Advisory Council
We are thankful for the involvement of the current MSABD Advisory Council members:
Steve Van Lannen – Alumnus, American Foods Group, Chairman
Elton Aberle – CALS Emeritus Dean
Badger Meat Science Club Representative
Betsy Booren – Grocery Manufacturers Association
Charlie Cook – Alumnus, Country Fare Consulting
Mark Crass – Kerry/Red Arrow
Peter Gingras – Viscus Biologics
Steve Ingham – Wisconsin State Meat Inspection
Lee Johnson – West Liberty Foods
Collette Kaster – Kaster Solutions
Tom Kittle – Handtmann
Mark Kreul – Alumni
Kevin Ladwig – Johnsonville Sausage Inc.
Troy Lohrmann – Quality Technology International
Kevin Myers – Hormel
Eric Salm – Ab E Discovery
Dan Schaefer – Alumnus, Director MSABD
Angie Siemens – Cargill
Jake Sailer – Sailer’s Meat Processing
Craig Wilson – Costco Wholesale
Keith York – Alumnus, Merry-Water Farms
Thank you to previous Council members for your contributions and for shaping the future of our program. We are grateful for your leadership and vision!
Steve Campano – Hawkins, Inc.
Bob Hanson – Hanson Tech
Tom Hoffmann – Mepaco
Kevin Ladwig – Johnsonville Sausage Inc.
Petri Papinaho – Jenni-O Turkey
Bill Paulos – Oscar Mayer division of Kraft Foods
James (Jim) Peterson – ALKAR-RapidPak Inc.
Chris Salm – Alumnus, Salm Partners
Scott Stillwell – Tyson Foods
Gary Underwood – Red Arrow Products Company, LLC
Fritz Usinger – Alumnus, Fred Usinger, Inc.