Educational sessions offered solutions that span the entire manufacturing process, and attendees had the opportunity to visit exhibits displaying everything dairy companies need to run more efficiently, create new products and improve profitability.
IDFA Elects New Officers, Directors
By the International Dairy Foods Association
During the fall board meetings held this week in conjunction with the International Dairy Show, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and its three constituent organizations – the Milk Industry Foundation (MIF), the National Cheese Institute (NCI) and the International Ice Cream Association (IICA) – elected new officers and voted on new board members. Leading each association for the next year will be: IDFA Chair Mike Nosewicz, vice president, dairy group – east manufacturing division – dairy, The Kroger Co.; IDFA Vice Chair and IICA Chair Brian Perry, executive vice president/vice chairman, Perry’s Ice Cream Company, Inc.; IDFA Secretary and NCI Chair Jon Davis, COO, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Inc. and IDFA Treasurer and MIF Chair Ed Mullins, executive vice president & CEO, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
"IDFA is extremely grateful for the industry professionals who serve as officers and directors, and we appreciate the time, resources and talents that these volunteer leaders provide," said Connie Tipton, IDFA president and CEO. "The dairy industry is now at a crossroads, facing challenges as well as great opportunities, and we look forward to a dynamic and productive year ahead."
The IDFA chairmanship is open to any former leader of one of the three constituent organizations for up to a two-year term. Nosewicz is a former MIF chairman and sits on the MIF advisory committee. The chairmen of MIF, NCI and IICA are elected by their respective board members for two-year terms.
The officers and directors for IDFA, MIF, NCI and IICA are:
2011-2012 International Dairy Foods Association Officers
Chair: Mike Nosewicz, Vice President, Dairy Group – East, Manufacturing Division – Dairy, The Kroger Co.
Vice Chair: Brian Perry, Executive Vice President/Vice Chairman, Perry's Ice Cream Company, Inc.
Secretary: Jon Davis, COO, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Inc.
Treasurer: Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & CEO, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
2011-2012 Milk Industry Foundation Officers
Chair: Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & CEO, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Vice Chair: Jeff Kaneb, Executive Vice President, HP Hood LLC
Secretary: Gregg Tanner, Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Dean Foods Company
Treasurer: Mike Smith, Vice President of Manufacturing, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
2011-2012 National Cheese Institute
Chair: Jon Davis, COO, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Inc., Davisco Foods International, Inc.
Vice Chair: Mike Reidy, Sr. Vice President, Supply Chain & Corporate Affairs, Leprino Foods Company
Secretary: Ron Dunford, President & COO, Operations, Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Treasurer: Terry Brockman, President & Chief Operating Officer, Cheese Division (
Chair: Brian Perry, Executive Vice President/Vice Chairman, Perry's Ice Cream Company, Inc.
Vice Chair: Patty Stroup, Group Manager, Dairy, Nestle USA, Inc.
Secretary: Rachel Kyllo, Vice President, Marketing, Kemps LLC
Treasurer: Lou Galliker, Chairman & President, Galliker Dairy Company
IDFA Board of Directors
Representing MIF
Miriam Erickson Brown, President & CEO, Anderson Erickson Dairy Company
Philippe Caradec, Vice President, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, The Dannon Company, Inc.
Pierre Claprood, Chief Executive Officer, Agropur Cooperative
Gregg Engles, Chairman & CEO, Dean Foods Company
Tim Galloway, CEO, Galloway Company
Jeff Kaneb, Executive Vice President, HP Hood LLC
Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Farouk Salim, Vice President, Strategic Planning & Business Development, Borden Dairy Co., a subsidiary of Grupo LALA
Mike Smith, Vice President of Manufacturing, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Gregg Tanner, Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Dean Foods Company
Jerry Tidwell, Senior Vice President, Supply Operations, Safeway Inc.
Representing NCI
Terry Brockman, President & Chief Operating Officer, Cheese Division (
Jon Davis, COO, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Davisco Foods International, Inc.
Ron Dunford, President & COO, Operations, Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Dave Fuhrmann, President & CEO, Foremost Farms
John Jeter, President & Chief Executive Officer, Hilmar Cheese Company
Jim Lehman, General Manager, Pace Dairy of
Mike Reidy, Sr. Vice President, Supply Chain & Corporate Affairs, Leprino Foods Company
Scott Sexton, Chairman & CEO, Dairy.com
Harold Strunk, President and CEO,
Kevin Toland, CEO & President, Glanbia
George Zoghbi, President, Cheese & Dairy, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc.
Representing IICA
Rachel Cullen, Chief Operating Officer, Ice Cream, Dean Foods Company
Lou Galliker, Chairman & President, Galliker Dairy Company
Jim Green, President & CEO, Kemps LLC
Steve Jobe, Vice President, Sales, Food Ingredients, Tate & Lyle Custom Ingredients
Calvin Kaufman, Group Vice President & President, Manufacturing, The Kroger Co.
Paul Kruse, CEO & President, Blue
Rachel Kyllo, Vice President, Marketing, Kemps LLC
Corrinne Colombo Reed, ADQ Vice President, Dairy Products Division, International Dairy Queen, Inc.
Bruce Saugstad, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Ice Cream Division, The Schwan Food Company
Patty Stroup, Group Manager, Dairy, Nestle USA, Inc.
Mike Wells, CEO, Wells' Dairy Inc.
MIF Board of Directors
New Members:
Todd Aarons, Sr. Director, Consumer Products Plants, Darigold, Inc.
Alan Bernon, Sr. Advisor, Dairy Farmers of
Gregg Engles, Chairman & CEO, Dean Foods Company
Lynette Krampf, QRO Director, Yoplait-USA/General Mills, Inc.
Joe Oberweis, President & Chief Executive Officer, Oberweis Dairy, Inc.
David Skala, General Manager & Vice President – Uniloy N.A., Uniloy Milacron LLC
Ernie Yates, Vice President, Industry Relations, Borden Dairy Co., a subsidiary of Grupo LALA
Larry Webster, Executive Vice President & COO, Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.
Re-elected Members (Term Expiring in 2014)
Paul Bikowitz, Chief Executive Officer, Southeast Milk, Inc.
Carmine C. Catalana IV, President, Cumberland Dairy Inc.
Pierre Claprood, Chief Executive Officer, Agropur Cooperative
Jeffrey Kaneb, Vice President, HP Hood LLC
Richard A. Shehadey, President/CEO, Producers Dairy Foods, Inc.
Patty Stroup, Group Manager, Dairy, Nestle USA, Inc.
Members (Term Expiring in 2013)
Jay Bryant, Treasurer &
Charles Gaither, President, Milkco, Inc.
Dub Garlington, President & Chief Operating Officer, Plains Dairy, L.L.C.
Al Guida, Chairman of the Board, Guida's Milk & Ice Cream
Mike McCully, Director, Dairy Procurement, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc.
Farouk Salim, Vice President, Strategic Planning & Business Development, LALA-USA
Gregg Tanner, Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Dean Foods Company
Members (Term Expiring in 2012)
Dale Andersen, President & CEO, Delkor Systems, Inc.
John C. Bedrosian, Vice President, Manufacturing Division, Unified Grocers, Inc.
Philippe Caradec, Vice President, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, The Dannon Company, Inc.
Quintin F. Frey, President, Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc.
Tim Galloway, CEO, Galloway Company
Michael Krueger, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Dairy Division, Shamrock Foods Company
Calvin Kaufman, Group Vice President & President, Manufacturing, The Kroger Co.
Donald K. Merrigan, President, Readington Farms, Inc.
David Nelsen, Vice President of Manufacturing, Safeway Inc.
Jeff Powell, President and General Manager, Roberts Dairy Company
Jay Simon, CEO, Super Store Industries
NCI Board of Directors
New Members
Dermot Carey, Senior Vice President, Ingredients Division, Darigold, Inc.
Gigi Vita, President/COO, Fonterra (
Russ Flowers, CSO, Silliker, Inc.
Re-elected Members (Term Expiring in 2014)
Mark Anderson, President, Crystal Farms RDC
Terry Brockman, President & Chief Operating Officer, Cheese Division (
Pierre Claprood, Chief Executive Officer, Agropur Cooperative
Jon Davis, COO, Le Sueur Cheese Co., Inc., Davisco Foods International, Inc.
Jeff Giffin, President & CEO, Masters Gallery Foods, Incorporated
Mark Korsmeyer, President, Dairy Food Products, American Dairy Brands, a division of Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
Jim Lehman, General Manager, Pace Dairy/The Kroger Co.
James C. Sartori, President & CEO, Sartori Foods
Kevin Toland, CEO & President, Glanbia
Dan Zastoupil, President, Marathon Cheese Corporation
Members (Term Expiring in 2013)
Mark Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Davisco Foods International, Inc.
John Fridirici, Vice President, Milk Marketing & Procurement, Grande Cheese Company
Dave Fuhrmann, President & CEO, Foremost Farms
Mark G. Leddy, CEO, Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
Jerry Smyth, Vice President & General Counsel, Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Harold Strunk, President and CEO,
Gary Vanic, President & CEO, Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.
Daniel Vecchiarelli, Vice President, Production Operations, Leprino Foods Company
Jeffry O. Williams, President & CEO, Glanbia Foods Inc.
George Zoghbi, President, Cheese & Dairy, Kraft Foods N.A., Inc.
Members (Term Expiring in 2012)
R. Gregory Dryer, Executive Vice President, Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Tom Hedge, Vice President, Technologies, Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Fritz Leeman, CEO, Brewster Dairy, Inc.
Neal Schuman, President, Arthur Schuman, Inc.
Doug Simon, President, Trega Foods
Jeff Sporer, National Sales Manager,
Richard Stammer, President/CEO – Cabot; COO – Agri-Mark, Cabot/McCadam
IICA Board of Directors
New Members
Luconda Dager, President, Velvet Ice Cream Co., Inc.
Toby Tomblin, Vice President of National Accounts, S&D Coffee
Re-elected Members (Term Expiring in 2014)
Randall Dei, Director, Dairy Industry, Safeway Inc. Ice Cream Department
Craig Hall, General Manager, Ice Cream, Mars Snackfood
Curt Jones, Chairman, Dippin' Dots, Inc.
Martha Leyburn, Senior Director of Manufacturing, Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
Kelly Duffin-Maxwell, Executive Vice President, Research & Development, Dean Foods Company
Mike Nance, General Manager, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Mike Wells, CEO, Wells' Dairy Inc.
Members (Term Expiring in 2013)
Gary Aggus, President, General Manager, Hiland Dairy Foods
John Cox, Executive Vice President, Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc.
Rachel Cullen, Chief Operating Officer, Ice Cream, DSD Dairy, Dean Foods Company
Mel MacConnell, President & CEO, Scotsburn Co-op Services, Limited
Bob McCullough, Group Vice President, Manufacturing, H-E-B
Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Corrinne Colombo Reed, ADQ Vice President, Dairy Products Division, International Dairy Queen, Inc.
Bruce Saugstad, Senior Vice President, & General Manager, Ice Cream Division, The Schwan Food Company
Members (Term Expiring in 2012)
Bruce Daily, Senior Buyer, All Star Dairy Association, Inc.
Lou Galliker, Chairman & President, Galliker Dairy Company
Paul Hagen, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Schoep's Ice Cream Co., Inc.
Tim Kelbel, Vice President, Dairy Group – West, Manufacturing Division – Dairy, The Kroger Co.
Rachel Kyllo, Vice President, Marketing, Kemps LLC
Dwight Moore, Vice President, Hunter Farms/Harris Teeter
Shelley Roth, President,
Steve Schmid, President, Dairy Enterprises Inc.
Patty Stroup, Group Manager, Dairy, Nestle USA, Inc.
Alan Thomsen, National Accounts Manager, Schoep's Ice Cream Co., Inc.
From left: Dairy Foods publisher Tom Imbordino, Connie Tipton, IDFA President and CEO, James (Jim) Gregg and Tristan Zuber, both of TIC Gums.
6 Firms Honored as Innovators
By The International Dairy Foods Association
The International Dairy Foods Association announced the winners of the first annual Innovations Awards today at the International Dairy Show in
The six winners are:
- ATMIC-FF Fischer Planning received the Food Safety Innovation Award for its Ultra-Clean Extended Shelf Life line, which allows for manufacturing products without added preservatives.
- TIC Gums, Inc. (photo) earned the Ingredients/Flavorings/Seasonings/Additives Innovation Award for Dairyblend SC-ASC, a 100-percent hydrocolloid blend combining natural emulsifiers with traditional thickeners and gelling agents to deliver high-quality, stable products across the sour cream category.
- Stonyfield received the Packaging Innovation Award for its plant-based polylactic acid (PLA) form/fill/seal plastic multi-pack yogurt cup, representing a first in the dairy industry.
- Junction Solutions earned the Processing Innovation Award for its Genetic Optimizer, a production-scheduling application that provides manufacturers with a fast, flexible planning solution that's easily implemented without third-party software or complex integration.
- Ecolab, Inc. received the Innovative Sustainability Award for Envirocid Plus, an innovative new acid that helps dairy processing plants manage their effluent and their operating costs, while improving their sustainability profile.
- Upstate
Each of the winning entries exemplified substantial achievements in price or performance, significant advancement in a technology or its application, or innovative design. To be eligible for an award, the products or services must have been introduced to the market during the past 12 months.
"These awards are a great way for exhibitors to bring their products and services to the attention of the dairy industry," said Robin Cornelison, IDFA trade show director. "All participating companies, especially the winners, will gain added recognition from peers and potential customers for their innovative products and services."
Posters featuring the submissions were on display near the Innovations Showcase Pavilion at the International Dairy Show. Award winners will be featured in the October edition of Dairy Foods magazine.
IDFA Recognizes Dairy Companies for Superior Worker Safety
The International Dairy Foods Association has announced the names of 144 dairy company operations that will receive IDFA Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards and Achievement Certificates this year. This is the eighth year that IDFA has sponsored the program, which highlights the outstanding worker-safety records of
The operations for each nominated company were judged solely on specific data required by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on the facility's "Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses" report. This year's award decisions were based on data from OSHA reports for the 2010 calendar year.
"Dean Foods is proud to be recognized as an industry leader in safety," said Shaun Young, vice president of engineering and technical services for Dean Foods. "We appreciate this recognition and know that the greatest reward is a safe workforce."
Mike Ahart, vice president of transportation for Dean Foods agreed. "Quality and safety are our highest priorities, and we strive for continuous improvement – in our plants, on the road, at our customer locations and in our offices."
The award program includes categories for both processing facilities and trucking operations in the dairy industry. In addition to the 32 processing category award winners, IDFA awarded Achievement Certificates to 24 processing operations for having no injury cases that resulted in lost time away from work. IDFA also recognized 88 trucking operations, more than double the number last year, for having a Zero DART rate – zero cases with days away from work, restriction or job transfer in 2010.
"The number of participants jumped dramatically this year, demonstrating that dairy companies and their employees are proud to receive these awards each year. Their continued positive response just serves to highlight the intense commitment to worker safety within the dairy industry," said Clay Detlefsen, IDFA vice president of regulatory affairs. "IDFA congratulates all the participants on their hard work, dedication and superior level of achievement."
Processing facilities were judged in four product categories: natural and processed cheese; dry, condensed and evaporated products; ice cream and frozen desserts; and fluid milk. Within each product category, IDFA accepted nominations for small, medium and large facilities that achieved the best overall safety performance rates based on the OSHA data.
The 2011 winners will be featured in an upcoming issue of Dairy Foods Magazine. IDFA will issue a call for nominations for the next Dairy Industry Safety Awards competition in early 2012.
2011 IDFA Plant Safety Category Award Winners
HP Hood LLC ~ Rosenberger's Dairy ~
Hunter Farms/Harris Teeter ~
The Kroger Co. ~
Nestle Canada Inc. ~
2011 IDFA Plant Safety Award Winners - Zero Lost Workdays
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. ~ Beaver, UT
Foremost Farms
2011 IDFA Trucking Safety Award Winners - Zero DART Rate
HP Hood LLC ~
