Matthew Latimer
Matthew Latimer is a seasoned business executive and corporate attorney with over 25 years of experience advising companies on complex corporate transactions. During his career, he has closed mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, recapitalizations, debt and equity financings, and strategic alliances representing, in the aggregate, more than $2.0 billion in transaction value. Prior to joining ACT, […]
Jayson Berryhill
Jayson Berryhill is a co-founder of Wholechain, a blockchain-based traceability solution that enables trust, coordination, and transparency in fragmented supply chains. Originally developed for food and agriculture supply chains, Wholechain now works across commodities and industries with customers including Estée Lauder, McCormick, Chicken of the Sea, Topco Associates, Wegmans Food Markets, and more. Wholechain is […]
Danielle Blacklock
Danielle oversees the aquaculture component of NOAA’s sustainable seafood portfolio. She is responsible for providing the strategic vision for developing a strong marine aquaculture industry in the United States. Specifically, she leads the office’s work on several distinct priority areas including regulation and policy, science, outreach, and international activities in support of U.S. aquaculture. Ms. […]
Jeffery Seiler
Jeffery Seiler is the CEO and President of Advanced Fresh Concepts Corp. (AFC) and will soon celebrate his 20th anniversary with the company. Recruited by Ryuji Ishii—the pioneer of grab-and-go sushi in U.S. supermarkets—Jeffery has steered AFC’s expansion to nearly 5,000 locations across North America while overseeing its growth into Australia. Following the company’s acquisition […]
Silwanus Tangkotta
Emily Menashes
Emily Menashes is the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations for NOAA Fisheries. As DAA for Operations she provides oversight of the agency’s budget and facilities operations nationally. She also oversees the headquarters offices of Human Capital Management; International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce; Law Enforcement; Aquaculture; Policy; Communications; EEO; and the implementation of the NOAA Fisheries […]
David Navarro
Chief Financial Officer for Patagonia Seafarms. While managing FP&A, Finance Reporting, Taxes among other finance tasks for two companies in the US, one of his main focus is to partner with the commercial and manufacturing team to bring to the market value added solutions which are sustainable with increased shelf life and cost effective for […]
Chris Pratt
Chris Pratt Acting Division Chief, Seafood Inspection Program Chris Pratt currently serves as the Acting Division Chief for the Seafood Inspection Program within the Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce at NOAA. He joined the organization in 2007 as a Consumer Safety Officer, bringing valuable experience from the private sector, where he worked as […]
Guy Pizzuti
Born and raised in Follansbee, W.Va. Birthplace of former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz. At the age of 7, after watching one too many Jacque Cousteau episodes, Guy made his career decision, Marine Biology. Following high school, Guy graduated from UNC-Wilmington with a degree in Marine Biology. Following college, Guy worked as a fisheries […]
Lisa Weddig
Lisa Weddig serves as the primary liaison for regulatory issues, food safety and labeling developments and seafood fraud concerns for the association members. Lisa’s mission is to ensure that NFI members have the information necessary to understand and implement regulatory requirements to avoid compliance issues down the road. Prior to joining NFI in 2007, Lisa spent […]