ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP
THE CIAA OFFICERS
RALPH HOFFMAN
President
ANDREA BERTI
1st Vice President
LAURRA
LYDEN MCGREGOR
2nd Vice President
GERT JAN
POORT
Treasurer
KEVIN PEDERSEN
Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TERM EXPIRES 2023
TERM EXPIRES 2024
TERM EXPIRES 2025
| CARL ALLOCCA Colonna Brothers, Inc. |
| JOHN DAMMACCO The Ambriola Company |
| ANN-MARI HÄMÄLÄINEN Valio USA Inc. |
| LINDA KARAFFA Norseland Inc. |
| DANIELLE KUGLER Arla Foods |
| JAMES McVITTY Fonterra USA, Inc. |
| JORDAN PHIEBIG Galaxy Dairy Products, Inc. |
| EDOUARD PIERAERTS Mifroma USA |
| JERRY RICARDO Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. |
| PHILIPPE SURGET Lactalis Deli, Inc. |
| KURT EPPRECHT Great Lakes Cheese |
| DAVID RAFF MCT Dairies, Inc. |
| SARA SCHNUPP World Import Distributors, Inc. |
| BILL STEPHENSON DPI Specialty Foods, Inc. |
| JENNIFER DREZGA Epicure Foods |
| TODD DRUHOT Gourmet Foods International |
| PHIL MUSCO Musco Foods Corp |
| RYAN PIETZ Schreiber Foods |
| JIM ROBINSON Abbey Specialty Foods |
| KEVIN WILLIAMS Ornua North America |
DIRECTORS AT LARGE
| PAUL BENSABAT | DANIEL LYNCH DPL International |
NEAL SCHUMAN Arthur Schuman Inc. |
| DOMINIQUE DELUGEAU Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. |
PHILIP MARFUGGI The Ambriola Company |
JACK SCHWARZ Arthur Schuman Inc |
| CHRISTOPHER FRANCO Consultant |
KEN MEYERS MCT Dairies, Inc. |
THOMAS G. TOTO Amandex Corp |
| TOM GELLERT Atalanta Corporation |
KEN OLSSON A.V. Olsson Trading Co., Inc. |
DAVID VOREMBERG |
| FERMO C. JAECKLE Intercibus, Inc. |
DANIEL SCHNYDER Emmi Roth USA |
MARY ANNA AJEMIAN The Ambriola Co., Inc. |
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 Seth Mailot Robert Stang Emily Lyons Kyle Gilster |
COMMITTEES OF THE ASSOCIATION
PAST CIAA PRESIDENTS
| 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 |
