Leadership

PRESIDENT

Justin Kanthak, CCS^®, CRC^®   
Segment Director: Snacks
Griffith Foods Inc.
Bartlett, IL
Phone: 708-986-8825

VICE PRESIDENT

Jessica Goldstein   
Vice President
Nu Products Seasoning Company
Oakland, NJ
Phone: 201-440-0065

TREASURER

Jaime Mestan, CSC®   
Vice President of Culinary Innovation
Vienna Beef Ltd.
Chicago, IL
Phone: 708-821-3281

SECRETARY

Anh Nguy   
Account Manager, Ingredient Solutions
Ingredion Incorporated 
Bridgewater, NJ
Phone: 908-809-2410

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Jason Behrends, Ph.D., CCS®    
Business Development
Red Arrow
Fayetteville, AR
Phone: 979-575-6959

Erich Chieca   
Director of Culinary Sales
Sadler's Smokehouse, Inc. 
Commerce Township, MI
Phone: 734-347-9104

Susan Edwards   
Consultant
Woodstock, GA
Phone: 770-335-7121

Charles Hayes, CEC®, CRC®   
VP Culinary Innovation
Deli Star
Fayetteville, IL
Phone: 618-677-2282

Darryl Holliday, Ph.D., CRC®   
Associate Professor of Food Service
University of Holy Cross
New Orleans, LA
Phone: 504-398-2112

Nick Landry   
Culinary Development Chef
Southeastern Mills
Rome, GA
Phone: 337-849-7088

Sara Menard   
Technical Sales Manager
Grande Custom Ingredients Group
Fond du lac, WI
Phone: 318-572-9731

Noah Michaels, CRC®   
Team Leader - Culinary
Symrise
Teterboro, NJ
Phone: 201-462-5582

Mickey Miller   
Product Development Food Scientist
Bush Brothers & Company
Knoxville, TN
Phone: 865-450-4199

Paul Rockwell, CEC®, CFS   
Corporate Chef
Diversified Foods & Seasonings
Madisonville, LA
Phone: 985-249-0787

Rosemary Trout, M.S. in Food Science and Biotechnology   
Assistant Clinical Professor & Program Director, Culinary Arts and Food Science
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Phone: 215-895-6025

Michael S. Cheng, Ph.D., CHE   
Interim Dean
Florida International University
South Miami, FL
Phone: 305-919-4506

Allen Freed   
President
AJ Freed, LLC
Tucson, AZ
Phone: 520-989-8000