Board of Directors

Jason Driskill is Vice President - Seafood for Texas-based retailer H-E-B with responsibilities over procurement, sales, merchandising, marketing and sustainability for fresh/frozen seafood and sushi.

Gustavo Lara is a Managing Director for Seafood at Cargill’s Food Enterprise. Cargill is a global leader in nourishing the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. With over 155 years of experience and 155,000 employees in 70 countries, we connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.

Mr. Judson Reis is Past President & CEO of Gorton's Inc. located in Gloucester, MA and joined Gorton's in 1990. Judson has been a long-time proponent of building greater awareness of the health benefits of eating seafood.

Linda Cornish is the Founder and President of the Seafood Nutrition Partnership, the leading 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the U.S. building awareness of seafood's health and nutritional benefits.

Paul Doremus is the Vice President for Policy and Sustainability Strategy at Trident Seafoods. In collaboration with Trident’s executive leadership team and functional area leaders, he is responsible for developing and executing the company’s federal and international policy strategy, contributing to Trident’s sustainability and social responsibility strategy, and advising on strategic developments in global seafood markets.

Dr. Tom Brenna is professor of pediatrics, of chemistry, and of nutrition at the Dell Medical School and the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, and recently Professor Emeritus at Cornell University. He has served on numerous international policy groups, including the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.

Ms. Sonja Connor, MS, RDN, LD is a research associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University. She also has been very involved with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and served as president in 2014-15.

Victoria Gutierrez is the Senior Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer of Sysco, the world’s foodservice leader. In this role, Victoria leads Sysco’s product growth strategy in the United States and works to enhance the customer experience through a full line of food products and a wide variety of non-food products to both independent and chain restaurant customers and other "away-from-home" locations such as healthcare and educational facilities.

Dr. Steve Hart directs Global Seafood Alliance activities within Asia, leading efforts focused on development of food safety outreach, investigating emerging issues affecting aquaculture stakeholders, working with GSA constituents to respond to emerging issues, expanding activities with other related groups, and generating content for GSA’s communications vehicles.

Morgan Howard is the founder of Morgan Howard Communications, a public relations firm serving U.S. indigenous clients. He is the Finance Committee Chair on the Sealaska Board, an Alaska Native corporation focused on businesses around the health of our oceans, including seafood.

Patty Trevino is senior vice president, chief brand officer at Denny's.

Mr. Hugh Welsh is General Counsel of DSM Firmenich North America a global leader in Health, Nutrition, and Biosciences. Traded on the Amsterdam stock exchange with 23,000 employees worldwide and $12 billion in annual sales.