The program includes three days of sessions facilitated by Frank Yiannas, Vice President of Food Safety & Health, Walmart, USA and Adjunct Professor in the Online Master of Science in Food Safety Program at MSU.The program also includes guest lectures by William “Bill” Marler, Managing Partner, Marler Clark LLP PS, and The Robert Leader Endowed Lecture with Guest Lecturer Dr. Patricia Griffin, Chief of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch.

Frank Yiannas  Patricia Griffin, CDC  Bill Marler

The program will be conducted at the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development at Michigan State University. Evening activities include a welcome reception at the University Club of MSU on Tuesday, May 22; dinner and a tour of the internationally celebrated Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum on Wednesday, May 23 and a “tailgate” dinner at the Huntington Club at Spartan Stadium on Thursday, May 24.

Yiannas is the author of Food Safety Culture – Creating a Behavior-based Food Safety Management System and Food Safety = Behavior (30 Proven Techniques to Enhance Employee Compliance). He is also Vice–Chair of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and past President of the International Association for Food Protection.

NOTE: Cancellations are subject to a $100.00 administrative fee. No refunds will be granted after May 1, 2018. Send cancellation requests in writing to Esther Haviland at estherh@msu.edu.