Speakers
Meet our lineup of Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America 2022 Speakers! Take a look at our conference program to see what these top thought leaders will be presenting.
Chuck Anderson
Vice President - Certified Quality Foods
Marika Azoff
Corporate Engagement Seafood Specialist - Good Food Institute
Charlie Baggs
President and Executive Chef - Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations
Nicole Baker Loke
Owner - Net Your Problem LLC
Joel Baziuk
Associate Director - Global Ghost Gear Initiative c/o Ocean Conservancy
Danielle Blacklock
Director, Office of Aquaculture - NOAA Fisheries
Leann Bosarge
New Business Development - Bosarge Boats Inc.
Mark Bowen
Regulatory Program Manager - National Fisheries Institute / Better Seafood Board
Greg Brown
GDST Executive Director - Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability
Tony Byers, PhD
Former Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion, Starbucks
Hugo Byrnes
VP Product Integrity - Ahold Delhaize
Joe Cardenas
CEO - Aquaco
Richard Castle
Director of Seafood - Giant Eagle
Jason Cervone
Sourcing Director - Global Seafood and Pork - McDonald's Corporation
Chris Chase
Editor - SeafoodSource.com
Janet Coit
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries - NOAA Fisheries
Alexa Cole
Director - NOAA Fisheries, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce
John Connelly
President - National Fisheries Institute
Kathleen Cook
Principal Product Innovation Executive, Supply Chain Sustainability - IBM
Lou Cooperhouse
President & CEO - BlueNalu
Linda Cornish
President - Seafood Nutrition Partnership
Christina DeWitt
Professor - Oregon State University, Seafood Research and Education Center
Mark DiDomenico
Director, Customer Success - Datassential
Bill DiMento
Corporate Vice President of Sustainability & Government Affairs - High Liner Foods
Eric Ditsch
Category Manager - AmazonFresh
Paul Doremus
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations - NOAA Fisheries
Jason Driskill
Vice President u2013 Seafood - H-E-B
Lilani Dunn
Marketing Director - Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association
Steve Engdahl
Director - Dealboard
Denise Englade
Seafood Director - Rouses Markets
Benjamin England
CEO & Founder - FDAImports.com, LLC / Benjamin L. England & Associates, LLC
Martin Exel
Managing Director - SeaBOS
Erika Feller
Americas Regional Director - Marine Stewardship Council
Maria Fernandez Vilches
Process Manager - Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP)
Garrett Fine
Sales Manager - Laitram Machinery
Ken Forziati
Harpak-ULMA
Grantly Galland
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Sam Galletti
President / COO - Southwind Foods / Great American Seafood Import Co
Dave Garforth
Program Director - The Responsible Plastic Management Program
Kyle Graser
SEAFOOD BUYER - Euro USA
Megan Greene
Global Economist, Financial Times Columnist & Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Sam Grimley
Executive Director - Sea Pact
Mark Hager
CEO - New England Marine Monitoring
Greg Hammann
Director Sustainability - Marine Instruments
Wakao Hanaoka
CEO - Seafood Legacy
Peter Handy
President & CEO - Bristol Seafood
RJ Harvey
Culinary Strategist - Changing Tastes
Erik Heim
CEO - Nordic Aquafarms Inc.
Andy Hickman
Head of SEA Alliance - Seafood Ethics Action (SEA) Alliance
Luke Holden
Founder & Chief Executive Officer - Luke's Lobster
Brandii Holmdahl
VP of Strategic Development, Head of FSQA - Bornstein Seafood
Sarah Hussey
Fisheries Manager - Sea Farms Ltd
Anton Immink
CEO - ThinkAqua
Rob Johnson
Founder/President - Blue Bridge Consulting
Maddie Kearns
Special Projects Manager - SeafoodSource.com
Kevin Kennedy
Kevin Kennedy, JBT Avure Technologies
Ignacio Kleiman
Managing Partner - Antarctica Advisors
Alf-Gøran Knutsen
CEO - Kvarøy Arctic, Kvarøy Fiskeoppdrett, Arctic Seafarm
Kelly Kryc
Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Suma Kulkarni
Partner - ACON Investments
Christine LaMontagne
Associate Director - GlobeScan
James Lapeyre
General Manager - Laitram Machinery
Joseph Lasprogata
Vice President/New Product Development - Samuels and Son Seafood Co., Inc.
Donna Lazetta
CEO and Founder - Manna Fish Farms
Dean Leaman
BDM INTERNATIONAL IMPORT/EXPORT - CERTIFIED GROUP
Jim Leape
Co-Director - Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions
Yuri Lee
Acting Chief, Operations - Department of Homeland Security- U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Trade, Forced Labor Division
Thomas Leissl
CEO / COO - BLU ARCTIC
Annika Mackensen
Sustainable Fisheries Advisor - Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Ohad Maiman
Founder & CEO - The Kingfish Company
Steve Markenson
Director, Research & Insights - FMI - Food Industry Association
Peter Marshall
Director / Founder - Responsible Plastic Management Program
Dave Martin
Program Director - Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
Jeffrey Martinez-Malo
Director of Marketing - Supreme Crab and Seafood, Inc
Angel Matamoro
Chief SCR Officer - Nueva Pescanova
Raiana McKinney
Senior Associate, International Fisheries - The Pew Charitable Trusts
Michael McNicholas
Managing Director/CEO - Culinary Collaborations LLC
Nick Mendoza
Founder & CEO - Neptune Snacks
Jim Motos
Senior Vice President of the Consumer Brands Division - Rich Products Corporation
Elana Natker
President - Sage Leaf Communications, LLC
Kate Naughten
Director, Office of Communications - NOAA Fisheries
Shawn Oliver
Seafood Category Manager - Giant Eagle
Tom Pickerell
Executive Director - Global Tuna Alliance
Guy Pizzuti
Business Development Director - Seafood - Publix Super Markets Inc.
Karen Quaas
Marketing and Sales Process Manager - Laitram Machinery
Peter Quinter
Chair, U.S. Customs and International Trade Law Group - GrayRobinson, P.A.
Michael Richard
Senior Vice President - Wells Fargo Bank
Jessica Rifkin
Senior Attorney / Customs, Trade, and Litigation Team Lead - Benjamin L. England & Associates, LLC
Joe Rosenberg
Chief Operating Officer - CenSea, Inc.
Meghan Russell
Vice President of US Sales and Marketing - Niceland Seafood
Casey Rutherford
Director of Retail and Foodservice - Patagonia SeaFarms Inc.
Ame Sagiv
Director, Forced Labor & Human Trafficking - humanity united
Adriana Sanchez
Responsible Seafood Strategy Director - Iberostar Hotels & Resorts
David Schorr
Senior Manager - WWF / GDST
Dr. Vinicio Serment-Moreno
Hiperbaric
Robert Snyder
Culture and Sustainability Officer - Acme Smoked Fish
Jaimy Sorrell
National Category Manager - Seafood - Performance Foodservice
Braddock Spear
Global Policy Director - Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
Rick Spinrad
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator - NOAA
Richard Stavis
Founder - Stavis Consulting, LLC
Rick Stein
VP of Fresh Foods - FMI - Food Industry Association
Jill Swasey
Head of Monitoring & Evaluation - Aquaculture Stewardship Council
Eric Enno Tamm
CEO / Co-Founder - ThisFish Inc.
Josephine Theal
Director, Category Management - Food - Delaware North
Matt Tinning
Director, Sustainability and Public Affairs - At-sea Processors Association
Roy van Daatselaar
Global Lead Improver Program - Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)
John Virdin
Director, Ocean Policy Program - Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
Phil Walsh
Vice President of Retail Sales - Legit Fish
Briana Warner
CEO - Atlantic Sea Farms
Penelope Wasserman
Managing Consultant - Changing Tastes
Arlin Wasserman
Managing Director - Changing Tastes
Judith Webster
Chief, Strategic Enforcement Branch - U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Lisa Weddig
Vice President, Regulatory and Technical Affairs - National Fisheries Institute
Cliff White
Executive Editor - SeafoodSource.com
Herman Wisse
Executive Director - Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI)
Karin Witton
Global Sustainability Director - Tosca
Sylvia Wulf
President and CEO - AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.
Sally Yozell
Senior Fellow and Director of the Environmental Security Program - The Stimson Center
Yonathan Zohar
Professor and Chair - Department of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland
Anne Zollner
Chief, Office of Trade and Labor Affairs, Bureau of International Labor Affairs - U.S. Department of Labor