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 Thinking Globally - Working Locally: A Conference on Food Safety Education.

Speaker Biographies

David B. Schmidt

Senior vice President, Food Safety
International Food Information council (IFIC)
Washington, DC

In December 1998, David Schmidt was named senior vice president of the International Food Information Council (IFIC) in Washington, DC, where he is responsible for IFIC's food safety programs. Previously, he held the positions of vice president and director of food safety and technology communications and has been a frequent speaker on food biotechnology, food irradiation, functional foods and other food policy issues.

In 1998, Schmidt was named as an adjunct fellow with the Georgetown Center for Food and Nutrition Policy in Washington, DC. David also served on the steering committee on Reinventing Agricultural Education for the Year 2020. In his spare time, he is a member of Rotary International and also serves the Town of Leesburg, Virginia where he was elected in 2000 to a four-year term on the Leesburg Town Council.

Prior to joining IFIC in 1993, Schmidt served as the first Bush Administration's director of external affairs for the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. There he addressed a number of controversial food safety and nutrition issues, and managed the inspection agency's media, legislative and consumer education programs. Schmidt also gained a thorough understanding of the food industry in previous sales positions with leading food and beverage firms, Oscar Mayer Foods, Pepsi-Cola USA and Canada Dry Corporation.

Schmidt holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee and has completed graduate business studies at the University of New Orleans.

IFIC is a nonprofit organization that communicates sound science-based information on food safety and nutrition topics to health professionals, journalists, government officials and consumers. IFIC’s programs are supported by the broad-based food, beverage and agriculture industries.

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