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Developing Food Safety Professionals PDG
Attendees: Amit Morey (Chair), Jill Stuber (Vice Chair), Matt
Moore, Makena Brand, Lauren Hamilton, Margarethe Cooper,
Yutong Wang, Dharamdeo Singh, Ryan Matsuda, Samantha
Shinbaum, Brittani Bedford, Veronica Stefanick, Shanice
Krombeen, Margaret Moodispaw, Nigatu Atlaw, Annmarie Blake,
Varalakshmi Sudagar, Chip Manuel, Alejandra Ramirez, Randy
Kohal, Anuradha Punchihewage Don, KaWang Li, Dina Scott,
Cheryce Joyner, Teresa Bergholz, Minji Hur, Brienna AndersonCoughlin,
Riya Magiya, Urvi Shah, Kolawole Banwo, Jordan
Nehls, Gayatri Rajashekhar Dhulappanavar, Savana Everhart,
Chris Rupert, Ian Hines, Katie Stolte-Carroll, Elizabeth Maeder,
Emily Kingston, Emily Forauer, Hussein Mohamed, David
Buckley, Qing Wang, Annmarie Blake, Urvi Shah, Kolawole
Banwo, Alejandra Ramirez, Marina Redding, Ashley Rosanske,
Varalakshmi Sudagar, Ian Hines, Hussein Mohamed, Lauren
Hamilton, Makena Brand, Gayatri Rajashekhar Dhulappanavar,
Yutong Wang, Dharamdeo Singh, Nigatu Atlaw, Dina Scott,
David Buckley, Chip Manuel, Ryan Matsuda, Abigail Aba
Mensah, Joshua Cassar, Conner McDaniel, Randy Kohal, Vishal
Manjunatha, Brittani Bedford, Riya Magiya, Jaclyn Merrill, Esa
Puntch, Mileah Shriner, Catherine Sander, Mairui Gao, Mrinalini
Ghoshal, Jennifer Mydosh, Margarethe Cooper, Minji Hur,
Brienna Anderson-Coughlin, Anuradha Punchihewage Don,
Margaret Moodispaw, Christina Kessler, Richelle Beverly.
Board/Staff Present: Emilio Esteban.
Number of Attendees: 81.
Meeting Called to Order: 3:15 p.m. Eastern, Sunday, July 31,
2022.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Brittani Bedford, Dharamdeo
Singh, Vishal Manjunatha.
Old Business: Matthew Moore welcomed everyone to the PDG.
Matthew reported that he and Jill Stuber will stand in for Amit
Morey (Chair), who was not able to attend for family reasons.
Matthew then also welcomed the Student PDG Liaisons,
and appointed them to work together as minutes recording
secretaries: Brittani Bedford (Penn State), Dharamdeo Singh
(University of Guelph), Vishal Manjunatha (Clemson). Brittani
Bedford provided the Student PDG update regarding Meet your
favorite food science, 3-minute thesis competition, and proposal
submissions.
Emilio Esteban provided the Board Update. He noted the
IAFP Foundation 4 for 40 initiative, which is pushing to raise 4
million dollars for the foundation. He also noted they are asking
for ideas/input to use the 4 million dollars. Existing plans are
to use the money for international students. He also noted
the foundation plans to use raised funds to assist those from
institutions that cannot afford article processing charges for
publications in the Journal of Food Protection. He also noted
the mentor matching program; mentorship for graduate students
and young professionals. He also reminded participants to keep
in in mind, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in terms of proposals
for events and fundraising. He also reminded people to begin to
obtain necessary travel documents for IAFP 2023 in Toronto.
Matthew Moore informed the PDG members that two
proposals were selected for the 2021 IAFP Annual Meeting. Six
sessions in total were accepted, three with the PDG as primary
and three as co-sponsor. Jill Stuber then led an ice breaker
activity using the Mentimeter platform for smartphones to conduct
a poll of which country everyone in attendance was from. The
platform was tested to be used later in the meeting for real-time
brainstorming input for session proposals.
New Business: Jill Stuber and Matthew Moore then led a
roundtable titled " Is There a Yellow Brick Road in Food Safety? "
The roundtable featured Emilio Esteban, Purnendu Vasavada,
and Amy Parks. Numerous aspects related to career advice and
lessons from the panelists' career paths were discussed, with a
lot of audience engagement.
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Matthew and Jill then led a brainstorm to discuss potential
session proposal ideas using the Mentimeter platform while also
engaging the audience for live discussion of potential topics.
A number of topics were proposed. Chip Manuel mentioned
a roundtable from a while ago with established food safety
members discussing stories of non-compliance and other issues
they have encountered in their careers, and the lessons learned.
Another idea was for a session as a primer on considerations and
issues in visa status related to a career in food safety. Brienna
Andersen mentioned the idea of a session on professionally
how one presents themselves to different audiences (academia,
government, industry). Another proposal related to how to
navigate ambiguous and/or unexpected job duties as a new
professional. Numerous proposed ideas were also received on
the Mentimeter platform, including: How to network in the food
industry; How to judge the culture of a company before accepting
a job; How younger professionals can get senior professionals in
operations to value their opinion and trust what they say; among
numerous other session ideas.
Jill and Matthew then announced a subsequent virtual
meeting to further solicit and focus session ideas in September
will occur, and encouraged attendance.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. To appoint Jill Stuber as Vice Chair of the Developing
Professionals PDG
Next Meeting Date: Sunday, July 31, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Meeting Adjourned: 5:15 p.m. Eastern Time, Sunday, July 31,
2022.
Chairperson: Jill Stuber (Vice Chair).
Food Chemical Hazards and Food Allergy PDG
None.
Food Defense PDG
Attendees: Neal Fredrickson (Chair), Kristin Schill (Vice Chair),
Fred Soderstrom, Patricia Rule, Richard Jacobs, Daniel Bair,
Rob Donofrio, Christina Wormald, Laura Howard, Joyce Wert,
Amy Rhodes, Nitin Dhowlaghar, Raghu Ramaswamy, Patti
Ross, William Lachowsky, Tania Martinez, Tony Jin, Romy
Yu, Lauren DiMenna, Juhong Chen, Ryan Maus, Erin Ducko,
Heather McLemore, Mark Kazmierczak, Jesse Miller, Hussein
Mohamed, Tara Fandrich, Jessica Danzeisen, Enrique Zuniga,
Kim Bingham, Joelle Williams, Tracey David, Marvin Mitchell, Jr.,
Deepa Thiagarajan, Manpreet Singh, Yvonne Masters, Shahram
Ajamian, Amie Minor, Jacqueline Southee, Ahnna Schulte,
Jennifer van de Ligt, Gale Prince, Carmen Cano, Brian Izdepski,
Felix Osafo, Bet Wu Alvarado, Artistides Barahona Andrade,
Robert Brackett, Kate Meck, Kolawole Banwo, Brian Perry,
Susan Teegardin, Loralyn Ledenbach, Deon Mahoney, Anthony
Pavic, Lucas Harrison, Paul Morin, Arlette Shazer, Varalakshmi
Sudagar, Katie Swanson, Brendan Ring, Adejare Adegbuyi.
Number of Attendees: 62.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, July 31, 2022, 10:15 a.m.
Eastern Time.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Christina Wormald.
Old Business: Neal Fredrickson reviewed the agenda and there
were no additions or changes called for. Neal Fredrickson and
Kristin Schill introduced themselves as chair and Vice Chair. Our
agenda meeting minutes were approved by a motion submitted
by Mark Kazmierczak. Next, Manpreet Singh, the incoming IAFP
Secretary, addressed the attendees and provided an update from
the Board, including a reminder that webinars are free to attend
for all IAFP Members and a call for membership for the newly
formed IAFP diversity, equity, and inclusion council. Dr. Singh
discussed the publication transition to Elsevier and passport
requirements for next year's upcoming IAFP Meeting in Toronto
Canada. Neal Fredrickson then reviewed the anti-trust guidelines.
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