Angela Mills, left, receives Member of the Year Award from AFIA Chairman Paul Phillips.
Photo courtesy of AFIA.
Photo courtesy of AFIA.
The Member of the Year Award is presented to an AFIA member who exhibits outstanding support in achieving the organization's goals and objectives throughout the year. With the exception of the 83 members of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) working group who received the award in 2014, only 36 individuals have been honored prior to this year.
Mills is the chair of AFIA's Feed Regulatory Committee. An active advocate for FSMA and the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD), she provided a VFD update to attendees at AFIA's Purchasing & Ingredient Suppliers Conference. She contributed to AFIA's qualified individual training video. She chaired the Small and Very Small FSMA Working Groups and was one of the 83 members recognized as a group as Member of the Year in 2014.
"Angela has been integral in AFIA's work with FSMA and VFD," said Joel G. Newman, president and chief executive officer of the AFIA. "Her addition to AFIA's qualified training video and her education on VFD and FSMA to our members is invaluable."
Mills is a quality control and regulatory compliance manager at Southern States Cooperative.
Mike Van Koevering, left, receives Member of the Year Award from AFIA Chairman Paul Phillips. Photo courtesy of AFIA.
"The financial model will be useful to AFIA for many years to come, and it wouldn't have been possible without Mike's vision and the overall support of Elanco," Newman said.
Van Koevering is the director of beef and operations for Elanco Knowledge Solutions.