Angel “Jun” Barnes Jr. is the professional service for 3M Philippines Food Safety. Before being part of 3M, he was an educator at the Microbiology Division of the Institute of Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, for nine years. He also served as the microbiology laboratory manager of Dole Philippines, Inc. in Polomolok, South Cotabato. He transferred to 3M Philippines in 2007 where he started as a professional service analyst for the medical division. Jun obtained a B.Sc. in biology/microbiology from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. He also achieved a M.Sc. in microbiology/biochemistry from the same institution.

Ena A. Bernal, Ph.D., is the chairman of the Laboratory Accreditation Technical Committee on Biological Testing at the Philippine Accreditation Bureau and the Quality and food safety audit head of Monde Nissin Corporation. She started her career as a research associate at the National Institute of Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, followed by 28 years working in the food industry as a microbiology practitioner and expert on quality and food safety. She received her B.Sc. in biology/microbiology from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos, and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in management from the Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba. She is also a Diplomate in Microbiology from the Industry of the Philippine Academy of Microbiology.

Lone Jespersen, Ph.D. is a published author, speaker, and the Principal and Founder of Cultivate SA, a Swiss-based organization dedicated to eradicating foodborne illness, one culture at a time. Dr. Jespersen has worked with improving food safety through organizational culture improvements for 20 years, since she started at Maple Leaf Foods in 2004. She chaired the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) technical working group A Culture of Food Safety, chaired the International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) professional development group Food Safety Culture, and was the technical author on the BSI PAS320 Practical Guide to Food Safety Culture. Dr. Jespersen holds a Ph.D. in Culture Enabled Food Safety from the University of Guelph in Canada and a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Syd Dansk University in Denmark. She is a visiting Professor at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK. Dr. Jespersen serves as Chair of the IFPTI board and as Director on the Stop Foodborne Illness board. She is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Food Safety Magazine and a member of the Educational Advisory Board of the Food Safety Summit.

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.