MONROE — The Foreign Type Cheesemaker’s Association, recently held their annual election for Members of the Board of Directors for 2023.  

The Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association was established in 1935 to perform quality control testing on the cheese produced by Green County Cheesemakers and today serves the cheese and dairy industry throughout the US.   The Association operates Precision Biolabs, an ISO 17025 Certified food safety laboratory in Monroe.

The new Board Members are: 

●  Andy Rufener, Plant Manager, V&V Supremo — Arena

●  Kevin Davis, Plant Manager, Cheese Louise, Monroe (Vice President)

●  Rob Frie, General Manager, PFD — Shullsburg Creamery, Shullsburg (President)

●  Tony Hook, Owner, Hooks Cheese Company, Inc., Mineral Point

 They join the following returning Board Members:

●  Mark Witke, President, Zimmerman Cheese, Wiota  (Treasurer)

●  Matt Wenger, SQF Practitioner, Wenger’s Springbrook Cheese, Davis, Ill.

●  Emily Harbison, Technical Specialist, Dairy Connection, Inc, Madison

●  AmberLynn Wilson, SQF Practitioner, V&V Supremo — Arena

●  Gina Mode, Researcher, Assistant Coordinator, PCQI Cheese Industry & Applications Group, Center for Dairy Research, Madison (Secretary)

●  Luke Buholzer, VP Sales, Klondike Cheese Company, Monroe