The Dairy Practices Council Board of Directors

DPC Officers

  • Michael Schutz Ph.D., DPC President
    Indiana Dairy Extension Specialist
    Purdue University
    West Lafayette, IN
    Tel. 765-494-9478
  • Rebecca Piston, DPC Vice President
    HP Hood LLC
    Monroe, ME
    Tel. 207-712-0312
  • M Jeffrey Bloom, DPC Executive Vice President
    Dairy Practices Council
    Richboro, PA
    Tel. 215.355.5133

Members Representing Regulatory

  • Steve DiVincenzo
    Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Food, Drug, & Dairies
    Springfield, IL
    Tel. 217-785-2439
  • Glenn Goldschmidt, Wisconsin Department of Ag, Trade, & Consumer Protection. Madison,WI
    Tel. 608-224-4730
  • Lloyd Kinzel, FDA Mid Altantic Region
    Warrington, PA
    Tel. 215-717-3729
  • Patrick Healy, USDA Milk Market Administrator, FMMA
    Lenexa, KS
    Tel. 913-495-9315

Members Representing Industry

  • J Greg Leach, Losurdo Foods
    Heuvelton, NY
    Tel, 315-344-2444
  • Neil Bendixen, Dairy Marketing Services LLC
    Syracuse, NY
    Tel. 888-589-6455
  • Meikel Brewster, Charm Sciences, Inc.
    Lawrence, MA
    Tel: 978-687-9200

Members Representing Education

  • Joseph Zulovich Ph.D, University of Missouri
    Columbia, MO
    Tel: 573-882-2731
  • Chuck Boeneke Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Dairy Science
    Louisiana State University
    Baton Rouge, LA
    Tel. 225- 578-4383
  • Robert R. Peters, Ph.D, Professor of Animal Sciences
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD
    Tel. 301-405-1401

Task Force Directors

Task Force Directors also serve as members of the Executive Board.

Task Force I Farm Buildings & Equipment

John T. Tyson, Agricultural Engineer
Penn State University
Mifflin County Cooperative Extension
Lewistown, PA 17044
Tel: 717-248-9618

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Task Force II Plant Equipment & Procedures

John Partridge 

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MIT
Tel. 517-355-8460

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Task Force III Laboratory & Quality Control Procedures

Nancy Carey
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Tel: 607-254-7079

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Task Force IV Regulatory Issues & HACCP

Philip Wolff, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
Manassas, VA
Tel: 202-720-9386

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Task Force V Milking Systems & Procedures

Charles Miller, Dairymaster USA, Inc.
Hamilton, OH
Tel. 513-942-0868

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Task Force VI Small Ruminants

Dan Scruton, Vermont Agency of Agriculture
Food & Markets
Montpelier, VT
Tel 802-828-3836

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