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 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
Founding Member
Talati Law Firm PLLC
