Dr. David Acheson: The Acheson Group (TAG) – Founder and CEO Topic: Supply Chain Risk – Virtual Meeting

GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. David Acheson: The Acheson Group (TAG) – Founder and CEO

VIRTUAL MEETING DATE: Wednesday, July 7, 2021
MEETING TIME: 10:00 AM – 11:30 PM (PST)
LOCATION: Virtual – GoToMeeting

Topic: Supply Chain Risk

Dr. David Acheson is the Founder and CEO of The Acheson Group (TAG) and brings more
than 30 years of medical and food safety research and experience to the firm. Prior to
forming TAG Dr. Acheson served as the Chief Medical Officer at the USDA Food Safety and
Inspection Service then joined the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as Chief Medical
Officer at FDA Center for Food and Safety Applied Nutrition (CFSAN). After serving as
Director of CFSAN’s office of Food Defense, Communication and Emergency Response,
David was appointed as the Assistant then Associate Commissioner for Foods providing an
agency-wide leadership role for all food and feed issues and the responsibility for development of the 2007 Food Protection Plan.

David uses his regulatory insight, food safety knowledge, and expertise in crisis
response to advise food industry clients around the globe on how to best manage risk in a global supply chain and
evolving regulatory landscape.

David has published extensively and is internationally recognized both for his public health expertise in food safety
and his research in infectious diseases. He is a sought-after speaker and regular guest on national news programs.

He serves on a variety of boards and food safety advisory groups of several major food manufacturers.
Additionally, David is a fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians (London) and the Infectious Disease Society of
America.

REGISTRATION OPENS JUNE 1ST: VCFSA.ORG/EVENTS

This program is free to VCFSA members (up to 3 attendees per company for
company membership and one attendee for individual membership – $20 for each
attendee after that per membership category)

Non-Members $40, to be paid on-line at vcfsa.org/events

During the evening of Tuesday July 6th, 2021, a link to meeting will be sent to all who sign up after June 30th.