President

Dr. Ravin Gnanasambandam

Senior Scientist
Land O'Lakes Inc., Arden Hills, MN

Past President

Dr. Parthiban Muthukumarasamy

National Operations Coordinator
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa ON, Canada

President Elect

Chithra Panchapakesan

Product Development Manager
MARS Snack Food, Hackettstown, NJ

Secretary

Vishal Jain

MARS Snack Foods, Hackettstown, NJ

Treasurer

Neetu Gera

General Mills, Golden Valley, MN

Member 1

Dr. Navam Hettiarachchy

Professor, Department of Food Science,
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Member 2

Dr. BK Girdhar

OSI Industries, Chicago, IL

Member 3

Dhyaneshwar "Danny" Chawan

Srim Enterprises, Liverpool, NY

Member 4

Jayant Kamicheril

Kemin Food Technologies, Des Moines, IA

Student Liaisons

Vishnupriya Gourineni, Ph.D.

Research Associate
Food Science & Human Nutrition University of Florida – Gainesville, FL

Akshay Kumar Anugu

Graduate Assistant,
Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Honorary Advisory Board

Dr. Arti Bedi

Research & Development Manager
Land O'Lakes, St. Paul, MN

Dr. Kathiravan Krishnamurthy

Research Assistant Professor/Engineer
National Center for Food Safety and Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology, Summit-Argo, IL

Dr. Rakesh Singh

Professor and Department Head
Department of Food Science and Technology
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Dr. Ramakishan Rao

National Program Leader
USDA-CREES, Washington DC

Dr. Syed Rizvi

Professor
Department of Food Science,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY