2025 Speakers
Co-Chairs
Miriam J. Guggenheim
Partner Covington & Burling LLP
Kelly Laudon
Director Assistant General Counsel - Regulatory The Hershey Company
Sharon Mayl
Partner DLA Piper LLPIndustry Speakers & Thoughtleaders
Lina Ahumada
Head of Legal & Government Affairs The Kraft Heinz Company
Leigh Barcham
Assistant General Counsel - Product Regulatory & Government Affairs US Foods Inc.
Ebru Basaran-Shull
EVP - Ethics & Compliance Sargento Foods, Inc.
Anna Townsend Burner, Ph.D.
Food Safety Scientist Fresh Del Monte
Mara Burr
Vice President, Regulatory & Technical Affairs Consumer Brands Association
Melissa Card-Abela
Senior FDA Regulatory Counsel Whole Foods Market
Samantha Dietle
Legal Counsel, Food Law and Regulatory Nestlé
Emily Dillingham
Corporate Counsel, Litigation & Regulatory Kellanova
Wendy Fiel
Chief Legal Officer Sabra Dipping Company
Kelly Foos
Associate General Counsel Post Consumer Brands
William Frazier
Attorney, National Advertising Division BBB National Programs
Cynthia Gibson
SVP and General Counsel Bush Brothers & Company
Sandy Grimm
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary Southeastern Grocers
Jessica Haefele
Head Legal, Lindt, Ghirardelli, and Russell Stover Chocolates Lindt & Sprüngli
Barbara Kowalcyk
Director, Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition Security George Washington University
Cindy Kruger
Chief Counsel – Food Safety & Regulatory PepsiCo Inc.
Danielle Lemack
Assistant General Counsel and Vice President HP Hood LLC
Mark Leonard
General Counsel Sunsweet Growers Inc.
John Luedke
General Counsel, Global Food Law Mars
Emily Lyons
Senior Counsel, Food Safety & Quality Regulatory Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM)
Steven Mandernach
Executive Director Association of Food and Drug Officials
Robert Marriott
Director, Regulatory Affairs American Herbal Products Association
Rachel Maryan
Senior Counsel: Meals, Pizza & Snacking Nestlé USA
Alyse Mauro Mason
Associate Director, ESG & Sustainability Protiviti
Connie Potter
Senior Counsel Lactalis USA
Ryan Richard
Vice President GS1 US
Desiree Ripo
Head of Food Regulatory & Compliance FerreroLaw Firm Speakers
Juge Gregg
Partner Crowell and Moring LLP Former Attorney, U.S. DOJ
Maile Gradison
Partner Hogan Lovells LLP
David Hackett
Partner Baker McKenzie Former Trial Attorney, DOJ Environmental Division
Timothy Loose
Partner Gibson, Dunner & Crutcher LLP
Katlin McKelvie
Partner Gibson, Dunner & Crutcher LLP
Clarissa Mills
Environmental Partner Haynes and Boone, LLP Former Deputy Regional Counsel, US EPA
James Neale
Partner McGuireWoods LLP
Stuart M. Pape
Senior Partner; Head of FDA Practice Polsinelli PC
Ronald Rothstein
Partner Winston & Strawn LLP
Jason Stiehl
Partner Crowell & Moring LLP
Ashish Talati
Founding Member Talati Law Firm PLLC