Hyde Park , NY –Mary Humann, Principal, The Humann Factor, LLC, Loveland, Co is the 2007 president of the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC).   Allison Perlik, Senior Editor of Restaurants & Institutions was elected vice president.   Patricia Johnson, Director of Business Development, Clear Springs Foods, Inc, is the new secretary, and Mary Petersen, President and Editor of The Gold Medal Classroom/CAFÉ was re-elected treasurer.

     The following were elected to the IFEC board of directors:   Kathy Hayden, Managing Editor of Flavor & The Menu, Falmouth, ME, Patricia Johnson, Director of Business Development, Clear Springs Foods, Inc., Buhl, Id, Karen Weisberg, Senior Editor of FoodService Director magazine, New York, NY, and Tia Woodward, Account Supervisor, Ketchum Public Relations, San Francisco, CA.

     They join board members Sherri Daye Scott, QSR Magazine, Atlanta, Ga, Marilyn Dompé, Dompé & Associates, Modesto, CA, Joan Holleran, Stagnito’s New Products, Deerfield, Il, Beth Shepard of Beth Shepard Communications, LLC, Gill, MA., and   immediate Past President Alexei Rudolf, Edelman, San Francisco, CA.

     Elections were held during IFEC’s annual conference and 50^th anniversary celebration in Chicago, IL, November 14^th-17^th, 2006.   The group also announced plans to hold its next annual conference in Austin, Texas at the Omni Hotel.   The dates are October 29^th – November 1^st, 2007.   Cooking demonstrations by Austin chefs, tours of foodservice facilities, speakers on current issues in communications and foodservice, as well as showcases of new food and beverage products will be featured.   The meeting is open to IFEC members and their guests.

     Founded in 1956, IFEC is a 275-member association of foodservice communications professionals, including editors of foodservice industry publications and public relations and marketing executives representing suppliers, operators and other organizations active in foodservice.   IFEC’s mission is to advance the industry through improved business-to-business communications, and, through educational activities and a scholarship program, to raise communications standards and attract well-qualified individuals to its field.

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