NCC announces members of 2025 Broiler Welfare, Communications, Technical and Regulatory Committees

On January 24, 2025, in NCC News, by Phouth Gonzalez

Bill Griffith, National Chicken Council Chairman of the Board, has announced the names of those industry representatives who will serve on NCC’s 2025 Broiler Welfare, Communications, and Technical & Regulatory Committees.  Rita Harkless, Director of FSQA Program Compliance – Technical Services, Perdue Foods, will serve a second term as chairman of the Broiler Welfare Committee. Andrea Staub, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Perdue Foods, will again head up the Communications Committee. Kevin Atkins, Vice President of Food Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Perdue Foods, will lead the Technical & Regulatory Committee.

Broiler Welfare Committee:  Rita Harkless (Chairman), Perdue Foods

Luke Baldwin, Lincoln Premium Poultry
Heiden Bliss, Merck Animal Health
Terry Bruce, Tip Top Poultry
Karen Christensen, Tyson Foods
John Comino, Southern Hens
Randi Cran, Wayne-Sanderson Farms
Nash Davis, AssuredPartners
Eric Greene, Claxton Poultry
Whitny Haley, Simmons Foods
Eric Heskett, Case Farms
Christian Jordan, Jamesway
Brent Kirkland, Best Dressed Chicken
Jonathan Martin, Elanco Animal Health
Suzanne McComb, Pilgrim’s
Grace Mountainspring, Foster Farms
Jon Newman, Mar-Jac Poultry
Bill Ricken, Amick Farms
Cameron Sanders, Peco Foods
Casey Scroggs, Fieldale Farms
Keith Staggs, United Animal Health
Robert Watson, Allen Harim Foods
Communications Committee:  Andrea Staub (Chairman), Perdue Foods

Thomas Ausborn, BMO
Todd Beckwith, Metlife Investment Management-Food & Agribusiness
Dean Bradley, Chick-fil-A
Laura Burns, Tyson Foods
John Comino, Southern Hens
Leah Dorman, Phibro Animal Health
Brian Earnest, CoBank
Rachel Ferrer, Foster Farms
Mark Forbes, J.P. Morgan
Rob Gunther, FROST
Jan Henriksen, Aviagen
Allison Hession, Selko USA
Sydney Hickman, Peco Foods
Andrea Johnson, Evonik Active Oxygens
Jeremy Kilburn, Wayne-Sanderson Farms
Jessica Kolterman, Lincoln Premium Poultry
Terri Limbach, Fieldale Farms
Mike Little, Allen Harim Foods
Robert Moody, Cargill
Hunter Odom, Rabobank
Keith Poss, Mar-Jac Poultry
Nikki Richardson, Pilgrim’s
Jay Russell, Marel
Brian Tucker, Tip Top Poultry
Kim Vangeersdaelen, Case Foods
Alex Williams, Amick Farms
Guillermo Zavala Vargas, Eastman
Technical and Regulatory Committee:  Kevin Atkins (Chairman), Perdue Foods

Adriene Abbott, Mountaire Farms
Jeremy Adler, Ecolab
Craig Bacon, Simmons Foods
Kelly Baker, Maple Leaf Farms
Luke Baldwin, Lincoln Premium Poultry
Brent Bankosky, Clean Chemistry
Miguel Barrios, Jefo Nutrition
James Barton, Ancera
Allen Boudet, Claxton Poultry
Tiago Brilhante, Restaurant Brands International
Terry Bruce, Tip Top Poultry
Julio Camargo, Premio Foods
Sarah Campbell, Lincoln Premium Poultry
Alex Cardoso, Allen Harim Foods
John Comino, Southern Hens
Peggy Cook, Neogen
Brian Covington, Lopez Dorada Foods
Morris Darnell, Mar-Jac Poultry
Juan De Leon, Bachoco OK Foods
Juan DeVillena, Wayne-Sanderson Farms
Tabetha Duncan, Food Safety Net Services
Larry Epling, Case Foods
Daniel Etzler, Cargill Meat Solutions
Pettit Ewing, Koch Foods of MS
Suzanne Finstad, Tyson Foods
Jonathan Green, Mar-Jac Poultry
Scott Gustin, Elanco Animal Health
Ashley Hallowell, Phibro Animal Health
Mark Hankins, Phageguard / Micreos Food Safety
Justine Hanson, Foster Farms
Nathan Harrison, Phoenix Innovations
Billy Hughes, Hydrite Chemical Co.
Vanessa Iseri, Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health
Jonathan James, Wayne-Sanderson Farms
Andrea Johnson, Evonik Active Oxygens
Don Jones, Tip Top Poultry
Corbett Kloster, Fieldale Farms
Heath LaFevers, bioMerieux
Ted Lankford, Morris & Associates
Richard Lonneman, Alliant Insurance Services
Brandon Marshall, Zoetis
Callie McQuain, EW Nutrition
Tabatha Milligan, Peco Foods
Chase Moran, JBT
Robert O’Connor, Foster Farms
Christian Ouzts, Best Dressed Chicken
Madeline Peters, Best Dressed Chicken
Rick Phillips, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health
Tina Rendon, Pilgrim’s
Charles Rigdon, Case Farms
Kelly Scott Unger, Bachoco OK Foods
Jeff Shaw, Perdue Foods
Don Smiley, Messer
Steve Snyder, Claxton Poultry
Rafael Souza, AJC International
Scott Stehlik, Merck Animal Health
Scott Stillwell, Stillwell Consultative Service
Juan Suarez, Jones-Hamilton Co.
Meredith Sutzko, Romer Labs
Alana Thurmond, Amick Farms
Kendra Waldbusser, Pilgrim’s
Diamond Watson, Harrison Poultry
R. Woytasczyk, Brakebush Brothers
 



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