The American Feed Industry Association welcomes Preston
Buff, PhD, who joins the staff March 4, as director of regulatory affairs. The
newly created position will assist the current legislative and regulatory staff
efforts. He will be based in the Arlington, Virginia, office.
Preston comes to AFIA from Mars, Inc, where he worked for
eight years at Mars Petcare and Horsecare US.
"AFIA is quite fortunate to find Preston after a
nationwide search and in our own backyard," said Richard Sellers, AFIA
senior vice president of public policy and education.
"I look forward to him starting in March and
transitioning many of my day-to-day responsibilities to him as I focus on
leading AFIA's public policy efforts. He has a tremendous skillset that will
blend well with our current efforts and staff."
Preston will be responsible for medicated feed, the
veterinary feed directive, AFIA's Equine and Nutrition committees, technical
science issues and assisting with the legislative and regulatory efforts with
the Association of American Feed Control Officials, US Food and Drug
Administration, state legislative and regulatory concerns for the southeastern
US, and the Food Safety Modernisation Act.
Preston will attend the Spring Committee meeting and
Purchasing & Ingredient Suppliers Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana,
next month.
Preston earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Southwest
Missouri State University, and a master's degree and a doctorate in animal sciences
from the University of Missouri. He is a professional animal scientist and is
board certified in equine nutrition by the American College of Animal
Nutrition.
Preston and his wife, Dr Bridgett McIntosh, five dogs, six
horses, two cats and four goats reside in Leesburg, Virginia.
Visit the AFIA site HERE.
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