The Faces of Cornell Dairy Foods Extension: Dr. Julie Stafford

Dr. Julie Stafford joined the Department of Food Science and the Cornell Institute for Food Systems (CIFS) in January of this year. While Julie was born and raised in Upstate NY, she returns to the region after 25 years working in the healthcare industry in central NJ, first for a global pharmaceutical company and later as Founder and Principal of her own management consulting firm.

Julie earned her PhD at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, studying adult development and aging. She later conducted post-doctoral research at the Massachusetts General Hospital and University of Rochester Medical Center. She even taught briefly in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell.

These days Julie is busy establishing the CIFS Industry Partnership Program (CIFS-IPP) and meeting with companies from near and far. Regardless of venue, you can hear Julie describing the ways in which industry can enhance their engagement with the faculty, students and facilities of Cornell University. The Land Grant Mission is alive and well and Julie believes will flourish through the CIFS-IPP, a unique public-private partnership. Please visit the website at www.ipp.cifs.cornell.edu.

To learn the dairy industry and be attuned to today’s issues, Julie attended the NYS Cheese Manufacturers conference in March and the NYS Dairy Promotion Board Meeting in April. If you watch carefully, I’m sure you will catch a glimpse of her driving the countryside searching out the dairies of distinction scattered across our beautiful countryside. Julie is thrilled to be home.

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