Vice President, Food Safety & Regulatory Affairs
Agri-Mark, Inc

Employed by Agri-Mark, Inc. since February 2012. Prior to current role, Served as Director, Food Safety & Regulatory Affairs and Director, Food & Dairy Technology.

Agri-Mark representative on food safety and technical matters at the national level with Dairy Innovation Center, IDFA, National Milk, 3-A SSI, and ADPI. Serves as a member of the IDFA Regulatory Committee, National Milk Regulatory Committees, ADPI Technical Committee, 3A SSI, Inc. BOD member, and food safety subject matter expert for dairy product conferences, workshops, and events. Currently serving as industry lead for the Dairy Innovation Center in writing the comprehensive Pathogen Guidance Document.

Has 26+ Years of Dairy Processing Management experience to include roles of Plant Manager, Corporate Quality Manager, Cheese Production Manager, and Facility QA Manager.

Earned Bachelor’s Degree, Biology from the University Wisconsin – Eau Claire as well as an MBA from Liberty University.

Heather is the Director of The Ice Cream Club, Inc. headquartered in Boynton Beach, FL. The Ice Cream Club, Inc. has been in business for 41 years and sells through food service channels, supplying over 650 ice cream shops, restaurants, resorts and retirement communities throughout the Eastern half of the US and Caribbean. Heather serves on the Board of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and was the Political Action Committee Chair. She is a member of the IDFA Listeria Food Safety Task Force. She is passionate about making food safety knowledge precompetitive across all aspects of the industry! Together, Rich and Heather were appointed by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy to serve on the Artisan Ice Cream Food Safety Advisory Committee. Among other initiatives, this team launched the website www.safeicecream.org as well as collaborated with Industry Experts, Academia and Corporations, large and small, to develop and launch an online course: Food Safety for Artisan Ice Cream Makers.

Rich is the CEO and Co-founder of The Ice Cream Club, Inc. headquartered in Boynton Beach, FL. The Ice Cream Club, Inc. has been in business for 41 years and sells through food service channels, supplying over 650 ice cream shops, restaurants, resorts and retirement communities throughout the Eastern half of the US and the Caribbean. Rich serves on the International Dairy Foods Association (“IDFA”) Executive Council and is the former Vice Chairman of the International Dairy Foods Association Ice Cream Board. He is the immediate past Chairman of All-Star Purchasing, a group that includes 300 dairy processors in the United States. He is past Chairman of the North American Ice Cream Association Suppliers Division.