Co-Chairs

Miriam J. Guggenheim

Partner
Covington & Burling LLP

Kelly Laudon

Director Assistant General Counsel - Regulatory
The Hershey Company

Sharon Mayl

Partner
DLA Piper LLP

Industry 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
Ferrero

Law 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

Ashish Talati

Founding Member
Talati Law Firm PLLC

Suzie Trigg

Partner
Haynes & Boone LLP