The Culinary Insider - June 16, 2009 (Vol. VII, Issue 13)

ACF Board of Directors Election Results

Mark Kent, chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee, is pleased to announce the results of the ACF national Board of Directors elections. According to the results tallied by Survey & Ballot Systems, Eden Prairie, Minn., the following candidates secured the majority vote and will be installed during the President’s Grand Ball at the ACF National Convention, Orlando, Fla., July 14, 2009. John Kinsella, CMC, CCE, WGMC, AAC, current president, will serve as immediate past president.

President: Michael Ty, CEC, AAC


Treasurer: James Taylor, CEC, AAC, MBA


Secretary: David Ivey-Soto, CEC, CCA, MBA


Vice President Central Region: David Russell, CEC, AAC


Vice President Northeast Region: William Tillinghast, CEC, AAC, MBA


Vice President Southeast Region: Jeff Bacon, CEC, CCA, AAC


Vice President Western Region: William Franklin, CMC, AAC


Chair, American Academy of Chefs: Thomas Macrina, CEC, CCA, AAC


Immediate Past President: John Kinsella, CMC, CCE, WGMC, AAC


Also elected to serve as vice chair, American Academy of Chefs, is Stafford DeCambra, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC.