Yvonne Masters, PhD in

Yvonne Masters, PhD

Sharpshooter · DISC type CD
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
Personality Overview

How Yvonne shows up

Precise But Practical
Thorough Evaluator
Rigorous & Demanding

They are not focused on building rapport and relationships. More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product. They are very proud of what they do.

Priorities

Topics Yvonne cares about

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
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2003 - 2007
Ph.D.
Cornell University
2001 - 2003
M.S.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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