Joy Alexiou, as the Public Information Officer for the Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System, developed and implemented SCC Public Health Department’s Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Plan & Operations Manual...see more about Joy Alexiou

 

Chuck Barnes is President of Fog City Trading Company and has over 35 years experience in the Seafood Industry.  He is currently licensed by the Florida Division of Aquaculture as a clam producer and works to promote shellfish aquaculture and other sustainable seafood products...see more about Chuck Barnes

 

Jo Ann Baumgartner is Director of the Wild Farm Alliance, is author of the policy paper Food Safety Requires a Healthy Environment, and is co-editor of Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature: Essays in Conservation-Based Agriculture...see more about Jo Ann Baumgartner

  

Hugo Cornejo is the Chief for the Industry Education and Training Unit of the State of California Department of Public Health – Food and Drug Branch and has extensive experience in regulatory work and in the food safety arena as a trainer/presenter to industry, academia, and other governmental agencies...see more about Hugo Cornejo

 

A. Charles Crabb, PhD, is currently the Program Advisor for the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation and is the assistant to the Provost at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.  For most of his professional career he has taught within the California State University and University of California educational systems...see more about Charlie Crabb

 

Michael Dimock is the President of Roots of Change and believes a healthy food and agriculture is the foundation for a sustainable society...see more about Michael Dimock 

  

Gary Erbeck, MPH, REHS, recently retired as the Director of the Department of Environmental Health for the County of San Diego. Mr. Erbeck has developed many innovative environmental public health programs in the areas of food safety, vector borne disease, clean water and environmental health program outcome measurements...see more about Gary Erbeck 

 

Gail Feenstra, Ed D, RD, is the Food Systems Coordinator at the Agricultural Sustainability Institute and University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program which encourages the development of regional food systems that link farmers, consumers and communities...see more about Gail Feenstra

 

Rick Firme is Human Resources and Safety Director for Azcona Ag Management.  He has a lifetime of experience in, and understanding of, Salinas Valley field agriculture, from germination to harvesting, to automated systems for market...see more about Rick Firme

 

Debra Gilliss, MD, MPH, is Chief of the Disease Investigations Section in the Infectious Diseases Branch of the California Department of Public Health and leads a team of three epidemiologists...see more about Debra Gilliss

  

Andrew Hasse is a filmmaker and network-builder based in Berkeley, California. A graduate of NYU's film and TV program, he has recently been working on the documentary film Edible City…see more about Andrew Hasse

 

Michael Hernandez is Chief of the Emergency Response Unit within the California Department of Public Health, Food and Drug Branch which performs environmental investigations and coordinates regulatory actions in response to reports of foodborne illness outbreaks and food contamination...see more about Michael Hernandez

  

Joe Iser, MD, DrPH, MSc, is a retired US Public Health Service Officer with an extensive career and education in public health...see more about  Joe Iser

 

Jered Lawson is the Executive Director of Pie Ranch, whose mission it is "to inspire and connect people to know the source of their food, and to work together to bring greater health to the food system from seed to table."  Jared has been linking communities with local farms since 1990...see more about Jered Lawson

  

Chef Paul J. Lee, CEC, is the current President of the American Culinary Federation, Monterey Bay Chapter, and is Instructor of Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts at Monterey Peninsula College...see more about Paul Lee

 

Sharon Lin, PE, is with California EPA's Region 9 Environmental Justice Program, and is currently on detail to the United States EPA Environmental Justice Program Office, focusing on community capacity building and integrating environmental justice in EPA's programs...see more about Sharon Lin 

 

Karen Lowell, PhD, is an agricultural scientist who lectures at UC Santa Cruz, teaching Food Safety and Environmental Quality: The Complexities of a Safe Salad, and Ethics and Emerging Technologies...see more about Karen Lowell 

 

Janet McDonald, PhD, is Senior Public Affairs Specialist with the San Francisco District of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a position that she has held since 1986, and serves as the first line of communication between FDA and the general public, including the media...see more about Janet McDonald

 

Susan K. Rimando, REHS, is a supervisor for Monterey County Environmental Health Bureau's Consumer Health Protection Services, and has been with the Bureau for 25 years...see more about Susan Rimando                    

 

Michael Sicilia is Assistant Deputy Director, Office of Public Affairs at the California Department of Public Health.  He was the H1N1 Public Affairs Coordinator and lead Public Information Officer for the state Joint Information Center during the swine flu pandemic...see more about Michael Sicilia 

 

 

Richard Smoker is Strategic Sales and Marketing Manager for CleanSource Inc, a nationwide distributor of cleaning and sanitation chemicals and supplies.  CleanSource provides programs to help businesses comply with current regulations for food production, with an emphasis on a "green & sustainable" process...see more about Richard Smoker

 

Jamie Strachan is CEO / President of Growers Express, and is Chairman of the Leafy Greens Handler Marketing Agreement...see more about Jaime Strachan 

  

Michael Sutton is Vice President of the Monterey Bay Aquarium where he directs the Center for the Future of the Oceans...see more about Michael Sutton

 

Duc Vugia, MD, MPH, has been Chief of the Infectious Diseases Branch, California Department of Public Health, since 1995 and has worked with local, state, and federal partners to address many local and multi-jurisdictional public health problems, including foodborne and waterborne diseases and outbreaks...see more about Duc Vugia

 

Abraham Wilson, Founder of Hospitality Consultants of America, has been known as "Mr. Food Safety®" for more than 35 years and has distinguished himself as the nation's foremost educator and consultant in Food Safety...see more about Abraham Wilson

 

Wilma J. Wooten, MD, MPH, is currently the Public Health Officer for the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Services, and comes with an extensive background in Family and Preventive Medicine...see more about Wilma Wooten