Alumni

Advisory Board

It was decided that in order to reach alumni and industry, as well as helping students find jobs, and get external input and a review of Department activities, it was essential to establish an Industrial Alumni Advisory Board.

We had many faculty discussions on the advantages and disadvantages of limiting Advisory Board membership to Alumni. However, we decided that since many of our alumni held leadership positions in the Food Industry the disadvantages would be minimal while the advantages would be great.

Therefore, in 1989, with the most able participation of Mr. Charles Feldberg, Vice President, CPC International we developed a charter and established the first Food Science Industrial Alumni Advisory Board.

Charlie Feldberg chaired the Board magnificently until he retired from that position, to become a Board Member in November 2000 and Dr. Noel Anderson, Vice President, Pepsico began his tenure as Chair. Noel has continued the tremendous standard of excellence set by Charlie, and the Board continues to be a vital part of the Department’s success. The Board has grown and changed with the Department such that we now have 2 members of the Board who hold top industrial positions in the State but are not alumni.

The Advisory Board has played a pivotal role in all our efforts in outreach, economic development, endowment campaigns, alumni support and program development as well as being a critical force in helping our students become professionals and in finding jobs.

The current membership of the Board is as follows:

Dr. Noel Anderson Vice President Pepsi Cola Company	Dr. Donald J. Lynch Vice President Gortons
Mr. Joseph Allen President, Allen Flavors	Dr. Charles Manley Vice President Science and Technology Takasago International Corporation
Ms. Ivette A. Bassa Vice President Research Development and Quality Kraft Foods International - Latin America	Ms. Toni Ruth Manning Director Consulting Services Strasburger & Siegel
Dr. Michael Brodnitz Food Ingredients Consultant	Mr. Francis X. McDermott (Retired – Senior Vice President Merck & Co., Inc)
Mr. Lim C. Chhuy (Retired – V.P. International Flavors & Fragrances)	Mr. Stephen J. Nojeim Director of R&D- Cranberry Ocean Spray Cranberries
Dr. F. M. Clydesdale Distinguished Prof. and Director of the Food Science Policy Alliance, Department of Food Science University of Massachusetts	Dr. Margaret A. Poole Vice President, R&D H. P. Hood, Inc.
Dr. Donald Coffey Executive VP, Ingredient Solutions MGP Ingredients, Inc.	Dr. L. Michael Popplewell Vice President, Corporate Research & Development International Flavors & Fragrances
Dr. Eric Decker Professor. and Dept. Head, Department of Food Science University of Massachusetts	Mr. David K.Rey Senior Director of Product Development and Quality Nonni's Food Company
Mr. Peter Erickson Vice President General Mills Inc.	Mr. Peter Salmon President The International Food Network, Inc.
Mr. Charles Feldberg (Retired – V.P. CPC International, Inc.)	Dr. Herbert Stone President Tragon Corp.
Dr. Nancy Fogg-Johnson, Principal Life Sciences Alliance	Dr. Anil Shrikhande Vice President Research & Development Constellation Wine, U.S.
Stephen Kelleher Founder & Chief Scientist Proteus Industries, Inc.	Mr. Spencer W. Sullivan Kraft Food Ingredients Corp.
Dr. Larry N. Kuzminski (Retired – V. P. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.)	Susan Wagner V.P.,Global Strategic Insights Johnson & Johnson
Ms. Linda L. Letcher Section Manager Organizational Excellence Research and Development/Quality Kraft Foods, Inc.	Ms. Judy Zaunbrecher Vice President, R&D Welch’s
Dr. Gil A. Leveille Executive Director, Wrigley Science Institute