IDFA Foundation teamed with retailers and processors to donate more than 33,000 pounds of nutritious milk and dairy foods as well as $15,000 in financial contributions.
Durkin replaces Schreiber Foods Chair Mike Haddad, who served as the Innovation Center’s chair for five years.
January 30, 2023
Durkin joined Leprino in 2011 and has been president and CEO since 2014. He most recently served as secretary of the Innovation Center board and previously chaired its Stewardship Commitment Taskforce.
Leprino Foods Co., Denver, was selected the Dairy Foods 2011 Exporter of the Year (see article in the November issue). At the annual meeting of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, Dairy Foods chief editor Jim Carper (second from left) presented the award to Leprino’s Paul Vraciu, Sue Taylor, Allison Specht and Derek Friedman.