Revised: 5/15/07
Tennessee Food Safety State Task Force
Members
1. Atkins,
Hugh
Director
Division of General Environmental
Health
TN Department of Health
3rd Floor – Cordell Hull
Bldg.
425 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: 615.741.7206
e-mail: hugh.atkins@state.tn.us
2. Baxter, Sandy
Public
Affairs Specialist
U. S.
Food & Drug Administration
New
Orleans District
404 BNA
Drive,
Bldg.
200, Suite 500
Nashville, TN 37217
Phone: 615.366.7807
Fax: 615.366.7802
e-mail: sandra.baxter@fda.hhs.gov
3. Davidson, Michael
Professor and Interim
Head
Department of Food
Science & Technology
The University of Tennessee
2605 River Drive, 100
FSPB
Knoxville, TN 37996-4539
Phone: 865.974.0098
Fax: 865.974.7332
e-mail: pmdavidson@utk.edu
4. Draughon, Ann
Co-Director, Food Safety Center of Excellence
Professor
Department of Food
Science & Technology
The University of Tennessee
2605 River Drive, 105
FSPB
Knoxville, TN 37996-4591
Phone: 865.974.8400
Fax: 865.974.2750
e-mail: draughon@utk.edu
5. Godwin, Sandria View profile
Professor, Department
of Family and Consumer Sciences
Coordinator, Food
Safety and Nutrition Research Team
Institute of
Agricultural & Environmental Research
Tennessee State University
3500 John A. Merritt
Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209-1561
Phone: 615.963.5619
Fax: 615.963.5033
e-mail: sgodwin@tnstate.edu
6. Haller, Joy
Quality Assurance and
Food Safety
Cracker Barrel
P.O. Box 787
Lebanon, TN 37088-0787
Phone: 615.235.4086
Fax: 615.443.9895
e-mail: jhaller@crackerbarrel.com
7. Hopper, Jimmy
Director, Regulatory
Services
Tennessee Department
of Agriculture
P.O. Box 40627
Nashville, TN 37204
Phone: 615.837.5152
Fax: 615.837.5335
e-mail: jimmy.hopper@state.tn.us
8. Jamison, I. Theora
Front Line Supervisor
USDA, FSIS, Inspection
Operations
P.O. Box 24187
Knoxville, TN 37933
Cell: 601.927.9921
Fax: 865.687.7303
e-mail: theora.jamison@fsis.usda.gov
9. Jones, Tim
Deputy State
Epidemiologist
CEDS, Tennessee
Department of Health
4th Floor
Cordell Hull Bldg., 425 Ave. N.
Nashville, TN 37247
Phone: 615.741.7247
Fax: 615.741.3857
e-mail: tim.f.jones@state.tn.us
10. Kaesontae, Betsy View profile
Manager, Quality Assurance & Food Safety
Cracker
Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
P.O. Box 787
307 Hartmann Drive
Lebanon, TN 37087
Phone: 615.444.5533
ext. 4271
e-mail: bkaesontae@crackerbarrel.com
11. Kohl, Jim
Manager, Corporate
Technical Services
McKee Foods
Corporation
P.O. Box 750
Collegedale, TN 37313
Phone: 423.238.7111
ext: 53372
Fax: 423.238.7535
e-mail: jim_kohl@mckee.com
12. Loftis, Larry
Special Agent
FDA Office of
Criminal Investigations
330 Franklin Road
Number 135A-108
Brentwood, TN 37027
Phone: 615.595.9092
Fax: 615.595.2294
e-mail: larry.loftis@fda.gov
13. Mason, Ryan M.
Environmental
Specialist V
Division of Environmental
Health/Communicable
and Environmental
Disease Services
State of Tennessee
Department of Health
Cordell Hull
building—6th Floor
425 5th
Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: 615.741.6075
Fax: 615.741.8510
e-mail: Ryan.Mason@state.tn.us
14. Mayfield, Rob
Vice President,
Technical Service Mgr.
Mayfield Dairy Farms
806 E. Madison Ave.
Athens, TN 37371-0310
Phone: 423.745.2151
Fax: 423.745.6419
e-mail: rob_mayfield@deanfoods.com
15. McAnally, Kathleen N.
Front Line Supervisor
United States
Department of Agriculture
Food Safety and
Inspection Service
P.O. Box 2423
Shelbyville, TN 37162
Phone: 601.927.9920
e-mail: kathleen.mcanally@usda.gov
www.foodsafetyjobs.gov
16. Morris, Bill
Professor
Department of Food
Science & Technology
The University of Tennessee
2509 River Drive,
114 McLeod
Knoxville, TN 37996-4539
Phone: 865.974.7334
Fax: 865.974.7332
e-mail: wcmorris@utk.edu
17. Owen, Elizabeth
National Association
of Consumer Agency Administrators
750 Old Hickory
Blvd., Bldg. 2, Suite 150
Brentwood, TN 37027
Phone: 615.371.6125
e-mail: eocommunications@comcast.net
18. Redditt, Dan
FDA SE Region
Sr. Regional Food
Specialist
State Cooperative
Programs
60 8th
St., NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone:
404.253.1265
Fax: 404.253.2257
e-mail: joseph.redditt@fda.hhs.gov
19. Richards, Jennifer
UT Student
The University of Tennessee
Food Science &
Technology
2605 River Drive,
102 Food Safety & Processing Bldg.
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: 865.974.2753
e-mail: jricha15@utk.edu
20. Rowland, Jerry
Director of Food
Protection Services
Metro Public Health
Department
311 23rd Ave.
North
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615.340.5620
Fax: 615.340.2109
e-mail: jerry.rowland@nashville.gov
http://healthweb.nashville.gov/
21. Sanford, John
Tennessee Department
of Agriculture
Food Manufacturing
Administrator
Food & Dairy
Section
Box 40627
Nashville, TN 37204
Phone: 615.837.5534
e-mail: john.sanford@state.tn.us
22. Sawyer, Otho
Environmental Sanitation
Supervisor
Environmental
Sanitation
Memphis-Shelby
County Health Department
814 Jefferson Ave –
505A
Memphis, TN 38105
Phone: 901.544.7776
or 901.544.7759
Fax: 901.544.7521
e-mail: Osawyer@co.shelby.tn.us
23. Springer, Jarron B.
President
Tennessee Grocers
& Convenience Store Association
Tennessee Grocers
Education Foundation
1838 Elm Hill Pike, Suite 136
Nashville, TN 37210
Phone: 615.889.0136;
800.238.8742
Fax: 615.889.2877
e-mail: jbspringer@tngrocer.org
24. Stafford, Steve
Tennessee Department
of Agriculture
Market Development
Box 40627
Nashville, TN 37204
Phone: 615.837.5345
Fax: 615.837.5194
e-mail: stephen.stafford@state.tn.us
25. Thomas, Bonnie, MS, RD, LDN
Director, Nutrition
Education & Training
School Nutrition
Program
Tennessee Department
of Education
Administration Building
1240 Foster Avenue
Nashville, TN 37243-0389
Phone: 615.532.4741
Fax: 615.532.0362
e-mail: Bonnie.Thomas@state.tn.us
26. Thornburg, H. Tyler
District Director
FDA New Orleans HFR-SE400
404 BNA Drive
Bldg. 200, Suite 500
Nashville, TN 37217
Phone: 615.336.7803
Fax: 615.366.7805
e-mail: tyler.thornburg@fda.hhs.gov
27. Warner, Glenn
Warner
Laboratories
2631
Grandview Ave.
P.O.
Box 110164
Nashville, TN 37211
Phone:
615.242.1480
Fax:
615.242.5522
e-mail: glennwarner@warnerlabs.net
28. Wilson, Ronald B.
Tennessee Department
of Agriculture
Regulatory Services
Animal Health &
Diagnostic
Laboratory
P.O. Box 40627
Nashville, TN 37204
Phone:
615.837.5125
e-mail: ron.wilson@state.tn.us
29. Woodson, Buddy
Food & Dairy
Administrator
Tennessee Department
of Agriculture
Ellington
Agricultural Center
P.O. Box 40627, Melrose Station
Nashville, TN 37204
Phone: 615.837.5177
Cell: 615.210.9425
e-mail: buddy.woodson@state.tn.us
30. Zimmermann, John View profile
Sodexho
Senior Director, QA
& Food Safety
301 S. Perimeter
Park Drive, Suite 100
Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: 615.781.4331
Fax: 615.781.4332
e-mail: John.Zimmermann@SodexhoUSA.com
