The organizational meeting of the Minnesota Section of IFT was held on October 15, 1956, at the Hotel Normandy in Minneapolis. In March of 1957 the constitution and by-laws were adopted. The membership has since grown from the original 18 in 1956 to over 1,000 members, making it one of the largest Sections of the National IFT Organization.
| YEAR | PRESIDENT | AFFILIATION |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | George Youland | International Multifoods, Inc. |
| 1958 | Jolyon Stein | The Pillsbury Company |
| 1959 | Geral Vacha | Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture |
| 1960 | Howard Bauman | The Pillsbury Company |
| 1961 | Paul Ramstad | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1962 | Herbert Barnes | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1963 | Stanley Chong | Marvel Foods |
| 1964 | Ray Mykleby | Land O'Lakes, Inc. |
| 1965 | Ray Anderson | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1966 | John Jackson | Green Giant Company |
| 1967 | Morton Cole | Archer Daniels Midland |
| 1968 | Frances Cheng | Norvatis Nutrition (Nestle) |
| 1969 | Don Emery | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1970 | Morris Katz | The Pillsbury Company |
| 1971 | Frank Busta | University of Minnesota |
| 1972 | Walter Carlson | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1973 | Herbert Barnes | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1974 | Paul Addis | University of Minnesota |
| 1975 | George Decelles | International Multifoods, Inc. |
| 1976 | William Hobbs | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1977 | Eugene Sander | University of Minnesota |
| 1978 | John Hall | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1979 | Rusty Nelson | International Multifoods, Inc. |
| 1980 | Theodore Labuza | University of Minnesota |
| 1981 | Elwood Caldwell | University of Minnesota |
| 1982 | William Davidson | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1983 | Dale Anderson | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1984 | Barbara Dros | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1985 | Edmund Zottola | University of Minnesota |
| 1986 | Gint Behrens | University of Minnesota |
| 1987 | Mary Schmidl | Novartis Nutrition (Nestle) |
| 1988 | Lorraine Smith | University of Minnesota |
| 1989 | Kay Franzen | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1990 | Mary Wagner | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1991 | Glenn Corliss | General Mills, Inc. |
| 1992 | Gary Richter | Norvatis Nutrition (Nestle) |
| 1993 | Julie Jones | St. Catherine University |
| 1994 | Gary Geist | Land O'Lakes, Inc. |
| 1995 | John Ringstrom | Ibberson Engineering |
| 1996 | Polly Olson | Davisco Foods International |
| 1997 | Marcia Richter | The Pillsbury Company |
| 1998 | Amy Nelson | Davisco Foods |
| 1999 | Kris Nelson | Grain Millers, Inc |
| 2000 | Steve Ridley | University of Wisconsin-River Falls |
| 2001 | Jim Langler | Land O'Lakes, Inc. |
| 2002 | Shirley Gengler | General Mills, Inc. |
| 2003 | Carolyn Thomas | University of Minnesota |
| 2004 | Brenda Knapp-Polzin | General Mills, Inc. |
| 2005 | Lisa Pannell | General Mills, Inc. |
| 2006 | Lisa Povolny | General Mills, Inc. |
| 2007 | Steve Kaufman | G.C. Hahn USA |
| 2008 | Pamela Lawson | General Mills, Inc. |
| 2009 | Dan Kennedy | Solae, Inc. |
| 2010 | Tonya Shoenfuss | University of Minnesota |
| 2011 | Kimberly Mikalunas | Target, Inc. |
| 2012 | Naomi Sundalius | Bellisio Foods |
| 2013 | Cheri Jones | Kraft Foods |
| 2014 | Gary Reineccius | University of Minnesota |
| 2015 | Sharon Herzog | Grain Millers Inc. |
| 2016 | Mary Schmidl | University of Minnesota |
| 2017 | Beth Ann Nylander | Bellisio Foods, Inc. |
| 2018 | Rachel Prososki | Qualitech |
| 2019 | Kumar Mallikarjunan | University of Minnesota |
| 2020 | George Annor | University of Minnesota |
| 2021 | Emily Grisbeck | General Mills, Inc. |
| 2022 | Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan | South Dakota State University |
| 2023 | Hasmukh Patel | US Dairy and Foods Consulting LLC |