In 2023, the Seafood HACCP Alliance (SHA) Executive Committee met to set priorities and create a work plan. As a result, the steering committee and all workgroups are now restructured to make efforts more impactful while moving the organization forward as a whole.

SHA Committee Diagram
SHA Committee Diagram
SHA Committee Diagram
SHA Committee Diagram

About the SHA Committees

Three primary committees focus on three areas of work as they pertain to training: Training Materials and Course Development Committee, Train-the-Trainer Committee, and Policy Committee.

SHA Executive Committee Members

The following Executive Committee members have provided the leadership to bring the Seafood HACCP Alliance to where it is today:

Christina DeWitt

Director, Seafood Research & Education Center; Professor, Food Science & Technology, Oregon State University

christina.dewitt@oregonstate.edu

Claudia Coles

President, Seafood Products Association

ccoles@spa-food.org

Protocol Workgroup Lead

Policy Committee Chair

Daphne Koufomihalis

Training Logistics Coordinator & Seafood HACCP Alliance Administrator, Association of Food & Drug Officials

daphnek@afdo.org

Doris Hicks

Seafood Technology Specialist, Delaware Sea Grant (retired)

dhicks@udel.edu

Train-the-Trainer Committee Chair

Models Workgroup Lead

Jason Bolton, Ph.D.

Associate Dean and Program Leader for Food and Nutrition, University of Maine Cooperative Extension; Innovation Program Area Coordinator, University of Maine Business School

jason.bolton@maine.edu

Course Audit Workgroup Lead

Jillianne Craft

Seafood Officer, Office of Marine Fisheries Mississippi Department of Marine Resources

jillianne.craft@dmr.ms.gov

Joseph Corby

Senior Advisor, Association of Food & Drug Officials

jcorby@afdo.org

Sanitation Control Procedures (SCP) Redesign Workgroup Lead

Keith Skiles

Executive Director, Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference

issc@issc.org

Krystal Reed

Associate Executive Director of Alliances, Meetings, and Administration (AMA), Association of Food & Drug Officials

kreed@afdo.org

Lisa Weddig

Chief Food Safety Officer, National Fisheries Institute

lweddig@nfi.org

Aquaculture Training Workgroup Lead

Michael Ciaramella

Director, Seafood HACCP Alliance; Seafood Safety and Technology Specialist, New York Sea Grant/Cornell Cooperative Extension

mc2544@cornell.edu

Segment One Update Workgroup Lead

Community Engagement Workgroup Lead

Training Materials & Course Development Committee Chair

Razieh Farzad

Assistant Professor & Seafood Safety Extension Specialist, Food Science & Human Nutrition Department, University of Florida

rfarzad@ufl.edu

Translations Workgroup Lead

Presentations Workgroup Lead

Steven W. Bloodgood

Director, Division of Seafood Safety Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

steven.bloodgood@fda.hhs.gov

Importer Training Workgroup Lead

Steven Mandernach

Executive Director, Association of Food & Drug Officials

smandernach@afdo.org

Whitney Johnson (née Moore)

National Training Specialist, Workforce and Program Development Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, NOAA Fisheries | U.S. Department of Commerce

whitney.johnson@noaa.gov

Editorial Workgroup Lead

SHA Committee Meetings

The Executive Committee meets in person biannually. There are also quarterly virtual, touch-base meetings to discuss updates to the Seafood HACCP program and progress made toward objectives. Meeting information pertaining to specific committees or workgroups will be available on their web pages.

Volunteer as a SHA Workgroup Member

Have an interest in joining one of the volunteer workgroups in order to continue contributing to training in our industry?

The SHA Workgroups

Workgroups will operate on specific tasks as outlined above. These workgroups are fluid in the sense that once a project or task is completed, the workgroup can be disbanded or refocused on the next priority.

Materials Workgroups

Workgroups focused on updating and maintaining training resources/materials.

Course Development Workgroups

Workgroups focused on the development and maintenance of new courses and curricula.

Training & Communication Workgroups

Workgroups focused on training policies procedures, quality, and communication.

For more information contact us at haccp@afdo.org