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Yvonne Masters, PhD

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Director of Food Safety and Quality Policy at John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Yvonne Masters is a food safety and quality leader with a Ph. D. from Cornell University and two decades of industry experience. As Director at John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. , she champions food safety culture, drawing on her deep expertise in microbiology to enhance quality systems and ensure regulatory compliance.

She is recognized by colleagues as a dedicated, knowledgeable, and pragmatic professional with high integrity. People who have worked with her describe her as talented, detail-oriented, and a strong advocate for quality and food safety.

She was featured in Quality Assurance & Food Safety Magazines "The Food Safety Set: 21 People Who Have Shaped the Last 30 Years of Food Safety. "

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Director of Food Safety and Quality Policy
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
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Food Safety Culture
She leads strategic initiatives to enhance food safety culture and has taken executive education courses on the topic, indicating a core professional passion.
FSMA Compliance
Her work involves ensuring compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and she has recently spoken on panels about the IA Rule.
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Career

Work history

8-2021
Director of Food Safety and Quality Policy
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
9-2020 - 8-2021
Senior Food Safety Compliance Manager
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
11-2015 - 9-2020
Food Safety Compliance Manager
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
6-2015 - 10-2015
Category Quality Leader
The Kraft Heinz Company
1-2012 - 6-2015
Supplier and External Manufacturing Quality Leader
Kraft Foods Group
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Education
2003 - 2007
Ph.D.
Cornell University
2001 - 2003
M.S.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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