05/10/2002

Auburn Alum Named National Food Technology President-Elect

AUBURN, Ala.—Ann Hollingsworth, president of Better Built Foods of Carrollton, Ga., and a 1979 graduate of Auburn University, has been chosen president-elect of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).
Hollingsworth will assume the responsibilities of IFT president-elect in September 2002, then become president beginning September 2003.

Prior to her post with Better Built Foods, Hollingsworth served as vice president of food safety at Keystone Foods. Before that, she was director of research and development at Bil Mar Foods, after having served as the company's research and development manager. Hollingsworth began her career as a research scientist at Armour Food Company.

She has served IFT as council representative to the Executive Committee and as chair of the task force on Enhancing Publication Efforts. She has also served on a number of other committees and task forces, including IFT's Finance Committee, Continuing Education Committee and its task force on Food Safety Initiatives.

An expert on meat science, Hollingsworth noted during her candidacy for IFT president-elect that IFT will "continue to develop and evolve to meet the demands of tomorrow while maintaining our basic mission of advancing the science and technology of food through the exchange of knowledge."

"The progress we make in our scientific investigations," she said, "can be used as a bridge to greater understanding and collaboration in the global community."

Founded in 1939, the Institute of Food Technologists is a non-profit scientific society with 28,000 members working in food science, technology and related professions in industry, academia and government. IFT World Headquarters are located in Chicago, Ill.

As the society for food science and technology, IFT brings the scientific perspective to the public discussion of food issues. Its food science and technology exposition, held in tandem with its members meeting, is annually among the largest in the world, attracting 20,000 attendees or more.

Hollingsworth received a bachelor's degree in food science from Auburn University in 1979, a master's degree from University of Nebraska in 1981, and a doctorate from Nebraska in 1984. Her other professional memberships include: American Meat Institute, American Meat Science Association and Phi Tau Sigma.

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