Angela Morgan, Ph.D.
Director of Business Development and Food Safety Solutions
Aptar Food + Beverage – Food Protection
Angela Morgan is director of business development and food safety solutions responsible for commercializing the portfolio of antimicrobial technologies at Aptar. Angela most recently worked at Sealed Air Corporation as the director of the company’s legacy food and product care division, and previously worked at Turkey Hill Dairy and Campbell's Soup Company. Angela received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in food science from The Pennsylvania State University and her Ph.D. from Clemson University in packaging engineering.
Jennifer McEntire, Ph.D.
VP Food Safety & Technology
United Fresh Produce Association
Jennifer McEntire, Ph.D., is vice president of food safety at United Fresh Produce Association. A food microbiologist by background, she has worked in the Washington, DC, area for nearly 20 years, bringing the scientific perspective to food safety regulatory issues. She was previously vice president of science operations at the Grocery Manufacturers Association. She was the previous VP and Chief Science Officer at The Acheson Group and a senior staff scientist and director of science & technology projects at the Institute of Food Technologists. Jen earned a Ph.D. from Rutgers University as a USDA National Needs Fellow in food safety and received a B.Sc. with distinction, magna cum laude, in food science from the University of Delaware. She serves as an advisory board member of the Global Food Traceability Center, is on the technical committee of the Center for Produce Safety, and is on the executive committee of the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance.
(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.