Climate Change: Managing the Risk Impact on the Food Supply Chain

Kimberly is passionate about helping global food businesses understand, manage, and mitigate the risks to their products and brands. She has built her reputation as a thought leader in food safety and supply chain risk through more than 30 years of deep-domain food sector expertise, working for and with leading global food companies and associated service organizations across major world markets. Kimberly has extensive experience as a technical professional specializing in design, development, implementation, assessment, and training within the arena of retail agri-food risk management systems, specifically relating to auditing principles and more broadly to the control of food safety, product quality, authenticity, and legality.

Andrew is the Senior Director of Quality Assurance at Loblaw Companies Ltd. In this role, he leads quality assurance by maintaining accountability for supplier approval and performance management, while supporting the business’ extensive product development processes. His primary responsibilities encompass overall safety, quality, and consistency for food and non-food products associated with Canada's largest retail company and its iconic brands. Holding a B.S. degree in Food Technology and an M.S. degree in Food Safety Management, Andrew utilizes his deep knowledge, experience, and commitment to ensure high-quality product standards. He has worked in diverse roles related to food safety and quality management, spanning multiple sectors including food manufacturing, retail, and foodservice, as well as consulting roles for auditing and developing food safety standards. He has also marked his presence in public service through his work in the Audit Branch of the UK Food Standards Agency. Andrew is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (UK) and a member of the Association for Food Protection (IAFP), and he works with the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) as Co-Chair of the Benchmarking and Harmonization Working Group. Andrew is a recipient of the BRCGS CEO Award and the Approved Trainer of the Year award. In 2020, he was honored with the Harold Barnum Industry Award by IAFP in recognition of his dedication to public service and his contributions toward improving practices within the global food industry.

Patrick has been leading the Barilla Supplier Quality Assurance team for a year, ensuring raw material and packaging compliance to company Quality and Food Safety standard. Previously, he worked as Bottler Quality manager at PepsiCo for Gatorade brand. After being Supplier Quality manager for PepsiCo UK in the beverage and snacks business, he moved to Amsterdam to lead the Packaging Supplier Quality team for Danone.

Clint Roberts is Senior Director of America Supplier Quality at McCormick & Company, based in Maryland, U.S. He holds a B.S. degree from Indiana State University and an M.B.A. degree from DePaul University. He has more than 30 years of experience in quality and regulatory, and currently leads the Americas Supplier and Coman team, supporting a large portfolio of suppliers and comans for McCormick. Clint has worked in manufacturing and quality for Kraft Foods and in quality for the Kellogg's Company. He enjoys solving problems and collaborating with people on difficult challenges to find effective solutions.

Adrienne Blume is Editorial Director of Food Safety Magazine, a BNP Media brand. She has 18+ years of experience in B2B technical media, including the food safety and quality (FSQ) and energy technology sectors. She manages the editorial content for Food Safety Magazine and its podcast, Food Safety Matters, and also serves on the Educational Advisory Board for the annual Food Safety Summit. She keeps a pulse on trends, issues, and regulatory developments in FSQA by attending and moderating sessions at food industry and food safety conferences worldwide. Previously in her career, Ms. Blume launched and led two energy technology publications (H2Tech and Gas Processing & LNG) and a podcast (H2TechTalk) as Editor-in-Chief at Gulf Energy Information in Houston, Texas. She also worked as Managing Editor at Hydrocarbon Publishing Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She speaks and moderates at technical conferences around the world and is published in several industry journals. Ms. Blume holds an M.A. degree in English and Publishing from Rosemont College in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, as well as B.A. degrees (hons) in English and Anthropology from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri.