
DFA
Marie joined Dairy Farmers of America in 2017. She is currently the SVP of Food Safety and Quality. Prior to DFA, Marie was the Global Chief Food Safety and QHSE Officer at Kerry. Prior to joining Kerry, Marie held various quality leadership roles for PepsiCo and Godiva (Ulker). Marie holds an M.S. in Food Science from Rutgers University, and formally served on the board of SSAFE and was on the board of directors for the International Society of Beverage Technologists (ISBT).