IFPA marches on at its annual Washington Conference
The International Fresh Produce Association’s Washington Conference took place June, 10-12, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC, a departure from its traditional September meeting date. Prior to the important business that took place, attendees gathered and socialized for cocktail hour on Monday, June 10.
Elizabeth Boylan of FMC Corp. and Max Teplitski of the International Fresh Produce Association.
Brock Densel of the Almond Board of California and Robert Verloop of California Walnut Commission.
Shelley Gentle of Anovys, Auna Lundberg of Stemilt Growers and Miriam Wolk of the International Fresh Produce Association.
Steve Roosdahl of The Oppenheimer Group and Bryce McAteer of International Farming.
Mike Meinhardt and Jackie Hawkins of Provision Analytics with Baha Sadduk of Markon Cooperative.
Stephanie Johnson of National Grocers Association, Kelly Horton of the Food Research & Action Center and Colin Schwartz of the American Heart Association.
Ray Wowryk of Nature Fresh Farms and Kevin Steiner of Sage Fruit Co.
Joe Watson of the International Fresh Produce Association and Charles Wingard of WP Rawl & Sons.
Julyessa Struckmeyer from California State University-Fresno, Hannah Yoon from University of Illinios, Urbana-Champaign and Thania Arias from California State University-Northridge.
Siobhan May and Doug Bohr of the International Fresh Produce Association.
Greg Palmer of Loblaw, Liam Slavin of Bard Valley Medjool Date Growers, Matt Klare of The Horton Fruit Co. and Eric Frasse of I Love Produce.
Stefanie Katzman, Robert Katzman, Brittany Pearson and Andrew Roy of S. Katzman Produce.
Tim Bland of American Packaging Corp. and Michael Mallon of Supply One.
Michael Grinstead of Fresh Edge, Sybil Faulconbridge of Tanimura & Antle, Andy Kimbrel of Crunch Pak, Olivia Storvik of Pro-Health, Rochelle Bohm of CMI Orchards and Bill Loupee of Ben B Schwartz & Sons.
Jessica Medrano and Franciso Medrano of Medrano Produce.
Amelia Dineen of Texas Watermelon Association, Karli Abbott of Mar-Del Watermelon Association, Julianna Singley, National Watermelon Queen, and Tori Hobbs of Gulf Coast Watermelon Association.
Mary Heslep, her son, Wesley, and Leah Halverson of Ten Acre Marketing.
Craig Levitt
About Craig Levitt | 
When his dreams of becoming a professional hockey player came crashing down due to lack of talent, Craig Levitt turned to journalism. He graduated from Hofstra University in 1992 and has covered various areas of the retail food trade since 1996. Craig joined The Produce News in 2017 and is now managing editor. In his spare time, Craig still plays men’s league hockey (poorly) and enjoys walking the aisles of his favorite supermarket with his wife and two daughters.
