The US-Canada Local Group is focusing on three key areas:
Increase awareness and recognition of GFSI in the US and Canada across all segments of the supply chain
Foster existing relationships with regulatory bodies while forging new ones in pursuit of the GFSI mission. Seek opportunities for alignment
Regionally implement the global priorities set forth by GFSI.
Who Is Involved
Current Local Group members
- Mitch Gilgour – Sysco
- Dan Fone – Walmart
- Spir Marinakis – Maple Leaf
- Sharon Birkett -“OSI Group, LLC”
- Carmella Rashed – Grupo Bimbo
- Robert Prevendar – Yum! Brands
- Andrew Clarke – Loblaw Companies Limited
- Katy Kadlec – Kroger
- Greg Pritchard – Nestlé
- Giomar Savoc – Nestlé
- Jeffrey Nassif – PepsiCo
- Rebecca Ferrer – PepsiCo
- Syed Hassan – PepsiCo
- Lorraine Mehterian – The Coca-Cola Company
- Brandon Headlee – Conagra
- Sally Kilnect – Nestlé
- Rosalind Zils – 8th Avenue Foods & Provisions
- Patricia McGeough – Kerry
- Catherine Proper – Nando’s Peri Peri
- Tim Jackson – Driscolls, Inc.
- Tammy Hogan – General Mills
- Ivar Pedro Joaquín Brandt Landinez – JR Simplot Co.
- Sebastien Joseph – Dollarama
- Henry Eziama – Shamrock Foods
- Michael Yang – proneq
- Florentina Gadau – Sysco
- Samantha Shinbaum – Tyson Foods, Inc.
- Jennifer Pulcipher – North Bay Produce, Inc.
- Michael JP Forhez – Oracle Industry Strategy Group
- Eric Moore – Testo North America
- Joe Mariola – Rentokil North America
- Jeffrey Bruening – Ecolab
- Tania Martinez – DEMOS GLOBAL GROUP, INC
- Heather Gale – CanadaGAP
- Tracie Sheehan – Merieux NutriSciences
- Wendy White – Georgia Institute of Technology, GaMEP
Simmer Randhawa – Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Observer)
- Jackie Crichton – Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition (Observer)
- Kelly Kell – GS1 US (Observer)
- Virginia Ng – Seafood Products Association (Observer)