Staff

The Food Centre team consists of 40 plus staff who are working to grow the agri-food industry in Saskatchewan.  Our expertise is diverse but our goal is the same – providing you the best service we can.  We have too many staff to list but if you need to get in contact with us, please send us an email through our CONTACT page or call our front desk at 306-933-7555.

Dan Prefontaine | PRESIDENT

Shannon Hood-Niefer | VP INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Valerie Menzies | ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Carmen Ly | COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

Glenna Long | ACCOUNTANT

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Sara Lui | DIRECTOR, NEW PRODUCT INNOVATION
Cathy Querimit | SENIOR PD SPECIALIST
Hayley Kumitch | PD SPECIALIST

EXTRUSION

Nienke Lindeboom | MANAGER & SCIENTIST
Satinder Gill | EXTRUSION SCIENTIST (maternity leave)
Matthew Marcotte | EXTRUSION SPECIALIST

INGREDIENT INNOVATION

Ricky Lam | MANAGER & SCIENTIST

FOOD SAFETY & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Erin Hiebert | MANAGER
Elmer Peralta | FOOD SAFETY SPECIALIST

AGRI-FOOD INNOVATION CENTRE PROCESSING

Greg Hamilton | OPERATIONS MANAGER
Arran Hamilton | PLANT SUPERVISOR
Joel Montelibano | FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR
Dean Regnier | SHIPPER & RECEIVER
Barry Motilag | MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

PILOT PLANT PROCESSING

Brev Chesky | OPERATIONS MANAGER
Scott Irvine | PLANT SUPERVISOR
Nolan Langer | HACCP COORDINATOR
Michael Suru | MAINTENANCE

FC FOOD INSPECTION

Vince Neiser | MANAGER

AWESOME PROGRAM

Shenuka Wickramasinghe | MANAGER
Janet Peters | PROGRAM SPECIALIST