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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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.
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
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.
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
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
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.)
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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