IFT Minnesota Section Officers
The Executive Committee
The executive committee constitutes of volunteers elected by the dues-paying members of the IFT-MN section. The councillors and members-at-large represent the section members at the annual meetings of the IFT head quarters. They vote on behalf of the members at the Annual IFT meetings.
If you have concerns or questions about the activities and programs of the IFT, please feel free to contact the committee chair. You are welcome to run for any of these elected positions -- please contact the Section Chair for further information.
| Elected Officers | ||
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| Chair Person (2010-2011) Tonya Schoenfuss University of Minnesota 612-624-3090 tschoenf@umn.edu |
Chair Designate (2011-2012) Kimberly Mikaliunas Target Corporation 612-696-1761 tschoenf@umn.edu |
Past Chair (2009-10) Dan Kennedy Solae 507-388-3662 dkennedy@solae.com |
| Recording Secretary Rachel Prososki General Mills, Inc. 763-293-1232 rachel.prososki@genmills.com |
Membership Secretary Michele Wolf General Mills, Inc. michele.wolf@genmills.com |
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| Section Representative Dana Dronen General Mills dana.dronen@genmills.com |
Section Representative Sharon Herzog Grain Millers Consumer Products sharon.herzog@grainmillers.com |
Section Representative Cheryl Deinken Consultant cher710@gmail.com |
| Section Representative Lisa Pannell General Mills, Inc. 763-764-7398 lisa.pannell@genmills.com |
Section Representative Dennis Gilbertson Cargill Dennis_Gilbertson@cargill.com |
Section Representative Fern Panda General Mills fern.panda@genmills.com |
| Voting Committee Chairs | ||
| Assistant Treasurer Corinne Otte General Mills, Inc. Corinne.Otte@genmills.com |
Treasurer Laura Burant General Mills, Inc. laura.burant@genmills.com |
Membership Committee Chair Kimberly Mikaliunas Target Corporation 612-696-1761 kimberly.mikaliunas@target.com |
| Finance Committee Chair Don Steenson General Mills, Inc. 763-764-8412 donald.steenson@genmills.com |
Newsletter Co-editor Bridget McClatchey Land O'Lakes, Inc. 651-481-2728 bcMcClatchey@landolakes.com |
Newsletter Co-editor Jackie Koch Univ. Wisconsin-Madison 612-423-9820 jrkoch2@wisc.edu |
| Long Range Planning Committee Chair Brenda Knapp-Polzin Cargill, Inc. Brenda_Knapp-Polzin@cargill.com |
U of MN Food Science Club Sarah Gutkowski-President University of Minnesota gutko005@umn.edu |
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| Non-Voting Committee Chairs | ||
| Employment Committee Chair Elana Shneur The Scoular Company 612-851-3754 eshneur@scoular.com |
Arrangements Committee Chair Cheryl Deinken Consultant 612-590-8902 dein0004@umn.edu |
Archive Committee Chair Fern Panda General Mills, Inc 763-764-5771 fern.panda@genmills.com |
| Finance Committee Advisor Dana Dronen General Mills, Inc. Dana.Dronen@genmills.com |
Macy Award Committee Chair Lamin Kassama University of Wisconsin-Stout 715-232-1623 kassamal@uwstout.edu |
Education Committee Chair Lisa Povolny General Mills, Inc. lisa.povolny@genmills.com |
| Scholarship Committee Chair Dana Dronen General Mills dana.dronen@genmills.com |
Awards Committee Chair Rusty Nelson SuperValu rusty.a.nelson@supervalu.com |
Dairy Technology Committee Chair Steve Kaufman G.C. Hahn & Co. USA, Inc. spkauf@pressenter.com |
| Bylaws Committee Chair Norm Greenberg Nestle HealthCare Nutrition norm.greenberg@rd.nestle.com |
Nomination Committee Chair Ron Heddleson General Mills ron.heddleson@genmills.com |
Silent Auction Committee Chair Naomi Sundalius Michael Foods, Inc. 507-237-4629 Naomi.Sundalius@michaelfoods.com |
| Web Communications Chair Anand Rao Fonterra USA, Inc. 847-928-1874 anand.rao@fonterra.com |
Foundation Liaison Naomi Sundalius Michael Foods naomi.sundalius@michaelfoods.com |
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