Tea Time Speaker, Oct 13, 2016: Topic: Refugee Resettlement Failure in Milwaukee
MAUREEN ANN DIRIENZO
maureen@quadrantnutrition.com
CAREER SUMMARY
Human nutritionist with 30 years experience in the food, food ingredient, and agricultural
biotechnology industries. Broad and unique combination of experiences in product development and positioning, project management, animal and clinical research, regulatory, safety assessments, scientific issues management, and food biotechnology. International speaker on issues related to nutrition and biotechnology.
POSITIONS
Quadrant Nutrition, LLC, Principal Consultant
Monsanto Company, Global Lead, Nutrition
Director, Applied Nutrition, The NutraSweet Company
Manager, Nutrition Research, The Kellogg Company
Edited four books, Volumes 1 and 2 of “Nutrition in the ’90s” and “Nutritional
Toxicology” first and second editions, and published numerous scientific papers on nutrition, regulations, and nutritional applications of crop biotechnology.
One patent related to a novel omega-3 fatty acid for the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
EDUCATION
- PhD, Nutrition, University of Minnesota 1985
- MS, Nutrition, University of Minnesota, 1981
- BS, Nutrition, University of California, 1978
