Food

View Details Tom Chestnut - Senior Vice President, Global Food Division

Areas of Expertise:

  • Supply Chain Food Safety and Quality
  • Food Safety - Processing
  • Food Industry Audits/Consulting

Professional Experience:

  • Vice President, Supply Chain Food Safety and Quality Programs, NSF International
  • Vice President, Total Quality, Darden Restaurants
  • International Director, Product Safety and Quality, Darden Restaurants
  • Director, Quality Assurance, General Mills Restaurants
  • Director, Environmental Health, Coles County Health Department, Charleston, Illinois
  • Vice-Chair, 2000 Conference for Food Protection (CFP)
  • Member, CFP Executive Board 1998-2004

Educational Background:

  • Graduate Studies, Administration/Management, University of Illinois
  • B.S., Environmental Health, Illinois State University
View Details Sarah Krol - Global Managing Director - Food Safety Product Certification

Areas of Expertise:

  • Quality Assurance
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • R&D and Product Testing
  • Consumer Products
  • Food and Environmental Safety

Professional Experience:

  • General Manager, Foodservice Equipment, Home Product Certification Programs and Private Label Assurance, NSF International
  • General Manager, Nonfood Compounds Registration Program, NSF International
  • Senior Quality Assurance Specialist, NSF International
  • Chemist, Parke Davis (now a division of Pfizer)

Educational Background:

  • B.S., Chemistry, Western Michigan University
View Details Lisa Yakas - Senior Certification Project Manager, Consumer Products

Areas of Expertise:

  • Consumer Products
  • Food Science
  • Microbiology

Professional Experience:

  • Senior Microbiologist, NSF International
  • Food Scientist, Elopak, Inc.

Educational Background:

  • M.S. and B.S., Food Science, Purdue University

Health Sciences

View Details Maxine Fritz - Executive Vice President, Pharma Biotech

Areas of Expertise:

  • Pharmaceuticals, Biotech and Biologics- Development to Post Commercialization
  • Regulatory Strategy – Pre and Post Submission
  • Regulatory Compliance- Auditing and Remediation
  • Quality Systems Implementation/Remediation and Auditing
  • FDA  Mock Inspections and Preparedness
  • GMP Training
  • Regulatory and Quality Due Diligence
  • Supplier Audits

Professional Experience:

  • Executive Vice President of the Pharmaceuticals and Biologics Practice, Becker & Associates Consulting, Inc.
  • President, MKF Consulting
  • Vice President, Quintiles
  • Senior Director Regulatory Compliance, Biogen Idec
  • Senior Manager Quality, IMS Health
  • Investigator, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
View Details Brian Jordan, RSCC*D, CSCS*D – Technical Manager, NSF Certified for Sport®

Areas of Expertise:

  • Dietary Supplements
  • Sports Science
  • Leadership and Coaching
  • Relationship Management

Professional Experience:

  • Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coach, Detroit Tigers
  • Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator, Colorado Rockies
  • Major League Strength and Conditioning Coach, Colorado Rockies
  • Consultant, The Fuel Nutrition
  • Owner, Elite Peak 303 LLC

Educational Background:

  • B.S., Exercise Science, Springfield College
View Details Martin Lush – Global Vice President, Pharma Biotech and Medical Devices

Areas of Expertise:

  • Pharmaceuticals Manufacture, Testing and Quality Assurance
  • Troubleshooting, Problem Solving and Risk Management
  • Education and Organizational Change
  • Remediation/Crisis Management

Professional Experience:

  • Honorary Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, University of Strathclyde
  • Vice President, NSF Health Sciences
  • Senior Partner, NSF-DBA
  • Partner, David Begg Associates
  • Manufacturing Plant Manager, Astra Zeneca
  • Senior Microbiologist, National Health Service (England)
  • Senior Research Scientist, Procter & Gamble

Educational Background:

  • MSc, Medical Microbiology, St Mary’s Medical School, London
  • BSc, Medical Sciences, St Mary’s Medical School
  • Post Graduate Diploma, Quality Management, University Strathclyde, Glasgow
  • Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences
View Details Jim Morris - Executive Director, Pharma Biotech

Areas of Expertise:

  • Pharmaceutical Plant Operations
  • Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance
  • Sterile Products Manufacture
  • Human Error Prevention
  • Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Audits

Professional Experience:

  • Executive Director, NSF-DBA
  • Deputy Director, QA/QC and Regulatory Affairs, Massachusetts Biologic Labs
  • Director, Quality Assurance Parenteral Operations, Janssen-Cilag
  • Team Leader Quality Assurance, Pfizer

Educational Background:

  • B.S., Biological and Physical Sciences, Northwestern University
  • MBA / M.A., Economics – Industrial Operations, Boston University
View Details Andrew Papas, Ph.D. - Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Pharma Biotech

Areas of Expertise:

  • Biologics
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Combination Products
  • Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Control (CMC)

Professional Experience:

  • Director of Regulatory Affairs, Pharmaceutical and Biologics Practice, Becker & Associates Consulting, Inc.
  • Principal Consultant, ANP Consulting
  • Senior Director Regulatory Affairs, Shire Human Genetic Therapies (Shire)
  • Director Regulatory Affairs , Wyeth (Pfizer)
  • CMC Regulatory Affairs Manager,  Sepracor (Sunovion)
  • Scientist, U.S. FDA
  • Senior Manager, Polaroid

Educational Background:

  • Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Massachusetts
  • MBA, Boston University
  • B.A., Chemistry, Boston University
View Details James Pink - Vice President, Europe, Medical Devices

Areas of Expertise:

  • Medical Devices

Professional Experience:

  • Medical Device Lead Auditor and Senior Consultant, Pink Associates Ltd.
  • Head of Business Development, BSI Healthcare, EMEA
  • Lead Auditor / Product Specialist, BSI Healthcare, EMEA
  • Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, UK

Educational Background:

  • Executive MBA, Henley Management College
  • HND, Mechanical Engineering, Sheffield University
View Details Kim Trautman - Executive Vice President, Medical Device International Services

Areas of Expertise:

  • Medical Device Quality Systems
  • International Regulatory Affairs
  • Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP)
  • FDA Medical Device Quality System (QS) Regulation, 21 CFR 820
  • ISO 13485
  • ISO/TC 210, “Quality Management and Corresponding General Aspects for Medical Devices”

Professional Experience:

  • Executive Vice President, Medical Device International Services, NSF International
  • Chair, MDSAP Regulatory Authority Council
  • Chair, International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) MDSAP Working Group
  • Chairperson, Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF) Study Group 3 – Quality Systems
  • International Delegate, ISO/TC 210
  • Author, ISO 13485
  • U.S. Technical Advisory Group Co-chair, ISO/TC210
  • Associate Director, International Affairs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Captain, Executive Office Medical Company, U.S. Army
  • Biotechnology Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent Office
  • Quality Assurance and Manufacturing, B. Braun Medical

Educational Background:

  • M.S., Biomedical/Medical Engineering, University of Virginia
  • B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Lab and Research

View Details Kerri LeVanseler, Ph.D. - Director, Chemistry Laboratory

Areas of Expertise:

  • Analytical Chemistry (instrumentation, methods, test design)
  • Method Development (dietary supplements, organic and inorganic chemicals)
  • Regulatory requirements i.e. pesticides, food contact materials, Proposition 65, etc.

Professional Experience:

  • Senior Chemist, NSF International
  • Analytical Chemist, WaterTech
  • Director of Scientific Support, Diversey
  • Member of AOAC International
  • Member of the American Chemical Society

Educational Background:

  • Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, Wayne State University
  • B.S. Chemistry, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Sustainability

View Details Jenny Oorbeck – General Manager, Sustainability

Areas of Expertise:

  • Climate Change
  • Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Verification
  • Waste Reduction and Recycling
  • Environmental Policy
  • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  • Program Design and Execution

Professional Experience:

  • General Manager, Sustainability, NSF International
  • Program Development Manager, Sustainability, NSF International
  • Program Director, Clean Energy Coalition
  • Communities Division Manager, Clean Energy Coalition
  • Environmental Manager, City of Richmond, CA
  • Acting Director/Program Manager, Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority
  • Associate, Brown, Vence and Associates

Educational Background:

  • M.S., Environmental Science, University of Michigan
  • B.S., Sociology, Mills College

Water

View Details Rick Andrew - Global Business Development Director of Water Systems

Areas of Expertise:

  • Drinking Water Treatment

Professional Experience:

  • Operations Manager, Drinking Water Treatment Units, NSF International
  • Program Representative III, DWTU Certification Program, NSF International
  • Senior Chemist, Ann Arbor Tech Services

Educational Background:

  • MBA, University of Michigan
  • B.S., Honors Chemistry Program, University of Michigan
View Details Marcos Bensoussan, General Manager, Building Water Health

Areas of Expertise:

  • Water Safety Plans
  • Water Treatment (Potable and Utility)
  • Legionella Risk Assessment
  • Water Reuse
  • International Management

Professional Experience:

  • Strategic Business Manager, Building Water Health
  • President, SETRI
  • Various Management Roles, NALCO
  • Member of IWA, ASHRAE, ABRAVA, GBCB and ABNT
  • Published Books (Legionella in the View of Specialists and Water Safety Plan in the View of Specialists)

Educational Background:

  • Chemical Engineer, Mackenzie Presbyterian University
  • Business, Mackenzie Presbyterian University
View Details Chris Boyd – General Manager, Building Water Health Program, North America

Areas of Expertise:

  • Building Water Health
  • Water Safety
  • Environmental and Public Policy
  • Regulatory Oversight
  • Municipal Water Systems
  • Waterborne Diseases

Professional Experience:

  • Assistant Commissioner, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, City of New York
  • Director, Public Health Engineering, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, City of New York
  • Senior Policy Analyst, Office of the Comptroller, City of New York
  • Director of Planning, Tri-County Regional Planning Commission, Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties
  • Special Assistant for Environmental Policy, Brooklyn Borough President’s Office

Educational Background:

  • B.A., Sociology and Anthropology, Gerald R. Ford Institute for Public Service at Albion College
View Details Jeremy Brown - Sr. Technical Reviewer, Municipal Water Systems

Areas of Expertise:

  • Plumbing
  • Water Distribution and Health Effects Criteria
  • Municipal Drinking Water Products
  • Pressure Rating Systems for Plastic Materials

Professional Experience:

  • Codes and Regulatory Manager, NSF International
  • Industrial Hygienist/Air Monitor, Probe Environmental

Educational Background:

  • B.A., Science, Central Michigan University
View Details Nasrin Kashefi - General Manager, Plastics

Areas of Expertise:

  • Plastic Piping
  • Water Distribution and Health Effects Criteria
  • Mechanical Plumbing
  • Pressure Rating System for Plastic Materials

Professional Experience:

  • Member of Hydrostatic Stress Board
  • Member of UPC Technical Committee
  • Vice Chair, ASTM F17 Subcommittee on Composites

Educational Background:

  • M.A., Organizational and Interpersonal Communication, Eastern Michigan University
  • B.A., Public Relations, College of Mass Communication Sciences
View Details Dave Purkiss - Vice President, Water Programs

Areas of Expertise:

  • Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals and Media
  • Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution Equipment
  • Recreational Water Products

Professional Experience:

  • General Manager, NSF Drinking Water Additives

Educational Background:

  • B.S., Biochemistry, Michigan State University
View Details Blake Stark – General Manager, Water Treatment Chemicals and Filtration Media

Areas of Expertise:

  • Drinking Water Additives

Professional Experience:

  • Operations Manager, Water Treatment and Distribution Systems, NSF International
  • Sanitarian I, Lenawee County Health Department

Educational Background:

  • B.A., Earth Science, Adrian College

Corporate

View Details Stan Hazan - Senior Director, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs

Areas of Expertise:

  • Federal Legislative Liaison
  • Federal Regulatory Affairs – FDA, EPA, CDC
  • Professional Associations Liaison
  • World Health Organization Liaison
  • Environmental and Public Health Education
  • Food Safety Training

Professional Experience:

  • Executive Director, NSF Training and Education
  • General Manager, Nonfood Compounds Registration Program, NSF International
  • General Manager, Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals and System Components Certifications, NSF International
  • Senior Director, Marketing and Business Development

Educational Background:

  • Certificate, International Food Law & Regulation, Michigan State University
  • MPH, University of Michigan
  • MBA, Marketing/Finance, University of Michigan
  • B.S. Chemistry/Biochemistry, University of Toronto
View Details Kevan P. Lawlor - President and Chief Executive Officer

Areas of Expertise:

  • NSF Mission, Vision, History, and Range of Services
  • Role of NSF and Independent Testing and Certification
  • Systems Registration
  • Food Safety

Professional Experience:

  • President, NSF-International Strategic Registrations, Ltd.
  • Senior Vice President, Food Safety, NSF International
  • Senior Vice President and CFO, NSF International

Educational Background:

  • B.S., Finance, Pennsylvania State University
  • Harvard Business School Executive Education