NSF International, a global leader in food safety, is honored to announce the winners of the 2011 NSF Food Safety Leadership Awards. The awards will be presented Wednesday, April 20 at 9:30 a.m. (EST) during the 2011 Food Safety Summit held at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center.

Ronald S. Klein, NSF Food Safety Leadership Award Expert Juror and Program Manager, Food Safety and Sanitation, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, presented this year's NSF International Food Safety Leadership Awards:

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Nancy Donley, President of STOP Foodborne Illness (formerly known as Safe Tables Our Priority) accepts the NSF Food Safety Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award for Consumer Advocacy Food Safety. Donald Sharp, M.D., DTM&H, Captain, United States Public Health Service; Deputy Director of the Food Safety Office, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, accepts the NSF Food Safety Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Health Food Safety. Jill Hollingsworth, D.V.M., Senior Vice President of Food Safety Programs for the Food Marketing Institute accepts the NSF Food Safety Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award for Industry and Association Food Safety.
Brenda Halbrook, M.S., R.D., Director of the Office of Food Safety at the USDA, Food and Nutrition Service accepts the NSF Food Safety Leadership Education Award.	Executive Director Gerald Wojtala (middle-left), Board Chairman Rick Foster (middle-right) and Board Member Dan Smyly of the International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) accepts the NSF Food Safety Leadership Trendsetter Award on behalf of IFPTI.
Marketing Manager Deborah Rayhab (left), President Gregory West (middle-right), East Coast Sales Manager Chip Baxter (right) of National Pasteurized Eggs, Inc. (NPE) accepts the NSF Food Safety Leadership Technology Breakthrough Award on behalf of NPE.	Corporate Quality Assurance Director Michael Roberson (middle) and Supply Chain Food Safety Manager David Guilhaus (right) of Publix Super Markets accepts the NSF Food Safety Leadership Training Award on behalf of Publix Super Markets.
The 2011 Food Safety Leadership Award Winners.

Not shown above: David Ludwig, M.P.H., R.S., R.E.H.S., Manager, Environmental Health Division, Maricopa County, AZ Environmental Services Department was named the winner of the NSF Food Safety Leadership System Improvement Award.