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
Kasiviswanathan (Muthu) Muthukumarappan
South Dakota State University
President-Elect
Hasmukh Patel
Whitehall Specialties, Inc.
Immediate Past President
Emily Grisbeck
General Mills, Inc.
Treasurer
Misen Luu
University of Minnesota
Assistant Treasurer
Daniel Estrada
General Mills, Inc.
Secretary
Tess Tierney
Bellisio Foods, Inc.
Director at Large
George Annor
University of Minnesota
Director at Large
Dana Dronen
General Mills, Inc.
Director at Large
Ariana Frangos
InnovoPro
Director at Large
Sharon Herzog
Grain Millers
Director at Large
Dr. Anup Johnny
University of Minnesota
Director at Large
Mary Schmidl
University of Minnesota
U of M Food Science Club IFT Chair
Janice Cheng
University of Minnesota
Newsletter Editor
Misen Luu
University of Minnesota
Newsletter Editor
Lindsay Budin
Agropur Dairy Cooperative
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
Macy Award
Dr. Hasmukh Patel
Whitehall Specialties, Inc.
New Professionals
Freddy Hester
General Mills
Newsletter
Misen Luu
University of Minnesota
Nominations and Elections
Emily Grisbeck
General Mills, Inc.
President’s Award
Kasiviswanathan (Muthu) Muthukumarappan
South Dakota State University
Programming
Dr. Hasmukh Patel
Whitehall Specialties, Inc.
Scholarship
Anuradha Vegi
North Dakota State University
Section Photographer
Jodi Nelson
University of Minnesota
Silent Auction
Lisa Povolny
DuPont
Social Media
Kaavya Rathnakumar
South Dakota State University
Strategic Leadership Planning
Dan Kennedy
DuPont
Student Engagement
Janice Cheng
University of Minnesota
Supplier’s Expo
Michael Getter
Actalent Services
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