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National Committees
ACF and ACFEF Committees
ACF Bylaws Committee [
email
]
Kirk S. Kief, CEC, CCA, CPC
Committee Chair
Scott D. Turley, CEC, AAC
Central Region Committee Member
Walter K. Frazier
Northeast Region Committee Member
Roger W. Newell, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC
Southeast Region Committee Member
Fionna R. Espana, CWPC
Western Region Committee Member
Barry R. Young, CEC, CCE, AAC
Board Liaison
Heidi Cramb
Staff Liaison
ACF Culinary Competition Committee [
email
]
Randy J. Torres, CEC, AAC
Committee Chair
Darrin L. Aoyama, CEPC, AAC
Pastry Competition Chair
Frank C. Costantino, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC
Student Competition Chair
Ryan C. Schroeder, CEC, AAC
Central Region Committee Member
Michael J. Stamets, CEC
Northeast Region Committee Member
Reimund D. Pitz, CEC, CCE, AAC, HOF
Southeast Region Committee Member
Robert J. Mancuso, CMC
Western Region Committee Member
Timothy Bucci, CMC, CCE
Advisor
Sarah M. Deckert, CEC
Advisor
Bryan D. Frick, CEC, AAC
Board Liaison
ACF Ethics Committee [
email
]
Frank Leake, CCC, CCE, AAC
Committee Chair
Leslie L. Bartosh, CEC, AAC
Central Committee Member
Thomas P. Hunt, CEC, AAC
Northeast Committee Member
Michael J. Rigberg, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC
Southeast Committee Member
John Casto, III, CEC
Western Committee Member
Jeff Bacon, CEC, CCA, AAC
Board Liaison
Heidi Cramb
Staff Liaison
Committee Documents
ACF Code of Professional Ethics
Ethics Committee Complaints Procedures
ACF Ethics - Resource Flowchart for Complainant/Respondent
ACF Internal Audit Committee [
email
]
Kathleen Vossenberg, CEC, CCE
Committee Chair
Robert L. Waskoviak, CEC
Central Committee Member
Paul G. Suplee, CEC
Northeast Committee Member
Michael D. Rosen, CEC, AAC
Southeast Committee Member
John P. Thomas, CEC, CCE
Western Committee Member
Kent L. Andersen, CEC, CCA, AAC
Board Liaison
Everett Parker
Staff Liaison
ACF Nominations & Elections Committee [
email
]
Christopher F. Donato, CEC, AAC
Committee Chair
Joseph P. St. Paul, CEC
Central Committee Member
Robert Walljasper, CEC, CCE, AAC
Northeast Committee Member
Lisa M. Ramsey, CEC, CEPC, AAC
Southeast Committee Member
Carlton W. Brooks, CEPC, CCE, AAC
Western Committee Member
Heidi Cramb
Staff Liaison
Young Chefs Club [
email
]
Isaiah Jerome Gerrard
Committee Chair
Ryan M. Manning, CC
Advisor
Jacqui Pressinger
Staff Liaison
ACFEF Secondary Accreditation Committee [
email
]
John Woods, CEC, CWPC
Secondary Committee Chair
Victoria Hooker, CEC, CCE
Central Educator
Dr. Anthony Marsella
Northeast Educator
Keio Carter Gayden
Southeast Educator
Edward Shortsleeve, CEC
Western Educator
Thomas Macrina, CEC, CCA, AAC, HOF, HBOT
Chair, ACF Education Foundation
Dana Baldwin
Staff Liaison
ACFEF Apprenticeship Committee [
email
]
Doug Maneely, CEC, CCA, AAC
Committee Chair
Robert Patton, CEC, CCA
Committee Past Chair
Christopher Dickens, CEC, CCE, CCA
Committee Member
Joshua Hedrick
Committee Member
Donald Schmitter, CCE, CEC
Committee Member
Chrystal Tatum, CEC
Committee Member
Thomas Macrina, CEC, CCA, AAC, HOF, HBOT
Chair, ACF Education Foundation
Michelle Whitfield, CFC
Staff Liaison
ACFEF/AAC Scholarship Committee [
email
]
Richard M. Hoffman, CEC, CCA, AAC
Chair, Northeast Committee Member
Mark Webster, CEC, CCE, AAC
Central Committee Member
Peter F. Vossenberg, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC
Southeast Committee Member
Eloise Fernandez, CEC, CCE, AAC
Western Committee Member
ACF and ACFEF Commissions
ACF Certification Commission [
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John C. Schopp, CEC, CEPC, CCE, CCA, AAC
Commission Chair
Ted Polfelt, CEC, CCA, CEPC, AAC
Chair Elect
Ramona Elmer
Public Member
Eva Barrios, CEC
Commission Member
David S. Bearl, CCC, CCE, AAC
Commission Member
Steve DeShazo, CEC
Commission Member
Barry Greenberg, CEC
Commission Member
David Megenis, CMC, AAC
Commission Member
L. Fernando Mojica, CEC
Commission Member
Marci Oliver, CEPC, CCE
Commission Member
Jeff Bacon, CEC, CCA, AAC
Board Liaison
Michelle Whitfield, CFC
Staff Liaison
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ACFEF Accrediting Commission [
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]
Alexander Bladowski, CEC, CCE
Chair
Rob Hudson, CEC, CCE, AAC
Past Chair
Les Eckert, CEPC, CCE, AAC, MBA
Chair Elect
Jeffrey Coker, CCC, CCE
Educator
Thomas Recinella, CEC, AAC
Educator
Samantha Slechta, CEC
Educator
Bob Witte, CEC, CCA, AAC
Educator
Patti Curfman, CEC, CEPC, AAC
Industry Representative
Richard Brumm, CEC, CCA, AAC
Culinary Industry
Cher Harris
Baking & Pastry Industry
Ken Celmer
Food & Beverage Industry
Michael Harants, CEC, CCE, AAC
Public Member
Eleanor R. Abel Glover Gladney, Ph.D.
Public Member
Thomas Macrina, CEC, CCA, AAC, HOF, HBOT
Chair, ACF Education Foundation
Michelle Whitfield
National Office Liaison
Dana Nagy-Baldwin
Administrative Staff Liaison
ACF and ACFEF Task Forces
ACF Diversity and Inclusion Task Force [
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]
Susanne R. Ebacher-Grier
Task Force Chair
Kim C. Chapman
Task Force Member
Ashten M. Garrett
Task Force Member
Jamie LeRoux (Sowa)
Task Force Member
Samuel T. Spencer
Task Force Member
Rajeev V. Patgaonkar, CEC, AAC
Board Liaison
Alan Sterling
Staff Liaison
ACF Finance and Investment Task Force [
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Open
Task Force Chair
Nicholas A. Barrington, CEC
Task Force Member
Todd R. Gold, CEC, CCA, AAC
Task Force Member
James F. Kokenyesdi, CEC, CCA, AAC
Task Force Member
Linda S. Musch, CCE, AAC
Task Force Member
Kent L. Andersen, CEC, CCA, AAC
Board Liaison
Everett Parker
Staff Liaison
ACFEF Knowledge Bowl Task Force [
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Rocco Paradiso
Task Force Chair
Dean Luttrell, CEC
Central Region
Richard Kugelmann, CEC, CCA, AAC
Southeast Region
Jacqueline Hamilton, CEC, AAC
Western Region
Michelle Whitfield, CFC
Staff Liaison
ACFEF Chef & Child Initiative [
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]
Kenneth Trout, CEC, CCA, AAC
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