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Directory of FDA Retail Food Specialists

The Office of Retail Food Protection (ORFP) is comprised of two divisions, the Division of Retail Food Protection Policy, Research and Risk Assessment (DRFPPRRA) and the Division of Retail Food Protection Implementation (DRFPI). The DRFPPRRA serves as the Agency liaison for retail food and interstate travel conveyance policy with State partners, other Federal agencies and industry associations in administering the federal portion of the federal/state cooperative retail food protection program and provides expert advice to advance public health through the development of science-informed regulation, policy and guidance for retail food safety and interstate conveyances. The DRFPI consists of FDA Retail Food Specialists who work with state, local, tribal and territorial regulatory agencies throughout the United States. Retail Food Specialists serve as the primary point of contact for state officials concerning the voluntary regulatory retail food program standards. Retail Food Specialists promote the enrollment and implementation of the voluntary national retail food regulatory program standards and the complete and uniform adoption of the Model Food Code. They train and standardize state, local, tribal and other jurisdictional regulatory personnel as well as provide guidance and technical assistance on retail food protection programs.

This document provides contact information for each FDA Retail Food Specialist. If you are unsure who your assigned Specialist is, please find your state below, and then use the table of contents to navigate to the appropriate contact list.

Retail Food Specialists in Retail Branch 1

Assigned StatesContact Information
NJ, NYMary Leong
718-662-5536
Mary.Leong@fda.hhs.gov
GA, NH, SC, USVIErin Miller
240-461-1180
Erin.Miller@fda.hhs.gov
MA, ME, PA, RI, VT,Thomas W. Nerney
781-587-7431
Cell: 401-302-0856
Thomas.Nerney@fda.hhs.gov
FL, NC, PRMike Touhey
240 723-0854
Michael.Touhey@fda.hhs.gov

Retail Food Specialists in Retail Branch 2

Assigned StatesContact Information
D.C., MD, VAKenya Moon
301-837-4297
Kenya.Moon@fda.hhs.gov
TXCeleste Parker
214-253-4946
Fax: 214-253-4960
Celeste.Parker@fda.hhs.gov
KS, MORebecca Steiner
913-752-2184
Rebecca.steiner@fda.hhs.gov
IL, INCarolyn White
240-401-9081
Carolyn.White1@fda.hhs.gov
KY, TNSunny Muir
301-837-4603
Sunny.Muir@fda.hhs.gov
IA, WIMichael Nordos
214-934-3374
Michael.Nordos@fda.hhs.gov
MI, OH, WVJon Tran
301-837-4532
Jonathan.Tran@fda.hhs.gov
MS, NE, OKJustin Asberry
301-801-1094
Justin.Asberry@fda.hhs.gov
AL, AR, DE, LAQuwanza Duggins
240-535-5969
Quwanza.Duggins@fda.hhs.gov

Retail Food Specialists in Retail Branch 3

Assigned StatesContact Information
AK, HI, ID, OR, WAKathryn Kennedy
Cell: 503-502-5442
katey.kennedy@fda.hhs.gov
NM, UTTracynda Davis
303-236-9657
Tracynda.Davis@fda.hhs.gov
AS, AZ, CA, CNMI, GUKatherine Del Mundo
303-231-2726
Katherine.Delmundo@fda.hhs.gov
MN, ND, NV, SDGreg Abel
612-758-7199
Fax: 612-334-4134
Greg.Abel@fda.hhs.gov
CO, CT, MT, WYAlisha Johnson
202-763-8698
Alisha.Johnson@fda.hhs.gov
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