Robert Maddock

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is a scientific community that has been in existence since 1939. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The organization aims to inspire and transform collective scientific knowledge into innovative solutions for the benefit of all people around the world. The science of food encompasses food science, food technologies, and their applications across the food industry. IFT envisions a world where diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are universally valued as essential to advancing the science of food. The organization has member resource groups that provide supportive spaces for communities who have traditionally been underrepresented and under-supported. Christie A. Tarantino has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

International Association for Food Protection is a non-profit organization that focuses on protecting the global food supply. It provides food safety professionals to exchange information on protecting the food supply. The company was founded on Ocotber 16, 1911 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

National Alliance on Mental Illness provides treatment for mental disorder patients. The firm helps people in the United States who have severe mental illnesses such as autism, bipolar disorder, major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA

Koch Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture and trade of chemical products. It operates in variety of industries such as polymers and fibers, fertilizers, electronics, automotive components, forest and consumer products, minerals, glass, process and pollution control systems, refining and biofuels, commodity trading, investments, and ranching. The company was founded by Frederick Chase Koch in 1940 and is headquartered in Wichita, KS.

North American Meat Institute is an association for meat processors. The private company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. Julie Anna Potts has been the CEO of the American company since 2018.