Shaun Kennedy
Shaun is Director of the National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD), a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, and also the Director of Partnerships and External Relations of the University of Minnesota's College of Veterinary Medicine and an assistant professor in the department of Veterinary Population Medicine. In recognition of his leadership in research and graduate education programs on animal health, food safety, and food-system defense, Shaun has received the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Agency Citation for advancing food defense, provided the inaugural lecture in the FDA’s Chief Scientist Lecture series and served on several European Commission projects on food system protection, among others.
Prior to the University of Minnesota, Shaun held executive positions in Procter & Gamble and Ecolab. At Ecolab he was vice president of global food and beverage research and development, leading his organization in developing a wide range of animal health and food safety technologies. These included novel sanitizers, FDA-approved process additives, new sanitation technologies, and animal health products. Prior to this he was director of strategic and emerging technologies at Ecolab, guiding internal and outsourced technology programs. At Procter & Gamble his positions included assignments in Japan and China leading research and development teams and global programs.
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