The Minnesota Section leadership constitutes volunteers of the IFT Minnesota Section. If you have questions about the activities and programs of the IFT, please feel free to contact the President of the Section. You are welcome to volunteer for any elected or appointed positions by contacting the Section President for further information.
Section Officers
& Executive Committee
President
George Annor
University of Minnesota
President-Elect
Emily Grisbeck
General Mills Inc
Immediate Past President
Parameswaran Kumar Mallikarjunan
University of Minnesota
Treasurer
Beth Ann Nylander
Bellisio Foods, Inc.
Assistant Treasurer
Misen Luu
University of Minnesota
Secretary
Tess Tierney
Bellisio Foods, Inc.
Director at Large
Dana Dronen
General Mills Inc
Director at Large
Corinne Egan
General Mills Inc
Director at Large
Sharon Herzog
Grain Millers
Director at Large
Pranabendu Mitra
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Director at Large
Jiajia Rao
North Dakota State University
Director at Large
Joanie Zhang
Agropur Dairy Cooperative
Newsletter Editor
Misen Luu
University of Minnesota
Committee
Chairs
Bylaws
Gary Reineccius
University of Minnesota
Dairy Technology
Gerry Buescher
Agropur Dairy Cooperative
Education
Sonia Patel
Midwest Dairy Foods Research Center
Employment
Kevin McElroy
Aerotek Recruiting and Staffing
Finance
Kirsten Ruud
General Mills Inc
Finance Accountability
Dan Kennedy
Pure Circle
Golf Tournament
Rusty Nelson
Retired
Scholarship
Padmanaban Krishnan
South Dakota State University
Membership
Hasmukh Patel
Land O'Lakes
New Professionals
Lindsay Budin
Agropur Dairy Cooperative
Newsletter
Misen Luu
University of Minnesota
Nominations and Elections
Kumar Mallikarjunan
University of Minnesota
President’s Award
George Annor
University of Minnesota
Programming
Emily Grisbeck
General Mills Inc
Scholarship
Padmanaban Krishnan
South Dakota State University
Section Photographer
Jodi Nelson
University of Minnesota
Silent Auction
Lisa Povolny
DuPont
Social Media
Rathnakumar, Kaavya
South Dakota State University
Strategic Leadership Planning
Dan Kennedy
DuPont
Student Engagement
Yara Benavides Paz
University of Minnesota
Supplier’s Expo
Michael Getter
Aerotek Recruiting and Staffing
Committees
Click a committee below to view volunteer information and current chair(s) and members.
- Bylaws
- Dairy Technology
- Education
- Employment
- Finance
- Finance Accountability
- Golf Outing
- Leadership Team
- Macy Award
- Membership
- New Professionals
- Newsletter
- Nominations and Elections
- President's Award
- Programming
- Scholarship
- Silent Auction
- Social Media
- Strategic Leadership Planning
- Student Engagement
- Supplier's Expo