2010 Networking Event, Awards, and Board Members

Attendees enjoy the bus ride to the Sun Valley Nordic Center for the Networking Event.

Sandy lines up her shot for Virtual Golf.

Andy stretches before hitting the ball.

Veldon shows off his golf swing.

Jolene must have a really good hand!

Craig and Jack place their bets.

Todd wins the hand!

The teams decide who will participate in the Snowshoe Relay portion of the networking event.

The teams gather to put on the snow shoes.

Snowshoeing isn’t as easy as it looks- especially in the slush!

Marianne cheers Nathan on as he passes in the Snowshoe Relay.

Chuck and Brian are close!

The onlookers keep a close eye on their team members.

Front Row: Veldon Hix (Historian), Matt Hobson (Membership Chair), Nathan Bronson (Chair Elect), and Jay Astle (Treasurer). Back Row: Nancy Smith (Suppliers Night Coordinator), Kathy McBride (Member-At-Large), Cheryl Lodge (Past Chair), Josie Landon (Chair), Jolene Cram (Secretary), Shawn Harrison (Secretary Elect).

2010 Awards:

• Distinguished Member: Jack Beidleman (Idahoan)
• Distinguished Service: Jay Astle (Univar)
• Distinguished Supplier: Univar, USA
• Past Chair: Cheryl Lodge (Simplot)
• Distinguished Support: Heinz North America

2010 Board Members:

• Chair: Josie Landon (Heinz)
• Past Chair: Cheryl Lodge (Simplot)
• Chair Elect: Nathan Bronson (PPI)
• Secretary: Jolene Cram (Simplot)
• Secretary Elect: Shawn Harrison (Kraft)
• Treasurer: Jay Astle (Univar)
• Member-At-Large: Kathy McBride (Basic American Foods)
• Membership Chair: Matt Hobson (Heinz)
• Suppliers Night Coordinator: Nancy Smith (Univar)
• Historian: Veldon Hix (Miles Willard Technologies)

2011 Awards Banquet

Bob and Josie pose with the students from the U of I / WSU School of Food Science.

Todd shows off his Networking Event Medal to his wife, Kelly.

Matt dishes up at the Banquet.

Shawn and Tor catch up during the Banquet.

Diners can choose from Prime Rib Beef or Pork.

The bluegrass band, Dewey Pickette and Howe entertain the diners at the Banquet.

Geri and Jim enjoy the music.

Networking at the Banquet.

A view of the banquet tables.

Ready to mingle!

Nathan Bronson presents the 2011 Distinguished Supplier Award to Kathryn Svendsgaard with Kraft Food Ingredients.

Nathan presents the 2011 Distinguished Member Award to Andy Pollard (Univar).

Nathan presents Josie with the 2011 Past Chair Award.

Front Row: Nathan Bronson (Chair), Randy Friedley (Historian), Matt Hobson (Membership Chair), Jay Astle (Treasurer), Brian Huber (Secretary Elect). Back Row: Nancy Smith (Suppliers Night Coordinator), Kathy McBride (Member-At-Large), Josie Landon (Past Chair), Jolene Cram (Chair Elect), Shawn Harrison (Secretary).

2011 Awards

• Distinguished Member: Andy Pollard (Univar)
• Distinguished Service: Matt Hobson (Heinz)
• Distinguished Supplier: Kraft Food Ingredients
• Past Chair: Josie Landon
• Distinguished Support: JR Simplot

2011 Board Members

• Chair: Nathan Bronson (PPI)
• Past Chair: Josie Landon (Heinz)
• Chair Elect: Jolene Cram (Simplot)
• Secretary: Shawn Harrison (Kraft Food Ingredients)
• Secretary Elect: Brian Huber (Heinz)
• Treasurer: Jay Astle (Univar)
• Member-At-Large: Kathy McBride (Basic American Foods)
• Membership Chair: Matt Hobson (Heinz)
• Suppliers Night Coordinator: Nancy Smith (Univar)
• Historian: Randy Friedley (Univar)

2011 Networking Event

Attendees like Kyle think of a strategy while waiting to play virtual golf.

Nathan gives it a swing!

Watching the virtual golf is almost as fun as taking a swing.

Shawn discusses strategy with her team.

Texas Hold ‘Em Hands

Jay smiles and takes a break after winning a hand of poker.

Texas Hold ‘Em in action! Check out those poker faces.

Brian walks through the Texas Hold ‘Em event.

Nancy has some mad poker skills.

Brian and Jay decide its ready to take this party outside.

Perfect day for snowshoeing!

Welcome to the Snowshoe Relay at the Sun Valley Nordic and Snowshoe Center!

There they go! The teams begin the Snowshoe Relay.

Joe, blinded by his handkerchief, makes a run for the finish line!

Jay cheers his team on.

Nathan shows his team how it’s done.

Ark is in the lead!

The team meets for a High Five!

Ivana, the Nordic Center Coordinator, breaks out the bean bags.

The first team to make it through the relay and throw a bag through the bean bag toss board wins!

The Crowd watches from above, cheering their team on.

2011 Thursday Speakers and Sessions

Caroline and Kimberly welcome attendees at the registration desk.

Matt gives an update on Membership during the Intermountain IFT Business Meeting.

Jay presents the Intermountain IFT Financials during the business meeting.

Nathan addresses the attendees at the business meeting.

Betsy discusses legislation and menu labeling.

Allen discusses upcoming changes from the FDA.

Dr. Smith tells the attendees what’s new with the U of I / WSU Food Science Program.

Food safety and the politics of perception were discussed by Mark.

Steve Gray, JR Simplot

2011 Wine and Microbrew Reception

Intermountain IFT would like to thank the sponsors of the 2011 Wine and Microbrew event! All American Seasonings Inc., Basic American Foods, Bell Flavors and Fragrances, Caravan Ingredients, Ecolab, Haehl Sales Inc., Heinz, Innova, Ottens Flavors, Pacific Coast Chemicals Co., Simplot, and TIC Gums.

Jay, Kathy and Pete

Betsy meets up with Jolene and Cheryl.

Josie and Jay love being on the Board for Intermountain IFT!

Nathan and Nancy enjoy a bit of networking during the Wine and Microbrew Event.

The Wine and Microbrew Reception wouldn’t be complete without the beautiful food display!

Kimberly, Mark, Nyssa, and Jenny, University of Idaho/ Washington State University students, volunteered to help during the symposium. We really appreciate our student helpers!!

Dr. Smith and one of her students

Keith Griswold from Vivion, Inc.

David enjoys a Carona during the Wine and Microbrew reception.

2011 Workshops

Pamela Marcus, FONA Market & Consumer Insight Lead

Jolene Cram introduces Pamela Marcus to the workshop attendees.

CM Barnes from Gold Coast Ingredients discusses the first workshop with Alan Gilmore from Simplot.

Kathy McBride and Sandy Clark from Basic American Foods are ready for the workshop to begin.

Tyler Greeson, Beau Guthrie and Ark Anantachote from HB Specialty Foods are ready to brainstorm!

Jolene introduces Janet Carver, President of RCA.

Janet and her assistant, Agnes, get cooking for the Culinology Workshop.

Janet discusses recent innovations in foods.

Culinology workshops are great for sampling!

Jay enjoys the workshop.

Attendees are ready to taste some of the samples Janet and Agnes prepared for the Culinology workshop.

Shawn takes a break outside while the workshops are underway.

Dee, Chuck and Tyler try the culinology samples.

Workshop 1: Generating New Ideas- Tips and Techniques by Pamela Marcus, FONA Market and consumer Insight Lead

• This session helped introduce some basic techniques and tools, such as Edward de Bono’s Lateral Thinking™, which helps individuals, teams, and companies solve tough problems and create new products, processes, and services.  This ideation presentation prepared attendees to brainstorm with their team to generate new ideas.

Workshop 2: Moving from Trends to Development to Market by Janet Carver, RCA (Research Chefs Association) President

• Janet has been in the Consumer Solutions & Product Innovations division of National Starch Food Innovation for 20 years.  She graduated from Peter Krump’s NY Cooking School and has been active with the RCA for 11 years.  She also consults with many of the world’s finest chefs on the usage of NFSI Starches.