Jane Griffith

Jane started her career as a Store Manager with Wawa, Inc. She advanced through the ranks in Wawa while attending the Masters program at Penn State University. Within a few years, she became the Director of Quality Assurance and Food Safety. Jane was responsible for ensuring product integrity with regards to food safety and product quality throughout the supply chain for Wawa. Jane partnered with local, state and federal regulators to discuss emerging food safety and quality issues, various federal regulations and trends in the food quality management. She was also responsible for determining the root causes for product quality issues and developed action plans to address various issues.

Jane is a subject matter expert for HACCP education, training content, test questions and certification requirements with the National Registry of Food Safety Professionals (NRFSP). She is also a subject matter expert on food safety manager education.  Jane holds the following certifications: 

• Certified FMI - SQFI (Safe Quality Food) Practitioner and Auditor
• Certified as a HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) Coordinator
• Certified as a BRC (British Retail Consortium) for Food Safety Auditor 

Jane is a valued speaker who has spoken about numerous food safety and quality subjects at various conferences. She keeps up-to-date on critical issues by being an active member in several professional organizations including:

• Member of  SQF Sub-Committee – Criteria for SQF Auditors
• Member of the GFSI – Technical Working Group for Food  Brokers and Agents
• Member of the Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center Advisory Board 
• Member of the SQF Technical Sub-Committee for Logistics, Warehousing, Transportation and Storage Member of National Environment and Health Association (NEHA)
• Member of the International Food Technologist (IFT) Association

Jane holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham- Madison Campus, Madison, NJ and a Masters of Education Instructional Systems and MBA – business management from Penn State University, Great Valley Campus, Malvern, PA.

Besides being a distinguished lecturer, Jane has over 30 years of experience working in quality assurance and food safety. She has worked with some of the best in the industry, including Jon Porter. Jane joined D. L. Newslow & Associates, Inc. in 2013 as a Systems Specialist.

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