IFEC Elects Officers

HYDE PARK, NYMary Humann, principal, The Humann Factor, LLC, Loveland, CO, is the 2007 president of the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC). Allison Perlik, senior editor, Restaurants & Institutions was elected vice president. Patricia Johnson, director of business development, Clear Springs Foods, Inc., is the new secretary, and Mary Petersen, president and editor, The Gold Medal Classroom/CAFÉ was re-elected treasurer.

The following were elected to the IFEC board of directors: Kathy Hayden, managing editor, Flavor & The Menu, Falmouth, ME; Patricia Johnson, director of business development, Clear Springs Foods, Inc., Buhl, ID; Karen Weisberg, senior editor, FoodService Director, New York; and Tia Woodward, account supervisor, Ketchum Public Relations, San Francisco.

They join board members Sherri Daye Scott, QSR Magazine, Atlanta; Marilyn Dompé, Dompé & Associates, Modesto, CA; Joan Holleran, Stagnitos New Products, Deerfield, IL; Beth Shepard, Beth Shepard Communications, LLC, Gill, MA; and Immediate Past President Alexei Rudolf, Edelman, San Francisco.

Elections were held during IFECs annual conference and 50th anniversary celebration in Chicago, November 14 to 17, 2006. The group also announced plans to hold its next annual conference in Austin, TX, at the Omni Hotel. The dates are Oct. 29th through Nov. 1, 2007. Cooking demonstrations by Austin chefs, tours of foodservice facilities, speakers on current issues in communications and foodservice, as well as showcases of new food and beverage products will be featured. The meeting is open to IFEC members and their guests.

About IFEC
Founded in 1956, IFEC is a 275-member association of foodservice communications professionals, including editors of foodservice industry publications and public relations and marketing executives representing suppliers, operators and other organizations active in foodservice. IFECs mission is to advance the industry through improved business-to-business communications, and, through educational activities and a scholarship program, to raise communications standards and attract well-qualified individuals to its field.