Steve has over 36 years’ experience in the seafood industry in regulatory, quality assurance, and operations positions. He has been the Director of the Division of Seafood Safety since March 2020. Before that he was the Chief of the Seafood Processing and Technology Policy Branch in the Division of Seafood Safety at the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition since 2015. He has worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seafood Inspection Program where he held several positions from Field Inspector to Deputy Chief of the Northeast Inspection Branch. Steve has also spent many years working for several international seafood manufacturing companies. He has held senior level management positions in quality assurance, manufacturing, procurement, and warehouse management/logistics.
