CSIFT Leadership Team

The Chicago Section Leadership team is comprised of volunteers from the Chicago area who serve as Officers and the Executive Committee as well as lead our many committees. Section Officers are elected annually by the membership in February-March and serve from September 1st of the current year through August 31st of the following year. The work of the Section is dependent upon our committees and each member’s contribution and participation on a committee contributes to the success of our Section. Join our Leadership Team


2024-2025 Section Officers

Karasu Consulting

IIT

Biomerieux

Cooper’s Hawk

Retired


2024-2025 Executive Committee Members

Rebel Success for Leaders

Flavorchem

Mars Wrigley

First Logistics Support

Henry Broch

Advanced Biotech

University of IL – U-C

Revela Foods

Glanbia

Kraft Heinz

University of IL

Compact Industries, Inc

BSI Group


Committee Chairs

Auditing
Debbie Schodrof
Crowe

Awards/Nominating
Mary Jo Maffei-panagos
Biomerieux

Employment/Career Center
Gary Wills
BSI Group

Events
Karthir Kirshnamurty
IIT

Finance
Tonny Thomas
NakiNoku Inc.

Host Section Activities
Linda Perucca
Perucca Advantage Consulting, LLC

Marketing
Tawanda Ngorima
Stone Wall Kitchen

Membership
Madelyn Bohne
Suter Company

New Connections
Gina Ketchmark – Vanee Foods
Kelli Barth – Flavorchem

Strategic Planning
James Nasella
Glanbia

Suppliers’ Expo
Sihui Ma
University of IL – U-C


Section Sponsors