3:30 PM: Called to Order
ATTENDEES:
Ellice Ogle, incoming President Elect; Craig Rothe, Past President; Gabriela Swamy, Secretary Elect; Erin Evers, Membership & New Professionals; Bruce Ferree, Suppliers’ Night Chair; Terri Amerio-Bell, Treasurer; Carol Cooper, Hornblower Editor; Jamie Lawrence, Incoming Hornblower Editor; Xi Feng, Dir. At Large; Parastoo Yaghmaee, Dir. At Large; Jefferson Sheasley, Dir. At Large; Christopher Ham, incoming Dir. At Large; WanChim Lim, incoming Dir. At Large; John Frelka; incoming Dir. At Large; Victor Hong, incoming Dir. At Large; Mathew Poon, incoming Dir. At Large; Imelda Vasquez, NCIFT Office Contact
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2020-2021:
Jaspreet Walia, President; Ellice Ogle, incoming President Elect; Craig Rothe, Past President; Abigail Selya, Secretary; Gabriela Swamy, Secretary Elect; Erin Evers, Membership & New Proffessionals; Bruce Ferree, Suppliers’ Night Chair; Terri Amerio-Bell, Treasurer; Xi Feng, Dir. At Large; Parastoo Yaghmaee, Dir. At Large; Jeff Sheasley, Dir. At Large (NV); Christopher Ham, incoming Dir. At Large; WanChim Lim, incoming Dir. At Large; John Frelka, incoming Dir. At Large; Victor Hong, incoming Dir. At Large; Mathew Poon, incoming Dir. At Large
FINANCIAL REPORT – TERRI
HORNBLOWER – CAROL
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
SECTION EVENTS
OTHER TOPICS
None
Meeting adjourned 4:36 PM (PST)
PRESIDENT
Ms. Ellice Ogle
Tandem Foods
PRESIDENT-ELECT / Program Chair
Dr. Zhongli Pan
UC Davis
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Dr. Parastoo Yaghmaee
Ziel
SECRETARY
Dr. Gabriella John Swammy
SJSU
TREASURER
Dr. Nishtha Lukhmana
Premier Nutrition Company
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
Ms. Erin Evers
SPI Group
DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE
Dr. Xi (Alex) Feng
SJSU
Mr. Jeff Sheasley
SCiFi Foods
Mr. Christopher Ham
CJ CheilJedang BIO
Mr. John Frelka
Del Monte Foods Inc
Ms. WanChin Lim
MycoWorks
Dr. Victor Hong
Innovative Products and Services
NOMINATING & ELECTIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
Mr. John Frelka
Innovative Products and Services
SUPPLIERS’ NIGHT EXPO CHAIR
Mr. Bruce Ferree
Insight Food Safety Consulting
GRANTS COMMITTEE CHAIR
Charlwit Kulchaiyawat
Foster Farms
NEW PROFESSIONALS GROUP CHAIR
Ms. Erin Evers
SPI Group
VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE CHAIR
Ms. Clara Lang, Kinders