03.12.14
The Chicago-based Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) has selected Christie A. Tarantino, FASAE, CAE, as the new IFT executive vice president. Ms. Tarantino, the current president and CEO of the Association Forum of Chicagoland, will lead IFT efforts to advance the science of food to ensure a safe and abundant food supply.
In her new role, she will oversee a wide array of IFT programs that serve 18,000 members and the food science and technology professions. This will include: the IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo, knowledge and learning programs, marketing communications campaigns, membership, partnerships, publications, science and policy initiatives, Feeding Tomorrow: the Foundation of IFT, and a variety of other programs.
Ms. Tarantino brings more than 17 years of association management experience to IFT, including noteworthy leadership positions at two major membership associations. In her current position leading the Association Forum of Chicagoland, she launched a variety of programs designed to increase membership impacting more than 1,600 associations throughout the Chicago area.
Prior to her role at Association Forum, she served as the executive director of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), which has 35,000 members and 62 chapters. She also gained extensive experience in convention management as the associate vice president of member relations at the Professional Convention Management Association, and as membership services director with the Alabama State Bar Association.
In her new role, she will oversee a wide array of IFT programs that serve 18,000 members and the food science and technology professions. This will include: the IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo, knowledge and learning programs, marketing communications campaigns, membership, partnerships, publications, science and policy initiatives, Feeding Tomorrow: the Foundation of IFT, and a variety of other programs.
Ms. Tarantino brings more than 17 years of association management experience to IFT, including noteworthy leadership positions at two major membership associations. In her current position leading the Association Forum of Chicagoland, she launched a variety of programs designed to increase membership impacting more than 1,600 associations throughout the Chicago area.
Prior to her role at Association Forum, she served as the executive director of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), which has 35,000 members and 62 chapters. She also gained extensive experience in convention management as the associate vice president of member relations at the Professional Convention Management Association, and as membership services director with the Alabama State Bar Association.