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
Chair Person (2009-2010)
Dan Kennedy
Solae
507-388-3662
dkennedy@solae.com
Chair Designate (2010-11)
Tonya Schoenfuss
University of Minnesota
612-624-3090
tschoenf@umn.edu
Past Chair (2008-09)
Pam Lawson
General Mills, Inc.
Recording Secretary
Bob Golaszewski
General Mills, Inc.
Membership Secretary
Rachel Prososki
General Mills, Inc.
763-293-1232
rachel.prososki@genmills.com
Section Representative
Bart Press
Section Representative
Bill Davidson
Section Representative
Karen Spartz
Chr. Hansen, Inc.
952-949-6620
usksp@chr-hansen.com
Section Representative
Sharon Herzog
Section Representative
Lisa Pannell
General Mills, Inc.
763-764-7398
lisa.pannell@genmills.com
Section Representative
Lisa Povolny
General Mills, Inc.
Section Representative
Dennis Gilbertson
Voting Committee Chairs
Assistant Treasurer
Corinne Otte
General Mills, Inc.
Treasurer
Laura Burant
General Mills, Inc.
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.
U of MN Food Science Club
Hetvi Damodhar & Brian Folger
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
Michele Hamlin
General Mills, Inc.
763-764-5771
michele.hamlin@genmills.com
Finance Committee Advisor
Dana Dronen
General Mills, Inc.
Macy Award Committee Chair
Lamin Kassama
University of Wisconsin-Stout
715-232-1623
kassamal@uwstout.edu
Education Committee Chair
Lisa Povolny
General Mills, Inc.
Scholarship Committee Chair
Gary Reineccius
University of Minnesota
greinecc@umn.edu
Awards Committee Chair
Rusty Nelson
SuperValu
Dairy Technology Committee Chair
Steve Kaufman
G.C. Hahn & Co. USA, Inc.
Bylaws Committee Chair
Norm Greenberg
Nestle HealthCare Nutrition
Nomination Committee Chair
Bart Press
Nature Rich
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
Melissa Stoll
G.C. Hahn & Co. USA, Inc.