John A. Lucey, Ph.D.
Professor of Food Science
Director of the Center for Dairy Research
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Professor John Lucey is the Director of the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research (CDR), and Food Science Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Lucey has > 130 peer-reviewed publications, 4 patents, and >20 book chapters. He has made close to 100 presentations at various National and International meetings over the past 15 years. Prior to joining UW-Madison, Dr. Lucey had extensive experience in dairy foods research in Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. His research interests include milk proteins and their properties, and cheese technology functionality. He graduated from University College Cork (Ireland) with BS in Food Science (1988) and PhD. in Food Chemistry (1992).
Brenda Bell
Insights Manager
Sargento
Insights Manager
Sargento Foods, Inc.
Brenda Bell is the Insights Principal for the Sargento Food Service and Ingredients Division. She has over 20 years of experience in market research, strategy, analytics, innovation, trend identification, brand and category management, team leadership and sales.
Brenda earned a BA in Journalism from the University of Minnesota, an MBA from Alverno College in Wisconsin and certifications in Design Thinking from IDEO University.
She is a member of the Datassential Advisory Board, the International Food Service and Manufacturers Association Consumer Planning Program and several non-profit boards in Milwaukee.