National Fisheries Institute Announces New Additions to its Board of Directors
Reston, VA – December 4, 2025 – 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.
“Our Board is made up of a who’s who in seafood and I am humbled by the executives who give so willingly of their time and expertise to make our community better,” said NFI President and CEO Lisa Wallenda Picard. “Once again we have an impressive slate of leaders who have answered the call.”
The newly elected Board members as well as Executive Committee members, in italics, and the 2026 Officers are as follows:
| Mike | Cusack | American Seafood Co. | VP, Sales |
| Matt | Fass | Maritime Products International | President |
| Matt | Livesay | Red Lobster | Chief Supply Chain & Facilities Officer |
| Ashton | Meier | Pacific Seafood | VP, Resource Sales & Processing |
| Rich | Barry | Pier Fish Co. | President and CEO |
| Lilani | Dunn | Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association | Executive Director |
| Victor | Garrido | Quirch Foods Co. | Director, Quality Assurance |
| Jessica | Gray | Cherrystone Aqua Farms | VP, Business Development |
| Rob | Kragh | Packers Pride USA | Co-Founder |
| Guy | Lott | Bama Sea Products | Chief Commercial Officer |
| Shawn | Meaney | Tampa Maid Foods | President and COO |
| Brice | Phillips | Phillips Foods | VP, Business Development |
| Alberto | Valenzuela | Stanley Pearlman Enterprises/NAFCO | VP, Business Development |
2026 NFI National Officers
Chair Justin Conrad, Bay Hill Seafood
Vice Chair Lisa Webb, Gorton’s Inc.
Treasurer Mark Palicki, Fortune Fish & Gourmet
Secretary Bret Scholtes, Cooke Aquaculture USA
Immediate Past Chair Ryan Clark, The Town Dock
NFI President & CEO Lisa Wallenda Picard is also an Officer.
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