ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP
THE CIAA OFFICERS
LAURRA LYDEN MCGREGOR
President
KEVIN PEDERSEN
1st Vice President
JENNIFER DREZGA
2nd Vice President
JORDAN PHIEBIG
Treasurer
STEVE GELLERT
Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TERM EXPIRES 2027
TERM EXPIRES 2028
TERM EXPIRES 2029
| CARL ALLOCCA Empire Foods |
| JOHN DAMMACCO The Ambriola Company |
| ANN-MARI HÄMÄLÄINEN Valio USA Inc. |
| JAMES McVITTY Fonterra USA, Inc. |
| JERRY RICARDO Saputo Cheese USA, Inc.EMIL RUFOLO Atalanta Corporation |
| KATLIN SAUTER Arla FoodsPASCAL VAYDIE Lactalis Deli, Inc. |
| LAUREN WINGER Norseland, Inc. |
| KURT EPPRECHT Great Lakes Cheese |
| SEBASTIEN LADJ Mifroma USA |
| GREG RODRIGUEZ MCT Dairies, Inc. |
| SARA SCHNUPP World Import Distributors, Inc. |
| IAN SCHUMAN Schuman Cheese |
| JAMES BIRO Ornua North America TODD DRUHOT |
| SUMEET MATHUR Friesland Campina |
| PHIL MUSCO Musco Foods Corp |
| RYAN PIETZ Schreiber Foods |
| JIM ROBINSON Abbey Specialty Foods |
DIRECTORS AT LARGE
| PAUL BENSABAT | PHILIP MARFUGGI The Ambriola Company |
RALPH HOFFMAN Schuman Cheese |
| ANDREA BERTI Atalanta |
KEN MEYERS MCT Dairies, Inc. |
JACK SCHWARZ Arthur Schuman Inc. |
| DOMINIQUE DELUGEAU Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. |
KEN OLSSON A.V. Olsson Trading Co., Inc. |
THOMAS G. TOTO Amandex Corp |
| CHRISTOPHER FRANCO Consultant |
TOM PHIEBIG Galaxy Dairy Products, Inc. |
DAVID VOREMBERG |
| TOM GELLERT Atalanta Corporation |
DANIEL SCHNYDER Emmi Roth USA |
MARY ANNA AJEMIAN The Ambriola Co., Inc. |
| FERMO C. JAECKLE Intercibus, Inc. |
NEAL SCHUMAN Arthur Schuman Inc. |
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| DANIEL LYNCH DPL International |
CIAA STAFF
| ANNETTE SUMMERS Executive Director asummers@theciaa.org | SHEILA CROWLEY Manager of Special Events scrowley@theciaa.org | HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP Legal Counsel and Government Relations Team Kyle Gilster Robert Stang |
COMMITTEES OF THE ASSOCIATION
PAST CIAA PRESIDENTS
| Andrea Berti | 2024-26 |
| Ralph Hoffman | 2022-24 |
| Daniel Schnyder | 2020-22 |
| Philip Marfuggi | 2018-20 |
| Ken Olsson | 2016-18 |
| Dominique Delugeau | 2014-16 |
| Tom Gellert | 2012-14 |
| Ken Meyers | 2010-12 |
| Christopher Franco | 2008-10 |
| Dan Lynch | 2006-08 |
| Thomas G. Toto | 2004-06 |
| Jack Schwarz | 2002-04 |
| Paul Bensabat | 2000-02 |
| Thomas B. Phiebig | 1998-2000 |
| Ira Weissman | 1996-98 |
| David Voremberg | 1994-96 |
| Mel Persily | 1992-94 |
| Maryanna Ajemian | 1990-92 |
| Fermo C. Jaeckle | 1988-90 |
| Neal Schuman | 1986-88 |
| Raymond L. Stern | 1984-86 |
| Bernard A. Trugman | 1982-84 |
| Harold C. Steinke | 1980-82 |
| Henry Voremberg | 1978-80 |
| Ben Moskowitz | 1976-78 |
| Karl Jaeckle | 1974-75 |
| Irving J. Perlman | 1972-74 |
| Arthur Alper | 1970-72 |
| Paul Cannizzaro | 1968-70 |
| Edward Laraja | 1966-68 |
| Paul Angiolillo | 1964-66 |
| Jerome B. Schuman | 1962-64 |
| Warren Ajemian | 1960-62 |
| Arturo R. Antolini | 1959-60 |
| A. William Gerosa | 1956-59 |
| John Sipkin | 1954-56 |
| Otto Stern | 1953-54 |
| Anthony Morici | 1952-53 |
| Arthur Schuman | 1951-52 |
| Albert D. Van Tassel | 1950-51 |
| Robert Roethlisberger | 1949-50 |
| Sol Salinger | 1947-49 |
| Benjamin O. Villa | 1945-47 |
