Pam Malcontento
Senior Director of North America Quality
Ingredion Incorporated
Pam has over 30 years in food and pharmaceutical excipient manufacturing and distribution, specializing in building dynamic teams and supporting constant organizational changes while supporting continually advancing quality and product safety systems. Pam has been with Ingredion Incorporated for more than 3 years, currently as the Senior Director of North America Quality, with experiences prior to Ingredion including meat processing, low acid canned foods, dairy products, confections, infant and medical foods and foodservice manufacturing.
James Nasella
Global Food Safety and Quality
Tate & Lyle
James is the global food safety resource for 20 quality site managers with expertise in BRC Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) benchmarked standard, food safety regulations, food defense, and hazard analysis. Sites under his supervision have maintained an A grade for BRC or equivalent during 3rd party GFSI audits. During his 10 year career, he has delivered gap assessments, implementation strategies, and ongoing support for GFSI standard updates and compliance.
Stephen Sanderson
Global Technical Director
Lloyd’s Register
Stephen is experienced in strategic commercial operations and technical management with a demonstrated history of working in the agricultural and certification industry. Skilled in client account management, team leadership, and coaching, Stephen has a depth of technical and practical agricultural experience combined with a passion to deliver a high standard at all levels.
(Moderator) Barbara VanRenterghem, Ph.D.
Editorial Director
Food Safety Magazine
Barbara VanRenterghem, Ph.D., is the editorial director of Food Safety Magazine, a position she has held since 2008. From 2005–2008, she was the chief editor of Controlled Environments Magazine and the science editor of Animal Lab News and Lab Manager Magazine at Vicon Publishing. At Eaton Publishing (1999–2005), she rose from the positions of assistant scientific editor for BioTechniques and acquisitions editor for BioTechniques Press to the editor of content development and acquisitions and director of commercial product development. While at Eaton (then acquired by Informa), she served as the chief editor of Preclinica. She received a B.Sc. in biology in 1989 from Bowling Green State University and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology in 1994 from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.