2026 BIFSCo Executive Committee

Phil Bronstein

Chair 

OSI

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Production

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Ryan Algino

Harvest/Fab

JBS

Kari Houchens

Harvest/Fab

AB Packers

Amber Larson  

Harvest/Fab

American Foods Group, LLC

Brooke Davis

PROCESSING/DISTRIBUTORS

Lopez Foods

Ben Miles

Processing/Distributors

Birchwood Foods

Karleigh Bacon

Retail/Foodservice

McDonald’s

Matt Husman

Allied

Vincit Group

Emilio Esteban

Allied

Merieux

Jessie Vipham

Academia

Kansas State University

Mandy Carr

Administrator

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association


BIFSCo Chair History



2025

Pat Mies, Tyson

2024

Angie Siemens, Cargill

2023

Ashley Lembke, American Foods Group, LLC

2022

Brenden McCullough, National Beef

2021 

Barb Masters, Tyson Foods, Inc.

2020

Catie Beauchamp, ButcherBox

2019

Sharon Beals, CTI Foods

2018

Sherri Jenkins, JBS USA

2017

Brian Covington, Keystone Foods

2016

Chad Martin, Tyson Foods


2015

Angie Siemens, Cargill