Food Science Department’s 16th annual Endresen Lecture
Jean Spence, executive vice president of global technology and quality for Kraft Foods, will give the Food Science Department’s 16th annual Endresen Lecturer.
She will discuss “Best of Global, Best of Local: Challenges and Opportunities in Global Research and Development.”
Spence is responsible for all product packaging development, research, nutrition, quality, food safety and scientific affairs for Kraft Foods worldwide. Her scientific and technical responsibilities for products such as Maxwell House coffee, Nabisco cookies and crackers, Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Post cereals have placed her in a position to address the challenges and opportunities in global research and development.
She joined Kraft in 1981 as a research engineer for Maxwell House coffee and holds three national and international patents for her development work. Fifteen years later Spence became vice president of technology, and by 2001 she was appointed senior vice president of worldwide quality, scientific affairs and compliance for Kraft Foods North America. In August 2003 she was named senior vice president, research and development.