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Board of Directors

The Partnership for Food Safety Education is led by a skilled volunteer Board of Directors. The Board of Directors’ expertise and leadership furthers our mission to end illness and death from foodborne illness in the United States.

Michael Roberson, MS, CFS, CP-FS, Chairman (elected September 2020)
Director of Corporate Quality Assurance
Publix Super Markets, Inc.

Read support statement, Michael Roberson

Helping Advance Food Safety Through the Partnership

Food safety is a shared responsibility for everyone involved throughout the food system.  The Partnership for Food Safety Education helps advance our mutual efforts to provide customers safe, high quality food on a consistent basis.  Cherished family recipes are passed down from one generation to the next.  As I look through some of my family’s recipes, it is comforting to know there was a focus of food safety from decades ago.  Few of us today were afforded the opportunity to be exposed to the family farm.  While helping tend to chores in my youth, I always remember the strong women in my family with strict standards of cleanliness and personal hygiene prior to being allowed into the kitchen or sitting down at the family dinner table.  My days in Troop “Ole” 97 with The Boy Scouts of America helped stress the importance of food safety, especially in Cooking Merit Badge.  Whether we were canoeing down a river for an overnight excursion, preparing for a week-long trek to Philmont Scout Ranch, or attending the National Jamboree, food safety was always important.  In fact, Scouting helped stimulate my own interests for cooking and learning more about agriculture and the food industry.

Customers and their families today may not have experienced life on the family farm, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Future Farmers of America, or participated in a home economics class.  The Partnership for Food Safety Education has assumed the primary platform for helping advance food safety at home and in our communities through the core principles of Clean – Separate – Cook – Chill.  Today’s retail grocers have a responsibility to source safe food, maintain food safety throughout the storage and handling, and also help inform our customers about safe handling practices.  These food safety practices are important in the family kitchen, youth soccer leagues, church pot-luck dinners, as well as the food banks so we can help others in the communities we serve.  From farm to fork, boat to throat, and truck to trunk, the food safety principles of the Partnership transcend the entire food system into our customer’s homes and throughout the community so that each meal is fully enjoyed.

The collaborative process of the Partnership for Food Safety Education helps advance food safety for everyone involved with the food system.  Come be part of the Partnership and help make a difference!

Michael Roberson
Director of Corporate Quality Assurance
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
January 2018

Harold Chase

Harold Chase, Vice Chair (elected January 2021)
Legislative Director
NSF International

Susan Borra, RDN
Former Chief Health and Wellness Officer, FMI – The Food Industry Association and Executive Director, FMI Foundation (retired)

Patricia Buck
Executive Director
Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention

Ashley Eisenbeiser
Senior Director, Food and Product Safety Programs
FMI – The Food Industry Association

Dan Fone
Senior Director, U.S. Food Safety
Walmart Inc.

Thomas Gremillion
Director, Food Policy Institute
Consumer Federation of America

Read support statement, Thomas Gremillion
As a consumer advocate, I work to identify and support policies that protect people from foodborne illness. Government regulators and industry can do much more to reduce the burden of foodborne illness in the United States, but consumers have a role to play too. That’s why Consumer Federation of America teamed up with public and private sector allies to launch the Partnership for Food Safety Education. The Partnership plays a vital role in helping consumers to access science-based, actionable information about how to prepare and handle foods safely. Its network of 13,000 “BAC fighter” health and food safety educators allows the Partnership to reach a wide audience, and to transmit its message with authority. The diversity of the Partnership’s stakeholders—including industry, consumer advocates, and public regulators—offers additional assurance that science is the driving force behind the organization’s education materials, rather than narrow self-interest or a desire to scapegoat the victims of foodborne illness for hazards better addressed by others. CFA and the Partnership’s success are closely related. By raising awareness about the causes of foodborne illness, the Partnership not only helps consumers to protect themselves, but also lays the groundwork for better food safety policy. When consumers better understand how pathogens like E.coli O157:H7 and antibiotic resistant Salmonella can make people sick, they are more likely to both change their personal behavior, and also more likely to support government and company policies that effectively mitigate food safety risks. CFA is proud to be a founding member of the Partnership and will continue to seek changes in policies and practices, from farm to fork, that make food safer.

Shauna C. Henley, Ph.D.
Family & Consumer Sciences Educator
University of Maryland Extension

Read support statement, Shauna Henley
As a member of the Board of Directors, for The Partnership for Food Safety Education, I help represent one of 13,000 “BAC Fighters.” As a professional I am a food safety and nutrition educator; I work across the food system from produce growers to home consumers. Every week is different, from teaching at health fairs, providing school lunchroom tastings, or leading a workshop. Finding science-based resources that reach across our diverse food system and audiences is important to stay relevant. The Partnership has been a great organization-free print materials is important as an educator, and when I am referring other groups that may have a limited budget for food safety information. I think what sets the Partnership apart from other organizations is the ability to watch free webinars on a variety of topics, presented by experts in the field. We are all living the human life cycle and we all have to eat. I look forward to continuing my small part supporting and advancing food safety education with The Partnership.

Steven Mandernach 
Executive Director
Association of Food and Drug Officials

Barb Masters
Vice President of Regulatory Policy, Food & Agriculture
Tyson Foods, Inc.

Carmen M. Rottenberg
Managing Director
Groundswell Strategy

Adrienne Sieling
Vice President of Strategic Communications
American Frozen Food Institute

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