Team Directory

Program Team

Heidi Chen

Heidi Chen, MA

Academic Technology Coordinator

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Esther Haviland, MA

Communications & Marketing Manager

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Emily Langhart, MSW

Admissions Counselor

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Dewey Longuski, MS

Academic Specialist – Teaching

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Bonnye Mason-Williams, MS

Academic Specialist – Teaching

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Heather Ricks, MS

Assistant Director & Academic Advisor

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John Tilden, DVM, MPH

Government Liaison & Instructor

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Patty Weber, PhD

Director

Lead Instructors

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Steve Bursian, PhD

Professor

MSU Animal Science Department

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Neal Fortin, JD

Director and Professor

MSU Institute for Food Laws & Regulations

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Elizabeth Hamilton, PhD, MPH

Veterinary Hospital Epidemiologist & Assistant Professor

MSU College of Veterinary Medicine

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Phil Schertzing, PhD

Outreach Specialist

MSU School of Criminal Justice

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Meagan Shedd, PhD

Assistant Professor

MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Center for Regional Food Systems

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Brit Weber, MS

Consultant

BR Weber & Associates

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Frank Yiannas, MPH

Food Safety Expert and Adjunct Faculty

MSU Online Master of Science in Food Safety Program

Contributing Instructors

Joanne Allen, PhD

Food Safety Expert/Consultant

J I Allen & Associates

Jason Bashura, MPH, RS

Senior Manager

Global Food Defense, PepsiCo

Mitzi Baum, MS

Michigan State University Adjunct Faculty

Chief Executive Officer, Stop Foodborne Illness

Susie Bautista, MS

Certified Food Scientist & Flavor Chemist

IFT & SFC

Michelle Bogda, MS

Regional Food Safety & Quality Manager

Panera Bread

Steve Bolin, DVM, MS, PHD

Professor

MSU Diagnostic Center for Population & Animal Health

James Bradford, DVM, MS

Adjunct Faculty

College of Veterinary Medicine

Crissida Brown, MS

Product Quality Manager

H-E-B Grocery

Peter Carrington, PhD

Curator

MSU W. J. Beal Botanical Garden

Karen Chou, MS, PhD

Associate Professor

MSU Animal Science Department

Marianne Courey, MS

Food Safety Investigator

Michigan Department of Agriculture

Brian Hughes

Toxicology Manager Air Quality Division, Toxics Unit

Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy

Andrea Kepsel, MLIS, AHIP

Health Sciences Librarian

MSU Libraries

Kristin Kerstens, MS

Toxicology Manager

Water Quality Association

Adam London, MA, PhD

Health Officer

Kent County Health Department

Ryk Lues, PhD

Professor

Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa

Paul Makoski, MPA

Environmental Health Director

Health Dept. Calhoun County

Scott Mulrooney, PhD

Associate Professor

MSU Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Keith Bezant Niblett, BA, CAMMd, DMS, Dip Inst M, MBIM, LRAM

Assistant Director

MSU International and Custom Programs, Eli Broad College of Business

Megan Patrick, MA

Academic Specialist – Curriculum

Eric Pessel

Director

Environmental Health Division, Kent County Health Department

Terry Philibeck

Deputy Director Food & Dairy Division (Retired)

Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development

Melody Raasch, DVM, MS

Product Performance Evaluation Scientist, Locum Veterinarian

Royal Canin

Leslie Smith

Consultant

LT Smith Consulting

Phillip Tocco

Extension Educator

MSU Extension Agriculture & Agribusiness

Ewen Todd, PhD

Adjunct Professor

MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Vincent B. Young, MD,PhD

Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology

University of Michigan