CHAIR

Dr. Mindy Brashears
Deputy Under Secretary
Office of Food Safety

VICE-CHAIR

Susan T. Mayne, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration
5100 Paint Branch Parkway, MD  20740
Room 4B-064, HFS-1
College Park, MD  20740
Phone: 240-402-1600
Fax: 301-436-2668
Email:  Susan.mayne@fda.hhs.gov

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION LIAISON

Arthur P. Liang, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Advisor for Food Safety
CDC/ DFWED Mailstop A-38
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA  30333
Phone:404 639-2237
Fax: 404 639-3359
Email: aliang@cdc.gov

FDA LIAISON

Vincent Bunning 
Director
FDA/CFSAN/Office of Regulatory
Science (HFS-700)
5100 Campus Drive
College Park, MD 20740
Phone: 240 402-2404
Email: Vincent.Bunning @fda.hhs.gov

COMMERCE DEPARTMENT LIAISON

Jon W. Bell, Ph.D. 
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
National Marine Fisheries Service
3209 Frederic Street
Pascagoula, MS  39567
Phone: 228-549-1708
Fax: 228-762-7144
Email: jon.bell@noaa.gov

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT LIASON

Margery Hanfelt, DVM, MS, MSS, DACVPM
Colonel, US Army
Deputy Corps Chief, Veterinary Corps
HQDA Office of the Surgeon General
Falls Church, VA 22042
Phone: 703-681-3057
​Email: margery.m.hanfelt.mil@mail.mil

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Mark Carter, PhD
Designated Federal Officer 
Office of Public Health Science, FSIS
Patriots Plaza 3
9th Floor 9-225A
1400 Independence Ave SW
Washington D.C. 20250
Phone: 202 690-6042
Email: mark.carter@fsis.usda.gov

Karen Thomas
Advisory Committee Specialist
USDA, FSIS, OPHS
Stop 3777, PP3, 9-210B
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC  20250-3700
Phone: 202 690-6620
Fax: 202 690-6364
Email: karen.thomas-sharp@fsis.usda.gov