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Matthew Barry
Insight Manager, Food & Beverage Americas at Euromonitor InternationalMatthew Barry is an Insight Manager at Euromonitor International, specializing in food and beverages products. His analysis of the industry is often shared in business and trade press, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and The New York Times. He has presented to industry groups like the International Coffee Organization, the International Fresh Produce Association, and the Food Processor Supply Association. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Knox College and a master’s degree from Harvard University’s Extension School.
Michael Brown
Chief Economist at International Dairy Foods AssociationMike Brown joined IDFA as Chief Economist in January 2023. He leads economic and policy analysis across IDFA and strategy development related to dairy policy and pricing. Mike’s career spans many different aspects of the dairy industry from farm to consumer, including cheese plant economics, risk management strategies, trade policy and US price regulation. Before joining IDFA, Brown led the milk and dairy procurement team for The Kroger Co. as director of dairy supply chain. Prior to Kroger, Brown worked with policy and manufacturing economics with other well-known dairy companies and organizations including Glanbia, Darigold and National All-Jersey.
Kimberlee Burrington
VP of Technical Development at American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI)KJ Burrington is the Vice President of Technical Development at ADPI, having joined the staff as a director in January 2021. Prior to her joining the ADPI staff, KJ served as the Ingredient Applications Program Coordinator for the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research (CDR). She has over 30 years of experience in product development including her past positions at Ridgeview Industries, the Keebler Company, and as a consultant to the baking industry.
In her previous position at CDR, she provided technical support for U.S. dairy processors and end users on dairy ingredient functionality and applications. She also provided technical expertise for food companies internationally through visits and seminars in conjunction with the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) to countries such as Mexico, Latin America, China, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and Thailand. KJ has also been an instructor/presenter in various ADPI events and activities.
KJ holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Food Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also an IFT Certified Food Scientist. She has also served on the ADPI Center of Excellence since its inception in 2012.
Janet Clark
Vision Aire Farms, LLCJanet Clark and her husband joined her family farm in 2010. She grew up on this farm and currently farms with her parents and brother. Janet is a fifth-generation farmer, the second-generation to raise dairy cows. The farm milks 140 Holsteins twice a day and grows corn, soybeans, alfalfa, and wheat on 1,100 acres of land. Vision Aire Farms grows about 90% of the feed that our cows consume.
David Clark, PhD
Owner at Bovina Mountain ConsultingDr. David Clark, founded the consultancy company, Bovina Mountain Consulting LLC, and specializes in the nutritional and functional aspects of dairy ingredients in high value markets. He can assist ADPI members with projects involving strategy development, regulatory support (e.g. GRAS notification), new product development, infant and medical nutrition formulation support and market research assistance.
David has a B.Sc. in Biochemistry and received his Ph.D. from National Institute for Medical Research in London, UK. He has over 30 years of experience in the dairy industry, and held senior and executive positions at DMV and FrieslandCampina. He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications on dairy ingredients, and has worked with clients in the US, Europe and Asia.
David is a member of the ADPI Center of Excellence.
Pam Coleman
AOAC InternationalPam is the Chief Innovation Officer at AOAC INTERNATIONAL, where she was an active member for 25 years during her distinguished career of executive leadership in laboratory science services. She is an experienced, successful, and dynamic executive with a strong track record in the testing, inspection, and certification industry spanning both routine food safety/quality program management as well as project-oriented businesses in support of food product innovation. Pam was employed for 28 years by Mérieux NutriSciences (formerly Silliker, Inc), filling numerous increasingly responsible roles including leading first a single laboratory, then a multi-laboratory region, and directing sales and marketing teams. She established the Global Key Accounts program, before being named the Vice President of Research Services and the Managing Director of Biofortis, Inc. Pam was also recognized for her nonprofit leadership at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), where she served on the board of directors and in the Office of the President from 2018 to 2021. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Greenville University, with graduate studies in chemistry, and completed an MBA from Georgia State University.
Sara Dorland
Managing Partner at Ceres Dairy Risk Management LLCSara Dorland, is the managing partner at Ceres, a company specializing in providing risk management, market research and financial consulting services to agriculture and food-based businesses. Sara works throughout the dairy supply chain including dairy producers, cooperatives, manufacturers and consumer products companies. Her interactions have involved a broad array of hedging activities, go to market techniques, as well as education, analysis and consulting on a wide variety of dairy industry topics.
Sara lives with her husband and two daughters in Hailey, Idaho.
Corey Geiger
Lead Economist Dairy at CoBankCorey Geiger is the Lead Dairy Economist for CoBank, one of the largest providers of credit to the dairy industry. Prior to joining the Farm Credit System, Geiger brought the best scientific, managerial, and policymaking information to the world’s dairy community as an editor for Hoard’s Dairyman for nearly three decades. He led the launch of publication’s fourth language edition, Hoard’s Dairyman China and traveled to 48 states and four continents covering dairy farming and dairy processing.
In other industry service, Geiger was president of National Dairy Shrine, the Wisconsin Holstein
Association, and Holstein Association USA. He served on the board of directors for both the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding and World Dairy Expo where he chairs its Education Committee. A six-generation farmer, Geiger is the author of two award-winning books - On A Wisconsin Family Farm and The Wisconsin Farm They Built - that together have sold over 7,500 copies in all 50 U.S. states. In 2023, the University of Wisconsin-Madison honored Geiger with its Honorary Recognition Award, the highest honor bestowed by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and at the 2024 World Dairy Expo, National Dairy Shrine bestowed its highest honor, the Guest of Honor, to Geiger.
Lynette Johnston, PhD
Assistant Professor and Food Safety Extension Specialist at North Carolina State University
Anders Steen Jorgensen
Strategic Science Advisor at Arla Foods Ingredients P/SAnders Steen Jørgensen graduated as an Economist from Aarhus University, Denmark in 1988. His first job was at Danmark Protein, one of the world’s pioneers to use Ultrafiltration for purification of whey proteins. In 1999, after a detour in related food businesses, Anders returned to Arla Foods Ingredients of which Danmark Protein now had become a cornerstone. As a business unit director he has lead Arla Foods Ingredients’ sales and development of dairy ingredients for nutritional applications: infant food, medical and sports nutrition.
Always fond of customer contact especially the long term business development dimension of open innovation often with academic involvement, Anders has recently, 2024, moved to a position as Strategic Advisor in Arla Foods Ingredients’ Research and Development.
He lives in Denmark and has a strong curiosity for everything US related: History, Nature, Politics and Society. He and his wife, Charlotte, have two daughters and a grandchild. He loves them for a lot of reasons but not least for letting him take a leave in 2019 to cross the United States from San Francisco to New York.
Sean Kelley
President at JJ's RanchSean Kelley, is am a 7 th generation farmer who lives and works in Stevinson, Ca. farming the same ground that his ancestor James J. Stevinson settled in 1852. Before returning to the family operation he attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo where he studied Ag. Business. After graduation he worked in Salinas, CA in the fresh produce business. He rejoined the family operation at the start of 2015 and worked under his uncle Bob Kelley, until taking over day to day operations in 2017. Stevinson Corp is a multi-generational diversified farming operation which includes; almonds, dairy (corn and alfalfa), beef, water, commercial real estate, milk processing, and other specialty crops.
Devon Kuehn, MD
Chief Medical Officer at ByHeart, Inc.Devon is a board-certified pediatrician and neonatologist and the Chief Medical Officer at ByHeart, a fully integrated baby nutrition company dedicated to empowering parents with choice. As the CMO, Devon leads all innovation and product development, clinical research, nutrition science, medical affairs and education, post market surveillance, and regulatory activities for the company. Prior to joining ByHeart, Devon was Chief Medical Officer at Paidion Research, the only dedicated pediatric clinical research organization in the US. Devon’s medical academic career was primarily at East Carolina University, as a neonatologist and Vice Chair for Research for the Department of Pediatrics. Devon earned her medical degree from the Uniformed Services University and completed her pediatric residency and neonatal fellowship training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Devon has co-authored over 35 peer-reviewed publications with a focus on pregnancy and early life exposures and the impact on infant growth and development.
William Loux
SVP, Global Economic Affairs at U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC)Will serves as the Senior Vice President of Global Economic Affairs for the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC). In this role, he leads the two organizations’ joint economics team, which provides forward-looking analysis and insight into U.S. and international dairy markets. Will and his team are frequent speakers at various U.S. and global dairy conferences and engage closely with stakeholders from around the world to forecast market dynamics and their effects on the U.S. dairy industry.
Will holds a master’s degree from London School of Economics and maintains close ties to his farming roots back home in Iowa. He also has the pleasure of serving as Vice Chair of the International Dairy Federation’s Standing Committee on Dairy Policy and Economics.
Mike McCully
President at McCully ConsultingMike McCully is currently the president and owner of McCully Consulting, a strategic consulting firm focusing on dairy and food companies. He has experience in business analysis, long-term strategic planning, purchasing strategies, risk management policies/procedures, Mergers & Acquisitions, and supply chain issues/opportunities.
His past experience includes over 15 years with Kraft Foods where he held management roles in dairy, meat and grain purchasing. His responsibilities included sourcing dairy commodities as well as commodity risk management, dairy policy and industry relations. While in the Oscar Mayer division of Kraft, he was also responsible for meat commodity risk management and corn purchasing. His knowledge base also reaches into dairy policy and price volatility issues.
Mike holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from Western Illinois University and a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois.
Mike has been a member of ADPI’s Center of Excellence for several years, and is actively engaged in the Institutes events and activities including Dairy Ingredient Training Courses.
Jeremy Pike
Sustainability Platform Leader at Idaho Milk ProductsJeremy is the Sustainability Platform Leader at Idaho Milk Products. In his role, he leads the development of processes and metrics that bring transparency to the company’s performance across all aspects of sustainability, creating the platform for continuous improvement. Jeremy collaborates with the dairy farmers, on farm sustainability experts, the team at the company’s milk processing facility, and customers to support the company’s purpose of “bringing value to milk for generations.” He helps bridge the gap between farmers and customers for opportunities on collaborative projects in such areas as water efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, and farming practices. Prior to his role as the Sustainability Platform Leader, he oversaw Idaho Milk Products’ wastewater, air emissions, and environmental compliance. He joined the team in August 2021.
Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University at Buffalo and a Master of Science in Environmental Science and Biology from the State University of New York – Brockport. Jeremy and his wife reside in the beautiful Magic Valley of Idaho where they can be found kayaking, hiking, hunting, fishing, and snowboarding.
Matthew Pikosky, PhD
Vice President of Nutrition Research at National Dairy CouncilDr. Matthew Pikosky is Vice President of Nutrition Research for National Dairy Council. He has over 20 years of experience steering and managing the development of scientific research activities, formulating and cultivating key industry alliances and partnerships, and providing the thought leadership to translate nutrition science into actionable and relevant recommendations for a variety of audiences.
In his current role, Dr. Pikosky leads the Consumer Benefits and NHANES research programs at National Dairy Council, the goals of which are to identify and advance the science examining specific consumer-focused benefits of dairy foods and ingredients to support health and wellness positioning and catalyze industry innovation.
Prior to joining the National Dairy Council, Dr. Pikosky served as a Senior Scientist in the Applied Medical Nutrition Science group at Nestlé Health Science and as a Research Physiologist at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in nutrition, a master’s degree in exercise physiology, and a Ph.D. in nutrition all from the University of Connecticut where his research focused on defining optimal protein intakes for endurance athletes and physically active children and adults.
Phil Plourd
President at Ever.AgPhil Plourd is President of Ever.Ag Insights. He has been involved in dairy, commodity market, and macroeconomic analysis, research, forecasting, consulting, and risk management activities for more than 25 years. Phil draws on that experience to lead an expert team helping clients find better ways to do business – across supply chains and around the world. He is a popular speaker who engages audiences on a variety of topics.
Andy Powers
Vice President of Technical Services at American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI)Andy brings over 30 years of commercial, scientific, and technical (QA/Regulatory/Food Safety) experience to ADPI where he is Vice President of Technical Services and serves on ADPI's Center of Excellence. Prior to ADPI, Andy most recently worked for Newton Enterprises as VP & Senior Consultant. He has also held positions at Hoogwegt U.S./Lone Star Dairy, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Akorn Pharmaceuticals, and Biosys Biotech, Inc. It should be noted that during his tenure at Hoogwegt US/Lone Star Dairies, Andy served on ADPI’s Technical and Standards Committees.
Andy is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular Biology, and a Master of Business Administration. He is a current member of the American Chemical Society, and the American Society for Quality. In addition, he is a Certified Lead Auditor & Practitioner – Safe Quality Food(SQF) Institute; Certified Lead Auditor – HACCP & ISO 9000; and a member of Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society.
Andy and his family reside in Queen Creek, Arizona.
Mark Russo
Chief Science Officer, Certified Consulting Meteorologist at Everstream AnalyticsMark is the Chief Science Officer at Everstream Analytics, who sets the global supply chain standard by delivering predictive insights and risk analytics. Based in Chicago, he co-leads the Applied Meteorology team to ensure weather/climate data quality and accuracy and customer-focused impacts for supply chains, logistics, business operations, and commodity hedging/trading. He also is an American Meteorological Society Certified Consulting Meteorologist.
After graduating from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Meteorology, Russo has spent the past two decades applying global weather and climate to supply chains, agriculture, and energy. Prior to joining Riskpulse in 2013 which later became Everstream, Russo worked for Chesapeake Energy and Citigroup/Smith Barney where he provided accurate and timely weather forecasts and noted climate trends directly to high stakes commodity hedgers, traders, brokers, and analysts. He also has appeared on CNBC, the Today Show, and CNN and currently is a weekly guest on Illinois Public Radio’s Closing Market Report.
Throughout his professional career, Russo has been active in the American Meteorological Society. Not only has he served in the private sector mentorship program and on the energy committee but also as President of the local Chicago Chapter. Additionally, he has advised the National Academies of Science/National Research Council regarding NOAA weather and climate data and has presented to numerous agriculture and energy associations. Outside of work, Mark is a huge sports fan, especially baseball, and resides in the western suburbs of Chicago with his wife and three children.
Jennifer Siembieda, MPVM, PhD
Assistant Director, Ruminant Health Center of USDA APHIS Veterinary Services Strategy & PolicyJennifer has over 20 years of working in response and preparedness for foreign animal diseases both globally and domestically. She started with USDA APHIS in 2017 as an epidemiologist with the Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health and then transferred to the Ruminant Health Center as a staff officer managing the chronic wasting disease program. She has been in her current role since 2023. She primarily focuses on the USDA bovine brucellosis eradication program, bovine spongiform encephalopathy and emergency preparedness. Since April, she has been involved in developing policy for the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) response in livestock.
She received her BS in biology at Missouri Southern State University and her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from University of Missouri, Columbia. She practiced as a veterinarian for 5 years before returning to school to complete her MPVM and PhD degrees at the University of California, Davis. During her studies she bridged the gap between wildlife and public health by creating a surveillance program for zoonotic diseases (e.g. HPAI) that are emerging at the interface between wild animals and humans. Shortly after this, she worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as the wildlife epidemiologist for the Animal Production and Health Division in Rome, Italy. Then, she joined the FAO Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases team in Vietnam as the advisor for a USAID funded project to strengthen emergency preparedness for HPAI in Southeast Asia. Next, she worked in New Zealand for the Ministry for Primary Industries where she was lead in developing foot and mouth disease preparedness plans and responding to FAD in livestock and aquaculture.
Jennifer and her family reside in Lawrence, Kansas.
Andrew Sullivan
Vice President International Sales at DairyAmericaAndrew Sullivan has been in the dairy industry for 14 years, the last 3 as Vice President of International Sales @ California Dairies Ingredients Group, DairyAmerica. During his 14 year career in dairy he has concentrated on the export markets selling products from the MiddleEast to SouthEast Asia.
Simon Vander Woude
Owner at Vander Woude DairySimon Vander Woude is a third generation dairyman in Merced, California. Along with his wife Christine, and their 6 children, they own and operate 3 dairies. Having started with a much smaller footprint to their business, they have been blessed with opportunities to grow and expand their dairy footprint. Vander Woude Dairies all strive to operate efficiently and sustainably. This includes solar arrays and a methane digester. They also strive to always improve the efficiency of their herd through the extensive use of genomics and technology to improve the daily health and monitoring of the cows they have been blessed to steward. Simon and Chris also spend time in supporting their local community, church, school and 4H groups.
Connie Weaver, PhD
Distinguished Research Professor at San Diego State UniversityDr. Weaver is a Distinguished Research Professor in Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA and Distinguished Professor Emerita of Foods and Nutrition at Purdue University, Indiana where she taught food chemistry and nutrition courses and was department head for 25 years. Dr. Weaver is an elected member of The National Academy of Medicine and a fellow of the American Society for Nutrition, the Institute of Food Technologists, the American Heart Association, and the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research. She is a member of the Science Advisory Boards of FDA, the California Prune Board, and Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center. Dr. Weaver is past president of American Society for Nutrition.