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GENERAL SESSIONS
IVAN PARKIN LECTURE
IT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE, ISN'T IT?
ROBERT B. GRAVANI, PH.D.
Professor Emeritus of Food Science
Cornell University

SUNDAY, JULY 18
OPENING SESSION

6:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.

Dr. Robert B. " Bob " Gravani is Professor Emeritus of Food Science at Cornell
University in Ithaca, New York, where during a more than 40-year career, he has
been actively engaged in Extension/Outreach, Teaching, and Research activities.
Dr. Gravani has worked in all sectors of the food system, developing innovative
and interactive food safety programs for constituents in production agriculture,
food processing, food retailing, and food service as well as for regulatory agencies
and consumers.
Dr. Gravani twice received the Cornell Institute of Food Science Teaching
Excellence Award and was the 2009 recipient of the Cornell College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences Outstanding Extension/Outreach Award.
An IAFP Member since 1978, Dr. Gravani served as President of the
Association in 1988-1989, and received the Honorary Life Award in 2016, the
Fellow Award in 2003, the Harry Haverland Award in 2001, and the Elmer Marth
Educator Award in 1995. He was a member of the Cornell University Institute of
Food Science team that received the GMA Food Safety Award in 2010. During his
tenure on the IAFP Executive Board, Dr. Gravani was instrumental in creating the
Program Advisory Committee (now known as the Program Committee) and the
Ivan Parkin Lecture.

JOHN H. SILLIKER LECTURE
WE ALL ARE WORKING ON THE SAME PUZZLE
BARBARA J. MASTERS, DVM
Vice President, Regulatory Policy, Food and Agriculture
Tyson Foods
Washington, D.C., USA

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21
CLOSING SESSION
4:00 P.M. - 4:45 P.M.
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Dr. Barbara J. " Barb " Masters is the Vice President of Regulatory Policy, Food
and Agriculture for Tyson Foods, Inc. in Washington, D.C., where she provides
regulatory vision and support for food safety and quality policies and procedures.
Prior to joining Tyson Foods, Dr. Masters served as the Global Vice President
for Food Safety and Quality at Keystone Foods (now owned by Tyson Foods).
She previously spent nine years as a Senior Policy Advisor at the law firm of
Olsson Frank Weeda, working closely with the meat and poultry industry to
ensure regulatory compliance.
Dr. Masters also served as Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), where she
established a solid infrastructure of science-based policies and data analysis to
reduce foodborne illness and product recalls. She was responsible for re-energizing
the Agency's training program and ensuring training reflecting national policies.
A Member of IAFP since 2008, Dr. Masters holds a Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine from Mississippi State University and a Food Animal Internship from
Kansas State University. She also did advanced coursework in biotechnology
at Texas A&M University.

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