Assuring the Safest Possible Milk Supply for All the People
The Conference is a non-profit organization made up of persons involved in the dairy industry, from the dairy farmer to processing plant personnel, to those persons involved in inspecting the dairy farmer’s operation and/or the processing plant, to those persons who make the laws concerning the inspections, to those who enforce the laws, to the academic researcher and adviser, to the consumer of the dairy products.
What's New
NCIMS Welcomes New Executive Board Chair, Members and Staff
At the 39th Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments, held April 11-16, 2025, State Voting Delegates elected five new Executive Board Members:
To represent the Eastern Region for terms until 2031, James Allyn, State of Connecticut Department of Agriculture, was elected to the State Regulatory seat vacated by Casey McCue, New York Department of Agriculture and Markets. Amanda Phinazee, Georgia Department of Agriculture, filled the State Rating seat previously held by James Williamson, South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control. Elizabeth (E.B.) Flory, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets, was elected to serve in the State Rating or Regulatory seat, which she had temporarily been appointed to; and Amanda Rife, Land O’Lakes, was elected for the industry seat, succeeding the temporary appointment of Raju Bangalore, Saputo USA.
Representing the Central Region, Brad Suhling, Prairie Farms Dairy, was elected to the industry seat, which was previously held by Steve Lehman, Michigan Milk Producers, as a temporary appointment for the term ending in 2027.
The new NCIMS Executive Board elected Brian Wise, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Dairy Division, as the new Chair of the Conference, succeeding Casey McCue. Casey McCue will assume the non-voting position of Past Chair previously held by Stephen Beam, California Department of Food and Agriculture. Stephen Beam will remain on the Board in a non-voting seat as the Liaison Committee Chair. A list of the Executive Board 2025-2031 can be found at this Link.
Brian Wise is the Dairy Program Administrator for the Ohio Department of Agriculture, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Dairy Division to ensure safe, wholesome dairy products for the consumer. Brian joined ODA in 2003 as a Sanitarian Program Specialist on farms and has had several different roles within the division over the past 21+ years. Brian earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2002.Brian currently serves on the Executive Board of the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments and was recently selected to be the Chair of the NCIMS. Brian also serves on Council I for NCIMS and is involved with many different committees. In addition, Brian is the chair of the Atlantic Midwest Dairy Equipment Review Committee and is on the 3-A Sanitary Standards Board of Directors.
Chair Brian Wise is also pleased to announce the hiring of Anne Quilter as the NCIMS Executive Secretary to replace Cary Frye, who retires effective June 1, 2025. Anne Quilter has been active in the dairy industry for over 40 years. Before retiring from the position of Assistant Branch Chief at the California Department of Food & Agriculture, she was active in the NCIMS Conference from 2015 to 2023. She looks forward to working with the Board, State Dairy Regulators, FDA, and Industry NCIMS members in her new role. Anne can be reached by email at Quilter@ncims.org or by phone: 530-702-8238.
2023-25 Executive Board taken at the 2025 Conference