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2017 Officers
- President – Karen Beers, Pilgrim’s Pride – Director, Laboratory Services. – Karen.beers@pilgrims.com
- Vice President – Brian Umberson, URS – brian.umberson1024@outlook.com
- Treasurer – Keith Day, QA Director – Twin Rivers Foods – kday@2river.com
- Past President – Peggy Cook, Ph.D., CFS, Corporate Food Safety and Regulatory - Cargill Turkey and Cooked Meats - peggy_cook@cargill.com
- Sponsorship– Nancy Gushing, Corp Lab Manager – OK Foods, Inc. – ngushing@okfoods.com
- Poster Committee Chairman – Jerri Lynn Pickett, Senior Microbiologist – Tyson Food Safety and Research Laboratory - jerri.lynn.pickett@tyson.com
- Board Member – Steve Ricke, Ph.D., Director – UA Center for Food Safety – sricke@uark.edu
- Marketing – Brian Umberson, URS – brian.umberson1024@outlook.com
2017 Board Members
- AAFP Delegate - Peggy Cook, Cargill
- Secretary - Nancy Gushing, OK Foods
- Brian Umberson, URS
- Jerri Lynn Pickett, Tyson
- Hillary Hagan, Tyson
- Steven Ricke, University of Arkansas
- Karen Beers, Pilgrim’s Pride
- Keith Day, Twin Rivers Foods
- Conny Byler, USDA FSIS
