Food Safety Policy, Science, and Risk Assessment: Strengthening the Connection: Workshop Proceedings (2001)
Chapter: Front Matter
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—Goethe
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FOOD FORUM
FERGUS M. CLYDESDALE (Chair), University of Massachusetts, Amherst
LARRY R. BEUCHAT, University of Georgia, Griffin
NANCY M. CHILDS, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
MARSHA N. COHEN, Hastings College of the Law, University of California, San Francisco
ROBERT DROTMAN, Frito-Lay, Inc., Plano, Texas
WILLIAM C. FRANKE, Lipton, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
ARTHUR L. HECKER, Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
JERRY HJELLE, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri
WILLIAM KELLY JONES, Nabisco Foods Group, East Hanover, New Jersey
FRANKLIN M. LOEW, Becker College, Worcester, Massachusetts
JOANNE R. LUPTON, Texas A& M University, College Station
EILEEN MADDEN, Nestlé USA, Purchase, New York
STEPHEN H. McNAMARA, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, Washington, D.C.
DIANI SANTUCCI, Bestfoods, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
SHERI M. SCHELLHAASS, General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota
TRACIE SHEEHAN, Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, Michigan
MARK SILBERGELD, Consumers Union, Washington, D.C.
ROBERT E. SMITH, R.E. Smith Consultants, Inc., Newport, Vermont
BRUCE R. STILLINGS, Food and Agriculture Consultants, Inc., Falmouth, Maine
SUSAN SUMNER, Virginia Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Blacksburg
RONALD TRIANI, Kraft Foods, Glenview, Illinois
KEITH TRIEBWASSER, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio
Ex-Offico Members
E. SPENCER GARRETT, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pascagoula, Mississippi
JOZEF KOKINI, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
MARC Le MAGUER, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
JOSEPH A. LEVITT, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C.
DONNA V. PORTER, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
SUSAN H. WAYLAND, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
CATHERINE WOTEKI, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Forum Staff
SANDRA SCHLICKER, Director
GERALDINE KENNEDO, Project Assistant
JENNIFER OTTEN, Communications Specialist (July 1999–February 2000)
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FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD
CUTBERTO GARZA (Chair), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
ALFRED H. MERRILL, Jr. (Vice Chair), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
ROBERT M. RUSSELL (Vice Chair), Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
VIRGINIA A. STALLINGS (Vice Chair), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
LARRY R. BEUCHAT, University of Georgia, Griffin
BENJAMIN CABALLERO, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
FERGUS M. CLYDESDALE, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
ROBERT J. COUSINS, University of Florida, Gainesville
SCOTT M. GRUNDY, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
SHIRIKI KUMANUIKA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
LYNN PARKER, Food Research and Action Center, Washington, DC
ROSS L. PRENTICE, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
A. CATHARINE ROSS, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
ROBERT E. SMITH, R.E. Smith Consulting, Inc., Newport, Vermont
STEVE L. TAYLOR, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Staff
ALLISON A. YATES, Director
GAIL E. SPEARS, Administrative Assistant
GARY WALKER, Financial Associate
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