Sponsored by:
- Nathan Bass, Vice President of Operations, Valley Queen Cheese
- Gale Beard, Director, Quality Assurance, Grande Cheese Company
- Melissa Bischoff, Director, Milk Procurement, Leprino Foods
- Corey Brower, Director – R&D, Saputo Dairy USA
- Brian Carden, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Crystal Creamery, Inc.
- Steven Christiansen, VP of HR and OD, Idaho Milk Products
- Rylen Dickey, Category Manager – Ingredients, Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc.
- Dakonya Freis, VP-Product Management & Marketing, Nelson-Jameson Inc.
- Jeff Galbraith, Director of Operations, Continental Dairy Facilities LLC
- Grant Gondell, Head of Global Commodities, United Dairymen of Arizona
- Erin Graf, Leader – Total Rewards & HR Operations, Darigold, Inc.
- Ben Hoperich, Dairy Category Manager, Abbott Labs
- Heather Krebsbach, Director – Operational Quality, Sargento Foods Inc.
- Ana Leach, Assistant General Counsel, Land O’Lakes, Inc.
- Edward Learoyd, Vice President, Safety, Food Safety, Quality, Regulatory, Great Lakes Cheese Company
- Jose Maldonado, R&D – Lead, Lala US Inc.
- Matthew Maxson, VP, Corporate Controller, California Dairies, Inc.
- Ryan Murphy, Director, National Sales & Operations, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
- Mark Petersen, Ingredients Sales Manager, Valley Milk LLC
- Chris Pritchard, Chief Financial Officer, DairyAmerica, Inc.
- Matthew Ryan, Director, Operations and Capital Management, Hershey Creamery Company
- Casey Sallander, CFO – Kemps LLC and Central, Dairy Farmers of America
- Sarah Schmidt, Vice President of Public Affairs, Associated Milk Producers Inc.
- Billie Shaffer, Vice President, Product Strategic Management, Glanbia Nutritionals
- Jason Smith, Director of Sales and Logistics, Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc.
- Sean Steichen, Director of Sales, Diversified Foods, Inc.
- Blake Tangen, Director of Supply Chain & Risk Management, First District Association
- Klazien Voogt, General Manager, Columbia River Technologies
- Jeff Wilkerson, Supply Chain Operations Leader, Kroger Co.
- Matt Zimbric, Senior Director of Cheese Technology, Foremost Farms USA