Animal Microbiome & Nutritional Health Congress USA 2020

Anita Menconi

Ehsan Khafipour

Brandon Reinbold

Greg Sunvold

With over 25 years of pet food industry experience and over 200 scientific publications, Dr. Greg Sunvold at Cool Springs International is responsible for implementing nutritional innovations in hundreds of pet food products.  Additionally, Dr. Sunvold founded Microbiome Health, LLC, a company focused on applying innovative microbiome technologies into pet supplements.  

Rod Mackie

David Boyko

Kevin Kessler

Devan Compart

Thomas Bissot

Graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 2003 at the University of Liège (Belgium), Thomas BISSOT first gained practical experience in a private clinic in Brussel followed by a small-animal internship at the Veterinary Faculty of Ghent. In 2005, he joined the ROYAL CANIN Research and Development Department as a Clinical Research Project Manager. His main scientific interests focused on small animal gastroenterology and obesity biology with the development of satiety protocols designed to decrease the feeling of hunger in dogs and cats in station and field conditions, as well as intensive care/convalescence nutrition support and nutrition management for reducing stress-related behavior in dogs and cats. From 2008 to 2015, Thomas was responsible for Scientific Communication across the East and South Region (Eastern Europe, Middle East, Russia, South Africa, South East Asia and French overseas departments) at ROYAL CANIN International Division. From 2016 to 2017, he also achieved an Executive MBA at the Montpellier Business School in France. Since July 2017, Thomas has been strengthening the LEIBER GmbH sales Team as a Global Key Account Manager for Pet Food. For this new assignment, he will take care of the international market leaders and opinion formers in the pet food industry in order to expedite the expansion of LEIBER yeast functionalities and extracts in the pet food segment around the World.

Niel Baxter

Julie Veryser

Monika Weglarz

Aashish Jha

Jack Garrett

Jack Garrett has held the position of Director of Technical Service and Research for Quali Tech, Inc., since 2007.  In his current position his responsibilities include domestic and international technical support of all product lines and research on existing and new product development.  His career research efforts have focused on improving cow performance during transition, enhancing reproductive performance, meat and milk enrichment with omega-3 fatty acids, and overall benefits of feed additives for all livestock, poultry and companion animals, resulting in co-authoring 23 refereed articles, 4 book chapters, 40 technical articles and 40 abstracts.  He received his BS at Colorado State University and PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1985. Upon completion of his PhD, he worked for the University of Minnesota, College of International Ag Programs, where he taught and conducted livestock research in Morocco, North Africa.   Jack has been a member of the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists since 1990 and a member of the American College of Animal Science since 1996.  In AFIA, he served on the Nutrition Council, Executive Council and Nutrition Action Committee and served as chairman of the Dairy Research Committee.  He has served as a board member for the Midwest division of American Dairy Science Association, President of American College of Animal Science from 2011-2012 and President of American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists from 2014-2015.  Jack grew up in Southern Colorado and resides in Colorado with his wife, Barbara, and they have three grown sons, Zachary, Sam and Joel.