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2014-2015 IFSA Board of Directors president – pam suder-smith Vice President of Sales, The Americas Pourshins Supplair / gategroup vice president – jane bernier-tran Managing Director, Food & Beverage Planning & Design, United Airlines treasurer – paul platamone Global Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Harvey Alpert & Company secretary – denise poole Chief Executive Officer, AMI Inflight chairperson – david loft Vice President, International Catering, dnata
directors CESAR FORNO Vice President, Sales & Service, LSG Sky Chefs
MARCEL LAGNAZ Senior Vice President, Operations, Gourmet Foods, Inc.
STEPHAN S. KINGSLEY Managing Director – Flight Service, Food & Beverage, American Airlines CHRIS KINSELLA Vice President Sales & Services, Gate Gourmet SONYA LACORE Sr. Director Customer Experience, Strategy and International Operations, Southwest Airlines
HIDEO MIYABE Managing Director, Customer Sales and Service, TFK Corporation DAN MORD GM, Menu & Svc Development, Delta Air Lines MARK O’ SULLIVAN President, Michael J. Devine & Associates
Congratulations to 2014 IFSA Foundation Recipients
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IFSA is pleased to announce that to date, the Foundation has awarded $400K of scholarships. Additionally, Harvey Alpert, HACO, was presented with the IFSA Foundation President’s Award in recognition for his unwavering and dedicated commitment to scholarship growth. Gourmet Foods
Emma Kautz Mekhrali Khurishanov
Harvey & Laura Alpert
Virgilio Jimenez Elizabeth Sivitos
John Louis Foundation
Grace Gimesky
Oakfield Farms Solutions
Kelly Bucher
WESSCO International
Breana Blackburn
AMI Group
Bianca Rodrigues
King Nut Companies
Mikayla Byfield
John & Ginnie Long
Mandi Roan
The Hoffman Group
Trevor Barton
Elite Airline Services
Andy Pacas
Flying Food Group
Grace Zhang
iFood
Garrett Kiefer
Ken Samara
Gabriella Imeri
IFSA Member Family Scholarship Award
Graham Gill
Airline Passenger Experience Association
Congratulations to 2014 Chef’s Competition Winner Chef Haiko-Michael Schafer, Executive Chef at Emirates Flight Catering, won the title of Best In-Flight Executive Chef at the 2014 IFSA Chef’s Competition on Sept. 16 at the APEX/IFSA EXPO in Anaheim, California. A huge thank you to our sponsors: MARFO, B4 Products, Clearwater Seafoods, Great Western Beef, Flying Food Group, Hacor Inc. Inflight Catering and Hawaiian Airlines.
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