Tom Dempsey, CEO, Snack Food Association
Tom Dempsey’s leadership at the SFA during a time of heightened and complex regulatory changes has been acknowledged as credible. Specifically, Dempsey has worked to take industry concerns to the top on pending labeling laws and GMO regulations, among other things, navigating the all parts of the snack sector from ingredients to packaging through the changes.
Asked what his proudest moments of 2014 have been, he said:
“SFA has increased its member engagement by offering many of its educational programs and resources completely for free, boosting membership value. Over the past year, SFA has also been one of the leading advocates for the food industry in the push to establish a federal solution to GMO labeling to ease the burden on its member companies from having to follow a patchwork of state regulations.”