Leadership Team

Our dedicated executive committee members run the organization smoothly and efficiently. The executive committee members are elected by the members in good standing. The chairs and the committee members are appointed by the leadership team.

President

President-elect

Immediate Past-President

Lauren Jackson, Ph.D. 
Supervisory Food Technologist
Food and Drug Administration
Terri Boylston, Ph.D.
Associate Professor 
Iowa State University

Rodrigo Tarté, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Iowa State University

Executive Director

Treasurer

Assistant Treasurer

Kathy Kotula, Ph.D. 
Senior Investigative Food Scientist
Investigative Food Sciences
Kantha Shelke, Ph.D.
Principal
Corvus Blue LLC

 

Daryl Lund, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
University of Wisconsin

Board of Directors

Directors with terms ending on August 31, 2023
Navagnana (Navam) Hettiarachchy, Ph.D.
Poulson Joseph, Ph.D.
Fanbin Kong, Ph.D.
Matthew (Matt) Taylor, Ph.D.

Directors with terms ending on August 31, 2024
Terri Boylston, Ph.D.
Stephen Campano, M.S.
Dennis R. Heldman, Ph.D.
Amarat (Amy) Simonne, Ph.D.
Rick Falkenberg, Ph.D.  (to complete Terri Boylston’s term)

Directors with terms ending on August 31, 2025
Adam Baker, Ph.D.
Martha Cassens, M.S.
Elizabeth M. Grasso-Kelley, Ph.D.
Mary K. Schmidl, Ph.D.

Committee Chairs (2022 - 2023)

Awards Committee: Elena Castell-Perez, Ph.D. 
Chapter Affairs Committee: Lester Schonberger, Ph.D.      
Constitution & Bylaws Committee: Rick Falkenberg, Ph.D.
Finance Committee: Kantha Shelke, Ph.D.
Membership & Qualifications Committee: Elizabeth M. Grasso-Kelley, Ph.D.
Communications Committee: Kathryn Kotula, Ph.D. {Subcommittee on Newsletter: Kathryn Kotula, Ph.D.; Subcommittee on Social Media: Claire Zoellner, Ph.D.; Subcommittee on Website: Kathiravan Krishnamurthy, Ph.D.)
Nominations & Elections Committee: Liz Boyle, Ph.D.
Program Committee: Terri Boylston, Ph.D.
Development Committee: (Christopher) Adam Baker, Ph.D.
Phi Tau Sigma - AMSA Research with Impact Scholarship Selection Committee: Kathryn Kotula, Ph.D.
Audit Committee: Denny Heldman, Ph.D. 

Ad hoc Committees:
Strategic Relations Committee: Kantha Shelke, Ph.D.
Student Relations Committee: Claire Zoellner, Ph.D.
Internship Organization Committee: Kantha Shelke, Ph.D.
Future Directions Committee: Connie Weaver, Ph.D. 
Membership Recruitment and Retention Committee: Navagnana (Navam) Hettiarachchy, Ph.D.