Reston, VA – November 13, 2024 – The National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) members approved a new slate of Directors of the Board at its Annual Membership Meeting.
NFI’s bylaws allow for a 51-person Board, with 45 at-large Directors. There is an 18-person Executive Committee drawn from the Board and six officers. NFI elects a new slate of board members annually to serve three-year terms.
“This Board is comprised of some of the most knowledgeable individuals in the seafood community,” said NFI President and CEO Lisa Wallenda Picard. “The NFI Board of Directors’ never-ending commitment to the industry will always impress me, and I’m honored to welcome these new voices and outlooks to the Board.”
The newly elected Board members as well as Executive Committee members and Officers in italics are as follow:
| Marcy | Bemiller | Candor Consulting, LLC | Founder |
| Frank | Bodin | Nordic Group Inc. | Vice President of Finance and Administration |
| Jason | Driskill | H-E-B | Vice President – Seafood |
| Paul | Jewer | High Liner Foods | President and CEO |
| Dick | Jones | Blue Ocean Mariculture | CEO |
| Bart | Lovejoy | Glacier Fish Company | Vice President, Global Sales |
| Ben | Medearis | Americold Logistics, LLC | Vice President, Business Development Protein Sector |
| Roger | O’Brien | Santa Monica Seafood Company | President and CEO |
| Bret | Scholtes | Cooke Aquaculture USA | Chief Operating Officer |
| Matthew | Simpson | Monarch LLC | President |
| Anjan | Tharakan | Newport International | President |
| Lisa | Webb | Gorton’s Inc. | Vice President of Operations |
| Mark | Palicki | Fortune International LLC | Chief Operating Officer |
Lisa Webb, Gorton’s Inc. Vice President of Operations, joins the officer’s group as Treasurer and Mark Palicki, Chief Operating Officer of Fortune International LLC, joins the officer’s group as Secretary.
