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Leaders in Food Safety

Active Food Safety consists of an experienced team of food safety professionals who are thought-leaders in the food industry, and have each led enterprise level food safety management programs in several of the most well-known and respected brands in the food industry.

We continuously help our clients ensure food safety based on proven business best practices designed specifically to the brand — to maximize risk reduction to prevent foodborne disease illnesses and outbreaks, to meet all government regulatory requirements, and to improve sales and brand reputation.

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Our Team

Who We Are

A team of food safety professionals, thought leaders, and system designers who specialize in modern and effective food safety solutions.

Hal King, Ph.D.
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Hal King, Ph.D.

Managing Partner

Active Food Safety

Dr. Hal King is a public health scientist and food safety management expert whose career has been dedicated to preventin...

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Daryl Kellenberger, MS
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Daryl Kellenberger, MS

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

Daryl is an expert on restaurant food safety. While working for McDonald’s Corporation for almost 35 years in both globa...

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James Marsden, Ph.D.
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James Marsden, Ph.D.

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

Dr. James Marsden has over fifty years’ experience in the food industry with a strong background in working with governm...

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Steve Lutes, MBA
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Steve Lutes, MBA

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

Steve Lutes joined ReposiTrak, a technology company with solutions for supply chain, food safety, quality assurance and ...

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John Zimmermann, CP-FS
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John Zimmermann, CP-FS

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

John Zimmermann has over 40 years of experience in the quality assurance and food safety field within the food processin...

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Jon Woody, CAPT, USPHS (Ret.)
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Jon Woody, CAPT, USPHS (Ret.)

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

Captain Jon Woody, USPHS (Ret.) is the President and Founder of Woody Food Strategies, LLC. With over 27 years of expert...

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Michelle Wollenzien
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Michelle Wollenzien

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

Michelle Wollenzien is a food safety and quality leader with over 25 years of experience advancing food protection, prod...

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Jeremy Okwuosa
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Jeremy Okwuosa

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

Jeremy Okwuosa is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Public Food Safety Solutions, LLC, and a senior FSQA implement...

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Mary Wagner, Ph.D.
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Mary Wagner, Ph.D.

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

Mary K. Wagner is a recognized executive leader and board director with a reputation for creating innovative products, m...

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Paul Hineman
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Paul Hineman

Advisory Partner

Active Food Safety

Paul Hineman serves as an Advisory Partner at Active Food Safety. He has extensive experience in food safety leadership ...

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Tonya Gray, MPA
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Tonya Gray, MPA

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

Tonya has been working in Food Safety for almost 40 years. Her career began in regulatory with Agriculture and Public He...

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Arthur P. Liang, MD, MPH
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Arthur P. Liang, MD, MPH

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

Arthur P. Liang MD MPH is a Public Health physician and epidemiologist with over 40 years’ experience, including outbrea...

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Becky Elias, MBA
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Becky Elias, MBA

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

Becky is an executive leader in government and industry who is deeply passionate about the intersection of food, health ...

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Jonathan Fischer
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Jonathan Fischer

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

Jonathan Fischer has over 42 years of food industry experience specializing in global food safety, quality and regulator...

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Joan Rosen, MS
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Joan Rosen, MS

Expert Advisor

Active Food Safety

Joan Rosen is the founder of JC Rosen Resources, a consulting firm that provides services globally with expertise in foo...

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Josh King

Josh King

Advisory Partner

Active Food Safety

Josh King is a seasoned Senior Product Manager with over a decade of experience in the tech industry, specializing in th...

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