- Demonstrating that a culture of Food Safety within our companies drives business performance
- Understanding the elements necessary to build and maintain a true Food Safety Culture into your company’s DNA
- Discussing the role of the leader in supporting proactive and preventative thinking throughout our organizations
- Once Food Safety is everyone’s business, what comes next? What can Food Safety-centric operations do better than anyone else?
- Offering ideas and suggestions to help other Food Safety professionals on their own journeys to develop Food Safety cultures
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Lone Jespersen
Principal and Founder
Cultivate Food Safety
Lone Jespersen is principal and founder of Cultivate SA, an organization dedicated to helping global food businesses make safe, great-tasting food through cultural effectiveness. She has significant experience with manufacturing, having previously spent 11 years with Maple Leaf Foods leading the execution of the company’s food safety strategy and operations learning strategy and prior to that engineering and operations roles in the global automobile industry. Lone holds a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Syd Dansk University, Denmark, a Master of Science in food science from the University of Guelph, Canada and a Ph.D. in culture enabled food safety with Dr. Mansel Griffiths at the University of Guelph, Canada. She led the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) technical working group “A Culture of Food Safety”, currently the chair of the International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) professional development group “Food Safety Culture”, and the technical author on the BSI PAS320 “Practical Guide to Food Safety Culture.”
Marie Tanner
Former SVP, Quality
Dairy Farmers of America
Lone Jespersen is principal and founder of Cultivate SA, an organization dedicated to helping global food businesses make safe, great-tasting food through cultural effectiveness. She has significant experience with manufacturing, having previously spent 11 years with Maple Leaf Foods leading the execution of the company’s food safety strategy and operations learning strategy and prior to that engineering and operations roles in the global automobile industry. Lone holds a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Syd Dansk University, Denmark, a Master of Science in food science from the University of Guelph, Canada and a Ph.D. in culture enabled food safety with Dr. Mansel Griffiths at the University of Guelph, Canada. She led the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) technical working group “A Culture of Food Safety”, currently the chair of the International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) professional development group “Food Safety Culture”, and the technical author on the BSI PAS320 “Practical Guide to Food Safety Culture.”
Laura Dunn Nelson
VP Food Safety and Global Alliances
Intertek Alchemy
Bringing to her role of Vice President of Food Safety and Global Alliances for Intertek Alchemy, Laura Dunn Nelson has 30 years of experience implementing food safety and quality control programs, advancing food safety cultures for processing, packaging, foodservice and retail operations.
Laura is a graduate of University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. Laura has worked with global retailers and manufacturers in the implementation of their GFSI certification programs. Prior to joining Alchemy, Laura managed Sillliker’s South Region food testing laboratories, implemented ISO certifications and trained new food safety auditors.
Ms. Nelson has years of “hands-on” experience in testing food products for the presence of pathogens, toxins, and spoilage organisms and has assisted food companies in the successful implementation of good manufacturing practices (GMP), quality assurance, and HACCP programs.
In her current position, Laura is the strategic food industry liaison working with customers, regulators and associations to anticipate new regulations and industry trends and assist in the development of new solutions to help Alchemy’s global customers achieve operational success. Leveraging her deep understanding of the critical role of both frontline employees and supervisors in advancing a plants’ food safety culture, Laura integrates Alchemy’s adult learning expertise, innovative technology capabilities and emerging industry needs to help create solutions that drive operational excellence. Laura is an active member of numerous industry organizations including the Chair of IAFP Food Safety Culture PDG and a member of the BSI PAS 320 Food Safety Culture Steering Group. She also serves as Board Member of IFPTI.
