Lisa Graybeal is a third-generation dairy farmer milking 820 cows on 1,400 acres in southern Lancaster County. Lisa grew up on her family’s dairy farm, Graywood Farms LLC, then attended Northeastern University in Boston, MA where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She worked as a newspaper reporter for publications in Massachusetts, Maryland and then at the Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Lisa returned to the farm in 2003 to assist in the family’s new building and expansion of the dairy. Fluent in Spanish, one of her main jobs was to hire and train employees as the labor pool changed to more immigrant Hispanic labor. She later became an owner of the farm and served as herd manager the last three years. Lisa’s responsibilities on the farm included staff management and oversight, calf and cow care, and equipment operation when needed. She was also in charge of weekly payroll and served as the backup financial manager.

Dr. Ott is Professor of Reproductive Biology and C. Lee Rumberger and Family Chair in Agricultural Sciences. Starting July 1st, Ott was appointed Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State.

Troy is Past President of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, past Board member for the American Society for Reproductive Immunology and was also founding Board member and first President of the Board of the Palouse Discovery Science Center. Dr. Ott received his B.S. from Penn State. He received a master's degree from Auburn University, and the doctoral degree from the University of Florida. Troy was a Research Scientist in the Center for Animal Biotechnology at Texas A&M University before joining the faculty at the University of Idaho, Department of Animal and Veterinary Science. Dr. Ott returned to Penn State in 2006 and helped form the Center for Reproductive Biology and Health in the Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences, where he later served as Associate Director and then interim Director. Dr. Ott’s research focuses on issues of animal food production, fertility regulation, immunology, and the physiology of early pregnancy. Dr. Ott is inventor or co-inventor on 7 awarded patents. He has published over 100 scientific papers and review articles, 10 book chapters and co-edited the book ‘Reproductive Genomics in Domestic Animals’. His research has been funded by the USDA, NIH, and industry.

Dr. Tim Jackson joined the FDA in 2022 as a Senior Science Advisor for Food Safety with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, joining in 2022. In this role, Dr. Jackson supports programs in outbreak investigations, root cause analysis, and prevention strategies.

Prior to joining FDA Dr. Jackson served as Vice President of Food Safety, Regulatory, and Social Compliance for Driscoll’s team in North America and South America. Driscoll’s is the global market leader in fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.

Tim supported food safety programs at Nestle for 23 years, including Director of Food Safety for Nestlé US and Nestlé Canada, Chief Industrial Microbiologist for Nestlé’s global operations, head of the Microbiology Laboratories at the Nestlé Quality Assurance Laboratory for the U.S. and Canada, Senior Scientist at Nestlé Research Center, and Research Scientist at Nestle’s Research and Development Center for chilled and frozen culinary products and beverages.

Dr. Jackson received his B.S. in Biology from Abilene Christian University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Food Microbiology from Texas A&M University. While at the university, he led its administered training program for the USDA-FSIS inspectors at the Agency’s newly established training center.

Dr. Jackson currently serves on the Executive Board of the International Association for Food Protection and serves on the Technical Committee of the Center for Produce Safety.

Miquela Hanselman joined NMPF in 2019 as its director of regulatory affairs, leading NMPF’s regulatory-focused efforts on nutrition and public health, including the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. She also oversees NMPF’s efforts for the National Conference of Interstate Milk Shipments, the multi-sector Tuberculosis Working Group and NMPF’s internship program. She is also the program lead for FARM Biosecurity, focused on protecting the health of dairy farmers’ herds and employees.

Hanselman received her Bachelor’s of Science in Animal Science and Master of Public Health with a concentration in food systems from Cornell University. Growing up on a dairy farm in upstate New York still operating today, she is thankful for the opportunities that being a part of the dairy industry has given her. She enjoys going home to help her brothers feed calves, milk cows and to spend time with her dog, Poppy.

Dr. Ernest Hovingh is the director of the Animal Diagnostic Lab at Penn State. He completed his DVM, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, in 1990PhD., In 1995, he completed his residency in the area of Dairy Ambulatory Medicine, at Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island. Finally, he also holds a PhD, in Epidemiology, from Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island as well.

Ernest’s areas of expertise include Biosecurity and Infectious Disease Management, Bovine Hoof Health, Mastitis, Milk Quality & Milking Equipment, Johne's Disease and On-farm Food Safety.

Travis is the co-manager of the Penn State Dairy Barns.

Cindy is a life-long dairy promoter with more than 38 years of service to farmer-funded dairy checkoff promotion programs. Cindy helps lead a strategy to build sales and trust for dairy and directs industry communications, crisis readiness and environmental programs on behalf of dairy farmers.

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Phillip M. Harchack has been with PDA since 2015 and serves as the Food Safety Program Specialist. He is also the Laboratory Evaluation Officer, SSO and assists with Field staff Equipment and Support. He holds a Bacehlor’s of Science in Biology from Saint Francis University and a Master’s of Science in Biology from Shippensburg University.

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Karie Williams is a Milk Program Specialist for the PA Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Sciences. Her current functions include overseeing regulatory enforcement for all dairy production throughout the state, staff education, and public outreach opportunities. She is the lead State Rating Officer and Sampling Surveillance Officer for plants and farms under PDA’s Grade “A” program. Karie is the state delegate for NCIMS and NADRO, attends the DPC and 3A conferences, and sits on the AMDERC review committee. She has been with PDA for 10 years, spending the last 5 years in the specialist position; she was a territorial milk and food inspector for 5 years before that. She received her master’s degree in public health from The Ohio State University. During the MPH program, Karie completed an internship with the Ohio Department of Agriculture where she was initially exposed to the food regulatory world. She also has a bachelor’s in biology and an associate’s in veterinary technology. Some of her spare time is spent working as a state-certified veterinary technician in a small animal internal medicine specialty and emergency hospital. Her free time is spent traveling, cuddling with her cats, and being the quirky, fun aunt for her nieces.

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