The North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers announced recipients of this year’s Doctorate of Foodservice Medallions at the industry show this weekend.

The 44 recipients were recognized for being elected leaders of major foodservice industry associations who have given their time and energy to the foodservice industry.

“This year’s honorees represent a passion for a commitment to the foodservice industry,” says Steven D. Cobb, NAFEM president and president/CEO of Henny Penny Corporation, which was an exhibitor at the show. “NAFEM is proud to recognize their accomplishments and contributions to the associaitons they represent and the great foodservice industry.”

The 2005 NAFEM Doctorate of Foodservice recipients are:

  • Enrique Maquinay Diaz, president, Abastecedoras Turisticos, A.C. (AMAIT)
  • Joseph W. Montgomery, MS, RD, LDN, CCFP, past president, American Correctional Food Service Association (ACFSA)
  • Susan H. Laramee, MS, RD, LDN, FADA, past president, American Dietetic Association (ADA)
  • Rebecca S. Reeves, DrPH, RD, FADA, president, American Dietetic Association (ADA)
  • Deiter Huckestein, immediate past chairman, American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA)
  • Pedro Mandoki, CHA, chairman, American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA)
  • Joyce Hagen-Flint, DHCFA, past president, American Society for Healthcare Food Service Administrators (ASHFSA)
  • Joe Gatto, president, Orange County Chapter, California Restaurant Association (CRA)
  • Tina Reese, president, Commercial Food Equipment Service Association (CFESA)
  • Lisa Schweickert, FMP, past president, Council of Hotel & Restaurant Trainers (CHART)
  • Joleen Flory Lundgren, SPHR, FMP, past president, Council of Hotel & Restaurant Trainers (CHART)
  • Kristi Salisbury, CDM, CFPP, RD, immediate past chair, Dietary Managers Association (DMA)
  • Phillis E. Fletcher, CDM, CFPP, chairman of the board, Dietary Managers Association (DMA)
  • Ali Sozmen, chairman, European Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association (EFEDA)
  • Ken Winch, FCSI, president, Foodservice Consultants Society International (FCSI)
  • Bruce H. Gulbas, president, Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association (FEDA)
  • Sarah R. Labensky, CCP, immediate past president, International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP)
  • William K. Wallace, CCP, president, International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP)
  • Michael Zema, CCE, FMP, past president, International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (International CHRIE)
  • Robert H. Bosselman, president, International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (International CHRIE)
  • David Kinney, DODG, CFE, chairman of the board, International Foodservice Executives Association (IFSEA)
  • David Pfanzelter, chairman, International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA)
  • Sandra Pineau, president, International Inflight Food Service Association (IFSA)
  • Ray Ward, past president, Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry (MAFSI)
  • M. Jeffrey Hessel, president, Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry (MAFSI)
  • Kevin Brant, CPCE, president, National Association of Catering Executives (NACE)
  • Mona Milius, past president, The National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS)
  • Sharon Coulson, president, The National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS)
  • Larry Etter, CCM, president, National Association of Concessionaires (NAC)
  • Burton “Skip” M. Sack, immediate past chairman, National Restaurant Association (NRA)
  • Craig Miller, chairman, National Restaurant Association (NRA)
  • Julie A. Flik, FMP, immediate past chairman, National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF)
  • Ferdinand E. Metz, CMC, chairman, National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF)
  • Patti Dollarhide, RD, past president, National Society for Healthcare Food Service Management (HFM)
  • Lynne Ometer, MS, MHA, RD, past president, National Society for Healthcare Food Service Management (HFM)
  • Mike L. Carpenter, CFSP, immediate past president, North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM)
  • Lonnie Thompson, immediate past chairman of the board, Research & Development Associates for Military Food & Packaging Systems (R&DA)
  • Joseph Marinacci, chairman of the board, Research & Development Associates for Military Food & Packaging Systems (R&DA)
  • Jackie Scott, CMB, immediate past president, The Retailer’s Bakery Association (RBA)
  • Edward M. Fraser, CMB, president, The Retailer’s Bakery Association (RBA)
  • Karen Johnson, SFNS, past president, School Nutrition Association (SNA)
  • Ruth Jonen, SFNS, president, School Nutrition Association (SNA)
  • James Wulforst, president, Society for Foodservice Management (SFM)
  • Alice Wheelwright, chair, Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF)
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