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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN FOOD SAFETY aimed at establishing a 21st century health system that emphasizes wellness and prevention. Pestronk also chaired NACCHO’s Workforce Development Committee, which seeks solutions to the growing national shortages of public health professionals, oversaw NACCHO finances as chair of the Finance Committee, and led a restructuring of NACCHO’s internal committee system. “Health and quality of life for people nationwide can be improved. Local health departments across the country are essential to achieve these goals,” said Mr. Pestronk. Mr. Pestronk has long been a leader in public health organizations and associations. He is a past board member of the Michigan Health Officers Association and has served on the Board of the Michigan Association for Local Public Health. He is past president of both the Primary Care Fellowship Society and the Public Health Leadership Society Council. His accomplishments in Genesee County earned him a spot on the National Advisory Committee for Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century of Public Health, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative that transformed and strengthened the US public health system, as well as membership on the Institute of Medicine Public Health Roundtable. He also served as the first president of the Public Health Law Association. A Primary Care Policy Fellow through the United States Department of Health and Human Services and a Public Health Leadership Institute Scholar, Mr. Pestronk has written extensively on reducing infant mortality, emergency preparedness, public health law, food safety, and other topics. His published work includes articles in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, the Journal of the American Public Health Association, Health Education and Behavior, Public Health Reports, and the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Chapters in books include those published by the American Public Health Association and Oxford University Press. Mr. Pestronk received the John H. Romani Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Michigan School of Public Health Department of Public Health Policy and Administration and was presented the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University of Michigan School of Public Health. attendance. The International Milk Haulers Association held their Board Meeting in conjunction with the DPC® meeting. Two new Board Members were elected: Greg Leach, HP Hood, LaFargeville, NY and Robert Peters, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Chris Thompson, University of Kentucky, Regulatory Services, Lexington, KY was re-elected to a second 3-year term. EVP Terry Musson is completing his last year in that position. The remainder of the DPC® Board are: Don Breiner, president DPC, Land O’Lakes; Michael Schutz vice president DPC, Purdue University; Kelly Wedding, USDA Milk Market Administrator Office; Meikel Brewster, Charm Sciences, Inc.; Ellen Fitzgibbons, MA Dept of Public Health; Lloyd Kinzel, Food and Drug Administration; Neil Bendixen, Dairy Marketing Services, LLC; Dr. Robert Roberts, The Pennsylvania State University; and Joseph Zulovich, University of Missouri. The president appointed two new task force directors with the Executive Board consent. Task Force III Nancy Carey, Cornell University, and Task Force IV Phil Wolff, USDA. The remainder of the DPC® task force directors are: Task Force I Robert Graves, The Pennsylvania State University; Task Force II John Partridge, University of Michigan, Task Force V Miles Beard, IBA Inc., and Task Force VI Lynn Hinckley, University of Connecticut. DPC® Elects Two New Board Members at the 2008 Annual Meeting he Dairy Practices Council® held its annual meeting at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing, MI, November 5-7, 2008. The meeting was one of the best attended in recent years with excellent speakers covering timely topics. There were representatives from Canada and 22 states in T 46 FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS | JANUARY 2009

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