Board of Directors

Our Board Members

President

Colleen Smith, MS Administrator
Food Protection Section
Bureau of Public Health Protection
New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services Department of Health and Human Services
29 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301-6504
Phone: 603-271-4589
colleen.smith@dhhs.nh.gov

Past President

Frank Greene, RS, MPH,
Director – Food and Standards Division
Connecticut Dept. of Consumer Protection
450 Columbus Blvd., 10th floor
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
860-713-6168
frank.greene@ct.gov

President-Elect & Website coordinator

Gwen Williams, MPH
Public Health Inspection Manager
108 Cherry St
Burlington, VT 05401
802-363-2984
gwen.williams@vermont.gov

Vice President

Michael Moore
Director – Food Protection Program
Massachusetts Dept of Public Health
305 South Street
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130 617-983-6754
michael.moore@state.ma.us

Secretary

Elisabeth Wirsing, MPH
Sr. Environmental Health Program Manager
Vermont Department of Health Division of Environmental Health
108 Cherry Street, P.O. Box 70
Burlington, Vermont 05402 802-951-0109
elisabeth.wirsing@vermont.gov

Executive Director

Patricia Kaczynski
50 Two Mile Road
Farmington, Connecticut 06032
860-677-0628
kaczynski@copper.net

Representative At Large (1)

Lydia Brown
Environmental Health Specialist
Rhode Island Department of Health
lydia.brown@health.ri.gov

representative at large (2)

Priscilla Neves (FDA)
Consumer Safety Officer
Food and Drug Association
Stoneham, MA
781-587-7424
priscilla.neves@fda.hhs.gov

Associate Member Representatives

Wayne Mello, Food Safety/QA Specialist II
Retail Business Services, an Ahold Delhaize Company 145 Pleasant Hill Road
Scarborough, Maine 04074
207-632-9017
mailto:wayne.mello@retailbusinessservices.com 

Ed Jackowitz
CEO
American Distilling
info@americandistilling.com

New Hampshire

Kristin Shaw, MS, REHS
Deputy Health Officer
City of Portsmouth
1 Junkins Ave
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 603-610-7238
kmshaw@cityofportsmouth.com

Connecticut

Cynthia Costa
Connecticut Department of Health
Phone: 860-509-7297
cynthia.costa@ct.gov

Virginia Veneziano
Food Supervisor
CT Department of Consumer Protection
Food and Standards Division
450 Columbus Blvd.
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Phone: 860-713-6183
Virginia.veneziano@ct.gov

Massachusetts

Mark Carleo, REHS
Senior Food Safety Trainer
Massachusetts Department of Health
mark.l.carleo@mass.gov

Diane Bernazzani
Food Safety Specialist
Massachusetts Department of Health

Vermont

Elisabeth Wirsing
Senior Environmental Health Program Manager
Vermont Department of Health
Phone: 802-951-0109
elisabeth.wirsing@vermont.gov

Rhode Island

Catherine Feeney
Director
Division of Environmental Health
Rhode Island Dept. of Health
3 Capitol Hill
Providence, Rhode Island 02908
Phone: 401-222-7717
catherine.feeney@health.ri.gov 

BrendaLee Viveiros
Principal Public Health Promotion Specialist
Rhode Island Dept. of Health
brendalee.viveiros@health.ri.gov

Maine

Lisa Silva
Program Manager, Health Inspection Program
Dept of Health and Human Services
11 State House Station
286 Water Street 3rd Floor Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Phone: 207-287-5691
lisa.silva@maine.gov

Celeste J. Poulin, MPA
Director, Division of Quality Assurance and Regulation Maine Department of Agriculture , Conservation, and Forestry State House Station #28
Augusta, Maine 04333-0028
Phone: 207- 287-4456
Celeste.poulin@maine.gov

New York

Jessica Egan, MPH
Research Scientist Chief, Food Protection Section
New York State Department of Health
Bureau of Community Environmental Health and Food Protection
Empire State Plaza, Corning Tower, Room 1395
Albany, New York 12237
Jessica.Egan@health.ny.gov
518-402-7600

Dan McCarthy
Director
State of New York Department of Agriculture and Markets
Division of Food Safety and Inspection
10B Airline Drive
Albany, New York 12235
Dan.McCarthy@agriculture.ny.gov
518-474-2452

Regional Affiliate Director

Frank Greene, RS, MPH,
Director – Food and Standards Division
Connecticut Dept. of Consumer Protection
450 Columbus Blvd., 10th floor
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Phone: 860-713-6168
frank.greene@ct.gov

U.S. FDA OHAFO East Division 1

Ronald Pace
District Director- New York District
Program Division Director
Office of Human and Animal Food Operations East Division 1
Office of Regulatory Affairs
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Phone: 718-662-5447
Ronald.Pace@fda.hhs.gov

Joseph Matrisciano Jr.
District Director – New England District
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
One Montvale Avenue, 4th floor Stoneham, Massachusetts 02180
Phone: 781-587-7490
Joseph.matrisciano@fda.hhs.gov

USDA Philadelphia District

Thomas Collaro
Supervisory Investigator
Office of Investigation, Enforcement, and Audit
Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
465 Waverley Oaks Rd., Suite 409
Waltham, MA 02452
Desk: (781) 398-2290 Ext. 243
Mobile: (267) 294-4444
thomas.collaro@usda.gov

Health Canada

Darren Leyte, Food Policy Liaison Officer Health Canada, 1505 Barrington Street Halifax, NS B3J 3Y6/1505 rue Barrington Halifax
Phone: 902-426-6129
darren.leyte@hc-sc.gc.ca

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Emily O’Reilly, Acting Area Director General Atlantic Operations
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
1081 Main Street
P.O. Box 6088
Moncton, NB E1C 8R2
Phone: 506-777-3919
emily.oreilly@inspection.gc.ca

Advisor to the Board

Terry Macaig
82 Pamela Court
Williston, Vermont 05495
Phone: 802-878-3872
macaig@msn.com

By-Laws-Alumni

Terry Macaig
82 Pamela Court
Williston, Vermont 05495
Phone: 802-878-3872
macaig@msn.com